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Some commuters who use the Eagleson park and ride are fed up with the lack of parking spaces and the tickets issued for parking in unauthorized spots. From Monday to Friday, the main park and ride lot and the overflow lot across the street fill up by about 8 a.m. Many who attempt to find a spot after this time park illegally in non-designated spots – such as on the grass or along the medians found throughout the lot. “It’s far worse than it has ever been,” said Rachel Lane, who commutes daily to her job downtown and says she parks illegally about every four out of five business days. Last September, Lane received a parking ticket at the park and ride for parking on the grass. “No other spaces, as usual, were available,” she said. “I decided to go to trial rather than pay the $70 parking fee because I felt that if people don’t stand up and let city officials know this is an important problem, nothing will get done.” She went to court this past July along with a number of other Kanata commuters who received tickets at the park and ride for illegal parking. This included people who found tickets on their vehicles on Feb. 11, she said. The parking officer that day had issued 61 parking tickets. PARKING WAR, see 4

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REGAL SEND OFF A monarch butterfly rests on the nose of Marcel Demers, a Grade 8 student at Glen Cairn Public School, on Friday, Sept. 23, before beginning its long migration to Mexico. Every year students at Glen Cairn Public raise monarch butterflies and work on monarch-themed curriculum with connections to geography, math, language arts and art.

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Kanata Kourier-Standard - SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Holy Trinitys battle for fundraising bragging rights BLAIR EDWARDS Blair.edwards@metroland.com

The gauntlet has been thrown. Holy Trinity Catholic High School, a fundraising powerhouse for the Terry Fox Foundation, for the past eight years has been challenged by another school of the same name in Courtice, Ont. The contest? Raise the most money during this year’s Terry Fox Run. The prize? Collect a pile of money in the fight against cancer – call it a battle of the Holy Trinitys. “They say, ‘We’re going to beat the Holy Trinity in Kanata this year,’” said Caitlin Tomka, a teacher at Holy Trinity (Kanata) and one of the organizer’s of the school’s Terry Fox Run. The challenge came in the form of a You Tube video, made by the student council of the school in Courtice; the web address of the video is: www.youtube.com/ watch?v=4no1NG487To. Their counterparts in Kanata planned to upload a video accepting the challenge sometime this week. “The schools have challenged

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Josh Bourbonniere and Cole MacPhee, the co-presidents of the student council at Holy Trinity Catholic High School, stand next to a collection of Terry Fox Run paper loonies posted on the walls of the atrium. Students at Holy Trinity wrote the names of loved ones who had been affected by cancer on the loonies. each other simply to motivate each other to raise as much funds as possible,” said Tomka. Last year, Holy Trinity (Kanata) raised $38,000, the second-

highest amount raised by a high school in Ontario. “We have been in the top five schools for fundraising for the past seven years,”

The high school has raised $300,000 over the past eight years – every year it is in the top-five of fundraisers among Ontario high schools – and it

is looking to raise $40,000 during this year’s run, which was scheduled to be held on Wednesday, Sept. 28. But this year, students have noticed it’s a bit more difficult to raise money than in the past. “We’ve noticed a bit of a downturn in the economy with our students,” said Tomka. “We just haven’t been able to fundraise as much as in the past.” Tomka said she suspects people are worried about the downturn in the economy and aren’t able to contribute as much. This year’s run was organized by Sharon MacLaughlin, a teacher at Holy Trinity (Kanata). The entire school, from grades 7 to 12, all 1,408 students, are participating in this year’s run, which will include a free barbecue lunch and music and dance performances in the back courtyard of the high school. This year, students wrote the names of loved ones affected by cancer on paper loonies and posted them on the walls of the high school atrium. “Everyone knows someone who’s been affected or touched by cancer,” said Tomka. “It’s really personal.”

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A 19-year-old man has been charged after a bouncer was stabbed in the chest in a suspected bar fight at the Kanata Centrum early Saturday morning, Sept. 24. Paramedics received a call at around 12:23 a.m. on Saturday to a parking lot near a bar in the Centrum, where

they found a 22-year-old man with stab wounds to his right chest. The cuts were superficial lacerations and non-life threatening, police later said. The injured man was treated for bleeding and given an IV before he was taken to hospital where he was listed in stable condition with nonlife-threatening injuries. The 19-year-old suspect had minor

trauma to the face and was treated on the scene by paramedics then released into the custody of police. Police won’t presently say what the man has been charged with, said Ottawa police spokesperson Const. Henri Lanctot. “They may possibly be looking at other suspects – it’s still early in the investigation,” Lanctot.said on Monday. “There might be other charges pending.

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“That is $70 for each ticket, which means the city raked in (thousands of dollars) from the Eagleson park and ride commuters in one day,” said Lane. If each person who received a ticket on Feb. 11 paid in full, that would mean the city made $4,270 in parking fines in one day. “I don’t think it is fair that Kanata commuters will continue to be abused financially for taking public transit,” she said. Lane pleaded not guilty for her parking ticket but was told she had to pay the fine in full. “The best thing I learned about this was, pay your parking ticket and shut up because the court isn’t going to help you,” she said. Since the beginning of the month, Lane said she’s seen bylaw at the park and ride issuing tickets three times. She herself received a second ticket for $70 on Sept. 19 for parking alongside a median. “It’s so frustrating because (the city) they’re saying there’s no solution, they’re not providing alternatives,” said Lane. ALTERNATIVES The Eagleson park and ride has 1,185 legal parking spaces and offers commuters the option of buying a gold permit for $50 a month to guarantee a parking space. “It’s something I’m going to have to look into because it’s an alternative I guess,” said Lane. “It’s a means of charging commuters when (OC Transpo) they’re supposed to be providing us a service and they’re not able to.” An OC Transpo special constable said many people don’t want to pay for a service they see as free. “Paying for a gold permit is cheaper than one parking ticket,” said the officer. “But people don’t want to pay. They’d rather risk the ticket.” He said he doesn’t enjoy handing out tickets because he knows there’s a problem with lack of parking. However, he added that when people park in non-designated spots, it becomes a safety hazard. He said emergency vehicles need to be able to drive through the lot if there’s an urgent situation – without having to push cars out of the way. The Eagleson park and ride lot can’t be expanded in the near future because the adjacent land is owned by the National Capital Commission (NCC), said Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson. “The difficulty is that the main lot is in the Greenbelt and the NCC will not even consider an expansion until they conclude their Greenbelt study,” said Wilkinson. “There is no land available to expand the lot on the west side.” The OC Transpo website states commuters can use the Terry Fox park and ride as an alternative, which doesn’t fill up as quickly. However, the Terry Fox station has

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There are not enough parking spaces at the Eagleson park and ride, say Kanata commuters, leading some to park illegally against medians or on the grass. no access to express buses, one of the main reasons commuters use the Eagleson lot. “The Terry Fox option can, unfortunately, only be seen as a joke and it will remain that way until there is at least one express bus going there morning and night,” said Hugh Wilson, a Kanata Lakes man who commutes downtown. “The tour through Katimavik on the 96 is an unacceptable alternative, not to mention the only alternative.” He said this leaves him with few options. “I have three choices, either park illegally (at Eagleson) and hope there’s no ticket, go to Terry Fox, which means backtracking and get on a nonexpress bus…(or) drive,” said Wilson. “People are going to do a cost benefit analysis…What’s going to happen is more people are going to drive.” Wilkinson said she tried to get an express bus to the Terry Fox station when OC Transpo made its sweeping changes of the system, but it turned down her suggestion. She said she is still trying to get the Express Route 60 through Terry Fox, adding that staff are supposed to get back to her with a response. “In the meantime, (commuters) they’re going to have to use Terry Fox and the (Route) 96D to come in, which is pretty fast,” she said. “It’s getting back in the evening that’s hard.” Lane said she prefers to use the Eagleson park and ride because she can choose from a variety of express buses instead of taking the one express bus that runs closest to her home. “There’s one express stop, the (Express Route) 68. The problem is when you’re downtown on your way home you have to wait for the 68,” she said. “It’s so much more convenient when you’re downtown to grab any bus… and go to the park and ride; you can quickly get home. If you miss the first one you have to wait again.” Wilson said that if he took the express bus that passes his neighbourhood in Kanata Lakes, it would add an extra 25 minutes a day to his commute. “The closest bus to where we live now takes an even longer, more circu-

itous route through Kanata,” he said. “It comes down to time.” NEW PARK AND RIDE A new park and ride is set to be partially operational within the next three weeks at Scotiabank Place, said Kanata South Coun. Allan Hubley. With 100 parking spaces designated for commuters and two express buses slated to pick up and drop off passengers, Hubley said he and Stittsville Coun. Shad Qadri hope it helps to take some pressure of the Eagleson lot. “It’s the fastest way to address the overcrowding of the Eagleson park and ride,” said Hubley. The Stittsville express routes 261 and 263 will service the Scotiabank park and ride. There are hopes of getting more buses in there by April 2012, and having the lot fully functional by fall 2012, after new on and off ramps to the Hwy 417 are constructed. Until April, commuters will have to press a button at the Scotiabank Place transit station that alerts the next closest bus that passengers are waiting. Hubley said that system should be ready in about three weeks. However, if commuters leave their vehicle in the parking lot after the cutoff time on an event day at Scotiabank Place, they will have to pay the parking price for using the lot. “(It) is a lot cheaper than a parking ticket at the Eagleson park and ride,” said Hubley. Wilson said the Scotiabank park and ride is a step in the right direction to address the overcrowding at Eagleson but the city and OC Transpo need to look at what the needs will be five years in the future. He said the city will keep expanding and more people will add to the overcrowding issue. “People want to be on public transit, they just want it to work,” he said. “Gas prices are high enough. They’d rather get to some place convenient, park their car and go – (rather) than sitting in the Queensway traffic. “The opportunity is there, but we lack action.”

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WOCRC offers lift to clients hospital stay. “It’s an accompaniment service too,” Jordan said. “If you have to go to the hospital and walk around to who knows where, the volunteer will stay with you and make sure you know where you’re going.” For longer appointments, the accompaniment service is impractical, and the client can arrange for a pick-up later in the day. Jordan said that their fees have not increased in over two years, and that the WOCRC has been working with organizations like the LHIN and the city’s Paratranspo service to discuss how to make non-urgent medical transportation better. “Transportation is a huge challenge,” Jordan said. “The focus of keeping people out of the hospital means that transportation becomes a very important piece of the health care system.” To arrange transportation with the WOCRC, dial their main line at 613-5913686. Forty-eight hours of advance notice is preferred, but exceptions can be made in some cases. “If we want to support them out of the hospital, we need to make sure they still have access to healthcare,” Jordan said.

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As health care trends shift away from only hospitals towards a balanced approach including homecare, services offered to community members must change, too, said Cathy Jordan, executive director of the Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre (WOCRC). An essential part of that change involves transportation said Jordan. The Champlain Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) pledged $730,000 in new annual funding for non-urgent medical transportation in eastern Ontario, some of which will be allotted to the WOCRC. Jordan said that this funding, in addition to funds from the city, enables the WOCRC to offer transportation services to seniors and persons with disabilities who need help getting to their appointments. These funds cover expenses like screening volunteer drivers, Jordan said, but aren’t enough to cover all costs. Volunteers pick up clients from their homes and drive them where they need to go. The clients are charged a fee that covers the mileage paid to the volunteers for the use of their vehicle. The WOCRC’s fee schedule requires that for one to 10 kilometres, the client is charged $10, incrementally increasing up to 81 to 100 kilometres for $40. Each additional kilometre costs 45 cents, but once the fee starts to creep upwards, exceptions can be made, said Jordan. Wild Game Meat Cutting “When we get up into a higher price range, there’s a conversation De-Boned with our staff,” Jordan said. TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED Clients who otherwise could not HANGING FACILITY & WALK-IN FREEZER afford the service are given subsi*HATS for HIDES DEPOT* dized costs, and Jordan said that Closed Sunday (613) 832-2646 Kinburn the most she has heard of anyone Caleb Yuck paying is $50 for a roundtrip drive. www.backcountrybutchers.webs.com “We want to make sure the cli- R0011123395 ents get the service when they need it,” she said. “We work with the client to find out what they can afford.” The WOCRC has arrangements with many local hospitals so that there is no parking fee for volunteer drivers. (Call now space is limited) Depending on the appointment, Little Dragons (3-5 years old) the volunteer will stay with the Your child will learn how to listen and show respect patient for the duration of their and improve their co-ordination and balance in a fun ﬁlled, games based environment!

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Re: Increased funding for medical transportation helps rural residents, Sept. 22, KKS. The Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre has not raised its fares for its seniors transportation program for more than two years and the maximum fare charged is $50 for a two-way trip – not $45 one-way as stated in the article. Cathy Jordan, executive director of the WOCRC, said the transportation service has not been cut and continues to grow, and in fact, the centre subsidizes the service for its clients. We regret the error.

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Kanata Kourier-Standard - SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

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n the wake of one of the largest puppy-mill rescues in recent history, a proposal to get Ottawa to ban the inhumanely bred dogs at local pet stores is getting a lot of attention. As it should. The conditions of more than 500 dogs were forced to live in at an Outaouais puppy mill highlighted the need for renewed animal-protection laws. But is strengthening a city bylaw really going to accomplish that goal? Pet shops aren’t the first stop for most people looking to buy a new pet. Besides breeders, shelters and pet shops, classified ads and the Internet are two of the most common places to look for a new pet and unfortunately, that’s how many puppy-mill breeders sell their animals, which are often sick and mistreated. There is not much the city can do to prevent that. While one suffering dog is one too many, an Ottawa bylaw would only have an impact on fewer than a handful of stores that sell dogs in this city. There are only four pet stores that don’t get

animals from the humane society, according to Coun. Mark Taylor, chair of the city’s community and protective services committee. What is needed, he says, are strong regulations – and penalties – at the provincial and federal levels. In Ontario in 2005, the province added a hefty fine of up to $50,000 for puppy mill operators who break the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. Federally, Canada’s animal cruelty law dates to the original criminal code from 1892. The fines were increased in 2008, but anti-animal cruelty advocates want the definition of “abuse” strengthened. In the meantime, prospective puppy parents can do their part: don’t buy from a breeder unless you are allowed to contact references and see the conditions in which the animal was raised. Why not rescue an unwanted dog by adopting from a shelter such as the Ottawa Humane Society? The best way to put a stop to puppy mills is to stop buying from them.

Who says Ottawa doesn’t look good?

recent minor sensation was the revelation that someone has ranked Ottawa the eighthworst-dressed city in the world. The newspapers were full of it. The ranking was done by the website MSN Travel and, to be fair, our city was in good company. Among the cities considered to dress worse than Ottawa were San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, Vancouver (the yoga pants), Maui (the Hawaiian shirts) and Orlando (the Disney costumes). Nevertheless, it still hurts, doesn’t it? You get up in the morning, put on your best blue suit and matching blue tie, then turn on the Internet and find that very suit and that very tie used to illustrate an article on Ottawa’s bad fashion sense. “As a city populated by suit-and-tie civil servants, there is zero audacity to be different and nary a fashion effort is made,” says the article. “Everyone looks like they’re frozen in the 1980s. Men sport the same boring navy suits that hang like shapeless curtains across their shoulders, women choose sensible shoes, sedate colours and are unremarkably respectable, and everyone is just so matchy matchy.” Well, how seriously should we take KANATA

CHARLES GORDON Funny Town this? Not at all. For one thing, the picture is obviously a fake – the guy in the suit is not wearing I.D. tags around his neck. For another thing, there is more to life than how you look. How you eat, for example, and how you fish. For a third thing, not caring about how you dress shows an absence of vanity, vanity being a terrible thing. Also, not caring how you dress saves you a lot of money. That being the case, Ottawa should, logically, place high on the list of Cities That You Don’t Have to Spend a Lot of Money to Live In. But, for a fourth thing, who says we look so bad? Who makes these rules? People on the Internet, that’s who. The rules are very arbitrary, and possibly wrong. Suppose you walked down

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the street in Maui and you weren’t wearing a Hawaiian shirt. People might point at you and snicker. Suppose you showed up in Orlando not wearing sandals and Bermuda shorts. People would think you were an undercover police officer. Guys in Seattle are being attacked now for wearing the same flannel shirts that made the city cutting edge a few years ago. A fashion sense has to be a flexible thing and people in Ottawa are doing the best they can under difficult circumstances. It used to be much easier. You wore your suit and tie every day, sometimes changing your tie. Then the idea of casual Fridays arrived. For a while that was OK: it just meant suit, no tie, or tie, no jacket. Then it became sports shirts and different kinds of pants. More complicated. To make matters worse, there was the shifting nature of the work week. Not everybody worked Monday to Friday. So, if you had Friday off, did that make Thursday casual Thursday? Even if you were the only one in the place without a tie on? You can bet the folks at MSN Travel weren’t thinking a lot about these factors. Not everyone in the city is hostile

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to the idea that we could dress better. For example, owners of clothing stores – surprise! In a newspaper interview, one suggested that younger Ottawans are making an attempt to improve. “It’s people that have at the same time, adopted some of that casual dress code, but they’re trying to make that the best that they can,” he said. “It’s a little better than wearing Dockers and a golf shirt to go to work.” Wait a second: Are you saying Dockers and golf shirts are bad? And the Hawaiian shirt is out too? So much to learn, and so little time. Anyway, how much effort can we be expected to make when we know we have to hang the I.D. tags over it?

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To the editor: Like many others I have watched with bewilderment and then horror at the construction of the odd-looking twin structures over the Carp on Hazeldean Road. I am a retired civil engineer and therefore may have more curiosity than others as to what was happening. I have corresponded with Stittsville Coun. Shad Qadri over the construction and also sent a letter to the provincial minister responsible for infrastructure formally requesting an inquiry into the design. Without getting into engineering terms, the issue is really quite simple. Under the national infrastructure stimulus program, Hazeldean Road is being upgraded from Terry Fox to Carp Road at an estimated cost of $68 million. Over $4 million has been spent on the two completely unnecessary bridges. The apparent reason for raising the grade of the road and using bridges instead of simple culverts (as on Palladium Drive) was the desire to have pedestrian walkways on each side of the tributary as the area has been designated as a “recreation corridor.” The reason for the odd-looking structures is to create a “gateway” between the communities of Stittsville and Kanata. Now as has been reported by the city, the design has been an engineering failure as the

bridge decks deflected too much and remedial measures in the form of additional supports under the decks must be added. I am outraged at this complete waste of our taxpayer’s dollars. Installing simple box culverts would have probably cost far less than $1 million and would not require the unnecessary raising of the grade of the road. As we know, the infrastructure program has been mainly financed by debt at three levels of government. This means that we will continue to pay for the folly of this failed design for years to come. I have urged the municipal and provincial governments to conduct a formal inquiry as to how this whole scenario developed so as to create clear procedures for real cost/benefit analyses, which will be used to justify these expenses in the future. In my view, these unnecessary bridges with the attendant bad aesthetics and potentially unsafe raising of the roadbed simply cannot be justified in order to walk along the sides of a small creek. To garner support for an inquiry, I have created the following temporary email address bridgeinquiry@hotmail.com that will encourage your readers to comment on my concerns. I am quite prepared to organize a petition and take it to all three levels of government to force an inquiry. Gordon Walt Stittsville *** LETTERS on page 9

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Pet-shop license push not backed by committee chair Other councillors open to humane society’s pet-sale proposal LAURA MUELLER laura.mueller@metroland.com Jessica Cunha photo

FALL CLEANING Gengyuan Lin and Minjie Yao help to clean up the area around the S.S. No. 1 schoolhouse on Goldridge Drive in Kanata Lakes, with the Kanata Chinese Seniors Social Club. Around 50 members turned out to help beautify the area on Friday, Sept. 23.

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Tap-and-go Presto cards are on track to replace OC Transpo passes by next spring and they won’t require users to have photo ID. As the city gears up to roll out the Presto system, which will allow riders to “fill up” their pass cards like a gift card, the transit commission decided that a photo identifying the passholder won’t be part of the new Presto pass. That will allow bus riders to transfer their pass for use by another rider – something that’s currently not possible. The cards will work in a couple of ways. They can hold a cash balance like a gift card that could be used to pay for individual trips, or users can pay one fee for unlimited monthly or annual rides. OC Transpo expects the cards, which are simply tapped on a reader on the bus or OTrain, will speed up boarding and make it easier for people to buy passes, cutting down on administrative costs for OC Transpo. But a Sept. 21 report to the city’s transit commission says the system won’t be “fully realized” if photo ID is required. Needing a photo would eliminate the benefits of putting fare payment online, which is intended to eliminate large lines at OC Transpo service centres. A city report says that al-

lowing people to transfer passes within a fare category (ie. students, adults and seniors) would attract more riders to the service. Some of those additional riders would be using another person’s pass, but the report says allowing transferable passes would also hook some of those pass-borrowers in as new OC Transpo customers, because they would be attracted to the improved customer service. There is a cost associated with pass sharing, however. An independent analysis of the impact found that the city could lose between $170,000 and $2.6 million from lost pass revenue. OC Transpo has also crunched the numbers and anticipates a $1.5 million revenue loss, but the report states that “... the real figure will likely be much less – closer to the point of revenue neutrality.” That’s because the Presto cards will reduce costs associated with administration, as well as counterfeit passes. Not to mention, photo IDs would make it difficult to integrate the Presto system with the rest of the Metrolinx program in southern Ontario, according to the report. The province is giving Ottawa $7 million towards the program. Post-secondary student Upasses and cash fares are the only fares that won’t be accommodated under the new Presto card.

Requiring pet shops to sell cats and dogs from shelters isn’t a good idea for Ottawa, says the chair of the city’s community and protective services committee. The proposal, which came from the Ottawa Human Society’s executive director Bruce Roney the day Toronto passed a similar bylaw, could lead to some “bruised feelings” between the city and the humane society, said Bay Coun. Mark Taylor. That’s because the animal welfare group went public with the idea instead of discussing it with the city first, Taylor said. And it’s happening only a few months after the humane society supported the city’s effort to re-jig bylaws that govern pet stores. The idea of trying to ban puppy-mill dogs from pet stores and promote adoption of unwanted pets came up during those discussions in May, Taylor said, and all parties agreed it wasn’t a good fit for Ottawa.

“There will probably be an inquiry to staff, and there are other councillors who are interested in this ” Bob Monette But on Sept. 22, Roney sent a letter to city council – and the media – asking Ottawa to follow Toronto’s suit. “Ottawa council has shown itself to be considerably more progressive and forward-thinking than Toronto’s. Please demonstrate this by acting now for the animals and by a bylaw in Ottawa,” Roney wrote. “So I’m a little shocked (the humane society) took that tact,” Taylor said. “Rather than coming to us as a partner with a concern, they just launched it out there onto the Internet.” Roney was not available for

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Ottawa Humane Society employee Marissa Kelso, a South Keys resident, plays with Simon, a two-year-old chow chow mix up for adoption at the humane society. an interview but Taylor said he spoke to Roney after the letter was sent and the humane society’s reasoning was that there was now a precedent for such a bylaw in Ontario. When it was considered in Ottawa in May, no other city had a similar bylaw. Of the 13 licensed pet stores in Ottawa, eight sell cats and dogs and only four sell privately bred animals. The other four already source their animals from shelters, Taylor said, so passing a bylaw like Toronto’s wouldn’t make much of an impact in Ottawa. “I don’t think it’s going to do anything to tackle the problem,” he said, adding that most puppy-mill dogs are sold online – something the city can’t regulate. Although Taylor counts himself as a protector of animals, he said efforts would be better spent lobbying the federal government to strengthen the criminal code to place harsher punishments on offenders who

mistreat animals. But other councillors were open to the idea of exploring a bylaw like Toronto’s. Orleans Coun. Bob Monette said the community and protective services (CPS) committee and council should be having a discussion about the issue. “Four stores is probably four too many,” said Monette, who supports the sale of shelter animals or pets produced through registered breeders. “I would be open to having that discussion and looking at other options,” Monette said. But he said he won’t be the one to push the agenda at council (Monette doesn’t sit on the CPS committee). “There will probably be an inquiry to staff, and there are other councillors who are interested in this,” he said. Kitchissippi Coun. Katherine Hobbs, who is rumoured to be interested in pushing the agenda on this issue, was unavailable for comment.

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After that, it’s been a flurry of activity collecting donations, crafting pink breast cancer ribbons and creating matching team shirts. When people donate $10, they get a ribbon as a thank you, said Halee. So far, the team has handed out about 50 of the hand-made pink bows. The team, which includes Katherine Castro, Taylor Park, Kelsey Zelenka, and Halee’s brothers, Nick and Matthew McDonald, and parents Andy and Tonya White, is hoping to make a difference by participating. “(Our goal) is that we find a cure,” said Katherine, 12. “My mom said if you find the cure for one cancer, it could help you find the cure for others,” added Nick, 11. Last year’s run, which took place in

over 60 communities, raised $33 million for breast cancer research. “I felt like running because (cancer is) it’s something that’s hard to live with,” said Taylor, 12. Last year, Halee’s dad managed the sound systems for the event. “It was quite inspiring,” he said, about seeing all the people running and the hundreds of supporters who turned out to cheer. Two months ago he suffered a heart attack and working out is part of his recovery plan. “I thought, perfect, (the run is) fivekilometres so I’ll skip the gym that day and raise some money.” To donate visit www.runforthecure. com, click on the donate button and search for the team using its name.

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the tune of $1.6 million, according to a city report. The price of diesel fuel isn’t helping, and keeping buses parked outside idling, among other things, will cost just under a million dollars this year. The picture for 2012 is even bleaker. OC Transpo is anticipating it will face a $7.5 million additional pressure on fuel costs next year. The transit authority’s fuel budget has been trimmed by $6 million in each of the last two years for a total of $37 million in 2011. The solution is complex. In the short term, it involves informing bus drivers about the effects of idling when

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While it still needs city council’s approval, the planning committee recommended that the following areas be added to the urban development boundary, for a total of around 850 hectares: • Along March Road and north of Old Carp Road in Kanata north • West of Terry Fox Drive North • North of the Stittsville urban boundary, west of Kanata, south of Highway 417 and three lots east of Carp Road • West of Stittsville and north of Hazeldean Road • South of Barrhaven (south of Cambrian Road, east of Highway 416) • South and east of Leitrim, mostly along Bank Street near Findlay Creek • East of Mer Bleue Road and north of Navan Road and east of Cardinal Creek in Orleans.

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The city’s planning committee approved the addition of 850 hectares of land into Ottawa’s urban boundary on Sept. 27, but not before some wrangling over a piece of land in Kanata north. The move was necessary after the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) ruled that city council should have sided with its staff, who suggested the 850 hectares in 2009. Instead, city council tried to limit the amount of developable land over a shorter time period to 230 hectares in a bid to rein in sprawl. The only change to the portions of land staff suggested to be added is a slight re-alignment of a parcel of land along March Road. Roman Diduch, a city engineer, said the change was necessary because the sloped ground in that area would be better served by a different type of sewer that uses gravity to allow stormwater to reach the Briarbrook pumping station. But some councillors thought the change was arbitrary and that it highlighted the city’s fragmented approach to planning. Rideau-Rockcliffe Coun. Peter Clark led the charge to try and get the committee to adopt staff ’s original 2009 recommendation, without the change to the parcel in Kanata. He was backed by Cumberland Coun. Stephen Blais, Innes Coun. Rainer Bloess, Kanata South Coun. Allan Hubley and Stittsville Coun. Shad Qadri. “If we’re doing things as ad hoc as we’re doing here, we’re not being responsible members of council,” Clark said. Hubley argued that instead of nit-picking over sewer servicing for one particular parcel of land, the city should be taker a broader approach and planning for how development will impact the entire west end. That would encompass water and sewer servicing, traffic and transit, as well as community resources such as rinks and pools. “We should start building a plan,” Hubley said, to ensure infrastructure is in place before residents move into newly developed areas.

Hydro Ottawa has already been proactively working with the city to do that, Hubley said, and he would like to see other departments follow suit. That’s the message he and the three other councillors were trying to convey to city staff and their council colleagues by dissenting on the motion, Hubley said. “We’re trying to change some attitudes,” he said. “They’re used to doing it one parcel at a time … The new councillors are concerned about the future of the city. That’s the future. Staff need to pick up on that.” The disagreement amongst committee members led Alta Vista Coun. Peter Hume, the committee chair, to ask a lawyer what would happen if the committee and council didn’t take a position on which lands to add into the urban boundary. City solicitor Tim Marc said the city would put itself in an “untenable” position if it chose not to take a stand on which lands to add to the urban boundary, adding that it would be “a significant reputational risk to the City of Ottawa.” The recommendation of lands to be added to the urban boundary must still gain council’s approval on Oct. 12. It is expected to face further scrutiny at the OMB early next year.

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Over 330 people took to the paths for the annual Kanata and Stittsville Terry Fox Run, raising around $25,000, on Sept. 18. The 31st annual run honoured Fox’s mother Betty, who helped turn her son’s Marathon of Hope into a yearly fundraiser. “We also dedicate our Terry Fox Run in memory of his mother Betty Fox, who died this year on June 17, just 11 days before the 30th anniversary of Terry’s death,” said Michael Ward, organizer of the Kanata run. “Betty helped to make that dream bigger than Terry could have ever imagined. Her travels were many, her hours were long, but she endured it all in honour and tribute to her remarkable son Terry. And now, we now pay tribute to Betty, for her commitment to the cause, for her dedication, for her compassion, for her vision, for perse-

vering at all costs. Her own marathon, forged of maternal love, has come to an end.” Many participants reflected on their own reasons for running, he said. “While the younger generation continues to be inspired by Terry Fox, many participants reflected on their own reasons for coming out as they wrote names and messages on the memory boards,” said Ward. Long-time participant Judy Culleton raised over $4,600, said Ward, while over 25 volunteers helped with the 2.5-kilometre, five-kilometre and 10-kilometre courses. Next year’s run is set for Sept. 16, 2012 and Ward said they are already looking for organizers and volunteers. For more information, email kanataTFR@rogers. com. The Terry Fox Foundation is independent from the Canadian Cancer Society and funds raised go towards research projects. All money raised from the local runs goes directly to the foundation. To date, the foundation has funded 1,180 cancer research projects. This year, the organization is estimating it will invest $27.5 million in cancer research. Since the first local run in 1989, the event has raised over $535,000 for the Terry Fox Foundation.

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A number of development plans were discussed at the Kanata North ward council meeting on Monday, Sept. 19. Presentations included development plans for: • Eight three-storey condominiums along Terry Fox Drive, adjacent to Richardson Side Road by eQ Homes. • The construction of 100-plus units in three-storey apartments along Kanata Avenue and Richardson Side Road by Brigil Platinum • A seven-storey apartment on the corner of Hertzberg Road and Terry Fox Drive by Groupe Lépine and its approved zoning. Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson said the residents that turned out for the meeting approved of the plans for the development of the condominiums planned for Terry Fox Drive near Richardson Side Road.

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“Location is such that it’s really suitable,” she said, adding each building would have 12 units – for a total of 96 units. Parking for the condominiums would all be underground, except for visitor parking, she said. She said the developer is also planning on doing a lot of landscaping to the area. The development by Brigil still has a ways to go because the rock in the area “is so difficult there,” said Wilkinson. Blasting has to occur right next to the park so the company is working with the city on the site plans right now, she said. Zoning was approved for the seven-storey apartment to be constructed at the corner of Hertzberg and Terry Fox, she said. The site plan calls for a seven-storey building. The site plan for the Kanata North Recreation Complex was submitted to the city, she said with little to no changes.

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Natalie Mehra wants to see health care front and centre in this year’s provincial election campaign. From hospital bed shortages to home care, Mehra said her group, the Ontario Health Coalition, wants to see candidates addressing issues that are affecting Ontarians. “Access to health care is suffering,” said Mehra, the coalition’s director. “There are severe access issues, perhaps the strongest evidence of the problem is the level of hospital occupancy and overcrowding.” Mehra said political parties need to address key health concerns like access to acute care hospital beds and longerterm care for seniors both in hospitals and in the community. “It’s poor and inequitable,” Mehra said, adding that 18,500 hospital beds have been cut since 1990. As a result, she pointed out Ontario residents are traveling long distances for their surgeries and wait lists for long-term care beds have “never been higher.” “In some areas, home care isn’t provided at all anymore,” Mehra said. “Patients are required to travel long distances.” Yasir Naqvi, the Liberal candidate for Ottawa Centre, said his party has built 18 new hospitals across the province that has helped alleviate wait times. In Ottawa, his party has taken on initiatives like doubling the size of Montfort Hospital, added new wings at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and expanded to Ottawa Heart Institute. “All of these are really significant investments in our health care, just in the City of Ottawa alone,” Naqvi said. “Not to mention, we have hired almost 3,000 new doctors, 11,500 more nurses and now 94 per cent of Ontarians have a family doctor.” Anil Naidoo, the New Democratic Party candidate for Ottawa Centre, said that his party agrees with the health coalition that there needs to be more improvement with beds and wait times. “We have a plan, and we want to put people first,” Naidoo said. “We need to invest more in a health care system that alleviates some of the wait times in a thoughtful and practical way.” Naidoo added that the NDP has committed to investing more in home care and long-term care, which would also help alleviate wait times for long-term care beds. Randall Denley, the Progressive Conservative candidate for Ottawa WestNepean, said the issue of long-term care is a particularly significant issue for his party. In particular, he said his party wants to do better for Ontario seniors. “We’re keeping them in the hospital, and it costs about $1,000 a day,” Denley said, adding that better at-home care could also help increase the amount of available hospital beds. Dave Bagler, the Green Party candidate for Ottawa-Vanier, said his party identifies key health priorities for Ontario, including investing in home

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Dr. Wilbert Keon, chairman of the Champlain LHIN board of directors and founder of the heart institute, speaks at a recent funding announcement for the institute located at the Ottawa Hospital’s Civic Campus. The Ontario Health Coalition believes there needs to be more of a focus on health care in this year’s provincial election. care. “It’s a sad state when we have to bring a senior into a hospital to check if they have the flu because we can’t send someone to them,” Bagler said. “If we can make those investments in home care, not only are we having money, but we’re also protecting seniors and addressing hospital bed concerns.” The Green Party wants to focus on health promotion, he added, and putting money into preventative measures for diabetes and obesity. “The earlier you solve a problem, the cheaper is it,” Bagler said. Mehra also wants to see the political parties address the question of whether they will address privatization and protect public, non-profit health care. “For-profits have reduced working conditions for workers,” she said. “The impact is there’s very, very high turnover.” Naidoo said he worked as a health care campaigner, and his party will continue to be an advocate for universal public health care. “The NDP is at the centre of the public universal health care system,” he said. “So of course, we’re going to be standing against privatization.” Naqvi said the Liberals are “very much committed” to a publicly-funded, universally-accepted health care system. He said the Liberals have already passed legislation to ensure that the health system remains not-for-profit. “We’ve taken concrete measures in law and in practice to strengthen the foundation of a publically-funded health care system,” Naqvi said. Denley said that it’s “pretty clear” Ontarians already have a mix of private and public providers. “If you get an X-ray, it’s a private provider,” he said. “But you pay for it with your OHIP card.” Bagler said there will always be an element of private delivery like doctors who own their own clinics, and that it

should be up to communities in Ontario to decide what is best for them. “I’m in Ottawa-Vanier, and we’re a diverse riding. Lowertown isn’t like Rockcliffe. They don’t have the same needs,” he said. “What I’d like to see is let the communities have more of a say of what their health services are locally. That distinguishes the Green Party from the others.” Mehra said she would also like to know what concrete steps each party is taking to improve democratic governance and public accountability. “We need democratic reform, re-establish democratic governance and public accountability,” she said. “We have pushed very hard on those issues, including improving democratic accountability and including a provincial ombudsman oversight.” Naidoo said Ontario needs community-based governance, and Local Health Integration Networks have been a “big disappointment.” Denley also said getting rid of LHINs would help re-establish democratic governance and public accountability. He referred to the LHIN as a “pretend level of accountability” and doesn’t allow for communities to have any control or say over what the network does. “There’s no democratic control, and health care is a provincial government responsibility,” Denley said. However, Naqvi said he’s concerned when he hears parties talking about scrapping the idea of LHINs. He said the network is the “most important” innovation that the Liberal Party has come up with. “In the past, we had a system where bureaucrats in Toronto deliver and develop practices in health care in Ottawa,” Naqvi said. “(The NDP and Progressive Conservatives) want to centralize health care, and bring decision-making back in the hands of few. That won’t be transparent.”

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Finding a way through the mental health system GEOFF DAVIES AND LAURA MUELLER

mental health is improving, funding isn’t following suit. But Ottawa Public Health is trying to do its part. The city added $300,000 into its budget starting in 2011 aimed at adding suicide-prevention programming for parents and to provide funding to allow the Youth Services Bureau’s downtown crisis drop-in centre to be open for an extra day each week (that announcement is coming next month). It’s a big step that marks Ottawa Public Health’s entry into the mental health field, Leikin says. “We’re new to this in the sense that we’ve just started to make these strong connections in the mental-health area,” he says. “Whereas before Ottawa Public Health was an expert and a leader on various health topics, now mental health is becoming one of them, which is really exciting for us.” The focus for the programs, which could start as soon as January, will be on youth in grades 7 and 8 – the “transition years,” says Nicole Frappier, who is also with Ottawa Public Health. But Ottawa Public Health wants to make suicide part of the dialog with parents starting right at pre-natal classes, Frappier says. It’s an especially pressing issue in Ottawa, where eight per cent of youth have seriously considered trying to kill themselves. That is a significantly higher rate than the rest of Ontario, a city report notes. It’s the type of programming that officials hope will make a difference to families like the Grahams. Now with several courses under her belt, Shelly Graham is learning more about suicide so she does know what to do. Education is key for everyone, including parents, she says. One day, when she’s ready, she hopes to share her knowledge in classrooms. What’s most important, she has learned, is to reach out to people suffering. Though it may be uncomfortable, making the effort to break through could save a person, and spare the web of people who love them. “There’s a real shame that comes with suicide. We will not be ashamed,” says Shelly. “Jesse was an awesome guy and we are going to talk about him. He was loved. Shame is what immobilizes you and it’s what keeps people suffering in silence. “And there’s been enough suffering in silence.”

hen 17-year-old William Ross realized he couldn’t hold back from harming himself, he ran downstairs and asked his mother to drive him to CHEO. Jesse Graham told six people he was thinking about killing himself, says Shelly, Jesse’s mother, but he never spoke to a professional about his demons. The people Jesse told kept it to themselves. Today, William is recovering. Jesse took his own life last summer. It’s a cruel twist of fate that the stories of these two young men, who faced such similar inner struggles, ended so differently. As is the case for many teens struggling with mental health challenges, it often comes down to knowing how to access the resources they need. William, who went through counselling when he was 12, knew. Jesse didn’t. That’s why the first point of contact for most suicidal teens is the hospital emergency room, or a visit from the police, says Dr. Kim Sogge, chief of psychology professional practice at the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group. “It’s a real dilemma for families,” she says. Sogge says mental health professionals and agencies in Ontario and Ottawa need to do a better job of educating families and making them aware of the resources available to them. Ben Leikin of Ottawa Public Health couldn’t agree more. He is one of the partners involved with the Community Suicide Prevention Network. The network arose as a result of the growing awareness of suicide that followed the high-profile suicide of 14-yearold Ottawa resident Daron Richardson last fall. The aim is to co-ordinate resources by bringing together the executive directors and decision makers from a range of service providers. After several months of meetings and consultations, the network decided the most pressing issue facing the mental health field in Ottawa is ensuring people are aware of the resources available and how to access them. Leikin pointed out there are a lot of big issues that need to be addressed, like decreasing the stigma that still surrounds these issues, and creating a media awareness campaign to get the message out. But “bigger than those things, or a

OUT OF THE DARKNESS A series about youth suicide Part 3: Mental health professionals and agencies work together for better community awareness big important piece of that, is still how to navigate the system,” Leikin says. “So that’s going to be what we tackle.” The network will be creating “navigation maps” to guide both youth and parents through the mental-health system. “It will go into a bit more detail of how to navigate yourself through the system. It will … provide information about how one could work through it to get the appropriate services,” Leikin says. Sogge says although awareness about

Workshops The Canadian Mental Health Association offers a series of suicide prevention training workshops in Ottawa: • SafeTALK: a three-hour course for people over the age of 15 to help identify persons with thoughts of suicide and connect them to suicide ﬁrst aid resources. The cost is $40 to $60 to take the course. • Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST): a two-day program offered 20 times a year in Ottawa that teaches suicide ﬁrst-aid skills to anyone who may come into contact with a person at risk, using the most widely-used suicide intervention model in the world. The cost is $180 to take the course. More than 1,000 people take the course every year. For more information call 613737-7791. Ottawa school boards have their own ASIST trainers.

Connecting with resources A new website, www.ementalhealth.ca, is making it easier for people to connect with the mental-health services that are appropriate for them. In addition to having a directory, it is like a Google search for mental health services, said Ben Leikin, mental health project ofﬁcer for Ottawa Public Health. “So if you want to search something like ‘psychologist for a 14-year-old,’ it will bring up private practise psychologists as well as some programs that exists for free. It indicates right on it is there is a fee, if it’s bilingual and where it’s located,” Leikin said. The search also brings up news articles and useful links.

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he biggest item on the wish list of Ted Charette, co-ordinator of Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa Mobile Crisis and Intake Services, is Canada adopting a national suicide prevention strategy. Canada is the only G-8 country without a national suicide prevention strategy. The Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention is working on preparing a national suicide prevention strategy.

“I think it’s starting to gain some weight and some support around the families,” says Charette. “We’ve had a blueprint for many, many years,” says Rene Ouimet, a director of the Canadian Mental Health Association and a member of the Canadian Association of Suicide Prevention. Canada needs a body to co-ordinate suicide prevention programs across the country, said Ouiment. “We keep lobbying,” she said. The Canadian Association of Suicide Prevention released a suicide prevention strategy in 2004.

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The objectives of the strategy include: Promote awareness across the country that suicide and suicidal behaviour is everyone’s problem and is preventable. Increase the number of employers and volunteer groups that have suicide prevention, intervention and post-intervention programs. Promote understanding that “breaking the silence surrounding suicide increases realistic opportunities to save lives and to reduce suffering. Launch an anti-stigma campaign. Reduce the availability and lethal-

ity of suicide methods (such as guns). • Increase training for recognition of risk factors, warning signs and atrisk behaviours. • Develop a national crisis-line network. • Increase services and support to those bereaved by suicide or who have attempted suicide. • Increase funding for suicide prevention programs. “The only way we’re going to prevent suicide is to talk about it openly and directly,” said Ouimet.

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For parents of school-age children and students at Ontario’s colleges and universities, provincial spending on education will always be a key issue. And that focus is ramped up come election time. Which party will cut, which will spend more, expand services or cut fees? Current students and their parents may look at the short-term implications of the parties’ policies, but all Ontario residents should take a close look at proposals for our schools. Beyond the tax bill to educate future generations, the quality of that education has ramifications that can only be measured in decades, not the four-year term of a governing party. While spending on roads or hospitals may deliver improvements we can see in a year, education spending provides its payoff over the long term. In the past few years we’ve seen the McGuinty government roll out full-day kindergarten in Ontario schools, the first such program in North America. Today there are more than 50,000 children at school for the full day instead of the former half-day. By September 2014, fullday kindergarten will be available in all provincially-funded elementary schools in the province. The Progressive Conservatives didn’t support the full-day legislation, but have accepted that the process can’t be scrapped now that it’s underway and parents are counting on it. Nepean-Carleton PC MPP Lisa MacLeod said the full-day system “can be improved upon.” “We need to make sure all of the kinks are worked out,” MacLeod said. The New Democrats support full-day kindergarten, but have expressed concerns about the lengthy implementation period. Ottawa South NDP candidate Wali Farah, who has a masters in education from the University of Ottawa, said the full-day plan caused problems as it was rolled out. “The classes are overflowing with kids; more than was expected,” Farah said. He said the effects have also been felt in daycare centres, which lost many of their older children to kindergarten. He said an NDP government would invest $250 million over the next two years to stabilize the day care system so fees don’t increase beyond parents’ ability to pay. Liberal MPP Bob Chiarelli is seeking re-

election in Ottawa West-Nepean. He said the PCs were “dead set against full-day kindergarten” when the Liberals brought forth legislation to establish the program. “Education is the single most important investment we can make,” Chiarelli said. “There have been a few bumps in the road (establishing full-day kindergarten), but the basic program rolled out very well, and parents like it.”

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THE ISSUES

EDUCATION • Doubling the length of bachelor of education programs

HEALTH CARE

How do each of the four major parties ﬁelding candidates in the Oct. 6 election stack up on some of the big issues facing Ontario? Here’s a snapshot of what the Green, Liberal, New Democratic and Progressive Conservative platforms have to offer.

• Make the 30 per cent tuition grants available to lower income students available to the middle class as well

• Reform health care delivery to ensure access by re-prioritizing funding • Improve care available to seniors: better home care options, transitional care, assisted living and long-term care and create case managers at the family clinic level

• Freeze tuition for 2012-2013 while maintaining university and college budgets; index tuition increases to rate of inﬂation from 2013-2015

• Cut emergency wait times in half, scrap the LHINs, reduce fees

ECONOMY/TAXES • Allow families to reduce taxable income through income sharing

• Increase spending on K-12 by $2 billion by end of ﬁrst term, root out waste

• Invest more in frontline care by capping hospital CEO pay and reducing money spent on consultants

• Lower income taxes by ﬁve per cent on the ﬁrst $75,000 of taxable income

• Create 200,000 apprenticeship spaces over four years

• Double the caregiver tax credit

• Lower income taxes on families and local businesses

• Reduce school reliance on parent fees and fundraising by setting aside $20 million per year to be allocated to parent councils as a per capita grant

• Scrap the LHINs • Increase health spending by $6 billion during ﬁrst term in ofﬁce • Expand long term care by adding 5,000 new beds

• Expand training, certiﬁcation programs in green building, biomedical technology, renewable energy and sustainable transportation sectors

• Eliminate interest on the provincial portion of student loans • Remove HST from gasoline by one percentage point per year

• Create a family caregiver leave program, allowing up to eight weeks of job-protected time away

• Will make the temporary input tax credit restrictions permanent, meaning corporations won’t be allowed to write off taxes on expenses like entertainment and dining

• Double the children’s activity tax credit to $100 per child

• Eliminate the deﬁcit by 20172018 ﬁscal year

ENERGY

• Create incentives to help triple the number of successful start-up companies in the next ﬁve years

• Remove the HST from hydro, home heating bills • End mandatory time-of-use electricity pricing

• Reinstate and expand the home energy savings program • Require local participation in energy projects, support smallscale and community based projects

MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS • Work with municipalities, non-proﬁts and developers to identify opportunities to create affordable housing • Implement the Building Together plan, focusing on improving public transit

• Remove the HST from electricity, home heating bills • Offer rebates of up to $5,000 for energy efﬁcient home retroﬁts

• Replace all coal-ﬁred power plants with clean energy in three years • Continue feed-in tariff program to increase amount of electricity generated by renewable sources

• Give more cities and towns access to gas tax revenue • Invest more than $35 million over three years to improve infrastructure

• Build 14,000 new affordable housing units over the next four years • Share the cost of operating transit with municipalities in exchange for a four-year transit fare freeze • Invest in new transit projects and systems

Green Party Liberal Party New Democratic Party Progressive Conservative Party

• Support transit and provide incentives for ride-sharing, creating more high-occupancy vehicle lanes and tax credits for transit users

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PLATFORMS, from 23 “They don’t look at the unique needs of each school,” he said, adding that funding gaps may add up to split grades. “People have told me they are fed up with split classes.” POST-SECONDARY Tuition fees at Ontario’s universities and colleges may be the most tangible education issue in this election, in part because the costs are out-of-pocket, instead of being part of a provincial budget line. The Liberal government froze tuition during its first two years in power. Student assistance has been increased, including an annual $150 grant for textbooks per student. The Liberals also created a grant system for lower-income families and now promise to expand the system so more students can receive post-secondary undergraduate tuition grants of 30 per cent. Unlike student loans, the grant money does not

have to be repaid. “Tuition is capped today,” said Chiarelli, adding that 86 per cent of students will qualify for the 30 per cent grants. During the McGuinty years, the party says 200,000 new post-secondary spaces have been created, and the party’s platform says another 60,000 will be added. Horwath has promised to freeze tuition for four years and to remove the provincial interest students pay on education loans. Hudak matches the Liberal pledge to create up to 60,000 post-secondary spaces in the coming years, and suggests colleges and universities could compete for the new spaces. The Tories would also increase the student loan limits so more children can attend college or university. MacLeod said the PCs would provide financial assistance to more students, but added that a tuition freeze may not be a fiscally responsible move. “Tuition is something we can discuss after the election,” she said. “We’re talking now about more spaces and better access.”

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The BMGCA would sincerely like to thank the volunteers who planted and maintained these gardens this summer. We would also like to thank Trinity Development Group, who provided the BMGCA with $6,000 to use for greening the community and improving sightlines of the Trinity Common plaza. Future phases in the BMGCA’s greening plan potentially include March Road from the Old March Town Hall to the storm water management pond and the recreation path off Maxwell Bridge. The BMGCA has adopted March Road (from Terry Fox to Maxwell Bridge) and Breckenridge Crescent, which make

approvals for our greening and beautification efforts easier with the city. In related projects, the BMGCA is planning a fall clean-up on Oct. 1 at 10 a.m. We’ll meet at the Klondike Crossing Plaza at Klondike and March Road to hand out supplies and refreshments before heading out to pick up litter on March Road and local parks. We are also planning a treeplanting event on Oct. 22 from 10 a.m. to noon. The Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority has donated 200 trees to be planted along Shirley’s Brook at Maxwell Bridge. E-mail shdehler@rogers.com if you are interested in helping out.

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Roy Robertson, from the Perley and Rideau Veterans Health Centre, a veteran who served with the Toronto Scottish Regiment, arrives at the Kanata Legion for the annual veterans luncheon on Sept. 20.

Legion hosts veterans luncheon KANATA LEGION The Kanata Legion held its annual veterans luncheon on Tuesday Sept. 20. There were approximately 80 veterans in attendance from the Perley and Rideau Veterans Health Centre and several retirement residences in Kanata. The Royal Canadian Legions annual “Poems, Posters and Essays” competition is about to get underway. Letters have gone out to all the schools in Kanata. We encourage all students to participate, Please talk to your teacher. Our branch is still looking for volunteers to help out at Sunday bingo. Students will get community service hours and lunch. Please contact. Harry Needham at 613-831-1068 for more information. This Remembrance Day honour every veteran and current Canadian Forces members. Shake a hand say thanks. UPCOMING EVENTS.

• Oct. 28: Annual Oktoberfest Party. Call the branch for more information. ONGOING EVENTS. • Mad Mondays lunch. Varied menu each week $6 other special prices. 11:30am to 2:30pm. • Tuesday euchre, 7 p.m. • Thursday darts, 7 p.m. • Friday lunch: Fish and chips. 11:30 to 1 p.m. • First Friday of each month: Diners Club dinner, various menus, everyone welcome. For more information on events and news please go to our web site at www. kanatabr638.ca or call 613-591-5570 Book your Christmas party soon, Call John Cher at 613-323-4521. Remember you don’t have to be a veteran to be a member of the Legion. Everyone is welcome to all events at the Legion. Hug a vet.

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Buses are getting crowded as more people use public transit, and many aren’t thrilled with the outcomes of the Sept. 4 route “optimization,” say councillors. Suburban councillors in particular said their office phones have been lighting up with residents complaining about subpar service since the massive changes went into effect after Labour Day. “I have many, many people – not just a few – who are now going back to their cars,” said Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson. Innes Coun. Rainer Bloess said he is receiving a large volume of calls from residents angry about packed buses – including a woman whose arm was closed into a bus door because she couldn’t fully make it aboard the packed bus. The overcrowding crush comes every fall when students and workers return from summer vacations, OC Transpo head Alain Mercier told commissioners during a Sept. 21 transit commission meeting. And there are simply more people riding the bus, Mercier said. There was a 6.3 per cent rise in OC Transpo ridership this August compared to last year.

The transit authority had its highest level of annual ridership ever in 2010 with 99.3 million trips. Overcrowding is especially apparent in the downtown section of the Transitway that is set to be replaced by light rail in 2018. The street network is almost hitting its capacity for the number of buses it can handle at rush hour, which is about 180. That’s about the same as last year, Mercier said. That led to delays of up to 20 minutes on some routes in the first week of the route changes, mainly those leaving the downtown core. Still, Mercier told councillors that only seven per cent of riders had negative comments when surveyed by mystery shoppers aboard buses after the changes took effect. The Sept. 4 route changes, aimed at trimming $20 million from OC Transpo’s annual operating budget, have gone “as best as we believe it could have been,” Mercier said. One councillor, Stephen Blais of Cumberland Ward, praised the route changes and the corresponding budget savings. OC Transpo is making some immediate tweaks to bus service, mostly to address overcrowding on route originating in the city’s east end.

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Bantam Kanata Knights move to 4-0 with victory over Giants KANATA KNIGHTS The Kanata Knights bantam team continued their winning ways last weekend, with a 39-6 victory over the North Gloucester Giants at Gil-O-Julien Park in Vanier on Sunday, Sept. 25. The win pushes the Knights record to 4-0. The tyke Knights also picked up a win in Vanier last weekend. The mosquito and peewee Knights struggled with injuries and lost their games against the Giants on Saturday, Sept. 24. TYKE: The tyke Knights scored five touchdowns to defeat the North

Gloucester Giants 30-12 at Gil-OJulien Park in Vanier on Saturday, Sept. 24. A strong first half with touchdowns by Joshua Lapensee, Tyler Hendrycks and Adam Ogilvie put the Giants on the defensive early in the game. Devaughn Blackwood and Tommy Graham finished the second half with one touchdown each. Defensively the Knights held the Giants to two touchdowns. Overall, the Knights played a solid four quarters, bringing their record to 3 and 1. MOSQUITO The mosquito Knights lost 4626 to the North Gloucester Gi-

ants at Gil-O-Julien Field in Vanier on Saturday, Sept. 24. The Knights fell behind 30 points in the first half, but came roaring back with two touchdowns by Nevan Carter. The Knights offensive line opened big holes allowing Patrick Massia to rush for 130 yards, who scored a touchdown on a 65yard-kickoff return. Tyler Rehman scored on two short running plays and he also passed for 120 yards. PEEWEE The Knights lost 48-6 to the Giants at Gil-O-Julien field on Sunday, Sept. 25. Joey McKiernan scored the

sole touchdown for the Knights and was supported throughout the line’s continued drives with offensive back up from Christopher Farah-Poirier, Braden Whelan-Ellis, Braiden D’Aoust, Brett Campbell, Lucas Morrison, Trey Russell-Johnson, and Dylan Walker. As always, the Knights’ defence was determined and turned in some amazing interceptions and fumble recoveries, pulling the crowd to their feet. Alex Whibley, Josh Featherstone, Duncan McDonald, Brady Tabri, Chris Fitzpatrick, Ryan Miskelly, Jacob Cuffley, and Peter Fillmore went out each and every shift fighting to maintain the Knights’ position on the field.

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What’s in a name? According to an Ottawa man, a lot. Kirk Brant, a communications officer for Aboriginal and Northern Affairs Development Canada, said he was driving down Prince of Wales Drive two months ago when he saw a sign advertising registration for a youth football team – the Nepean Redskins. “I was blown away,” he said. “Growing up in Kanata, I was usually one of the only native kids in school and when I was called a Redskin there was always a fist behind it.” Upon returning home he fired off an email to the club’s president, but received no response. “Historically it’s always had racial connotations,” he said of the team’s chosen name. “It’s unacceptable for that to be the name of a children’s football team.” Then he contacted the media. Though Brant said he has had to turn down requests for interviews and is a little surprised by the media attention, he said he is glad that the issue is in the spotlight. Since his initial interview, there has been a Facebook group started called Change the Racist Team Nickname of the Nepean Redskins. “That’s completely independent of me,” Brant said. “But I was glad to see people engaging.” As of Sept. 22, there were 469 members of the group, created by Ian Campeau. “It’s hard to believe that in this day and age we still have racism that lurks around us,” one person wrote on the online wall of the group. Brant said when the first arti-

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cle appeared, there were several comments by people who said the name should stay, but no one argued that it wasn’t racist. He said it’s indicative of an attitude in Canada. “There’s a certain acceptance of racism against Indians in Canada,” he said, adding that a teacher in Grade 6 tried to tell him he didn’t exist. As a child, when he was teased because of his race, Brant said it would trigger the urge to fight. As an adult he tries to resist it. “But I couldn’t just sit by and let it be. That’s like accepting it,” he said. Brant said there is local precedent to support the argument. South Carleton High School changed the name of their athletics team from the Redskins to the Storm during the 1996-97 school year. Steve Dean, the president of the Nepean Redskins, didn’t respond to repeated calls for interviews, but told other media that only one person in the last five years has wrote to him and asked to have the name changed. The club was formed in 1978 and the first team that was at the mosquito level and billed as the Barrhaven Buccaneers. The club was renamed the Redskins in 1981. The club currently has five age groups – tyke through midget – and plays their home games at South Nepean Park in Barrhaven. Brant, who also happens to be an artist, said he can see how a community team for youth may have concerns about the costs of changing their name, but said residents would likely get behind any such effort. “I would be more than happy to donate some of my work for an auction or something to raise money for that,” he said.

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A 16-year-old Bridlewood athlete is the third recipient of the Paul van Steen Sports Achievement Award. Lindsay Cook was presented with the award, along with a $250 cheque, by the Bridlewood Community Association at its annual general meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 20. “She’s known for her team spirit (and) dedication,” said BCA president Margaret Kellaway. Cook returned from the Senior Women’s Invitational national championships, held in North York, Ont., in July. She was the youngest player from Ontario in the tournament and one of three 16-year-olds in total. Her team, Ontario2, netted a fifth place finish. “It was good,” said the Grade 12 student at Holy Trinity Catholic High School. David Gilroy, the manager of the Team Ontario bantam girls baseball team first met Cook in 2008. “I think the thing that has continued to impress me over the four years that I have known Lindsay is her focus on continuous improvement,” he wrote in a reference letter. “Lindsay is a very hard-working player.” Cook, who also plays basketball and volleyball, has been playing baseball for about 10 years. This year, she is the only female on the Kanata Little

of five and Young’s husband coached them. Young said she’s seen Cook grow and mature as a player. “She really is the epitome of ‘what boys can do I can do better’,” said Young. “She’s there on her own merit.” The Paul van Steen award was created by the BCA in 2009 to honour the long-time Bridlewood resident, and recognize residents over the age of 16 who demonstrate sports excellence. Van Steen was an active community member and sports enthusiast who helped create the spring sports program, managed the outdoor rink program, ran a cross-country ski program and refereed the Bridlewood Men’s Hockey Association. He died in 2007 while renewing his hockey referee certification.

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Highland dancer wins three bronze medals at Commonwealth Games MACLEOD SCHOOL OF DANCING Kanata dancer Sydney Comeau, 12, captured three bronze medals at the Commonwealth Highland Games held in Stirling, Scotland on Aug. 20. Sydney, a member of the MacLeod School of Dancing, also won a gold and a silver medal at the World Juvenile Championship, held in Dunoon, Scotland, on Aug. 26-27, and placed third overall among 40 dancers, good enough to qualify for the

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Kanata Theatre starts season with a play based on Oscar Wilde short story Before we worshiped science we worshiped the occult. Hard to believe in this age of reason but the late 19th century was riddled with palmists, spiritual mediums, telepathists, “cheiromantists” and people who believed in them. It all seems innocent enough, but what if people take it seriously? That is the subject of the opening show of Kanata Theatre’s 43rd Season, West Moon Street, by Rob Urbinati. This new comedy is based on Oscar Wilde’s short story, Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime, first published in 1891. When a “cheiromantist” (a palmist) foresees that Sir Arthur, in love with and engaged to Sybil, will commit a murder, Sir Arthur determines that he should get the dirty deed done before his wedding, so that the marriage will be unsullied. This means finding

the basis of part of a 1943 movie, Flesh and Fantasy, which starred Edward G. Robinson. It has also been adapted for the stage by Trevor Baxter under the title Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime. West Moon Street is directed by Wendy Wagner. It features Aaron Ladouceur as Sir Arthur, Sandy Wynne as Lady Windermere, Jenny as Sybil, Gord Walls as Charles, Liane Freedman as Lady Clem, Katie King as Jane, Mark Bazerman as Podgers, and Howard Kaplan as Herr Winckelkopf, most of whom are well known to Kanata audiences from previous performances. Kanata Theatre’s production of West Moon Street runs in the Ron Maslin Playhouse , 1 Ron Maslin Way Sept. 20 to 24 and Sept. 26 to Oct. 1. Curtain is at 8 p.m. sharp. Individual tickets are $18. To reserve tickets call the box office at 613 831 4435. For information about subscriptions visit www.kanatatheatre.com.

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Kanata eclectic folk band Rothwell and Moffatt has entertained a busy year but the group shows no signs of slowing down. The band is planning to take a brief hiatus from performing in October to work on new material for their second annual winter concert “Songs for a Winters Night” at the National Arts Centre on Dec. 10. “It’s a really timely show for the season,” said Jeff Moffatt, who plays guitar, mandolin and sings vocals. “It’ll be a really elegant evening.” Last year, the band’s winter show sold out to an intimate crowd of around 200 people. The feedback the band received was all positive from long-time fans and new followers alike. “It took us up a level in peoples’ minds,” explained Moffatt. Rothwell and Moffatt is hoping to re-create last year’s success, which includes a cabaret-style seating arrangement around little tables. The band is planning a mixture of original music and revamped covers of songs from

the past that evoke the feeling of the frosty season. The band, which includes sisters Stephanie and Emily Rothwell as vocalists, and a number of other talented musicians on bass, guitar and drums, said they wanted to make it clear the concert isn’t a Christmas show. “There are no carols,” said Emily, adding the show is a family-friendly event. “It’s more of a winter celebration,” said Stephanie. “It’s just a really nice evening.” Tickets for the show go on sale this week at Ticketmaster. BUSY YEAR Over the past several months Rothwell and Moffatt has released two new singles, played a host of festival venues and private shows, and is planning on a new album for spring 2012. The band released its latest track “Last Saturday Night in Augus” on Aug. 25, and before that released “The Wind” in March. “Our plan is to have another one out and done by Christmas,” said Moffatt.

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nally written in English by Webley Edwards and Leon Pober, has been a big hit overseas in Japan. “I really can’t explain it,” said Moffatt. “We just do what we love to do.” What they love to do is put their own spin on songs written or performed by others and make it their own. “We’ll interpret a song someone else has written – we do them in our own way,” said Moffatt. “It’s been really fun for us, taking the songs and putting our own spin on it.” One reason the band has such a wide appeal is that it doesn’t market itself to any one group. “We don’t go out trying to appeal to a certain demographic,” said Stephanie.

“We just play what we want to play.” “You just hope that what you’re doing resonates with people, moves people,” added Emily. “It can’t be driven by the desire for fame and money, at least not for us,” said Moffatt.

The band will be keeping busy in the new year with plans for another fulllength record to be released in the spring and a busy touring schedule. “We’ve just scratched the surface of what we’re capable of doing,” said Moffatt. Amazing deals on the coolest events, restaurants, fashion ﬁnds, activities & adventures

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MANAGER OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM Reporting to the Director of Economic Development, this position is responsible for the economic, community and tourism development initiatives as well as the overall administration and the management of the Economic Development Department, including annual budget, implementation of the 2011-2013 Economic Development Action Plan and development of new socio-economic development initiatives throughout the community and making recommendations to the Director of Economic Development on matters pertaining to the operations of the Department.

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The ideal candidate will have a degree or college diploma in economic development, tourism or management combined with six to ten years of related work experience in a municipal economic development setting or an equivalent combination of education, training or experience. Related work experience includes demonstrated competencies in problem solving, analytical skills, effective communication skills, strong organizational skills, superior customer facilitation skills and good budget and people management abilities.

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Perth Studio Theatre is proud to host the 2011 Eastern Ontario Drama League One-Act Play Festival – November 11, 12 Theatre companies from all over eastern Ontario present nine great one-act plays over two days. Tickets are $15 for a 3-play session – a bargain for theatre lovers! Please visit www.studiotheatre.com for details.

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Community Calendar â&#x20AC;˘ THURSDAY, SEPT. 29 An open house on developing Ottawaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next five year action plan for culture will take place from 6:30-9 p.m. at Ron Kolbus Lakeside Centre, Britannia Park. The next meeting of the Kanata and District Breast Cancer support group will be held at 7 p.m. in Hall D, Mlacak Centre, 2500 Campeau Dr. For information, contact Jan at 613-592-4793.

â&#x20AC;˘ FRIDAY, SEPT. 30-OCT 2 The Kanata Civic Art Gallery is celebrating Culture Days, www.culturedays.ca, with an outside painting session from 1-4 p.m. Public is welcome to bring their paints and join in. Or just visit our open house on Saturday, Oct. 1, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 2, from 1-5 p.m. 2500 Campeau Dr., John Mlacak Centre, 613580-2424 ext. 33341, www.kanatagallery.ca.

â&#x20AC;˘ SATURDAY, OCT. 1 & 2

Book Ends will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Beaverbrook library branch on Campeau Drive. The Friends of the Ottawa Public Library will hold a sale of gently used books, CDs, DVDs, etc. Come for our great selection at great prices. Funds raised go towards enhanced library services in the local community. Sunday, Oct. 2.

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The Kanata Seniorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Council is hosting its Retirement Living Fair at the Kanata Seniorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Centre, 2500 Mlacak Dr.

BMGCA fall clean-up. 10 a.m. Meet at the Sippy Cup CafĂŠ (March Road and Klondike Road) to collect your gloves and garbage bags and enjoy some refreshments before heading out to pick up litter along March Road or at your local park. RSVP to pr@bmgca.ca with the park name you plan to clean. Masterpiece Art School is hosting a free art class as part of CultureDays.ca, from 2-3 p.m.Kids and adults are welcome! We believe that every person is an artist, and we have techniques that will help our students realize their creative dreams and have fun, relax, and explore new ideas. More details can be found at www.MasterpieceArtSchool.ca. Please call or email to confirm your attendance for this free art class. The school is located at 750 March Rd. For information, call 613-271-1877 or email csa2082@gmail.com.

Hazeldean Rd. Information: www.cpomc.ca or 613-4921978. The Katimavik-Hazeldean Community Association meeting will feature an update on the West District library project and review of transit use notes. The meeting will be held in the community room of Katimavik Elementary School, 64 Chimo Dr., beginning at 7:30 pm.

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â&#x20AC;˘ MONDAY, OCT. 3 Community Bible Church invites seniors to the free â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wise Guys and Gals Drop-Inâ&#x20AC;? for coffee, home baked sweets, lively conversation and presentations. All seniors are welcome, regardless of religious affiliation. The drop-in runs from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Community Bible Church, 1600 Stittsville Main St. For more info visit www.cbcstittsville.com, or call 613-836-2606. Canadian Parents Of Murdered Children (CPOMC) next monthly facilitated peer support meeting will be held 7:30-9:30 p.m. Note: Sue Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Sullivan, federal ombudsman for victims of crime, will address the group this evening. Room A1 of the Kanata Baptist Church, 465

The Kanata-March Horticultural Society is presenting an evening with Catherine Disley-Engler, who will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Quick and Easy Ways to Decorate Your Home for the Fall Seasonâ&#x20AC;? 7:30 p.m., Old Town Hall, 821 March Rd., (entrance off Klondike Rd). There is a $5 guest fee.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 5 Kanata Grandmothers Together will host a fall fashion Show and Silent Auction on Wednesday, Oct. 5, from 7-9:30 p.m. at St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Anglican Church, 325 Sandhill Rd., Kanata, featuring the latest styles from Bonnie and Co. of Carleton Place. Proceeds will be donated to the Stephen Lewis Foundation Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign Tickets are $20 each and may be reserved by calling Ruth at 613-591-7521.

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Seventh semi-annual Hot Tots childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s consignment sale event gives parents the opportunity to recycle their childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outgrown clothing, toys, books, equipment and more, without placing limits on the number of items they can sell. It also provides families in the community an economical way to meet their childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s growing

needs. Our Kanata sale will take place at the Earl of March High School, 2500 Campeau Dr., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Admission is a non-perishable food donation to the Kanata Food Cupboard or $1. For more information please visit www. HotTots.ca, e-mail cindy@HotTots.ca or call 613-8646557.

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Holy Redeemer Roman Catholic Church

44 Rothesay Drive, Kanata, ON, K2L 2X1

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Pastor: Rev. Pierre Champoux Parish Mission Statement The Holy Redeemer Parish Community lives the Way, the Truth and the Life by reaching out with the Good News to Welcome, to Serve and to Care.

Sunday Mass Times: Saturday: 5:00 p.m. Sunday: 8:00 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Weekday Masses Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 9:00 a.m. Wednesday 7:00 p.m

St. Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s FallowďŹ eld Roman Catholic Church

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Christ Risen Lutheran Church 85 Leacock Drive Pastor: Rev. Louis Natzke

SUNDAY SCHOOL - 9:15 a.m. ADULT BIBLE CLASS -9:30 a.m. WORSHIP SERVICE - 10:30 a.m. Tel:592-1546 592-1546 E-mail: E-mail:pastor@christrisen.com pastor@christrisen.com Tel:

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To the community of Richmond, our friends and neighbours, our deepest thanks for your incredible support at this most difficult time in our lives. Thank you to everyone who took care of the yard work, and dropped off meals and goodies for the kids. To the Friday night Rabb hockey lads and to Dave Rathbourne & the GMRHL golf tournament, our family truly thanks you for all you’ve done – Dan will always be on your bench. Thank you to my colleagues at CNIB for the gift of time to spend with my children. A sincere thanks to Dan’s Hydro Ottawa family for your generous care packages throughout the year that brought smiles to our family. Thank you to Dr. Gick and the team of Bayshore nurses, especially Tina and Christina for your compassionate care that allowed Dan to stay at home for as long as he could. Dr. Verma, Radiology, Cancer Clinic, and the incredible palliative team, especially Dr. Ed Fitzgibbon, at the Ottawa Hospital- we thank you for your expertise, your sensitivity and genuine concern for Dan while he was under your care. To the 5 East Oncology nursing staff- words cannot fully express how grateful we are for the compassion and care you showed Dan over the last year and most recently in his final stay; always respectful and maintaining Dan’s dignity. Thank you to Mark and Ike at Vital Air for giving us the greatest gift of enabling Dan to be with his family in his home, that he loved so much, just one more time. Thank you to our dear friend Marie and the Frenken family for all you’ve done for us over the last 18 months. And to so many others who helped ensure that Julia, Ben and Sarah had some good memories of this summer. Our journey down the long road of healing is just beginning and we are truly blessed by the love and support we have in our community of Richmond. Dan had incredible determination, strength and optimism throughout his battle and he has taught us that we are stronger than we ever knew. For those wishing to attend there will be a service dedicated in Dan’s honour at St. Paul’s United Church in Richmond on Oct. 2 at 10:30 followed by a light luncheon at noon to celebrate Dan’s life.

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