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VOLUNTEERS The second part of the Volunteer series appears this week.

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COYOTE CONTESTS Animal rights groups contend local coyote hunts are illegal. 3

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Dickinson to get makeover DANIEL NUGENT-BOWMAN daniel.bowman@metroland.com

VALENTINES The Barrhaven Global Pet Foods is launching a Valentine’s Day fundraising event. 5

SPEAK UP MPP Lisa MacLeod wants people across Ontario to make their voices heard. 6

Barrhaven’s Ruth E. Dickinson Library will be receiving a major makeover as part of the latest round of stimulus funding. While projects involving the funding – which are split between the federal, provincial and municipal governments – were supposed to be complete by March 31, the feds announced last December that the date for unfinished projects to would be extended to October. Nepean-Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre confirmed the three new area initiatives are now under way thanks to past stimulus projects throughout the city being under budget by $38 million on Jan. 20. That means the library will undergo a $500,000 facelift, plus the Jockvale Pathway and Manotick Arena will also get a shot in the arm. Major advancements at the Ruth E. Dickinson will include: * Removal of second-floor borrower service currently on John McCrae Secondary School space; * New second floor entry, where information desk will be located; * Checkout units on both floors; * More work space on main floor; * Drop boxes outside for easier access; * New washrooms for wheelchair users; * A teen-zone upstairs. See ‘Projects’ page 3

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Deborah Connors and Jerry McCrank showed off their new Manotick house on Feb. 20. The Alymer, Que. couple won the CHEO Dream Home Lottery on Feb. 18 and were the recipients of a prize package that included the 100-square-metre home on McManus Avenue. See the story on page 4.

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Culls given green light by MNR DANIEL NUGENT-BOWMAN daniel.bowman@metroland.com

Animal rights groups are howling over future rural Ottawa coyote culls, but the provincial ministry in charge of sanctioning them says those dissenting are likely barking up the wrong tree. With coyote contests scheduled for North Gower, Osgoode and West Carleton in the coming weeks, Ministry of Natural Resources spokesperson Jolanta Kowalski said as long as those involved have their small game hunting licenses – which costs $20.75 annually – and observe Municipal No Discharge of Firearms bylaws, they’re doing nothing wrong. “It’s really important to remember, in Ottawa, coyotes can be hunted year-around and there’s no limit on the number of animals one hunter can kill,” she said. The Animal Alliance of Canada and Ontario Wildlife Coalition have been urging the provincial government to take steps to end the hunts. They also released a letter sent Dec. 16 to Natural Resources Minister Linda Jeffrey. Toronto lawyer Peter Copeland, who represents the Ontario Wildlife Coalition, urges the ministry to contact what he calls the ‘Osgoode Game and Fish Club’ to inform them of the prohibitions on bounties in the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act and to consider prosecution if the coyote hunt goes ahead. To back up their contention, the animal protection groups point out that Deb Stetson, director of the Wildlife Policy Section of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, wrote in a May 28, 2010 letter that “Section 11 of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997, states that it is an offence to hunt for gain, or to induce another person to hunt for gain.” Kowalski said the ministry

received the letter from Copeland. She added that the culls are legal, but will be monitored closely to see if hunters have the appropriate credentials and are following bylaws. “We’re going to monitor the coyote contest as appropriate as we do with any hunting and fishing activities in the area,” she said. “Any decision to investigate or lay charges will need to be determined on the facts and the discretion of the investigating officer as well as our MNR enforcement priorities.” “Each situation has some unique elements that are going to need to be considered. We’ll continue to monitor the contest as appropriate and then go from there.” Gord Atkinson is president of the Osgoode Township Fish, Game and Conservation Club. A regular deer hunter, Atkinson said this is the second year the club has organized the cull “as a means to (deal with) the problem in the Osgoode Township.” This year the contest will be on March 14 at the Old Co-Op in North Gower. While the perception has been a coyote cull would help lessen or eliminate the species in the area – part of the reasoning behind the North Gower contest – the ministry says that thinking is flawed. “Culls or bounties have a long history of being ineffective at achieving population reduction objectives because coyotes are the type of animal that can do what’s called compensatory reproduction,” Kowalski said. “The more coyotes you kill, the more the remaining coyotes will reproduce to fill the loss. “If people are going around indiscriminately killing coyotes and say that they’re helping deal with problem coyotes that might be affecting farmers and landowners, that’s simply not the case.”

Atkinson said he’s heard the ministry’s take on the coyote mindset, but disagrees. “We’ve also been contacted by the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters and they say coyotes that are hunted are more wary of humans,” he said. While Atkinson couldn’t guess what the turnout for the North Gower contest would be, he said that one hunter brought in 114 coyotes last year – a sign of just how many inhabit the area. But while Atkinson said he wants to alleviate the issue of coyotes rooming around, he was quick to point out the cull is not intended to be a free-for-all. “Our contest is not for people who don’t hunt coyotes,” he said. “It’s for people who hunt coyotes on a regular basis. Most people who entered last year were coyote hunters.” North Gower resident and Rideau-Goulbourn Coun. Scott Moffatt refrained from comment about the culls. He did say that he has four coyote pictures on his cell phone taken at his nearby parents’ residence in midday, noting the swell in food sources has played into the coyote boom in the few years. Moffatt added that development expansion is also a reason why places like North Gower, Osgoode, West Carleton and Greely are seeing more coyotes. “That will continue to happen and the likelihood is that they’ll get pushed out even further, which means they’ll be in the North Gower area more,” he said. Moffatt added that it’s legal for property owners to kill them, a point he said makes sense given the safety issue involved. “A coyote isn’t that dangerous if you’re right next to it,” he said. “But what if you’re between it and something else?” With files from John Carter

been substantially completed. The paved, multi-use pathway – adjacent Jockvale Road between Cedarview Road and Strandherd Drive – was replaced with a new a new asphalt surface and widened to three metres. The pathway had been heavily deteriorated, with an uneven surface full of potholes, frost heaves and wide cracks. It will be touched up in the spring. “They really tried to get that done before the asphalt plants closed,” Harder said. “I am a little bit concerned how it will look in the spring though because they were doing it with snow falling all around.” The Manotick Arena will see a $170,000 another change room created. A plan for the project is being drawn up and the project will likely start in February and will likely wrap up by March 31. Rideau-Goulbourn Coun. Scott Moffatt said the increase of girls playing hockey and ringette made another change room vital to the arena. “If we’re not reacting to that sort of change, it really doesn’t seem too fair,” Moffatt said, noting he’s spent many hours in the arena stemming from his days as a youngster. “I remember in girls’ hockey they used to change in the bathroom.”

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Continued from front Barrhaven Coun. Jan Harder said the library hasn’t changed much over the last 30 years, other than an expansion nearly two years ago. The Ottawa Public Library board chair also added the announcement is welcome news for the one of the most used branches in the city. “Ruth E. Dickinson has become the No. 1 children’s library in the entire Ottawa Library system,” she said. The children’s library will be temporarily closed as renovations are made, Harder said. She expects the library to be open by the end of May. Harder said her attention is solely on the “further enhancing” the Dickinson branch, but renovations on the West District branch in Beaverbrook (Kanata) will begin this year. Because of the demand faced at the Barrhaven branch, Harder hopes to have another library built in South Nepean within the next five years. “Certainly at the pace we’re growing, we need to provide as much opportunity at the Ruth E. Dickinson as we possibly can,” she said. In addition to the library, the $300,000 Jockvale Pathway has

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Helping kids butt out JENNIFER MCINTOSH jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com

Erin Campbell has fought against smoking for the last three years. The Grade 12 St. Joseph Catholic High School student lost her grandmother to the habit and plans to do what she can to prevent young people from the same fate. “It’s always been something close to my heart,” she said. Campbell said her work with the school anti-smoking group, Exposé, has created camaraderie with classmates. “At the beginning of the year we held a scavenger hunt downtown and we have done movie nights in the past,” she said. “We try to keep it fun, but our main focus is helping people to quit smoking.” The group offers pamphlets with help line information and meets every Wednesday to discuss strategies to raise awareness at their school about the downfalls related to smoking. “We have quizzes distributed in homerooms sometimes and we sometimes set up our fact wheel in the atrium,” Campbell said. “We also hand out prizes

and hand fidgets for people who are trying to quit.” Barb Federowicz, a St. Joe’s teacher who is currently heading up this year’s Exposé group, said that she was surprised by the dedication of the students. “I was asked to head it up because I did a similar program at St. Mark’s (St. Mark Catholic High School) and it’s great. You can really see how excited they get about it,” she said. Despite all the information about the ills of smoking and second-hand smoke, Federowicz said there is still a population of student smokers at St. Joe’s. “The numbers are probably going down, but I think there’s a certain demographic that smokes,” she said. It’s for that reason that Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq and Nepean-Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre met with the students in the group on Jan. 20 to talk about ways to prevent young people from taking up smoking. “I am the mother of a 2½half-year-old, and as a parent it disturbed me that tobacco companies were able to market to children in newspapers and magazines,” Aglukkaq said. Aglukkaq outlined the Crack-

ing Down on Tobacco Marketing Aimed at Youth Act, which became law in October 2009. The act put an end to things like selling little cigars or blunt wraps in small quantities that are cheaper and more available to youth. It also prohibited the addition of certain additives — like flavourings — which make cigarettes more attractive. And finally, it prohibited the advertising of tobacco products in dailies and entertainment weeklies — publications Aglukkaq said kids have access to. “The rate of smoking among young people is the lowest it has ever been,” Aglukkaq said. “But we can still do better.” Aglukkaq said that every year 37,000 Canadians die from the effects of smoking. Campbell said she has never considered smoking and even though she will be off to Fleming College for their Earth Sciences course, she plans on doing what she can to stay involved and keep people from smoking. “I think in school some people do it because they need to relax, but there has to be other ways,” she said. “I have really enjoyed being a part of Exposé and if I can, I will continue to be.”

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CHEO home winners announced DANIEL NUGENT-BOWMAN daniel.bowman@metroland.com

Deborah Connors and Jerry McCrank were given a huge surprise on Jan. 18. The Alymer, Que. residents were the recipients of the 2011 Dream of a Lifetime Lottery Home through the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Foundation and will now be calling Manotick home. The couple won a Minto-built home on McManus Avenue – which is four-times bigger than their current 100-square-metre residence. “We’ll have to take our walkietalkies to find each other,” Connors, 56, said with a laugh. In total, the retired couple’s prize-package is valued at $1.7 million. It includes the 400square-metre home, a 2011 Buick Enclave, $100,000 cash, a deluxe home entertainment system, a fully-equipped exercise room, $5,000 worth of groceries, year-long maid services and a membership at Loch March Golf and Country Club. The prizes are particularly nice for Connors and McCrank because they have looked at real estate in Manotick in the past. “The location is really nice

too,” said McCrank, 60, of the area. The pair spent $250 to buy three tickets back when the contest opened in September. Connors said it has been an annual tradition for them to give to the “very good cause.” “We buy them (tickets) every year – we have for many years,” she said. “We just look at it as a donation and walk away and never think of it again. We even forgot about the day of the draw.” While the couple has to wait until Feb. 2 to take over full ownership of the house, they said they will hold onto their current home as well. However, they’re looking forward to moving in and getting acclimatized to their new surroundings. “We haven’t got much planned, but I’m sure there’ll be a party or two,” Connors said. “We want to enjoy it for a while though.” “Maybe an Ottawa Senators party when they win,” McCrank added. Because they have no children, Connors and McCrank aren’t likely to go too far when they take their next holiday – especially with the entertainment centre in the basement. “We’ll just take a vacation in our house,” Connors said.

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New Transitway station opening April 18 LAURA MUELLER laura.mueller@metroland.com

The opening of the first section of the Transitway outside of the Greenbelt will mean some changes to OC Transpo service in Barrhaven. The $52-million southwest Transitway extension from Fallowfield Station to Barrhaven Centre will open on April 17. That means route 95 will now run the full length of the Transitway, instead of the temporary location on Greenbank and Fallowfield. The city is also trying something new with the 95 bus to Barrhaven: a few rush-hour trips will start in Gatineau instead of Hurdman. Ten afternoon trips will start at Place du Portage on the Quebec side of the river, which will ease traffic and rider congestion through downtown and reduce the need for some riders to transfer at LeBreton Flats. OC Transpo is also trying out this model with six afternoon 96 buses that head to Kanata. “This will also benefit the people at Tunney’s (Pasture),” said Barrhaven Coun. Jan Harder. “Those buses are already packed. You’re lucky to even get on it, and lucky to even be able to stand for the entire trip.” ROUTE CHANGES Harder and Gloucester-South Nepean Coun. Steve Desroches spent nine months consulting with residents on the changes, and the result is an almost wholesale rethinking of the transit map in Barrhaven. Looking at the network as a whole is the main reason she could throw her support behind the altered system, Harder said. “We lifted the framework of buses that are there now, and integrated it with the system,” she said. David Jeanes, an Ottawa resident who is president of Transit Action Canada, told the city’s transit commission that some of the changes are “far reaching” and he hoped the community had been fully involved in consultations. Harder said that most of the city’s 2010 Transplans were completed last June,

and the city took more time for the Barrhaven plan in order to ensure residents had their full say. The 95 to Barrhaven will also have more frequent service: during the morning rush, the number of trips will rise from 20 to 26, with as little as four or five minutes between buses. By midday, that is reduced to a bus every 10 minutes, but buses return to a five-minute frequency during the afternoon rush. Express service on routes 70, 71, 73, 76 and 77 will be aligned with the new Transitway extension and allow fore more riders. The network of local bus routes will also change. Bus routes 170, 171, 173, 175, 176, 177, 186 and 188 will all change. Route 181 is being cut. For a link to the full city report detailing the changes, read this story online at www.yourottawaregion.com. The changes also reflect concerns voiced by residents on Oriska Way, which was designed as a connection to the Transitway that was supposed to handle 200 bus trips per day. Residents who live on the street were strongly opposed to that amount of bus traffic, and the new route network finds ways to avoid the street, reducing the number of bus trips to about 38 per day. Harder said she is disappointed the city couldn’t find a way to offer direct service from east Barrhaven to the Walter Baker Sports Centre, but the Transitway station will have more lighting and emergency call stations to make it safer for kids and other riders to walk the remainder of the distance to the sports centre. There will also be more direct bus service to and from the RCMP headquarters in Vanier. In a fast-growing community of 75,000 people, Harder said the Transityway extension and route changes will encourage more people to use transit. “All of our residents are leaving the community to go north for work … Barrhaven has been grossly underserved (for transit),” she said, adding that she hopes a more efficient transit system will get some of those cars off the roads. Harder said she hopes the process used to adjust the Barrhaven transit routes will be used as a model for future transit-system changes.

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Gabrielle Geoffrion, manager at Watson’s Mill in Manotick, shows the items that will go in the mill’s time capsule to be opened in 2060. The capsule was filled with items that commemorate the mill’s 150th anniversary and other momentoes like the new mill stamp; CDs of photographs and pamplets outlining events in the village. It will be sealed and kept on site until such time 50 years into the future, that it will be opened.

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Richard Higgs, owner of the Global Pet Foods on Strandherd Drive, is all heart this Valentine’s Day. Higgs, who also owns stores in Orleans and Stittsville, said that in the five years the chain has partnered with Hill’s Science Diet for the annual Show us your Heart campaign, the company has raised $150,000 nationwide. “We (the Barrhaven store) have participated in the campaign since the beginning to take the donations and send them to a local shelter that helps homeless animals,” Higgs said. There will be point-of-sale promotional material up in the store and Hill’s Science Diet and Global Pet Foods match every dollar donated by the customer. Each store chooses a local charity. Stittsville residents will be donating to the Arnprior Humane Society. Photo by Jennifer McIntosh For the first time, the Barrhaven store The team at the Barrhaven Global Pet Foods is pictured with a display of Hill’s Science will be donating their annual proceeds to Diet food placed in preparation for the annual ‘Show Us Your Heart’ fundraising cam- the Ottawa Humane Society. paign, which raises money for homeless animals. They are (from the front) Alexandra Executive Director for the Ottawa HuVreeswijk, Julie O’Bryan, Richard, Anne and Matt Higgs. mane Society Bruce Roney said the mon-

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ey will go to their new building fund, as the operation plans their May move to their new digs on Hunt Club Road in Nepean. “It’s always great to get new partners in the community,” Roney said. “This move will mean a much healthier space for our animals.” Roney said that thanks to the monthly Paws donation program through the OHS website donations stay pretty constant throughout the year — but every little bit helps after the holidays. “We always see a little lull after the Christmas season,” Roney said. “And then things pick up again in the spring as we start to see a lot more animals coming in.” Higgs said the target for the Barrhaven store is $2,000 in donations. “I am confident we can meet that,” he said. The campaign will run from Feb. 12 to 19. For the week-long campaign, the store will be holding contests both on Facebook and at the store level. “In the store they can win a year’s supply of Hill’s Science Diet and on Facebook we have five $100 gift cards to give out,” Higgs said.

The city won’t be getting 23 new officers – or a planned Ottawa South police station – in order to reduce tax increases. The police service was forced to chop $6.1 million from its planned 2011 budget, with $2.9 million of that coming from the elimination of new spending that was expected this year. The cuts were made to line up with city council’s orders to limit budget and tax increases to 2.5 per cent. The police service will actually spend $9 million more this year than last year, but it’s less than the force was hoping to have in its coffers. Cutting 23 new police officer positions will save $800,000 this year. The only new spending item that remains in the

2011 budget is additional training, but that expenditure was slashed almost in half, from $250,000 to $150,000. A project to upgrade the police radio system may be delayed, but it must go ahead because all police forces in the province are required to makes the upgrades. Trimming the budget also means that the planned Ottawa South police station near the Strandherd-Armstrong bridge will be put off indefinitely – it won’t be looked at again until after 2014. The new station was intended to serve the growing south-end communities of Barrhaven, Barrhaven South, Stonebridge, Riverside South and Manotick. “It concerns me a great deal,” said Barrhaven Coun. Jan Harder. She asked the

police chief to report back on how the situation would be handled. “First and foremost he is going to make sure our city is safe. He’s going to take care to have his officers in the right place,” Harder said. She said that policing isn’t necessarily about the buildings, it is about the officers that are posted in the community. Residents can weigh in on the draft police budget Feb. 28 at 4 p.m. in the Champlain Room at city hall. Comments can also be made at the police services board meeting on March 7, when the board is expected to pass the budget. City council will vote to accept the police budget and the rest of the city’s budget later that day.

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With a fall provincial election looming, Lisa MacLeod wants people across Ontario to make their voices heard. The Nepean-Carleton MPP is seeking the advice of ward residents to respond to the Liberal governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s budget â&#x20AC;&#x201C; likely to be tabled in midMarch â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and to tweak the Conservative partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s platform heading toward the Oct. 6 election. The Revenue and Government Accountability critic will be mailing a 50question survey to all of 50,000 homes in the riding and residents should receive them in the next two weeks. MacLeod said she is looking for responses by the end of February either by mail â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which will be returned to her office â&#x20AC;&#x201C; through her Facebook page or via Twitter (#hysnc â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Have Your Say Nepean-Carleton). â&#x20AC;&#x153;This will be very critical for me in terms of the timing,â&#x20AC;? she said to about 40 people at her Barrhaven office on Jan. 18. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great win for this community.â&#x20AC;? MacLeod said the province-wide initiative is â&#x20AC;&#x153;unprecedentedâ&#x20AC;? as it is the first time social media is being used to conduct a questionnaire concerning Ontario governmental issues. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your turn to have your say,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And in the era of modern technology, having your say is made as easy as it is accessible.â&#x20AC;? While MacLeod said a response rate for mailed surveys is typically about three per cent, she expects a lot more submitted comments from this â&#x20AC;&#x153;meaningful survey.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;This actually goes to each Ontario

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Nepean-Carleton MPP Lisa MacLeod says she is hoping her Conservative partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 50question survey will bring a lot of feedback to shape future policy. family and says, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;What are your priorities and how can we shape a better Ontario for you?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? she said. Barrhaven resident Sonia del Rosario filled out a survey at MacLeodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office. She said the questionnaire allows MacLeod to gain a pulse of Barrhaven and area residents in a democratic fashion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The voice of the community is important,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very essential that sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s getting the feedback from the public because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s their priorities that need to be addressed by the government. The questionnaire consists of wideranging topics like employment, taxation, social programming, commut-

ing, the environment, personal safety, government and accountability, education, and health care. Citing policies like the Harmonized Sales Tax that was instituted last July 1, MacLeod said people need to have a say in important policies that affect them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about ensuring that my constituents are at the forefront of decisionmaking in Ontario and that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re part of the solution to the changes Ontario is facing today,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I believe you deserve to help shape the future of the province that you live in. And you have a right to control your future.â&#x20AC;? Visit www.haveyoursayontario.ca to take the survey.

Community Calendar JAN. 29 Saint Brigidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Centre for the Arts is hosting a Saint Brigidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eve, a tribute to the women of the Celtic world. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an evening of music and song, in Irish, Scots, Welsh and Manx. The Ottawa Celtic Choir under the direction of Ellen MacIsaac. Mary Muckle voice & harp. Kirsten Carlson, flute and the Welsh penillion singers, Cantorion Cerdd Dant. Tickets: $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Call 613-244-7373, 613-222-0710 or e-mail: info@sbottawa.ca.

JAN. 31 The 100-member Ottawa Symphony Orchestra will present a concert at 8 p.m. in Southam Hall at the National Arts Centre. In the third concert of its season of 7th Symphonies, the OSO will perform Wagnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wesendonck Lieder, followed by Brucknerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Symphony No.7 in E Major. For this concert, the OSO will be led by guest conductor Jean-FranĂ§ois Rivest. The National Capital Regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest orchestra, the OSO presents five concerts each year at the National Arts Centre, under Music Director and Conductor David Currie. Tickets for the January 31 concert are available from the OSO Box Office (613-231-2561), the NAC

and Ticketmaster. Prices range from $24 to $69 for regular tickets, from $20 to $63 for seniors and from $12 to $28.50 for students. Subscriptions are available only from the OSO Box Office.

FEB. 3 O-YAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Healthy Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Workshop for Teens (ages 11 - 15) with Marisa Moher has been postponed until Thursday, Feb. 3 at 6:30 pm. ALL Teen youth are still welcome at O-YA tonight for Drop-In programming though.

FEB. 4 Enjoy a chili supper from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Trinity United Church, Main St. Kars. Adults $10, children, $6, family of four, $30.

FEB. 8 The beginning of a New Year is a time to reflect on the changes we want or need to make and resolve to follow through on those changes. From personal growth to improving relationships, better health and greater accomplishments, there are changes that we want to see in every facet of life for 2011. As the new year begins, a new course entitled Toward a Meaningful Life:

E-mail news@yourottawasouth.com or news@yourbarrhaven.com. Deadline is Monday at 9:30 a.m. A Soul-Searching Journey will be offered in Ottawa this winter, starting Feb. 8. Rabbi Menachem M. Blum of the Ottawa Torah Centre will conduct the six course sessions at 8 p.m. at Soloway JCC 21 Nadolny Sachs Private, Ottawa. For information, call (613) 843-7770 or visit www.myJLI.com for registration and other course-related information.

FEB. 9 The Canadian Celiac Association - Ottawa Chapter will host a General Meeting featuring a panel of chefs who will discuss the trials and tribulations of gluten-free cooking in restaurants. All are welcome. February 9 at 7:30 PM. Riverside Churches of Ottawa, 3191 Riverside Drive (just south of Walkley). #87 bus. More info: celiac@magma.ca.

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OPINION

The problem is people... not coyotes Two coyote contests in the Osgoode and West Carleton areas have prompted the Ottawa-Carleton Wildlife Centre to encourage Parliament Hill to take another look at preventative measures. This is the second year that the contests have been held despite the fact that the hunts violate the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act — which states that hunting for gain, or to induce another person to hunt for gain is an offence. The coyote is an apex species — it has adapted well to both rural and urban environments. It performs an important role as a top predator. According to the Ministry of Natural Resources, coyotes breed in February, with the pups born in April or May. Litters usually average five to six pups, but can range from two to 10. Litter size may increase when food is abundant, or the litters may increase in size due to the fact that a contest cull takes a sizeable number of them, thus resulting in compensatory reproduction. Coyotes eat a variety of foods, including meat, carrion, fruits and vegetable matter. In winter, their diet consists mainly of rabbits, hares and deer. In spring, summer and fall, they prey mainly on small mammals, fawns, wild berries, birds, amphibians and grasshoppers.

Coyotes find their way to residential areas where they may come into conflict with pets, disturb garbage, and cause concern for residents. Wild animals have the same basic needs as humans — food, water and shelter. Sometimes, humans and wild creatures come into conflict when animals are trying to meet their basic needs. Often, conflicts can be prevented if we’re willing to make changes to how we think and act. People and wild animals live side by side in Ontario. We all share responsibility for preventing and handling human-wildlife conflicts. If you must take action against wildlife, please consider all your options and follow all relevant laws and regulations. These coyote hunts may pretend to be a legitimate cull, but are more like primitive shoot-’emup Wild West games. They won’t decrease the population of the animals in the long run. Perhaps compensation from the ministry to help pay for preventative measures would help alleviate the issue. Build a fence, hide garbage, prevent urban sprawl and get educated... these are all things the human species can do to see a more natural life cycle return to the coyote population.

COLUMN

Lessons for grown-ups from Story Time After an absence of about, oh, 40 years, I checked in at the library for Story Time the other day. It was pretty good. All the kids thought so. There was a lot about snowflakes. The kids paid attention, behaved, the way kids do when they are really interested in something. And while the little movie had their undivided attention, so did the reading aloud from books, which is encouraging in this day and age. If you needed persuading, you would be persuaded that public libraries are a good thing when you watch dozens of toddlers and their parents wandering in and amusing themselves in a constructive way, and none of it costing them a dime. Before and after Story Time, there was time to hang out in the children’s section, picking over books for them to borrow, keeping an eye out for stories that were too scary (which doesn’t necessarily mean ones with alligators in them), or too earnest, or too long, or too precious, or too much aimed at pleasing grown-ups. Here is another reason to thankful for public libraries. If you know children who like books, you know that they like a lot of books. They may like to go back to the same ones again and again, but they also like new books, many of them, and you would

CHARLES GORDON Funny Town rapidly go broke buying them all. So the library is vital here. To run a children’s program well, a library doesn’t need to be grand. This is not to say that a brand new fancy library in downtown Ottawa wouldn’t be great. It would be and should be. Anyone who has seen how Vancouver’s public library adorns the city’s downtown knows how truly cool, not to mention useful, a library can be. But in building the big downtown library, it would wrong to neglect the suburban branches. Those are the ones that are full of little kids on the days of Story Time. The buildings may be more modest, the facilities less than sumptuous. But they are close to where people live and they get used. They need to be kept open, and perhaps be kept open more days and more hours than they are now.

For one thing, this would give children an opportunity to see librarians in action, and notice what heroes they are. As anyone with children or grandchildren knows, the heroes and heroines of children’s books are usually bears, turtles, monkeys, dinosaurs or trucks, not librarians. On the rare occasion when heroes and heroines are human, they are mostly children, which is fair enough, or fire fighters, which is always good. Sometimes the stars of children’s books are knights who go around slaying dragons, which seems a little violent, not to mention archaic in the Internet age. Nowadays if you wanted to slay a dragon, you’d just pose an unflattering picture (and most dragon pictures are) on its Facebook page. Relevance in children’s literature is what we need. True, farmers get to be in children’s books, which is well-deserved. But we need to see more librarians on those large pages. Sharp-eyed readers may recall that there is indeed an heroic librarian in the book Library Lion, but she mostly takes second-billing to a lion. Books make a big impression on young readers and listeners. That’s why there should be social workers at the centre of those books, and missionaries and researchers and statisticians. And writers

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too. Yes. None of these people slay dragons or find buried treasure or save Christmas, but they lead interesting and useful lives and who’s to say that they don’t deserve to be in picture books. Those of you who are public servants know the kind of quiet heroism the work entails. The trick is to find enticing story lines with words that are not too big. The library needs more public servants in picture books. Also teachers who are not owls.

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Lost Volunteers

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Exploring the missing demographic in Ottawa’s volunteer workforce

EMMA JACKSON emma.jackson@metroland.com

In a society where free time is considered the eighth sin, our increasingly hectic schedules are taking a toll on the volunteer sector, and no where is this more apparent than with people between the ages of 25 and 40. “Today what I’m finding is that more and more parents are just too busy. They can’t commit,” said Virginia Grant, the volunteer co-ordinator for Girl Guides, Brownies and Sparks groups across a vast part of the Ottawa area. Girl Guide groups have always relied on women volunteers to lead local units, particularly mothers and family members of girls in the program. But as lifestyles become more hectic, it becomes more difficult to commit to a long term volunteer position, Grant said. “It’s the time involved. These volunteers, a lot of the new ones, they cannot do any training. They don’t want to do it at night, and can’t do weekends. Basically if they’ve decided to volunteer, they do the hour for Sparks, or two for Guides, and that’s all,” said Grant, who has been volunteering with the Girl Guides and the Museum of Nature since 1980. In fact, for the first time in her 30 years of volunteering, Grant was caught off guard when 10 volunteers she had screened and accepted all dropped out in a matter of weeks due to time constraints in their busy schedules. “That was disappointing, I’ve never had that before,” she said, explaining that several had switched to jobs which had changed their schedules for the worst. Even more surprising is that an increasing number of her volunteer leaders are unmarried and childless students who want to work with children or be involved in their community, rather than parents who traditionally pick up the slack. Statistically, that isn’t a surprise. Volunteer Ottawa’s Jeff Bond said the youth demographic has the highest volunteer rates in the city, while the 25 to 40 age group has the smallest. But the youth demographic’s many volunteers seem to drop like flies after university, leading to an 18 per cent decrease in volunteering rates come age 25. Part of the reason for the drop is an increase in career and family commitments, which kick in around that age, Bond said. But the problem is compounded by a noticeable shift away from long-term stints to shorter one-off volunteer opportunities that can be done in a few hours or a day. “It’s very much, ‘I’ve got a purpose and a goal, I want to go in and do the work, get what I’m looking for, and then move on,’” he said, adding that volunteers increasingly are getting involved for their own benefit as well as the community’s – to get experience, or to network. “Someone may have a particular skill they want to offer, they want to offer time, energy, or

expertise. But it may be very short-based. They say, ‘I’m available during this time period, for this many hours, and can you capitalize on this.’” Of course, having volunteers on a short term basis can be a very positive thing, and thousands of residents get involved in festivals, fundraisers and other events throughout the year. Short-term stints can be especially helpful if the volunteer brings a particularly needed skill, Bond said. “The value is that people come in with a very specific skill set or gift that they want to give. If the organization can capitalize on that, there can be great dividends there, and great opportunities there,” he said. A report from Volunteer Canada called Bridging the Gap asserts that organizations must be much more accommodating for volunteers in this manner, allowing volunteers to create their own opportunities, or risk losing their interest. Marnie Cumming, part of the Ontario administration for Girls Guides of Canada, said they have tried hard to be flexible for their volunteers, in an effort to make sure the organization has enough leaders for its units. “I think that women lead very busy lives, and it is sometimes difficult to make a commitment for a length of time. From our perspective, leaders need to understand that we look at shared leadership, so even if volunteers can provide one day of support for a special activity, that’s great,” Cumming said. But some jobs just can’t be done by different people all the time. “There’s a lot of work in the sector that requires long-term consistent help. When you’re talking about care of individuals, you need someone more consistent. You can’t have people coming in and out every two weeks, because it creates a negative environment for the individuals,” Bond explained. Even Grant said having a Brownie leader leave partway through a year can be very difficult for a group, which may have to shut down for the season if there aren’t enough volunteers to keep it going. Omaima Faris, the volunteer co-ordinator at the Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization (OCISO) in Hintonburg, said there are many challenges for agencies looking for volunteers, and one is that they often don’t have the resources to have a full-time volunteer co-ordinator like her, who can effectively manage the many people who want to get involved. “That’s a lack of resources right there, that already puts them in the deficit,” she said, adding that agencies also have to work to keep up with rapidly changing trends in the volunteer sector, such as the need to capitalize on short-term, highlyskilled volunteers who can’t commit long term. “Every demographic that volunteers is in flux. It’s really hard for the agencies, but you really have to be creative and flexible to go with the flow with the volunteers, because we need them. They may need us for some pieces, but essentially we need them for our services,” she said.

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Sports

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A rising talent on the local coaching scene, 29-year-old Jimmy Zito of the Ottawa Fury became one of the youngest people to be honoured as male coach-of-the-year at the annual Ottawa Sports Awards banquet Wednesday, Jan. 19 at Algonquin College. Zito led the under-15 Fury girls to a Robbie International Soccer Tournament title in Toronto and an appearance in their league finals, while his U17 Fury girls became the first team from the region to ever capture a North American championship when they won the USL’s Super-Y League. But despite all the hardware his teams accumulated this past season, what Zito cherished the most was seeing numerous players on his team accept NCAA scholarships. “That’s the most satisfying thing to me. These players get $150,000 education for free in the States and they get to go play soccer,” says the St. Pius X High School grad, emphasizing the importance of helping players develop their individual skills to grow the team. “It’s nice to win – don’t get me wrong – but (advancing players) is what we’re trying to do with the Fury.” Zito spends at least five or six night a week coaching soccer, and it takes up even more hours when he’s directing the Algonquin men’s team from mid-August to late fall. “There’s no better place in the world for me to be,” Zito smiles, thanking Fury owner John Pugh for taking a chance six years ago and giving him the opportunity to coach at a young

age. “I feel most comfortable on a soccer pitch, either playing on coaching. For me, it’s a holiday every time I’m out there.” Two other individuals from Nepean took home major honours at the Sports Awards ceremony. Dr. Mark Aubry, the Chief Medical Officer for Hockey Canada and the International Ice Hockey Federation, received the Mayor’s Cup for outstanding contribution to sport in Ottawa. “I feel very surprised and very honoured to have received this award,” says Aubry, who developed a love for sports since he was young. “It was great, and now to stay involved, of course is a real bonus.” Aubry played “pretty much everything” growing up – junior hockey, football at Merivale High School as well as baseball – before heading to med school at the University of Ottawa, where he also dressed for the varsity hockey squad. “What stands out in all of these is the camaraderie that develops with players on a team, and with coaches too,” Aubry notes. “These friendships have carried on long after we stopped playing the sport.” Beginning his professional career as a trainer with the Ottawa Gee-Gees, Aubry also worked for the 67’s and Rough Riders. The 55-year-old is now a physician for the Ottawa Senators and maintains a sport medicine clinic on Clyde Avenue. Some of Aubry’s major accomplishments include helping to implement minor hockey safety rules across the country, and the progress made internationally on dealing with concussions in sport.

“We were able to bring organizations like the IOC and FIFA together and bring all the specialists from around the world and develop a consensus on how to treat concussions,” recounts Aubry, who led three worldwide symposiums on the topic. “It has helped bring attention to the problem, which is widespread, certainly in ice hockey, but also in other sports that involve contact.” Aubry is pleased to see the progress made in recent years including pro sports’ attempted crackdown on headshots, but emphasizes there’s still a long way to go. “Right now, in terms of treatment, we don’t have a lot more than complete rest,” Aubry notes. “One of the things we have learned over the course of time is it’s not a simple injury and it doesn’t go away in the space of a few minutes. You have to be aware of it, you have to remove players from play and make sure they don’t go back too early. “At the same time, looking at ways to deal with prevention – I think that’s really the way of the future.” Also receiving a major award was Sir Robert Borden High School grad Lynn Kreviazuk, a member of the Ottawa Curling Club rink that won a silver medal at the 2010 world junior championships, as part of the female team-of-the-year. Others from Nepean honoured as individual sport athletes-of-the-year included St. Pius student Andrew D’Souza (badminton), Alex Gagne (baseball) of the Ottawa Nepean Canadians, and Sir Robert Borden student Jamie Bissett (diving). Visit ottawasportsawards.ca for a complete list of winners.

St. Joseph student off to Canada Winter Games Ottawa Senators AAA offensive star will compete in Halifax DANIEL NUGENT-BOWMAN daniel.bowman@metroland.com

Ottawa Senators AAA minor midget forward Nick Baptiste has been selected to play for the U-16 Ontario team at the upcoming Canada Winter Games in Halifax. The Barrhaven resident was se-

lected for Team Ontario by director of operations Matt Rabideau along with head coach Dave Milek, assistant coaches Tony Ciampa and Nathan Herrington on Jan. 6. Baptiste, a St. Joseph High School student, is tied for the Senators’ team lead in scoring with 55 points. He is seen as a top prospect for the upcoming OHL draft in May. Thanks to the play of Baptiste, the Sens are in first place in the Ontario East Minor Hockey League standings with a 19-4-4 record. Also selected for the team were forwards Max Domi, son of former

Toronto Maple Leaf Tie Domi, and Jordan Subban, younger brother of Montreal Canadiens defenceman P.K. The Canada Winter Games take place in Halifax from Feb. 11 to 18. The tournament features 12 teams comprised of three pools. All 10 Provinces, The Northwest Territories and the Yukon comprise the 12 teams who will be competing for the gold medal. Based on the 2007 Canada Winter Games rankings, Team Ontario is seeded first and is in Pool A that also features Team British Columbia, Team Quebec and Team Nova Scotia.

Sports and Recreration

Resident worries it won’t offer enough protection LAURA MUELLER laura.mueller@metroland.com

More than 850 parks are set to be officially designated by the City of Ottawa, but some say the process is flawed. The city lists approximately that number of parks on its website, but the no one seems to know exactly how many of those parks are officially dedicated as parkland for public use. Only about 160 parks in the former City of Ottawa were officially designated, said Carey Thompson, a lawyer for the city. That has left some community groups – and councillors, such as Diane Homes (Somerset) and Jan Harder (Barrhaven) concerned that the parks could be vulnerable to claims from nearby landowners or development. Holmes and Harder asked city staff to look at the policy, and last week the city’s community and protective services committee recommended a policy that would see all 850 parks dedicated with a blanket bylaw. Holmes was concerned about preventing another “Sylvia Holden Park situation,” she said. A debate over whether that park should have been included in the plan to redevelop adjacent Lansdowne Park left the community wondering whether it would still have that green space in the future. Some said officially designating that park would have made it more difficult to include Sylvia Holden Park in the Lansdowne plan. The only resident to speak out about the plan during the committee meeting was Linda Hoad, a member of the Hampton-Iona Community Group. She said the plan is a step in the right direction, but there are huge flaws in the process.

The information on the city’s website is sparse – some of the parks don’t even have municipal addresses listed. The address is an essential detail needed to connect the park to its legal description, including the dimensions and boundaries of the park. City staff said they will meet with ward councillors to review descriptions of the parks in their wards and those details would be cleaned up before the dedication bylaw is expected to be passed by council, after the budget process is completed in March. The city could have gone through the list of parks to research and designate each park individually, but that would take years and cost an estimated $100,000, Thompson said. The blanket designation would offer almost as much protection, with far less cost and time commitment, he said. But Hoad said that process doesn’t include enough research to be sure that the parks will be protected. “It’s not the councillors’ jobs to know the limits of every park in their neighbourhoods,” she said. “There is a lot of information missing that is going to make it difficult for the councillors to do what is proposed.” Hoad said she is even more concerned because council has shown a “willingness to dispose of the parks in our community.” Only one park – Armstrong Park in Hintonburg – has been saved due to community pressure in the past 20 years, Hoad said. The city tried to sell that land in the early 1990s but changed its mind after residents spoke up. Still, no one is sure if it’s designated. That park – and all 850 city parks – would be officially designated if city council approves the plan in March.

Rangers edge Raiders in OT DANIEL NUGENT-BOWMAN daniel.bowman@metroland.com

The Nepean Raiders twice ended regulation tied and twice came out on the losing end in their Central Canada Hockey League (CCHL) games last week. The Raiders began their week with a 6-5 overtime defeat to the Gloucester Rangers on Jan. 21. Zac Leslie scored the winner 2:33 into the extra period for Gloucester. Buddy Robinson, Brent Norris, Ryan Johnston, Shaun Altshuller and Zach Carriveau scored for the Raiders, while Dan Altshuller made 31 saves in net. Robinson’s goal was his first in a Raiders’ uniform in his fourth game with the team. Following the loss to the Rangers, Nepean dropped another close contest to the Kanata Stallions on Jan. 23, losing 3-2 in a shootout. Michael Vered and Felix Boutin both scored their first goals of the season before Ryan Bradley and Carl- Philippe Ouimet responded for the Stallions. Altshuller made 33 saves in the game but allowed games on all three shoot-out attempts, including the winner to Doug Harvey. Scott Shackell made 28 saves for the Stallions. The Raiders (21-16-10) are now tied with the Rangers for fifth place in the CCHL standings with 52 points in 47 games. The Rangers hold the tiebreaker, however, because they have more wins. Nepean next plays the Smiths Fall Bears on the road on Jan. 28 and the Brockville Braves at the Nepean Sportsplex on Jan. 30.

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The Ottawa South United Soccer Club’s 97 and 94 boys soccer teams will participate in the Dr. Pepper Dallas Cup in April.

OSUSC to send two teams to Dallas for spring cup action STAFF Ottawa South United Soccer Club announced that two of their Force teams (97 Boys & 94 Boys) have been accepted to attend the oldest and one of the most prestigious International Youth Soccer Tournaments in the U.S.A., and one of the top tournaments in the world – the Dr. Pepper Dallas Cup XXXII. Ottawa South United is the first ever Ottawa club to receive an invitation to this highly sought after tournament, and general manager Jim Lianos said they are excited that it is a double invitation, for two of the strongest soccer teams to ever come out of Ottawa! The 8 day event will take place during Easter Week (April 17 – 24, 2011), with a Welcome the World Opening Ceremony, including the Parade of Nations, which OSU will participate in, proudly carrying the flag for Canada.

This invitation only tournament will host 180 teams, spanning seven age groups (U13 – U19), including 60 International teams, on average, as well as attracting National and International TV, radio and print coverage. In addition to the coverage, college coaches from across the U.S. and professional scouts from around the world consider the Dallas Cup as North America’s Premier opportunity to scout top prospects competing at world class levels. Some former champions of the Dallas Cup include David Beckham and Wayne Rooney – England and Landon Donovan – USA. “We feel it’s time to add a Canadian’s name to that list of top talent,” Lianos said. The OSU family wishes them luck in the tournament as they blaze the way for our younger teams.

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This is one of the many guide dogs who are trained at the Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind in Manotick. The organization is hosting a spring golf tournament and staaff is encouraging early registration.

Swing for charity: Guide Dogs for the Blind STAFF The Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind will host its annual golf tournament on Monday, June 6, at the Carleton Golf & Yacht Club in Manotick, Ontario. The Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind Golf Tournament features 18-holes with cart, lunch, dinner, prizes and more, all for just $160 per player, $640 per foursome, with proceeds going to the work of Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind. Carleton Golf & Yacht Club offers excellent shot-value and will hone every

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19 Barrhaven Ottawa South This Week - JANUARY 27 2011

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www.kevincoady.com 6342 Fortune Drive $374,900

301-3580 Rivergate Way $524,900

Located in the heart of Orleans. Filled with charm and warmth is this four bedroom, four bath home. Fully finished basement. Main floor laundry and family room with wood fireplace. Master with 4 piece ensuite. Hardwood and marble flooring throughout main floor. Private backyard with patio area.

Offering 1550 sq. ft of living space in this two bedroom, two bath condo at a premium location. Hardwood, ceramic and marble. Master includes 4 piece ensuite and walk-in closet. Amenities include multimedia room, games room, library, workshop, carwash, BBQ, guest suite and so much more.

9 Voyageur Drive $599,900

9 Crosspointe Avenue $498,800

345 Stoneway Drive $410,000

15 Conlan Way $349,900

New construction with top of the line features. Hardwood and ceramic throughout entire home. Large stone double sided ﬁreplace in living room. Main ﬂoor den. Upgraded kitchen with granite and integrated appliances. Three bedrooms, three bath. Master with 6 piece ensuite.

Inviting interlock walk-way and patio area. Four bedrooms, four bath. Master with sitting area, 4 piece ensuite and walk-in closet. Main ﬂoor family room with gas ﬁreplace. Hardwood and ceramic. Finished basement with rec room and additional bathroom.

Located close to shopping and parks. Four bedrooms, three bath. Master with 4 piece ensuite and walk-in closet. Second floor laundry. Main floor family room with gas fireplace. Hardwood throughout. Stunning kitchen with centre island and granite counters.

Open concept, sun filled home with three bedrooms, three bath and a finished basement. Main floor family room with gas fireplace. Hardwood and ceramic throughout entire main floor. Master with 3 piece ensuite and walk-in closet. Fenced yard and storage shed.

102-500 Claridge Drive, Nepean, ON K2J 3G5

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