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Elves ask for help filling stockings Kanata Stocking Project in second year of anonymous giving Adam Kveton
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The elves of the Kanata Stocking Project aren’t looking for recognition – just a lit-
tle help. The project, founded by Crystal Smalldon, is in its second year collecting toys and other stocking stuffers and distributing them to quietly needy families in the Kanata, Stittsville and Carp areas. Having provided 200 stockings last year even after launching See GROUP, page 10
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Many hands make light work Quinton Griecken of Stittsville, left, and his girlfriend, Kassidy Beattie of Kanata, are on the receiving end of donated food items. They joined more than 100 volunteers who lined up and passed donated food from two OC Transpo buses into waiting carts at the Kanata Food Cupboard’s Legget Drive warehouse on Dec. 5. It was the first time the couple participated in the event. The food will help feed the 250 families the cupboard supports each month, as well as fill about 400 Christmas hampers.
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Rarely available garden level apt. w loft. Open concept liv-din rm with patio doors to yard, 2-storey windows. Contemporary kitchen. Loft level bedrm open to below offers walk-in closet. Large bath & laundry. Bldg features outdoor pool, sauna. Close to all amenities.
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performance expectations. “In preparation for the on-site Accreditation visit, hospital teams evaluated compliance with hundreds of processes/ standards and prepared documentation for review by Accreditation Canada,” explained Mr. Schonberg. “These documents included everything from how patients are assessed and admitted, how patients receive care and are discharged, how patients and families are involved in their care, our emphasis on patient safety, and pretty much everything related to the how and what of our strategic and operational activities.” During on-site review conducted by four healthcare professional surveyors in early November, much of their time was devoted to “tracers”, which involves following numerous patients’ journeys through various programs and services. The resulting report confirmed QCH’s compliance with 2,014 of 2,026 standards, an overall compliance rating of 99%. In addition, QCH met every one of the 31 Required Organizational Practices. “Accreditation is one of the most effective ways for hospitals to regularly and consistently examine and improve the quality of their care and services,” points out Mr. Schonberg. “We can feel good about what we have achieved, but one of the benefits of the process is continuous improvement. We have scaled one peak but it can’t stop there. It has really focused our organization to march forward. There are always areas that we can do better.” The administration is already working to improve areas identified in the report. “We are calling together our leadership group to carry on the work of what we learned in the report.” Located at 3045 Baseline Road in Ottawa, Queensway Carleton Hospital is west Ottawa’s only full-service community hospital, offering a diversity of medical and surgical programs and services. Employing over 1,917 health care professionals, the 264-bed Queensway Carleton Hospital is focused on maintaining and enhancing their cornerstone programs – Emergency, Critical Care Services, Childbirth, Geriatrics, Mental Health, Rehabilitation, Medical
and Surgical Services. Moving forward, Mr. Schonberg says QCH will continue to engage the community, through partnering with other health care institutions and involving those who use the services in the decision-making process. “We are focusing on how we are literally integrating patientfamily engagement. We are embedding the patient-family advisory council and engaging people in program planning, policies, to realize our hospital vision to be the hospital of choice. It’s our ‘common sense’ perspective. Sometimes we can’t see the forest for the trees and that is the value of engaging patients and families. Patient-family involvement will impact every aspect of how we operate.” The other focus is on implementing best practices. “We are a very busy hospital. Accreditation reemphasized our need to review our patient flow and efficiency, transition and hand off points as well as discharge back into the community.” QCH serves a population of more than 400,000 and has one of the fasting growing catchment areas in Canada. “We really try to motivate our staff to go beyond being mediocre. We strive to be a top performer. I am very proud to say that the majority of our team relates to that and gets personal satisfaction to be at the top. Our healthcare team provides expert care that puts our patients and families first.” An In addition to staff, QCH has a team of 575 volunteers who provided 45,273 hours of service in the past year. “Our culture is that we live and strive for the vision to be the hospital of choice.” Colette Ouellet, Director of Quality and Patient Safety, said accreditation is critical to ensure the best in patient care, innovation and safety. “This demonstrates that we are exceeding the expected standards for the quality of care we deliver and the safety of our patients.” She added that accreditation has grown and adapted to meet the high demands and rigors of today’s health care system. R0013592461
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s the rest of us pinch and save to cover the soaring costs of childcare, we find out we’re paying for the prime minister’s private nannies. I’m all for the prime minister having a nanny. He travels. He represents Canada. His wife has her own professional, official and volunteer commitments. They have three kids. A nanny is a great plan. Two nannies, even. An overnight nanny? Go for it! The taxpayer should even pay for it as part of their overall household costs. Except for one thing. For more than a year, Trudeau has slammed the universal child tax benefit under his Conservative predecessors, suggesting that rich people like him can pay their own childcare costs, thank you very much. Indeed, until he got a free house with staff and his salary more than doubled, Trudeau et al did pay for their own nannies. And not only did Trudeau say he could afford it, he even donated his $3,000 child tax benefit to charity to make the point that wealthy people don’t need or want help with childcare costs. The hypocrisy, therefore, of putting his two nannies on the payroll of the prime minister’s interim official residence is what is getting people down. And while MPs will debate new means of implementing
BRYNNA LESLIE Capital Muse a child tax credit that Liberals say will benefit the families that need it most, the rest of us are stuck paying more than $1,000 per month for a licensed childcare space, (if we can find one), many with no assistance at all under the Liberal plan. As I wrote in these pages a few weeks ago, licensed childcare spaces are hard to come by in Ottawa. The funding for many is not sustainable. The cost of food inflation, salaries and rent has forced many centres to make incremental increases to parent fees at least twice annually to keep going. In 2016, the province is cutting wage subsidies, (which were implemented decades ago to ensure childcare workers made a liveable salary – which many still don’t), and moving family-level subsidies to a “floating model.” The latter is great for subsidized families, because it means they can switch childcare facilities and keep their subsidies, which gives lower
income families more choice. For childcare centres, however, it makes sustainable financial planning a lot trickier. Although the City of Ottawa is attempting to make up some of the shortfall temporarily, parent fees are set to increase dramatically to make up the losses under the new funding model. Trudeau knows what the rest of us do—with the cost of childcare going up and up, it can be much more economical for a family with multiple children to have a nanny. I opted for part-time nanny care for more than two years – care, by the way, that was not at all subsidized. Still, I say, let the prime minister have his nannies. He and his wife work hard and I think we, the taxpayers, should pay for it. But at the same time the federal government, including the prime minister, must acknowledge the many middle-class families that don’t have million dollar inheritances, pay their own
than the Ontario minimum wage. The PMO responded by saying the women get free meals while they’re in house, so that’s part of their overall salary. Yeah, I fed my nannies as well, but I didn’t take it out of their small pockets, and I paid them more for one child than Trudeau pays for three.
Keep your nannies, Mr. Trudeau, and we, the taxpayers, shall keep paying for them. But pay these women a liveable wage and direct childcare subsidies toward the taxpayers that are currently subsidizing your childcare as well as their own. Because, Canadian women want to work, and well, it’s 2015.
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Free toilets the right decision The city made the right commitment when it pledged to install public washrooms in two future light rail stations. But city council will make a big mistake if it then turns around and charges users to use the facilities at Bayview and Hurdman stations. The “pay-as-you-go” toilet fee proposed at city hall is ripe for potty jokes, but in the end it’s taxpayers who will want to use a toilet and it’s the same taxpayers who will bear the cost. Two stations is a good start, but more would be a good idea, right from day one. Don’t forget that the light rail system is planned to grow, meaning longer commutes and more passengers in need of a toilet. Everyone needs access to a toilet from time to time, so publicly funded washrooms should allow free access to all. It’s not just a question of altruism but the city’s bottom line. A washroom that comes with a cost will send some people to other places to urinate. Anyone who has ever had to bear the smell of stale urine in a confined space will tell you they’d pay good
money to never experience it again. The problem of unwanted urine exists within the current transit system, but its odorous effects are mitigated by the system’s outdoor design. Our future underground rail stations won’t be quite as airy. And the cost of maintaining light rail spaces after urine has already been deposited will far outweigh the small amount of money collected at washroom doors. In order to make the washrooms free, safe and vandalism free, they should be large, well lit and have no entry doors at all – just wide walkways and a 90-degree turn at the entrance. Our future light rail network needs to be user friendly if it’s to encourage more drivers to use public transit. Rail itself is much more comfortable than bus travel, so that’s half the battle. The rest of the light rail experience has to keep up with expectations. Rail riders expect – and also deserve – clean, safe spaces underground, and that includes access to toilets. Keep the washroom doors open for everyone.
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hristmas approaches, far too swiftly for those of us who haven’t had our lights up since Halloween. Keeping abreast of the season is difficult enough. More difficult is trying to stay current with what technology is giving us this year, whether it’s going to make us naughty or nice. We need to know what to avoid. Drones, for example. Will people get them for Christmas, and if so, what will they do with them? Are your eavestroughs safe? Cars with WiFi. Why do we have cars with WiFi? Answer: Because it’s possible. We are discovering everyday that anything is possible, even if what’s possible is something we never knew we needed. With that understanding we are closer to establishing a short-list
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about banks monitoring our Internet browsing activity, should we not also worry about our toothbrushes snitching to our phones? Was there something about that in Bill C-51? The extent to which technology is increasing the general level of creepiness in our society is one of the more disturbing aspects of modern life. By now, we are familiar with the cuddly toys, connected to the cloud, that learn your child’s name and other things about them. True, you can squelch those toys by taking the batteries out, but some day that might not be possible either. We are saddened and disappointed when the cuddly toys begin spying on us, but most of us thought we could at least trust our toothbrushes to be discreet. Now, we know that was optimistic. Now we shudder to think what might be next. A society capable of inventing spying toothbrushes is capable of anything — a tattleEDITORIAl: MANAgINg EDITOR: Theresa Fritz, 613-221-6261 theresa.fritz@metroland.com NEwS EDITOR: Nevil Hunt, nevil.hunt@metroland.com, 613-221-6235 REpORTER/phOTOgRAphER: Adam Kveton adam.kveton@metroland.com - 613-221-6239 pOlITICAl REpORTER: Jennifer McIntosh mcintosh@metroland.com, 613-221-6181 ThE DEADlINE fOR DISplAy ADvERTISINg IS MONDAy 5pM
tale toaster, an informing icebox, a whistleblowing, er, whistle. It takes only a slight familiarity with the modern economy to know that we keep producing these things not because they are needed but because we can. That’s why there may be an electronic shampoo in your stocking in a couple of weeks.
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Ottawa can do better than status quo The City of Ottawa’s community protective services committee and transit commission have voted to accept their budgets as proposed. If this is reflective of how other committees are voting and the net result is very much an “as you were” continuation of flat pragmatism adopted by council based on capping taxes at 2 per cent. This is despite Ottawa residents spending hours sharing their views to the contrary with councillors. For a majority of community agencies across Ottawa, who understand the direct impact on our city’s most vulnerable residents, the status quo is not OK. While the physical infrastructure in our city has received attention, we have seen a decline in the funding that goes to the social ser-
vices, including child care, transit, food security, social assistance, recreation, affordable housing and public health. This social infrastructure is equally important to residents from Orléans to Osgoode to Kanata and through the downtown core. Given the growth in the city’s low-income population over the last five years why isn’t the 2016 budget reflective of this growth? Staying the current course will only result in perpetuating a cycle of greater economic burden and social costs to city services. With Ottawa at the forefront in the build up to sesquicentennial celebrations in 2017 and on the cusp of a new era of federal governance, this municipal government should be challenged to show leadership and assume the mantle of strengthening its social infrastructure.
The city is optimistic that, “Ottawa 2017 isn’t a celebration of our past. It is a celebration of our future. It will leave an enduring legacy – one of excitement, opportunity and prosperity.” Make it so. The mayor and council have done great work for the city, but our collective community needs reinvestment and it’s not just about the extra money that’s required. It is also a re-imagining of the solutions for a safe, just and healthy life for all. Working together in partnership with council, we can make this happen. Let the mayor and your city councillor know that the status quo is not OK. The Coalition of Community Health & Resource Centres of Ottawa
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The Kanata Stocking Project is looking for a bit more help this year filling the stockings of local families in need. Now in its second year, the project is hoping to fill about 400 stockings this year in the Kanata, Stittsville and Carp areas. Adam Kveton/Metroland
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the project late in the season, the initiative has gained more traction this year, with about 350 stockings needed, but donations of stocking stuffers falling behind. Smalldon, who thinks the stocking total will likely hit 400 by Christmas Eve, is hoping the community will be able to respond to the need. “We’ve had some great support,” said Smalldon. “The community always pulls together. We just have to make sure they know this is happening.”
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Smalldon, who moved to Kanata five years ago and now lives in Briarbrook, began helping out with a similar project when she lived in the Niagara area, she said. Smalldon resolved to start up the project in Kanata after finding out 10 Kanata Kourier-Standard - Thursday, December 10, 2015
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that a neighbour of hers was having a tough time during the holiday season. “I knew something was up,” she said. “I wasn’t completely sure what was up, and then I started thinking, ‘Why am I not doing (the Stocking Project) here? I should be doing it here as well.’” The project looks to provide some Christmas cheer to children whose families are having a tough time financially, but who don’t seek help. “It’s completely not typical,” said Smalldon. “We don’t call churches or food banks or anything like that and ask for referrals. We ask the community for referrals.” “It’s people who would never pick up the phone and call and say, ‘I really need help.’ It’s your next door neighbour who you know is struggling so you are going to let us know. It’s that kind of demographic.” See THEY, page 11
‘They literally have no idea the stuff is coming:’ organizer Often those referring families to the project become volunteers themselves, helping to find, take in and sort donations to be made up into stockings for kids aged up to 18, as well as a few things for mom and dad or the children’s guardians. Another feature of the project is anonymity. “They literally have no idea the stuff is coming,” said Smalldon of the recipients. Volunteers ring the doorbell, hand over the stockings full of toys and other stocking stuffers, say “Merry Christmas” and walk away, she said. ALL THEY HAD
and he said, ‘There is going to be someone (who needs this). Just wait, something will happen.’ And I’m so glad he did that because not an hour later I get a frantic phone call from someone over in Morgan’s Grant saying, ‘My neighbour, they didn’t tell me, I just went over there, there is no Christmas for them.’ MAKING A DONATION
Donations of gifts for kids up to age 18 that would go in a stocking, as well as some things for parents or guardians, can be dropped off at the following locations: • 406 Arncliffe Ave., 24 hours a day. • 20 Redstone Ln. between, between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. • Kanata Centrum at Kiwi Kraze, 3A-145 Roland Michener Dr. • 18 Thresher Ave., 24 hours a day. Donators can also arrange for donations to be picked up by emailing kanatastockings@outlook.com. People can also make referrals using the email address. R0011243503
“Last year there was one particular story where (the stockings) really was all they had for Christmas and they didn’t tell anyone,” said Smalldon. “Their neighbour went over to bring them a turkey on Christmas Eve and they were just sitting there, staring at the stockings, and they said ‘We don’t know
where it came from,’ but it really made a difference.” The neighbour who delivered the turkey was also the one who referred the family. Some recipients figure out where the stockings come from, and Smalldon has received plenty of positive feedback. Last year, the Stocking Project lucked out with donations. A toy company in Kanata was closing and agreed to give volunteers the remaining stock. But this year with many more referrals, the project is having a tougher time. “I thought maybe I would do 250 (stockings) this year, but I had 250 before September hit, so the doubling of the numbers is stressful,” she said. “We want to make sure that we can get every single child a stocking for Christmas.” That’s not to say the initiative has not had a lot of support already. “Last year I had a gentleman show up on Christmas Eve at one o’clock in the afternoon and he brought gift cards and a turkey and a whole bunch of other stuff
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The city’s police services board passed a $277.1 million budget on Nov. 30, but the proposed 25 new officers won’t necessarily go to traffic enforcement, said Chief Charles Bordeleau. That’s why KnoxdaleMerivale Coun. Keith Egli and River Coun. Riley Brockington spoke to the board as public delegations. “I asked the chief at the
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The most potent of those would be a biological larvicide called Bti. Gregory Roy with GDG Environment, the company which pitched the use of the larvicide to the community, said the biological pest control agent, otherwise known as bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, kills only mosquito and black fly larvae, does not cause any known human or animal health issues in the amounts used by the company, does not collect in water over time, and is in use in Gatineau, British Columbia, Europe and Africa, as well as in Ottawa, though only for the city’s West Nile Virus control program. While city planner and ecologist Nick Stow said the risk of using the larvicide is not zero, he said whether to use the chemical should be based on the cost and interest from the community. Now the city is prepared to go ahead with a call for proposals and award a contract to apply Bti in the north Kanata area. However, Wilkinson said she wants a mandate from the community to determine whether or not to go ahead with it, as they will be paying for it. “Once we get the proposals back in, we will have the company (awarded the contract) help in getting information to people so that they understand what it’s all about,” she said.
After that, “There will be basically one vote per household,” said Wilkinson. “The area (that gets to vote) will be most of the ward but excluding the area in the town centre where the apartment buildings are. “Those are where people live indoors most of the time,” she said. If the results of the vote come back 50 per cent in favour, then the Bti program can go ahead, said Wilkinson. “If the majority of people don’t want it … we will see if we can find other things (to help with the mosquito problem). Or, if it’s very close, we can just then change the voting area and do a second vote,” she said, adding that doing more than one vote is not her preference. But holding the vote within the community that started the petition is what resident Lianne Zhou would prefer. One of the first people to sign the petition, Zhou said she was worried that a 50 per cent vote could not be reached if most of the ward is included. She said the population being seriously affected by mosquitos is only about 10 per cent of the ward. Wilkinson disagreed, saying Morgan’s Grant and other communities are having serious problems with mosquitos as well. She also added that those who aren’t affected by the mosquitoes are likely to abstain, making
a 50 per cent vote easier to obtain. Also, if the vote is held over a smaller area, that area would have to bear the cost. In discussing how to hold the vote with the city’s legal department, Wilkinson said she’s been told she doesn’t need to hold one at all and can propose the program at council. Either way council will have to pass a bylaw for the program to go ahead. “If we get the vote on it, then I can take it to council and council could still decide they don’t want to have me do it,” she said. “I can’t control council too much, but since they are not paying for it, it shouldn’t be a problem.” The cost of the program would be added to the annual tax bill for each household in the area, similar to garbage collection. While the cost of the program varies, GDG Environment estimates it as being between $35 and $75 per household. Wilkinson said ballots could be sent out as early as late January, and that in the event of a yes vote, it’s possible the chemical could be applied as early as this summer. The contract will include provisions for a two- or three-year study on the impacts of the chemical on the environment, said Wilkinson. While the larvicide can’t get rid of all the mosquitoes in the area, they can usually get rid of between 75 and 80 per cent, she said.
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which supports economically disadvantaged kids. “All these are charities that really have great solid programs but need our help and that’s what we’re pleased to be able to do,” Tarrison said. With Do It For Darren, “the amount of help that kids need, with mental health and depression, it really is hitting strongly with our membership (which selects the recipient charities),” she said. HOPE has supported Breast Cancer Action in the past. “They are such a strong group of women. They are a small organization but man, they do a lot of good,” she said, adding that funds raised will assist women in treatment or who are newly diagnosed. During the evening announcement, organizers also presented $150,000 – or
about $25,000 each – to the 2015 charity recipients: the Perley and Rideau Veterans’ Health Centre Foundation, the Caring and Sharing Exchange, ALS Canada, the Education Foundation of Ottawa, the Ottawa Network for Education and Easter Seal Ontario. This year, a record number of 34 charities applied for HOPE funding. “Two years ago I think on average we had about 17,” Tarrison said. “I’m glad that the word is getting out that we’re there as an option, but it also is kind of sad that there is such a need. “And there’s so many great programs out there and a lot of them aren’t funded or they can’t go on without the funding,” she said. “It’s frustrating, as an organization, that we can only help so many.” Next on Tarrison’s to-do list is the second-annual HOPE Volleyball WinterFest
on March 12, 2016, at the Dome at Louis Riel in Orléans. The $1,500 that was raised from the indoor event last year, which is billed as a warm-up to SummerFest that drew 48 competitive and recreation teams in March, go to a bursary in support of an Algonquin College events management student. “We’re hoping the buoy that up and branch that out a little bit more,” Tarrison said, adding there is potential to help others in Ottawa, such as high school students. “Our ultimate goal is to keep giving throughout the year,” she said. The next HOPE Volleyball SummerFest will take over Mooney’s Bay July 16, 2016. Team registrations will open April 29, 2016. For volleyball registration information, visit hopehelps.com.
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City Councillor Kanata South Week in Review
Thank you to all residents who dropped off donations to Laura’s Your Independent Grocer and the Superstore this past Saturday for OC Transpo’s “Fill the Bus” Campaign. You generously donated 18,300 pounds of food and a little over $4500.00 in cash donations...Way to go Kanata!
Holiday Wagon Rides
It is my great pleasure to be once again hosting community wagon rides this December. Due to the popularity of our rides, we have added additional nights and locations this year…I hope you can join us for some hot chocolate, cookies and a fun wagon ride to view the beautifully decorated homes throughout the ward! • Tuesday December 8th from 6-8pm at W. O. Mitchell Elementary School, 80 Steeplechase Drive • Wednesday December 9th from 6-8 pm at Kristina Kiss Park, 100 Akerson Road • Monday December 14th from 6-8 pm at Crownridge Park, 290 Meadowbreeze Drive • Tuesday December 15th from 6-8 pm at Castlefrank Elementary School, 55 McCurdy Drive • Wednesday December 16th from 6-8 pm at Castlefrank Elementary School, 55 McCurdy Drive • Monday December 21st from 6-8 pm at St. Martin de Porres School, 20 McKitrick Drive • Tuesday December 22nd from 6-8 pm at St. Martin de Porres School, 20 McKitrick Drive These wagon rides are weather dependent, so please check my website at www.councillorallanhubley.ca or my Facebook page for any scheduling changes.
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The City of Ottawa provides a number of tips and services to help residents with the clearing of snow from their walkways and driveways. The Snow Go Program helps seniors and persons with disabilities find reliable contractors and/or individuals to clear snow from their private driveways and/or walkways. Once matched up with snow removal help, residents are responsible for making payments directly to the individual or contractor. Seniors and persons with disabilities can also apply to the Snow Go Assist Program, which provides financial assistance for a portion of their snow removal costs for eligible participants. The Snow Go Programs are administered by local home support agencies that serve local neighbourhoods. Also, residents searching for a reputable snow plow contractor can review the roster of licensed snow plow contractors listed on ottawa.ca. Details for Snow Go and Snow Go Assist can be found at www.ottawa.ca.
Upcoming Events
December 19th: The Christmas Exchange Program will again be hosting their “Running on Empties” program at all Ottawa Beer Stores on Saturday, December 19th from 9:15 – 5:00 p.m. You can bring your empties to the Beer Store, 720 Eagleson Road to donate to this great program.
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t came in the mail. Just a long narrow box. Bright red. There was nothing else in the parcel, just the box. That, in itself, wasn’t unusual coming from Aunt Freda in Chicago. We often had no idea what she was
shipping out to the farm at Northcote, and if we could figure it out, seldom did we have any use for it. Take the silk kimono she sent Father. First of all, he had never seen a silk kimono before in his life, and when he undressed at night, it was to
immediately get into bed in his long underwear! Or the radio she sent one year. It came in a large box filled with coils, wires, a brown wood box, and several other things, all of which made no sense at all until Uncle Alec came over across
NOTICE OF PASSING OF A ZONING BY-LAW AND ADOPTION OF AN OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT BY THE CITY OF OTTAWA The Council of the City of Ottawa passed a zoning by-law amendment identified as By-law 2015-346 on November 25, 2015 under Section 34 of The Planning Act. Council also adopted Amendment 164 to the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa on November 25, 2015. EXPLANATORY NOTE TO BY-LAW 2015-346 By-law 2015-346 amends the City of Ottawa Zoning By-law 2008-250. The amendment affects properties in the Preston Street North area, which is located south of Albert Street, north of Somerset Street, west of Rochester Street and east of City Centre Avenue (the Bayview Station District Secondary Plan boundary). The purpose of the zoning by-law amendment is to change Preston Street North’s zoning from a residential zone to a Traditional Mainstreet zone. The application is to rezone the subject properties from “R4T and R4H” (Residential Fourth Density Zone, Subzone T and Residential Fourth Density Zone, Subzone H) to “TM and TM12” (Traditional Mainstreet and Traditional Mainstreet, Subzone 12) in the City of Ottawa Zoning By-law. The proposed zoning will achieve Traditional Mainstreet zoning along Preston Street, north of Somerset Street and south of Albert Street to allow for a mix of sensitive residential and non-residential uses, as per the direction of the Bayview Station District Secondary Plan. PURPOSE OF THE OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT 164 The purpose of Official Plan Amendment 164 is to amend the Bayview Station District Secondary Plan. As a result of OPA 164 the boundaries will be expanded to include Preston Street, north of Somerset and south of Albert and its flanking residential community. The amendment establishes a Secondary Traditional Mainstreet designation for Preston Street North, in the Secondary Plan. For further information, please go to www.ottawa.ca/prestonnorth or contact: Emily Davies, Planner Tel: 613-580-2424, ext.23463 E-mail: emily.davies@ottawa.ca. Please note that any person or public body who, before the zoning by-law or the official plan amendment were enacted, made oral submissions, at a public meeting or written submissions to City Council, may appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board with respect to either the zoning by-law amendment or the official plan amendment, by filing with the Clerk of the City of Ottawa, a notice of appeal setting out their objection to the zoning by-law or the official plan amendment and the reasons in support of the objection. Each appeal must be accompanied by the Ontario Municipal Board’s prescribed fee of $125.00, which may be made in the form of a cheque payable to the Minister of Finance. A notice of appeal can be mailed to the City Clerk at 110 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 1J1, or by delivering the notice in person, to Ottawa City Hall, at the Information Desk in the Rotunda on the 1st floor, 110 Laurier Avenue West. A notice of appeal must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. on December 30, 2015. Only individuals, corporations and public bodies may appeal a zoning by-law or an official plan amendment to the Ontario Municipal Board. A notice of appeal may not be filed by an unincorporated association or group. However, a notice of appeal may be filed in the name of an individual who is a member of the association or the group on its behalf. No person or public body shall be added as a party to the hearing of the appeal unless, before the zoning by-law was passed or the official plan amendment was adopted, the person or public body made oral submissions at a public meeting or written submissions to City Council or, in the opinion of the Ontario Municipal Board, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.
the 20 acre field and said it was a radio, which didn’t matter anyway, since we had no electricity on the farm to run it. So it was packed up and put in the shed. Now, here was this red box. Mother was the only one who knew what it was, since she had seen plenty of them in New York. Inside the box, packed tightly and as neat as a pin, were little black pieces with dots imbedded in each one. Mother said they were called dominos. Emerson looked them over, and decided they should go out in the shed with the radio. Everett and Earl had no intention of learning to play something called dominos, which didn’t look like much fun to begin with. Of course, my sister Audrey was long past playing games with us kids. When the Thoms sisters came, or Alfred from the Barr line, that was a different story. And so, I laid claim to the box of black tiles with the white dots on them. I folded up the instructions, and put them way back in the knife drawer of the back-to-wall cupboard, never to look at them again. But I liked the look of the little black tiles, and they were smooth in my fingers,
MARY COOK Memories and I laid claim to them without further ado. Now, every night, without fail, we sat around the old pine table, each of us with his or her own interests at hand. Mother, of course, was either cutting things out of the Philadelphia Enquirer or writing in her diaries. Emerson was hard at his drawings ... big glass buildings, with elevators going up the outside. Everett and Earl loved to whittle ... and if it wasn’t a new slingshot, it was little animals, or just sitting with their red-handled jackknives working away at a smooth piece of wood. Audrey, of course, would be either reading, or working away at putting French knots and daisies on the edge of a flour bag tea towel. Father kept well away from us over at the Findlay Oval with his feet up on the oven door, and the Ottawa Farm Journal scattered around him on the floor. The first night, after I had laid claim to the dominos, I
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set them out before me on the table. I had no idea what I was going to do with them. And then I decided to stand them up, one after the other ... not touching, but close together. There they were, all lined up in one straight line. I accidentally touched the one at the very end, and right before my eyes, that one connected with the next one, and so on, until they were all laid flat on the table. It didn’t take me long to start all over again. And then I got very creative. I curved the line of dominos, I formed a circle, and touched the end one, and as if they were running on gas, down they went. Each one falling the one next to it. Well, it didn’t take long for Emerson to slide over on the bench and demand the dominos. He said because Aunt Freda hadn’t said who they were for, anyone in the family could play with them. Mother reminded him he had passed them up when the parcel was opened. And the dominos were mine, and that was final! I never did learn how to play dominos properly. As a matter of fact, I had no desire to learn the game they offered. To me, it was far more fun, to sit at the old pine table on an evening, set them up in different shapes, tap the end one, and watch them fall down like soldiers. Of course, I had to print a letter to Aunt Freda and thank her. I never did tell her how her gift of dominos filled many an hour around our kitchen table on a cold night out in Northcote. Interested in an electronic version of Mary’s books? Go to www.smashwords.com and type MaryRCook for e-book purchase details, or if you would like a hard copy, please contact Mary at wick2@ sympatico.ca.
Catholic school board nears United Way goal steph.willems@metroland.com
The partnership continues between the United Way of Ottawa and the Ottawa Catholic School Board. On Dec. 7, the school board handed a cheque worth $512,238 to the United Way – its proceeds so far in a workplace campaign that runs until March. The board’s goal is $550,000, a target that representatives see as very achievable. In the past decade, more than $5 million has flown into the United Way’s coffers from the board’s fundraising. Guided by a steering committee and enlisting the help of 140 canvassers, the activities held by the board have seen it ranked number one for donations for several years running. More important than a donation ranking are the beneficial community-level programs and activities made possible that help students throughout Ottawa. The growth of after-school homework clubs in public locations across the city are an especially bright light. Recently, with the United Way’s help, a club was started in the Britannia Woods community of west Ottawa. “One of the things I’m most proud of in our community is the relationship we have with the education sector – they have been partners with us both in our campaign and in so many other initiatives,” said Michael Allen, president and CEO of United Way of Ottawa. “We have a couple dozen of the (homework clubs) now. We find them to be extraordinarily helpful investments, especially in at-risk neighbourhoods with at-risk young people. Many times, the Catholic school board – and others as well – are in those neighbourhoods supporting them with their teachers, with their education programs. Above and beyond all of that, their employees contribute to the United Way campaign – both to their foundation and to the United Way campaign, which contributes towards short- and long-term needs.” Allen said leaders from the city’s school boards have sat on the United Way’s board and on its campaigns, as well as col-
laborative initiatives like the homework clubs and Project STEP, a youth substance abuse program. “We’re focused on the same needs,” he added. “We come at it from slightly different perspectives, but we see the same challenges in communities – kids that come to school without enough to eat or without the support at home for homework … Those are the places where that sharing of information in the community where it’s most important is beneficial to the type of programming we deliver.” Catholic board co-chair Bill Walsh said that as a principal of a school, he sees the positive results of programs like the homework club or breakfast club. “I get in at 7 (or) 7:30 – school doesn’t start 8:45 – and
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Ottawa’s Catholic school board made a big early donation to the United Way on Dec. 7. From left, United Way representative Trevor Clost, board campaign co-chairs Karen Latreille and Bill Walsh, United Way vice-president of community impact Carole Gagnon, board director of education Denise Andre, and United Way president and CEO Michael Allen. there will be probably 100 kids already there taking advantage of the breakfast program,” said Walsh. “So we found a niche or connection with the United Way to spread it a little further
… Ottawa isn’t big but it’s not small. It’s tight enough that you know where the needs are, right across the city. Working in conjunction with the United Way, we’re able to take advantage of that.”
PROPERTY FOR SALE VACANT LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT 1435 RANDALL AVENUE The Ottawa Community Lands Development Corporation (OCLDC), a municipal corporation, is selling a development property at 1435 Randall Avenue on behalf of the City of Ottawa.
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Offers must meet conditions and will be received until FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12th, 2016 at 1 p.m. local time. For more information, or in order to submit an offer, please contact: Bill Hamilton Tel: 613-580-2424, ext. 26977 E-mail: William.Hamilton@ottawa.ca
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City Councillor, Kanata North THE KANATA NORTH HOLIDAY SOCIAL is this Sunday, December 13 from 2 to 4 pm, Beaverbrook Library (Room B). No matter what your faith, come to meet your neighbours and enjoy seasonal goodies while listening to young singers and my granddaughter play the harp. There are activities for children as well. Put aside your busy life and spend a little time chatting with me and giving thanks for the good life we enjoy here in Kanata. TONIGHT, Thurs Dec 10, 6:30 – 8:30 pm is the WEST TRANSITWAY EXTENSION OPEN HOUSE at the Ron Kolbus Lakeside Centre, 102 Greenview Ave. Tired of being stuck in traffic on the 417 during your morning bus commute? Once completed, this part of the Transitway will bypass those stopped vehicles and get you into town faster. Already funded, construction will soon start with buses moving to this part of the Transitway in 2017. See details at the Open House or by visiting www. ottawa.ca. THE SIDEWALK over Eagleson Bridge is almost completed and will be cleared of snow this winter. In 2016, a sidewalk will be built along the north side of Campeau Drive to the bus shelter and along the east side of Teron Road from Campeau to Beaverbrook Road. Where there is no sidewalk, please walk facing the traffic so oncoming vehicles can see you. INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER DAY was last week. We are fortunate to have many volunteering in our community. At the Kanata Food Cupboard last Saturday many volunteers, from children to seniors, turned up to unload the OC Transpo buses that collected food at Loblaws. More than 400 families need help this Christmas (the Food Cupboard provides a Christmas meal, extra food and presents for everyone). Receiving donations, sorting, packing and delivering to the families could not be done without these wonderful volunteers. EVENTS LAST WEEK – As well as attending Board meetings for Hydro Ottawa, the Ottawa Public Library and the Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority the last few weeks have been busy with many budget meetings and discussions with staff. It was great to attend the openings of two new technology companies, one in medical technology and the other in collaboration-solutions. They join more than 500 companies and 21,000 employees in the Kanata North Business Park that make a major contribution to the Canadian economy. Last Sunday I participated in lighting the Menorah on Hanukkah for our Jewish residents. Later, I read a poem at the Vigil to remember the 14 female, engineering students who were killed because they were women, also to raise awareness for women who are still being abused and killed for the same reason today. It is clear that we all need to take action to stem violence in our own country. I’ve also attended several meetings to get ready for a Syrian family that will soon be joining us. It is wonderful to see Christians, Muslims and others working together to help families, who have suffered so much, come to Canada. The most fun was the Christmas Party at the Richcraft Recreation Complex Kanata last Saturday where children drew pictures, decorated cookies, had fun in the gymnasium (including the climbing wall), visited Santa and much more. Then at noon the final cover was installed over the time capsule vault that contains the small capsules filled by hundreds of local residents. UPCOMING EVENTS Dec. 13, Kanata North Holiday Social, 2 - 4 pm, Beaverbrook Library (Room B). Dec 19, 9:15 am – 5 pm, the Beer Store, donate your empties to the Christmas Exchange. I’ll be there accepting them from 10 - 10:30 am. Dec. 31, Rick Chiarelli’s 23rd Annual Alcohol Free New Year’s Eve Event, Ben Franklin Place, Centrepointe.
Contact me at 613-580-2474, email Marianne.Wilkinson@ottawa.ca Follow me on Twitter @KanataNorth to keep up to date on community matters.
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Auditor general report slams Ontario government Expensive energy meddling at top of list, hydro users on hook for unnecessary billions steph.willems@metroland.com
The annual report issued by Ontario auditor general Bonnie Lysyk on Dec. 2 found glaring examples of waste and improper over-
sight across multiple government departments, but saved the harshest criticism for the province’s much-maligned electricity sector. Decisions made by the provincial Liberals dating back to 2006 left ratepayers
paying $37 billion too much for electricity, the report finds. The electricity sector has been an increasingly controversial file in Ontario, spurred by the decision to scrap two politically unpopular natural
Notice of Project Completion Municipal Class EA Phase II Report and Conceptual Rehabilitation Solutions for Ottawa River Outfalls The subject of this Environmental Assessment (EA) study relates specifically to the physical condition of 29 storm outfalls into the Ottawa River identified by the City of Ottawa as being in need of repair or rehabilitation. The overall project followed an integrated planning approach. The study was carried out as a Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Master Plan and followed Approach #2 from the MEA Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (October 2000, as amended in 2007). This approach involves the preparation of a Master Plan report at the conclusion of Phases 1 and 2 of the Municipal Class EA process where the level of investigation, consultation and documentation are sufficient to fulfill the requirements of Schedule B projects. Any Schedule A and A+ projects identified in the Master Plan may proceed in accordance with the implementation requirements defined by the Municipal Class EA. This report documents the results of an environmental assessment completed in the context of the MEA Class Environmental Assessment (Schedule B) under the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act (OEAA) and the screening process under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA). While the outfalls themselves are owned by the City of Ottawa, the requirement to undertake the screening process relates to the fact that most of the outfalls are located on lands owned by the National Capital Commission (NCC). Seven outfalls were assessed to be Schedule B which required more detail including the completion of more detailed site inspections, additional stakeholder consultation, selection of the preferred alternative, and a second public meeting to present the preferred alternatives and the methodology used in the decision making process. These outfalls are as follows: Seven Outfalls Identified as Class EA Schedule ‘B’ Undertakings Ref #
Outfall Number
Outfall Name
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OUT10242
Fleet (Lebreton Flats)
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OUT10517
Fleet (Tailrace)
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OUT04452
Bolton
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OUT04455
John Street
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OUT04504
Birch
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OUT11723
St. Laurent – Rockcliffe
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OUT11722
Rockcliffe Airbase
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The project is being planned under Schedule B of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment. The EA study has confirmed project need and justification, documented existing environmental conditions, examined alternatives, potential impacts and recommended mitigation measures, and provided opportunity for comments from review agencies and the public, all leading to the development of a preferred solution. If concerns arise regarding this project, which cannot be resolved in discussion with the municipality, a person or party may request that the Minister of Environment make an order for the project to comply with Part II of the Environmental Assessment Act (referred to as a Part II Order), which addresses individual environment assessments. Requests must be received by the Minister at the address below within 30 calendar days of the first publication of this Notice. A copy of the request must also be sent to the City at the address below. If there is no request received by Monday, January 18, 2016, the project will proceed to detailed design and construction as presented in the planning documentation. Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change Operations Division Environmental Assessment and Approvals Branch 135 St. Clair Avenue West, 1st Floor Toronto, ON M4V 1P5 For further information on this project, to view the Master Plan report ,to submit comments or to inspect a copy of the Class Environmental Assessment Guidelines, please contact the City of Ottawa’s project manager at the address below: Peter McKay, P.Eng. Senior Engineer – Infrastructure Renewal Water Resources Assets Asset Management Branch | Infrastructure Services Department City of Ottawa 100 Constellation Crescent, 6th Floor Ottawa, ON K2G 6J8 Tel: 613-580-2424, ext. 16213 Fax: 613-580-6068 E-mail: peter.mckay@ottawa.ca 24 Kanata Kourier-Standard - Thursday, December 10, 2015
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gas generating plants in the Greater Toronto Area in the leadup to the 2011 provincial election – a decision made in the premier’s office that cost Ontarians over $1 billion. Lysyk’s report didn’t focus on this controversy, but did point to instances of meddling by the Ministry of Energy that overruled long-term planning decisions made by the Ontario Power Authority (an agency now rolled into the Independent Electricity Systems Operator). Those decisions, she found, have led to an oversupply of unnecessarily expensive electricity in the provincial grid, and skyrocketing hydro rates as a result. “The ministry’s use of directives and directions to make major decisions has resulted in a process that is less than open and transparent – both to the key players in the electricity sector and to the public,” stated the report. “The OPA’s mandate was to be Ontario’s technical planner with expert knowledge of the power system, but it often could not apply its expertise because the rationale behind many of the directives and directions it received from the ministry was not apparent.”
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After deciding to end coalfired generation in 2006, the province passed the Green Energy Act to replace a portion of the lost generation capacity with renewables, including solar and wind
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Ontario Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli is seen speaking in Ottawa in November. In response to Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk’s scathing report on the province’s power system, Chiarelli claimed his government is taking steps to improve planning and oversight. power. Much of the new generation would come from smaller producers hooked to the provincial grid and compensated through the province’s feed-in-tariff program. The report found that little attention was paid to the cost of the generation in relation to the electricity market, and to the resulting impact on hydro bills. “Although global renewable market prices had started to decrease rapidly in 2009 because of technological advances and competition, the ministry instructed the OPA to offer guaranteed prices that were even higher than those offered by the (province’s) former guaranteedprice program,” says the report. The addition of new solar and wind generation to the grid, spurred by 20-year contracts with guaranteed prices
two to three times higher than normal, exacerbated the province’s surplus power problems and forced Ontario to sell much of the new power to neighbouring U.S. states at a steep loss compared to the cost of generation. All of the associated costs of generation – FIT rates, selling surplus power at a loss, and building gas generators to offset the times when the wind doesn’t blow – make up the “global adjustment” that is factored into Ontario hydro rates. Renewables make up about 20 per cent of the rise in hydro rates, which have increased by 66 per cent in the past five years. When announced, the province said the Green Energy Act would only increase rates by one percent a year. See POWER, page 26
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