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High-rise hotel, auto park in works for Barrhaven Second developer also planning hotel DANIEL NUGENT-BOWMAN daniel.bowman@metroland.com
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The foundation is being laid for a major facelift to Strandherd Drive and Fallowfield Road that will see a hotel, many business offices and an auto park eventually constructed in
the area. David Kardish, vice-president of land development for Regional Group, said the projects will be built over a number of years on approximately 70 hectares of land. See PIPES, page 3
Mother Teresa school’s shop classes on hold DANIEL NUGENT-BOWMAN daniel.bowman@metroland.com
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Mother Teresa Catholic High School has been ordered by the provincial Ministry of Labour to stop any “hot work” project such as welding, grinding or drilling until it proves it has improved its safety regulations. As part of a continuing investigation into the death
of Eric Leighton, ministry spokesperson Matt Blajer said the orders were issued because of “immediate hazards” within the shop class the Grade 12 student was working in. Effective July 6, the school has not been permitted to work with any equipment that “may contain explosive or flammable vapours.” See SHOP, page 4
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SPLISH SPLASH Natalie Templeton bobs along in the Long Island Aquatic Centre pool on Sunday during the Manotick club’s annual swim meet. Templeton came first in her 50-metre breaststroke heat.
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herd-Fallowfield intersection, just east of Highway 416. She added there are servicing Kardish said he has been in issues to the entire area west of talks with multiple hotel chains Greenbank and Jockvale roads about developing a “significant and that the BIA is working high-rise hotel,” which would closely with Barrhaven Coun. likely include a conference cenJan Harder to expedite improvetre and maybe even an enterments. tainment complex. “We are missing out on a lot The main obstacle standing of opportunities for new comin the way is utility servicing of mercial and the area – waemployment ter and sewer growth to oth– by the City er areas of the of Ottawa. “We are missing city by having “It’s premaout on a lot of this land sit ture because vacant and we’re still a opportunities for unserviced,” couple years wrote Steenaway from get- new commercial bakkers in an ting our land and employment email. “This serviced,” he is hurting our said. “The fo- growth...” current busicus of our activities right Andrea Steenbakkers ness community. We are now is to get eager to work our concept with any local plan of overdeveloper and all land holdthe city to get things moving.” ings approved.” Harder said she has had meetBarrhaven Business Improveings with city manager Kent ment Area (BIA) executive direcKirkpatrick because she’s been tor Andrea Steenbakkers said “frustrated by the lack of progconstruction will occur mostly ress” with updates to services on the north side of the Strand-
in recent months Harder said the closest servicing options exist at the Jock River in Stonebridge, which offer limited pipe capacity to the project area. Still more is needed, she said, especially given the influx of employment opportunities. “I feel that Barrhaven has been short-changed when it comes to advancing that pipe and that’s why I’ve been pushing really hard on it,” Harder said. “It’s absolutely necessary for servicing.” This is the second year Regional Group has discussed plans for the business park, Kardish said. He said the company’s plans will follow Nepean’s secondary plan to account for “prestige office park, basic office park and commercial and other auto uses.” Regional Group is awaiting the results of the city’s environmental master plan so it can incorporate pathways into the design as well. Kardish said city staff is currently reviewing the plans and will hold public meetings in the
JAN HARDER fall. He hopes the city will be able to service 12 to 16 hectares of land in time for next year. “We have users coming to us saying, ‘We really like the site. We want to get going.’ This is the primary business park for the Barrhaven area,” Kardish said. “A hotel is just part of the plans that we have for our lands.” Like the business park off of St. Laurent Boulevard in the city’s east end, Kardish antici-
pates the Barrhaven one will take 15 or 20 years before it’s fully completed. Steenbakkers said it’s important to get construction started as quickly as possibly, especially since Barrhaven can handle it. “We have the market capacity to support another half a million in commercial square feet at the current time,” she wrote. “We need to keep up to ensure we are not losing regional draws that will bring many new consumers to the area, as well as retain the primary market consumers, Barrhaven residents.” Steenbakkers also confirmed DCR Phoenix has a “strong lead” for a separate hotel in the Strandherd and Fallowfield area. Rajiv Bhatia, of DCR Phoenix’s commercial division, said the company is hoping to sell the land once it’s serviced. He would not divulge who he talking to. “Nothing is confirmed yet,” he said. “Transactions like this, sometimes they work out, and sometimes they don’t. We are talking to them and we’ll see how it goes.”
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JUST PICKIN’ Eight time Canadian Bluegrass Entertainer of the Year, Mike O’Reilly, right, and bass player Jonathan Ferrabee perform at Watson’s Mill on Sunday, part of the summer concert series. It was standing room only as more than 80 people enjoyed the show. Next in the series is rock ‘n’ roll songwriter Les Emmerson, who will play Aug. 21. Proceeds are donated to the mill’s 150-year-old roof replacement.
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Report American eel sightings: conservation group Population has declined by about 99 per cent since late 1970s EMMA JACKSON emma.jackson@metroland.com
Fifty years ago, anglers might have wished good riddance to the American eel, a slimy, slithering nocturnal creature that has all but disappeared from the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence water systems since the 1970s. But the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority and other conservation groups in the Ottawa Valley are asking all fishermen, boaters and other outdoor enthusiasts to report sightings of the elusive eel as the province attempts to restore its ailing population.
According to RVCA water quality and biology manager Michael Yee, the native predator’s populations have declined by about 99 per cent since the late 1970s. Experts blame overfishing as well as deadly hydro dams that block their migratory path back to the Sargasso Sea near the Bermuda Triangle – the only place in the world where the eel will spawn. TURBINES KILL “They can’t get through the hydroelectric turbines when they’re making the migration back down (to the ocean),” Yee said. “They’ll follow the strongest flow, so if it’s near a hydroelectric plant, the strongest flow is going to be where the turbine is. When they go through the turbine, most of them don’t make it, if any.” This has drastic consequences: if they don’t make it out of Ontario,
they don’t arrive at their breeding grounds, and their tens of millions of eggs never hatch – meaning new, young fish never travel back to the province. This throws Ontario’s aquatic habitats out of balance, especially since the eel sits at the top of the food chain. “If you don’t have the eels, that energy goes somewhere else, so it kind of skews what the fish populations may be and you’ll change what that food web will be,” Yee said. He explained that in the 1980s, about one million eels a year were flopping over the fish ladder at the R. H. Saunders dam in Cornwall, returning to hunt away their 25-year life in Ontario before leaving again to spawn and die. By 1993, those numbers had dropped to a mere 3,500. “That’s a catastrophic decline in population,” Yee said. The other major prob-
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A Ministry of Natural Resources employee holds an American eel caught in Mississippi Lake in Lanark County. American eel populations have drastically declined over the past 30 years, and the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority is asking fishermen to report all sightings.
lem is overfishing. Although North Americans typically don’t enjoy a freshly cooked eel, plenty of people in Europe and Asia certainly do – and the species’ young “glass eels” are especially a delicacy. Climate change, habitat destruction and declining water quality are also factors in the eels’ ability to survive.
Anglers who accidentally catch an eel – usually in shallow, marshy areas in the early morning or after dusk – should take a photo, remove the hook and release the eel, Yee said. REPORT CATCH The catch should be reported to the RVCA or the Ontario Ministry of
Natural Resources, where staff are tracking the endangered population in an effort to recover its stocks for the future. Sightings can be reported to the RVCA at 613-6923571, ext. 1176 or michael. yee@rvca.ca. Reports to the Ministry of Natural Resources should be directed to the natural heritage information centre at 1-705-755-2159.
Shop safety at issue Continued from front Leighton and his classmates were making a barbecue for a year-end carnival on May 26 using a 55-gallon drum when vapours from the peppermint oil inside the drum ignited and caused the explosion. Blajer said Leighton had been using a hand grinder to cut into the drum. “(The school is) not going to be able to do anything until they have the appropriate measures and procedures in place to protect workers from an explosion and until an instructor has approved those procedures,” he said. “It’ll be in place until we’re satisfied that the procedures that are put in place are proper.” In addition, the ministry has told the school it must ensure that teachers and
students are properly informed about potentially dangerous materials within the workplace and that students are properly supervised. The school has until July 29 to comply with those orders. Blajer said the ministry has recommended that school seek advice from the Public Services Health & Safety Association – a provincial not-for profit group that aims to reduce workplace risks and prevent occupational injuries. The association did not immediately return calls. The school can then call upon a ministry inspector to reassess the situation. Blajer said he fully expects the school to be able to comply with all orders by the start of the school year in September.
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son. The Montreal native last suited up for Nepean on Nov. 23, 2010, a 3-1 victory over the Kanata Stallions. He finished the year in junior Bwith the Athens Aeros of the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League, recording two goals and six assists in eight games.
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The East Nepean Eagles are batting an incredible .750 heading into the provincial championships. That’s because the west-end Little League baseball organization, formed mostly of Barrhaven players, has qualified for the Ontario-wide tournament in three of the four possible divisions. The major (ages 11-12), junior (13-14) and senior (15-16) teams have all reached their respective District 2 (Ottawa west) tournaments in convincing fashion. The senior Eagles won a best-of-three series with the Carlingwood-Frank Ryan Cardinals last weekend after earning 11-1 and 13-3 victories. Despite the fact the Cardinals team was formed through a merger with the Kanata and Pinecrest associations, the Eagles proved too powerful. “To me this is a special team,” said coach Felipe Mendoza, adding that a couple of injuries hurt the team’s chances a year ago. “It’s not something that happened this year. We’ve been working these players through the system.” Thanks to deep pitching staff consisting of nine players – including Mendoza’s son Carlos – Mendoza believes the Eagles have a good chance to earn the Ontario Senior Little League championship, which runs from July 24 to 30 in Windsor. “I have a lot of hope,” Mendoza said, who is also the team’s pitching coach. “This is probably one of the best teams I’ve had in my life with East Nepean.” If the Eagles win the provincial tournament, they will advance to the national championship in Rouyn-Noranda, Que., from Aug. 3 to 10. The junior Eagles squad will be seeking an Ontario title thanks to a 10-5 win in the west final over the Kanata Cubs on July 19. The final win capped off a perfect 3-0 tournament that saw the Eagles also de-
feat Kanata 11-4 and Carlingwood-Frank Ryan 15-3. Head coach Paul Bloomfield said the team received some clutch hits from Matt Cooke, Chris Shute and Jonathan Lepage in the wins. “We weren’t overconfident going in,” he said. “We thought if we played the way we were capable of playing that thought we could win.” Now the Eagles will travel to Oakville to compete in the Ontario Junior Little League championship. While Bloomfield said Orleans, the other Ottawa-area team, is probably the favourite, he’s not counting his team out based on their play in the District 2 play downs. “What you do in the districts is what you base the success of your team on,” he said. The national final takes place the week after in Lethbridge, Alta. The players on the major Eagles won their third straight championship thanks to three straight wins in their District 2 final. Having won all 10 of their games so far this season, East Nepean went 3-0 in the west tournament, knocking off Carlingwood-Frank Ryan and Pinecrest before beating Kanata 13-2 on July 19. “We’re a very strong, deep team,” major head coach Jeff Telford said. “There are no dominant hitters, no dominant pitchers, just strong hitters and strong pitchers from top to bottom.” The major team will begin its quest for Ontario Little League supremacy in Brockville on July 26. A win at that tourney would earn the team a berth in the national championship in Vancouver, starting Aug. 3. This is the age group that plays for the Little League World Series each year in Williamsport, Pa. East Nepean will host the Canadian national qualifying tournament for Williamsport in 2015.
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York Region, for example, in search of new ways to fund transit, has formally asked Metrolinx (the regional transportation authority) to look at alternate funding sources for municipal transit systems. The province unveiled its long-term, 10-year plan for infrastructure June 24 and Cabinet Minister Bob Chiarelli said Infrastructure Ontario will see its role expanded with a broader list of projects – including mu-
nicipal waterworks and transit – that can use its procurement and financing model. P3s are not uniformly popular, generating criticism from opposition politicians and groups such as the Canadian Union of Public Employees, in part because the Canadian approach to most public facilities and services has been to keep the entire process public, or as much of it as possible. Critics found fuel in an On-
Ray Friel: Ottawa’s failed P3? The City of Ottawa embarked on two public-private partnerships for recreation in the east and west ends because, as proponents argued, it was the only way the city could afford new arenas. But in 2007 those deals took a turn for the worse. That year, the City of Ottawa terminated its contract with Serco Facilities Management, which was managing the Ray Friel Recreation Complex in Ottawa’s east end.
A city report presented to councillors had noted Serco underestimated its operating costs by $1.3 million a year while overestimating revenues. According to the report, Serco needed an extra $2 million a year. In the end, the city took over operation of the centre at an added cost of $1.3 million a year. Meanwhile, that same year councillors decided to fork over $1.4 million over three
and a half years to keep operations running at the Bell Sensplex. That decision came after a staff report recommended the city give Capital Sports Group, operators of the Bell Sensplex, $400,000 a year over three years to put the project on solid financial ground. At the time these decisions were made, council agreed to keep tabs on public-private partnerships, requiring an annual performance report.
tario Auditor General’s report that concluded in 2008 that $200 million could have been saved if the province had done the borrowing itself on the new Brampton Civic Hospital. But Mark Romoff, chief executive officer of The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships, disagrees. “You need to follow the program from beginning to end and you’ll see the strong, successful P3 program does deliver value for money,” he said. Partnerships have evolved from their beginnings in the early 1990s and are now being used in more sectors at more levels of government, Romoff said. A recent Edmonton breakfast brought out 370 attendees to hear how P3s can help municipalities, he said, a sign of increased interest at the cashstrapped municipal level. “When you’re looking to move the infrastructure needle … if there’s an infrastructure gap and a fiscal challenge, the P3 model could be worth looking at,” Romoff said, acknowledging the partnerships are not a silver bullet for every project. John Loxley, a University of Manitoba economics professor who studies and writes about P3s, evaluated prominent projects including Highway 407, the controversial toll highway built in a private-public partnership and now owned privately. He believes the highway was a “poor deal for Ontario taxpayers.” “You need (infrastructure), but it’s got to be done right,” he said. “You don’t get something for nothing.” But public-private partnerships are not the only potential options available to help municipalities solve the funding puzzle. Solutions popular in other jurisdictions are being looked at as well, including new models that would apportion a certain percentage of income tax or a percentage of sales tax such as the HST for infrastructure. The push for alternative financing is driven by the realization that municipalities simply cannot hold the fort much longer. From 1955 to 2007, the federal share of public infrastructure fell from 27 per cent to 5 per cent while the municipal share increased from 27 per cent to 55 per cent, according to a 2008 report. Earlier this month, the mayors of Canada’s largest cities agreed at a meeting in Halifax that municipalities must watch the new majority government of Stephen Harper to ensure there is a change. Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, chair of a big-city caucus in the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, said he hopes municipal leaders and
Infrastructure Ontario It is an arm’s-length Crown agency that manages public projects and arranges funding that includes private sources for infrastructure ranging from courthouses to sewer systems. It also provides municipalities and other public bodies with access to affordable loans for new buildings and renewal. The agency has not issued an annual report since the 200809 fiscal year, so it is difficult to track projects and loans on paper. However, the province says that since 2005, the agency has managed 52 infrastructure projects worth $21 billion, including 35 hospital projects and approved more than $4 billion in loans for more than 1,000 projects. Major projects include: • Facilities for the Pan Am Games, including Hamilton’s soccer stadium • Durham Consolidated Courthouse • Montfort Hospital • Quinte Health Care • Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Program • Lakeridge Health • Markham Stouffville Hospital • Halton Healthcare • Niagara Health System • Royal Victoria Hospital • Waterloo Region Consolidated Courthouse • Highway 407 East Extension • West Lincoln Memorial Hospital the Tories can develop a farreaching infrastructure plan that won’t drop in priority as the new government tries to cut costs. After the federation issued a report on the national infrastructure deficit in 2007 – when, it calculated, the gap for Canadian municipalities alone was $123 billion – Finance Minister Jim Flaherty countered that municipalities should take care of themselves and that federal government was “not in the pothole business.” The attitude changed as the recession took hold and the federal government took into account the jobs that could be created through infrastructure projects. However, as the infrastructure deficit grows and the economy resumes, the traditional equation is back in force. The federation points out that 92 per cent of a Canadian’s tax dollar goes to the two upper levels of government, but municipalities are responsible for more than half the existing infrastructure — and have to do whatever jobs are passed to them — with the remaining 8 per cent.
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Dan picks up an old branch, gives it a quick look, then reaches down and snips off an end with a large set of pruning shears. He picks up the new twig and drops it in a plastic box. A look inside the box shows all the twigs fit almost perfectly, reaching from one side of the container to the other as if trimmed using a ruler. Such is Dan’s need for order and symmetry. “I piled some wood too,” Dan says, pointing towards four huge piles of fire wood, all neat and orderly, all braced between trees to keep the piles solid. The 16-year-old is one of more than a dozen children with developmental challenges learning outdoor work skills in a bush lot owned by Kathleen and Pat Rooney. Outdoor Work Experience Summer Day Camp is offering its second season of the unique camp on Richmond Road, just south of Bridlewood. Kathleen says the skills the kids learn help develop such critical life skills as independence, responsibility and altruism. Despite growing numbers of youth between 12 and 22 with pervasive developmental disorders, autism, Down syndrome and other challenges, programs for these older children are scarce. Kathleen says waiting lists can stretch to 15 years and the government offers minimal financial support. She provides the example of one Ottawa family whose annual program costs for a 12-year-old child with special needs matched expenses to send their older son to university for the same year. Outdoor Work Experience Summer Day Camp has received substantial financial support from the community to help offset camp costs for families that already spend heavily throughout the year for their child’s special services, particularly the South Nepean Autism Centre. Kathleen, an educator with 22 years experience operating a private prac-
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tice servicing special needs youth, designed the half-day summer camp last year. The program teaches common outdoor work skills such as raking, pruning, clipping grass, painting fences, digging and shovelling, potting seeds and plants, tending plants and trees, as well as appropriate work behaviour and acceptable conversation skills for the work place. Most importantly, the transfer of these skills to the home and community is encouraged. TRANSFERABLE SKILLS James, 23, is a good example. He says he enjoys working with the logs and the trees. “They’re fun,” he says, adding that pruning trees is his favourite activity, and he’s also tried painting and raking. Kathleen says that after James took part in last summer’s inaugural camp,
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SCHOOL ROOM SCORCHED An investigation found a July 19 fire that damaged this St. Joseph Catholic High School portable was accidental, due to an electrical problem.
he went home and started helping around the house with vacuuming, doing laundry and washing dishes. “He helps his mom so much she said she couldn’t do without him,” Kathleen says. Twenty-one-year-old Jeremy is also in the camp for the second year, and couldn’t name an individual task as his favourite, but was digging when a reporter arrived at the bush lot. “I love giving back to the environment,” he said. “I like to clean up the planet.” Typical teenagers are also an essential component of the summer day camp, working as volunteers with the campers. They too are receiving a hands-on education while understanding and interacting with special needs youth. These typical teens are the role models for appropriate work behaviour and conversation as well as responsible for motivation and enthusiasm that is necessary in the work place.
Ben O’Neil, a 14-year-old volunteer who attends Mother Teresa High School in Barrhaven, said he’s enjoying work outside and interacting with the campers. “It’s inspiring and eye-opening.” Ben says during a short break, adding he’s sure to volunteer again next year. “I see how it’s making a difference.” Supervisor Meaghan Samuel is a University of Ottawa student. She says some campers are shy or avoid socializing when they first arrive, but she’s seen that change as the weeks go on. “It’s great when they all come together on break,” Samuel says. “They’re all sitting and laughing and talking.” Kathleen says for many of the participants this is their first experience actually performing physical labour, and the campers feel they’ve achieved something important when they see how the overgrown bush lot is groomed and cleaned up when they’re finished. As with the typical population, some like the physical work more than others, but all make progress in determining their strengths and weaknesses, and likes and dislikes. She says some have managed to obtain part-time casual employment in their community. By the end of the morning, parents and caregivers are arriving to pick up the campers. Samuel says she feels a real sense of accomplishment when work wraps up at noon. “I don’t want to leave,” Samuel says. “At the end of the day I feel like I’ve made new friends and I go home feeling like I’ve changed something and changed myself too.”
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ven with the scorching temperatures experienced across the province over the past few weeks, Ontarians should be forgiven if they thought Christmas had come a few months early this year. The gifts, or promise of, have been flowing freely this summer as part of the relentless efforts by Ontario politicians to win the hearts and minds of voters ahead of the Oct. 6 election. In one corner, we have Dalton McGuinty’s Liberal government falling over itself to spend as much money as possible before the election fall campaign officially kicks off. In Ottawa alone last week, there were four separate funding announcements made by the Liberals totalling more than $20 million. In the other corner are the Progressive Conservatives and New Democrats, led by Tim Hudak and Andrea Horwath respectively, who have been zipping across the province promising to “put more money in your pocket” and “put you and your family first.” The policies the opposition parties have been endlessly touting since the end of the legislative session range from removing the Harmonized Sales Tax from electricity,
heating and gasoline to killing the mandatory hydro smart meter program to creating a “buy Ontario” law. With a budget deficit of slightly less than $19 billion for 2010-11, Ontario is in no position to take its finances lightly. We don’t have the revenue available to throw away on the whims of a government that is trailing in the polls, nor can we afford to remove sources of public revenue based on the populist impulses of the challengers. There are a great many tests facing this province right now. Health care continues to consume a massive portion of government resources and the baby boomers have yet to experience the worst frailties of old age. We still have an economy largely oriented towards manufacturing, but has yet to recover from the great recession and is coping with a dollar worth five cents more than the American greenback. We have crumbling infrastructure across the province, but no comprehensive plan to address what ultimately becomes a drain on the economy. Any man or woman can promise the moon, but it takes a brave leader to face challenges head on.
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here’s something about travelling with children that makes you want to turn around and forget the vacation all together. On route to the first destination of our two-week camping trip, the sun was beating down on us, the birds were singing and we randomly discovered an arts a festival at our midway point. I’d made car bingo cards to keep the offspring amused for at least three hours looking for moose crossings, silos and swing benches. It kept them going for about 10 minutes before... “Are we going to Algonquin Park?” asked my eldest son. “Yes,” I said. “I hate Algonquin Park.” “You’ve never been there.” “Well I hate it.” Sigh! As soon as we arrived, I, in spite of the car trip, felt unbelievably relaxed: The trees, the loons calling, the sound of Tea Lake below our campsite. But my son wasn’t having any of it. “Is this Algonquin Park?” he asked. “Yes.” “I hate Algonquin Park.” “Algonquin Park has 2,456 lakes. You’ve only seen one of them. You can’t possibly hate Algonquin Park.” Silence. Silence and moping. And then. Barrhaven•Ottawa South
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BRYNNA LESLIE Capital Muse “My stomach hurts,” he said. “I think I need a doctor.” “You don’t need a doctor.” “I miss my bed. I think I need my bed. I’m sick, or I have an allergy.” And then he turned around and pounded his little brother on the shoulder as he passed by. Sigh! It reminded me of a Family Circus comic I saw a few years ago. In the single frame, the mom and dad are pulling a wagon carrying a gaggle of fighting kids, beach umbrellas and a dog. The father says, “I need a vacation.” To which the mother replies, “This is our vacation.” The whole day continued like this. The water was too cold. The washrooms were too dirty. The fire was too smoky. The loons were too noisy. The marshmallows were too sticky. THE MARSHMALLOWS WERE TOO STICKY! “I’m never going to get through the
next two weeks,” I said to my spouse. “Sleep on it,” he said. “He’s just tired and excited and out of his routine.” The next morning, I woke up early to waddle, knock-kneed through the woods, fending off potential bears with a whistle on my way to the vault toilets. When I returned with a longer stride and a subdued ache in my bladder after the one kilometre trek, my eldest son was waiting for me. He’d peed in a bush. “The birds woke me,” he grunted. “Wonderful!” I was not going to let him get me down. “Let’s go see what kinds of birds there are around here.” I said. So off we went, hand-in-hand in our pyjamas, breaking my first rule of the fortnightly camping trip: Thou shalt not wander about the damp woods in one of two pairs of pyjamas. It wasn’t long before we spotted fungus growing on a tree stump. From there, we found some interesting evergreen trees that were dark green in the middle, with almost translucent needles. We saw moths and birds, and some early morning fishermen before we settled on a large rock located about two feet from the shore. We sat on the rock and looked in silence. That’s when we saw the loons. They were swimming toward us. We were silent. They were bobbing for fish.
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We were silent. All of a sudden, they disappeared under the water, and that’s when I realized that loons can hold their breath for an indefinite amount of time. An hour later, we returned to our campsite, just as my husband and younger son were emerging from the tent, fully-dressed, according to the rule. My eldest had a huge smile on his face. He pulled out his sketch pad and drew a picture of the things we saw that morning. “Mom,” he announced, “I used five different colours of green in my picture.” “Perfect,” I said. And that was the beginning of our vacation.
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A baby’s first words are an exciting milestone for any parent, but one Riverside South resident is inviting young families to teach and celebrate babies’ first signs as well. Kristy Simons is a certified Signing Time instructor, early childhood educator and a strong advocate for teaching sign language to pre-verbal babies as part of their regular language learning process. On Saturday, July 30 she is offering a free introduction to her program – the I Sign, You Sign baby sign language class – in the Rideauview Community Centre. From 10 to 11 a.m. above Moncion’s Independent Grocer, parents can learn simple songs, games and signs to teach their child to use sign language alongside speech. Parents will also get a preview of what Simons’ fulllength fall sessions can offer. The classes are designed for babies and parents who have full hearing abilities, because Simons says that sign language in conjunction with speech greatly increases a baby’s cognitive ability to learn other languages, math, reading and writing in the future. “Teaching young children to sign as young as you can gives them a huge leap in terms of language and literacy. Their cognitive and intellectual ability just shoots through the roof,” she said, noting her own daughters have been signing since they were about six months old and as a result have learned to read, write and speak much faster. “Baby Signing Time is to help teach preverbal children how to communicate.” The baby signing program consists of four four-week sessions, at $55 per session. To register for the free introduction on July 30, email kristy@ isignyousign.com or call 613-8229433.
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SEPT. 12 After a successful 30th anniversary season, the Ottawa Brahms Choir under the direction of Kurt Ala-Kantti invites old and new members to join us in our 31st season for a wonderful programme of choral works. All vocies are welcome, especially tenors and basses. No audition required. Rehearsals start Sept. 12, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at Southminster United Church at Aylmer and Bank streets. Call 613-7492391 or 819-568-8169 or visit www.OttawaBrahmsChoir.ca for information.
Half Moon Bay park plan serves up debate Residents concerned about construction of tennis courts over parking spaces DANIEL NUGENT-BOWMAN daniel.bowman@metroland.com
Construction of a community park in Half Moon Bay is close to beginning, but the amount of parking remains a sticking point. Plans for the park originally called for a splash pad, small soccer pitch, gazebo, toboggan hill and two play structures on the west slide of Greenbank Road, north of Cambrian Road, but have now included two tennis courts in place of parking. Local residents on Grand Vista and Fallingwater circles have expressed their concern to the City of Ottawa even though the project is at the point of tender. “They’re very nervous that they took the parking lot out of the park and have replaced it with two tennis courts,” Half Moon Bay Community Association member Jenna Swinwood said, adding that the parking lot was supposed to have 12 spaces. Barrhaven Coun. Jan Harder said
there would be plenty of space to park along Greenbank and Cambrian roads. In the future, there will be parking available at a school which will be built at the northeast corner of the intersection as well as at the Barrhaven Sportplex, which is due to be completed at the southwest corner. Harder said she plans to hold meetings with the city’s traffic department and will then attempt assure local residents, through further meetings on site, that side streets will not become inundated with cars. “There’s no reason for me to be suspicious that that will happen,” she said. “There will be plenty of parking available.” PRACTICE FIELD Harder added people won’t be flocking to the soccer pitch because it is meant solely as a practice field. Those parking at the sportsplex would then walk to the park by using the soonto-be-constructed roundabout. But given that the park consists of a splash pad, to be used be infants, Swinwood said the 500-metre walk isn’t viable. “I’ve got a two-year-old and there’s no way I would park at the sportsplex and walk over to the splash pad with my kid’s lunch and towels and bathing suits,” she said. Despite the community concerns,
Swinwood said park plans won’t likely be delayed. One of the playground structures should be completed by late in the fall, possibly November, she said. ‘BEAUTIFUL PARK’ Harder anticipates the park being the perfect “compliment to the Stonebridge and Half Moon Bay communities,” adding that the park will feature a pond and will be surrounded with black wrought iron fencing. “This is going to be an absolutely, incredibly beautiful park that is going to mean increased property values for sure for the people who live around it,” Harder said. “This is going to be an amazing place.” Harder said the demand for recreational activities, particularly tennis courts, has been increasing in Half Moon Bay and throughout the neighbouring communities. Because of the limited equipment needed to play the game, Harder believes many people will ride their bikes or walk to the court. “People that want to pick up a racquet, it’s not like picking up your set of golf clubs and throwing them on your back on a bike or a hockey bag,” she said. “It is a racquet in a sleeve and a couple of balls and it’s over your shoulder and you’re on your bike.”
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Interested candidates may submit their resumes to: OZ Optics 219 Westbrook Road, Ottawa, ON K0A 1L0 Attention: Human Resources or by fax to 613-831-2151 or by e-mail to hr@ozoptics.com For more information, visit www.ozoptics.com Or drop resume off at the OZ Optics Reception Desk
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The Renfrew Victoria Hospital has an immediate opening in our Regional Nephrology Program for the following position:
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Reporting to the Clinical Manager of Nephrology, the Program Leader, Peritoneal Dialysis will share responsibility for the ongoing operation and development of the Peritoneal Dialysis Program. The ideal candidate will possess a minimum of three years of nursing experience, CNEPH (c) designation and education at the baccalaureate level. She/He will also possess current knowledge and expertise in Peritoneal Dialysis, and the principles of adult education. The candidate must be willing to be on-call for the program, possess a valid driver’s license and be able to travel throughout Renfrew County. Bilingualism is an asset.
Job Posting Position Title: Regional Human Resources Manager- 12 month contract (Maternity Leave) Department: Human Resources Location: Metroland – Ottawa Area: (Arnprior, Carleton Place, Kemptville, Nepean, Perth, Renfrew, & Smiths Falls) Metroland Media currently has an opening for a Regional Human Resources Manager supporting the Ottawa region. Reporting to the Director, Human Resources, the incumbent will be responsible for providing expert Human Resources consultation to the Region ensuring all Human Resources needs are successfully met. Consulting with the regional businesses, the primary responsibility of this role is to provide guidance and consulting to ensure that business practices are promoted and supported by HR practices.
Completion of a criminal record check within the past six months will be required for the successful candidate. Please forward your resume and a brief covering letter no later than August 5th, 2011 to: Julia Boudreau V.P. Corporate Services Renfrew Victoria Hospital 499 Raglan Street North Renfrew, Ontario K7V 1P6 Email: hunterj@renfrewhosp.com
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Barrhaven $499,900
Barrhaven $489,900
Barrhaven $389,900
Stonebridge $334,900
Absolutely Mint. 4 Bedroom, 3 bath. Hardwood
4 Bedroom. Huge Ravine lot. Brand new hardwood on main oor
3 bedroom, 4 Baths. Finished basement
Stunning End Unit. 3 bedroom, 3 bath
Nepean/Manordale $389,900
Upper Hunt Club $549,900
Hunt Club $399,900
Kanata $359,900
3 Plus 1 bedroom. Finished basement. Across from park.
Fabulous home. 4 Plus 1 bedroom. Finished basement
3 bedroom. Bungalow on Large lot. Finished basement.
4 bedroom. Hardwood on both levels. Granite counters.
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Stittsville $319,900
Bank St./Leitrim $289,900
Blossom Park $189,500
Findlay Creek $234,900
Awesome bungalow. 3 bedrooms. Finished basement & Huge yard.
3 Bedroom Bungalow. Updated and move in ready
3 bedroom condo. Hardwood throughout.
Top oor Java condo. 2 bedrooms. All hardwood. 2 parking spots
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Just D L O S
Meadowlands $259,900
Barrhaven
Hunt Club
Great starter or investment. 3 Bedrooms. Finished basement
Ranch 3 bedroom with walk out basement
Updated condo. 3 bedrooms. Great location
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