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Measuring the scope of an iceberg to roaming along the moon — the latest in Canadian robotics was on display, and available for play at the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum. The NSERC Canadian Field Robotics Network held a Canadian-made robotics conference at the museum, 11 Aviation Pkwy. on May 4. The conference welcomed scientists and engineers from across Canada to showcase the latest in robotics in the country. Kanata-based space flight engineering company NEPTEC, which had part-
nered with NCFRN for the conference, had its latest project, a lunar exploration vehicle, on display. Software manager Jason Muise and Brad Jones explained that their rover, Juno, offers a new type of technology that scans 360 degrees continuously in one spot. The rover, a large-scale prototype, also allows for additional equipment, such as arms and other functional additions to be added, depending on a space agency’s needs Jones added. Alan Do-Omri wheeled around the conference in a self-driving wheelchair, which gives users the opportunity to map and remember locations. The goal, Do-Omri said, is to allow users better navigation in tight spots. “This is a machine that can help people who are using power wheelchairs navigate without requiring to control
the chair,” he said. Do-Omri noted artificial intelligence such as the power wheelchair is a great tool if it’s used right, adding it can help a lot of people. There were 20 different projects on display at the museum, as well as drone demonstrations at the Rockcliffe Flying Club. According to Greg Dudek, professor at McGill University and scientific director of Robotics Field Network, this conference offers the opportunity to see the latest innovations in four different themes; land, air, water and human interaction. Since the network was established in 2012, the NCFRN has funded the work of 180 researchers across the country, working with dozens of Canadian robotics companies and startups. To date, the organization has supported 100 different research projects.
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Alan Do-Omri, a masters students at McGill University, shows off the Smart Wheeler - a self-driving wheelchair that avoids crowds and obstacles at the Canadian-made robotics conference at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum on May 4.
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If you have ever wondered what a computer mouse and philosophy, literature and history have to do with each other, now there is an institute for that. This May 17-20, Carleton University, in partnership with the University of Ottawa, will run the inaugural Digital Humanities Summer Institute: Technologies East — a series of bilingual workshops, keynote addresses, panels, demos taking place at both universities. Participants have the opportunity to enrol in up to six workshops during the four-day event. Carleton University associate professor Brian Greenspan, who is organizing the Carleton workshops, said interested participants can sign up with no knowledge and walk out with a certificate and a greater understanding about digital media.
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This May 17-20 Carleton University, in partnership with the University of Ottawa will run the inaugural Digital Humanities Summer Institute: Technologies East – a series of bilingual workshops, keynote addresses, panels, demos taking place at both universities. “This gives you the opportunity to advance,” Greenspan said. “Social media, twitter, if they don’t have the basic tools, this is an opportunity for people to get skills and broader community can gain.” According to Greenspan,
the heart of the humanities — analysis, inquiry, interpretation — hasn’t changed. But now there exists the technologies to take that concept into overdrive. Greenspan said the goal of the digital humanities is to ask what the implications, the benefits and downsides
of these media tools are to daily life. The institute, he added, allows regular media users to explore that question with some of the workshops. Greenspan added local teachers might find the workshops very useful. “Part of the challenge is keeping up with what the students know. This offers local educators a little bit of an advance, so they can stay one step ahead of their students,” Greenspan said. An entire list of the workshops, brief descriptions and how to register is available at dhsite.org. The classes do cost money, but Greenspan said the universities aimed to keep costs low — for both students and community members to participate. “It’s a really great way to get your feet wet in digital media, if you wanted to master social media tools, personal website tools, learn how to automate twitter feed or pick up a few program-
very interesting for participants. “The point here is to engage people who are already using digital media and give them a little more knowledge of what they can do and give people an edge,” Greenspan said. “People know a lot of their devices, but sometimes there is more to learn. Help us to think critically of what digital media means and get ahead of it before it gets ahead of us.”
ming skills,” Greenspan said. Greenspan said because the event is new, organizers kept the institute small, but he suspects interest will allow the event to grow next year. “For now it’s offered out of interest, but maybe it could get even bigger,” he said. Aside from the workshops, Greenspan added that the panels and keynote speakers would also be
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The process began in January when the BIA issued a call for artists to design the mural. The community was invited to vote online in February for the favourite of the four shortlisted designs. Kwong said the outpouring of support and interest in the project was huge. “We had more than 25,000 people engage in our social media campaign,” she said. “Total, 1,000 people voted on the designs.” And in the end the winner is a local artist.Vanier artist Mique Michelle calls herself a proud Vanier resident and considers herself a strong advocate for abolishing the negative perceptions of graffiti and street art. Kwong said this artist and her design stood out from the rest. Michelle’s partner, Kalkidan Assefa is also an Ottawa-Vanier resident and specializes in large-scale portraitures. And skills are what these two will
need to design the 4-storey wall blank canvas in the heart of Vanier. With already 40 murals in the neighbourhood, Kwong said Vanier is wellknown for its historic murals. This one, she said will highlight modern-day Vanier. According to the artist’s proposal, the mural design concept aims to honour the history of Vanier’s Inuit population, experiences, and contribution. They draw inspiration from legend, tradition, and nature. By including marine creatures from the North, which have significant importance to Inuit culture and livelihood, they highlight conservation, stewardship, and harmony. YOUTH
One mural project is apparently not enough for the BIA to fully showcase all that Vanier is. At the same time as this large-scale mural will be produced, the BIA has also organized a youth-led mural with
the help of a grant from Crime Prevention Ottawa’s Paint It Up! program. Working in partnership with the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa and the Vanier Community Service Centre, this mural will be created at 273 Montreal Rd. With Montreal Road set to undergo significant reconstruction in 2018/2019, the BIA’s aim of creating the tallest mural in Ottawa will contribute to excitement surrounding the street’s redevelopment in the heart of the Vanier neighbourhood. To celebrate the murals, and highlight the community, the BIA will host an unveiling on June 10. For the event, the BIA would like to close portions of Montreal Road and to do that, Kwong said, more money would need to be raised. From May 1 to June 10 a crowd funding campaign to harness community support and help with the efforts for the event. “We will host the event with or without the closures, but want to make the event the best it can be,” Kwong said.
Contractor caused gas leak: RTG BY JENNIFER MCINTOSH jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com
Kathryn Keyes, a spokesperson for Rideau Transit Group, confirmed a contractor working for the company struck a gas line while doing excavating work on Queen Street on May 2. The work is part of streetscaping being done on Queen between Metcalfe and O’Connor streets. Keyes said that at 1:25 p.m., workers hit an abandoned nozzle on a 4-inch gas
main going into a building. ‘The subcontractor called 911 immediately and notified of the situation,” Keyes wrote in an email. “Buildings in the vicinity, the tunnel and the station entrance sites in that area were evacuated as a precaution.” Emergency services controlled the site until the gas could be turned off, Keyes said. Keyes said RTG is investigating the cause of the incident and work
is underway to repair the gas line. Reports from an LRT worker on site at the time said there was a very loud hissing sounds, and evacuation started quickly. The evacuation of four blocks and closure of Bank Street (West), Wellington Street (North), Elgin Street (East) and Albert Street (South), wreaked havoc with the afternoon commute. Residents took to Twitter and other social media
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will perform on a stage at 250 Montreal Rd. Also included is Brewery Market, an event series that offers locally produced craft beer served in a small-scale outdoor setting. The breweries coming are Clocktower, Dominion City and Bicycle Brewery. For donations $40 and up, a limited print of the mural at 261 Montreal Rd. is available. “We wanted to have something to give back,” Kwong said.
Kwong said there will be music, activities, as well as partnerships with community organizations, such as the Vanier Community Service Centre’s annual Velo Fest, will be a part of the festivities.Throughout the day and into the evening, House of Paint will animate the heart of Vanier with live music, dance, and entertainment, the event, called Mozaik will welcome locals Nile Groove and Timekode who
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Children's Garden redesign to be revealed at open house Information Session Baseline and Woodroffe Stormwater Management Pond Municipal Class Environmental Assessment and Functional Design May 17, 2017 6 to 9 p.m. Presentation at 7 p.m. St. Paul High School 2675 Draper Avenue By attending this information session, residents will be updated on how the City will address the community’s concerns related to the design and construction of the proposed stormwater management pond. Residents will be able to ask questions of staff and subject matter experts and hear more about the project’s next steps. This session is the last step in the public engagement process for this project. Information about the project’s background, existing conditions on the site, and pond alternatives will also be available at the meeting. The City of Ottawa has initiated this Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) for a proposed stormwater management pond at the northeast corner of Baseline Road and Woodroffe Avenue. A stormwater management pond was initially recommended in the Pinecrest Creek/Westboro Stormwater Management Retrofit Study (2011) and underwent further assessment in the Feasibility Study for a Surface Stormwater Management Facility at Baseline Road and Woodroffe Avenue (2015).The proposed pond will provide water quality treatment and flow control for runoff from some 435 hectares that currently drain uncontrolled to Pinecrest Creek. The study process is following the requirements of a Schedule B project under the Municipal Class EA and has identified a preferred alternative and functional design for the proposed pond. Accessibility is an important consideration for the City of Ottawa. If you require special accessibility accommodation, please email your request before May 15, 2017. For more information, visit ottawa.ca/baselinewoodroffepond. If you wish to have your name added to the mailing list or ask further questions, please contact: Darlene Conway, P. Eng. Senior Project Manager / Asset Management City of Ottawa Tel.: 613-580-2424, ext. 27611 Email: darlene.conway@ottawa.ca Ad # 2017-501-S_Baseline Woodroffe Stormwater Pond_11052017
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Designs for Old Ottawa East’s Children’s Garden will be unveiled at an open house on May 15. The consultation at Old Town Hall Community Centre, 61 Main St. will begin at 6:30 p.m. with a presentation from Lady Evelyn Alternative School students. The students helped the Children's Garden volunteer board with the redesign, and will be showing off the new plan. Following the presentation, there will be an activity for community kids to provide their input on the proposed design. The main idea, according to organizers who held a community meeting on April 23, is that the design will be explored based on what the children said they wanted. The garden was created in 2009, in Robert Legget Park, 321 Main St., a small green space at the corner of Clegg and Main streets. Lady Evelyn students created the plan for the garden, complete with a picket fence the children painted. Managed and run by a volunteer board and a summer student co-ordinator, the garden has offered local children the space for volunteers to educate
them about nature, food-growing, composting. The space is also used for playgroups, giving children the opportunity to play in an urban nature setting. Organic gardening workshops, science activities, summer camps, and harvest feasts have taken place at the space since it opened. In December, it was announced that the city’s environmental remediation unit found shallow soil contamination in the park. Although the city and Ottawa Public Health did not consider the risk to be immediate unless the soil itself was ingested, over the winter the city began to undertake an environmental assessment to determine the extent of the contamination, and to develop a plan to remediate the site. The garden will be closed for this summer for the work. Because of the closure, Old Ottawa East’s Community Activities Group has replace the Children’s Garden Camp with what the group called an old favourite — the Nature and Art Camp. The playgroup that operates out of the garden is cancelled for this summer, but other playgroups organized by the Community Activities Group are available.
City staff will be at the open house to discuss with and update residents on the soil remediation that has been taking place in the park. A landscape architect who is working with the youth designers will also be available to discuss the project and the redesign. Capital Coun. David Chernushenko called the garden a unique space in the community and is happy that it will be returning. “This process gives people the opportunity to put it back the way it is, or add to it,” Chernushenko said. Chernushenko said in the new plan the garden beds would be raised. He added he is hoping families and children participate in the open house, because the garden is essentially the community’s space, and a popular one at that. “There was a little skepticism at first because it was at the corner of a busy street, but it’s been very popular,” he said. “For the neighbourhood, it’s a unique garden and it’s absolutely essential to bring it back.” The garden volunteers plan to hold a gathering in the fall to celebrate the redesign of the space and opening of the garden. To keep updated on the garden, visit Ottawaeastcag.ca or ottawachildrensgarden.org.
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Transportation committee OKs plan for Elgin redesign BY JENNIFER MCINTOSH jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com
In the world of deal making, it’s best when everyone walks away with a little something. That’s the tone transportation committee chair Keith Egli set as the committee approved the $42 million reconstruction project, which includes Hawthorne and a small section of Waverley Street. The plan includes cutting four lanes to two, as well as reducing the speed limit to 30 km/h. The plan is to make Elgin a complete street, which currently scores barely a passing grade for pedestrian access, Egli said. The project is made necessary due to the 100-year-old sewer and water infrastructure under Elgin, the staff report says. The much-needed work is an excuse to deal with some of Elgin’s shortcomings. “For me, as chair of the transportation committee it’s not acceptable that we have a street used as much as that street is used and have sidewalks that are substandard,” he said. The sidewalk space will increase by 43 per cent, according to the staff report.
to detour them for a year that’s a benefit to everyone,” Egli said. “It’s a benefit to the people that live and just off of Elgin. It’s a benefit to the kids that walk to school on Elgin.” When asked about a possible petition from affected businesses against the plan, Egli said, “There’s no question we had to work with the businesses.” Egli said the No. 1 concern of the businesses was the time the construction was going to take. He credited Brian Karam, owner of MacLaren for his work advocating on behalf of local business owners. Karam said passions ran high on both sides of the project, adding, there’s no doubt there’s going to be some “pain.” “The main issue is, can we minimize the pain and save the businesses,” he said. Egli said city staff heard from businesses that their main concern was construction timelines. “They raised that concern with us and we told them give us an opportunity to fix it,” he said. “We can thank Brian for his work on behalf of the business community. They dug in the same way staff dug in and then we came up with the plan and both sides sold the plan.” But some councillors were skeptical workers would be able to complete the
Right now the sidewalks are so narrow pedestrians sometimes have no choice to enter the roadway The plan also aims to include as many trees as possible, as well as more bus shelters. The report was carried with a slew of added motions, including getting staff to work on a plan to free up parking around Elgin for affected businesses. Another motion will add 90 flex spaces during peak periods to help mitigate the loss of parking due to the rejig of the roadway. Several councillors on the committee lauded the public consultation process. The city put together a working group of residents and business owners to give the public their chance to have a say on the redesign. The city hosted two public open houses that hosted 300 people and an online survey that garnered 1,000 responses. In the last couple of weeks there was some horse-trading to get the construction timeline on the project moved up from two years to one. There’s some rumblings that the move would court the business community. Egli said an accelerated timeline is good news for all walks of life. The switch to one year serves everybody, commuters coming from Barrhaven and other areas, if we only have
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ity council will soon consider an application containing more than a touch of folly. A family in Rockcliffe Park is seeking approval to demolish a 1940’s heritage home. A folly indeed, and one council should turn down. The applicants say the house has bats, mould and asbestos. All those issues can be remedied for a small sum of money when compared to the value of the existing home – well over $2 million. And it’s a good bet the current owner didn’t skip the home inspection before plonking down millions of dollars. There’s little doubt the owner has the means to make the home as nice as it was in the ’40s. It’s equally clear the current owner – who purchased the home in the last decade – knew what they were buying. It begs the question: did they buy the home with the intention of knocking it down?
When there are people in the city without homes, knocking down a massive, elaborate, and quite livable house, just to build an even more elaborate residence is wasteful in the extreme. Beyond the irony of demolishing livable space to make new livable space, council should also consider the wastefulness in terms of actual waste. Somewhere a landfill will be a little closer to full when tons of debris and rubble arrive. And truckloads of new building materials will need to be manufactured and trucked to build the planned mansion. If the owner wants a brand new, massive house, there is land for sale within the city limits where one could construct a Kardashian-style home that the neighbours would likely accept with a shrug. Rockcliffe has history. It has character. It has homes more than a few years old, and that’s a good thing. The city should turn down any request to knock down Ottawa’s heritage.
Work still needed to make Ottawa walkable city
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he Council on Aging of Ottawa has just released its Age-Friendly Walkability Progress Report. The council’s seniors transportation committee studied various neighbourhoods with the help of local students and other volunteers who went out and walked in the winter and reported on their findings. The timing of the report (which is available on the council’s website www.coaottawa.ca) couldn’t be better. Winter is still fresh in our memory and many of the council’s observations concern winter walking. And, speaking of timing, the report coincides with new census information on population trends in Canada. According to the 2016 census, Canadians 65 and over now outnumber Canadians 14 and under. The trend will continue. In 15 years, almost one quarter of Canadians will be 65 and older.
intersections; the need for free public toilets in parks, major transit stops and other public areas; and the need for better-marked pedestrian crossings and for measures to reduce speed Funny Town in residential areas. In a separate study, the council learned that the majority of seniors in Ottawa do not find their neighbourSo, how is Ottawa doing in makhoods to be easily walkable. It was ing life on foot easier for its people, also discovered that fewer than 25 per particularly older ones? The answer cent of seniors use public transit. is mixed. On the positive side, the The report notes that “pedestriCouncil on Aging notes that the city ans walk for recreation and social government has responded well to connections, for health, and to access recommendations and complaints essential services, goods and public made in previous reports. transit. When faced with poor walkOn the less positive side, many ability conditions, they face increaschallenges remain in the areas the Council on Aging studied. They are ing isolation and an increased risk of falling and sustaining injuries.” about what you would expect, in a The report concludes that “if we winter city — icy sidewalks, snow and really want to get people out of their slush making sidewalks inaccessible for those with walkers (and strollers); cars and using active transportation inaccessible bus stops and mailboxes; (walking, cycling and public transit), it is time to rethink spending and insufficient crossing times at major
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Hike for Hospice Editor: This year’s Hike for Hospice raised nearly $100,000 (and counting). On Sunday, April 30, Hospice Care Ottawa hosted its annual Hike for Hospice at Carleton University. Many people braved the cold, rainy weather to hike in honour of a loved one or to show support. Registration began at 8:30am and was run by Hospice Care Ottawa and Your Credit Union volunteers. The Trillium Dixieland Jazz Band kept participants entertained as they arrived and registered.
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The opening ceremonies commenced at 9:45 and were hosted by Steve Madely. The event had the privilege of hosting his Worship Mayor Jim Watson who proclaimed April 30May 6, 2017 as Hospice Palliative Care Week in Ottawa! A few words were shared by Board of Directors Vice Chair John Laframboise and MPP John Fraser. Also in attendance to show their support were Councillor Jean Cloutier, Councillor Mark Taylor and MPP Lisa MacLeod. Following the opening ceremonies, Joseph Cull and his lovely assistants got the crowd warmed up with an energetic routine. After limbering up it was off to the Hike with the great Sons of Scotland Pipes and Drum Band leading the way. Enthusiastic volunteers kept hikers’ spirits up, cheering them on along throughout the Hike and rest stops, sponsored by Greystone
Village and Collins Barrow, ensured hikers stayed hydrated along the route. Upon return, hike participants enjoyed refreshments provided by Carleton University Dining Services and McKeen Metro Glebe, were treated to live music provided by the Retrosonics and kids were entertained in the Kids’ Zone sponsored by Rob Marland Royal Lepage Realty. It was a great day and a big thank you to all the Ssonsors, donors, volunteers and hikers! All funds raised will go towards the programs and services that Hospice Care Ottawa provides to the greater Ottawa region at no charge. For more information about or to make a donation to Hospice Care Ottawa visit www.hospicecareottawa.ca Kristina Voth-Childs Hospice Care Ottawa
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Transportation safety is a top priority for me and is one of the most frequent topics I hear about from residents. Last year the seasonal traffic calming program was initiated through the installation measures such as flexible signs and painted messages on the roadway in 25 locations across the ward. This year, in addition to reinstalling measures from last year, the city will install seasonal traffic calming at 20 additional locations in our ward in 2017. Monitoring by City traffic services staff has shown that compliance with the speed limit improved by up to 44 per The “Cannabis Bill” allows young per- cent with the use of centreline flex signs.
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Editor Re Opinion by Brynna Leslie in the April 27, 2017 issue. We support the opinion piece but add marijuana does cause psychosis if it is the high potency product such as shatter/blo/ and it is statistically linked to increased risk of suicide. On May 3, the Canadian Senate Human Rights Committee met in Ottawa and a letter was sent to their co-chairs from the country’s lead organization that opposes the legalization of marijuana - Smart Approaches to Marijuana Canada.
The intent of the letter was to ask the Senate Committee to review the “Cannabis Bill” for possible violation of the UN Rights of the Child Treaty, which is the most ratified global human rights legislation, with all but three UN member states as signators. The Rights of the Child Treaty is very clear that children are to be protected from the use of psychotropic drugs and specifies that a child’s development not be impeded by drug use in their homes. Children have a right to a drug free home and school environment.
sons to possess up to five grams of marijuana. The bill defines a young person as 12 years of age and older. Many who have read the Bill report that the government has provided for those 18 years of age and older to possess 30 grams of dried marijuana. What they may have missed is the ramifications this Bill, if brought in to law, would have on Canadian families and children. Pamela McColl SAM Canada
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Being invited to a birthday party Optimiste Park Grand Opening Please join us for the grand opening of Optimiste Park on May 13th from 11 until 2 pm. We will be hosting a community BBQ, and we’ll be celebrating with music, entertainment and cake. Safer Roads Ottawa will be there giving away some safety gear for bikes. Bibliobike, the mobile library, will also be joining us. As some of you will know, Optimiste Park re-opened in the fall. This park recently went through a major revitalization. It is now home to a new play structure, swing set, benches, picnic areas, ping-pong tables, as well as a community rink / basketball court. Optimiste Park is located between Marquette Avenue and St-Cecile Street, just south of Beechwood.
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MARY COOK Memories with one of the butterscotch suckers gathered together with an elastic band, and bought at Briscoe’s General Store for a nickel a bunch. It didn’t take long for the boys to separate from the girls, going outside to play tag, shoot tin cans off the fence with their slingshots, or sitting on the pump platform playing marbles. Cora’s friends elected to stay inside, never taking our eyes off the big mile high cake in the centre of the kitchen table. It seems to me, all we were there for was to eat cake and go home with a butterscotch sucker. Cora’s mother eventually went to the back door, banged a wooded spoon on the bottom of a tin pot, and the boys tore into the kitchen and with us girls circled the huge table that easily sat Two-Mile-Herman’s complete family. It was cake time, which to me was far more exciting than just sitting around doing nothing. Because inside the cake we knew there would be a few coins wrapped in wax paper, including a whole dime. No one knew who would get the dime. I was told by Mother before I left home that if I was the lucky one, I was to hand the dime over to Cora, which I didn’t think the least bit fair. Well, I needn’t have worried, because Three-Mile-Herman
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Quebec and Pit Bulls: Another Province Looking for a Quick Fix that Doesn’t Work Quebec has proposed new legislation to ban certain dog breeds. The focus of course, is pit bull terriers, as it was in Ontario more than a decade ago. In some ways, the Quebec legislation — Bill 128 — is even scarier, as it leaves the breeds to be banned open for future addition. That is, this or future governments will be able to add other breeds to the list much more easily:
got it, and that’s when the fight started. TwoMile told his cousin to hand it over to his sister Cora, but Three-Mile already had it in his pocket, and announced he’d be leaving because his Father would be waiting for him at the Northcote Side Road. Two-Mile threw himself at Three-Mile and they went rolling on the kitchen floor barely missing the cook stove. The rest of us sat around the kitchen table eating cake as if a free-for-all between the two cousins was an everyday occurrence. Cora’s mother simply went to the pump in the kitchen, pumped out a dipper of water, and threw it over the two boys, which brought the fight to a sudden halt. She just stood there with the dipper in her hand, and her arm stretched out. Three-Mile knew what she was after, and he pulled the wax paper-wrapped dime from his pocket and handed it over, which was then handed over to Cora. Cora licked the cake off the wax paper, and tore upstairs with the dime to put it away for safekeeping. The party was over. I went home wondering why anyone bothered to have a birthday party in the first place. I would never be lucky enough to find a dime in my piece of cake, and besides, we had cake every Sunday, so that was no treat either. I talked it over with my sister Audrey, and we both decided celebrating birthdays at home with only the family was far better than getting all dressed up, just to come home with a butterscotch sucker! Interested in an electronic version of Mary’s books? Go to https://www.smashwords.com and type MaryRCook for ebook purchase details, or if you would like a hard copy, please contact Mary at wick2@sympatico.ca.
by regulation, not by legislation. Already, the Quebec government has identified Rottweilers as another breed they will target. So, why should you care? You should care because breed bans don’t work. I was unable to obtain statistics for Ottawa, but the City of Toronto reports that the number of dog bites are up since the much ballyhooed legislation was introduced in 2005. Yep, you read that right: up, not down. In fact, a Global News report in February 2016, found that Toronto’s reported dog bites have been rising since 2012, and in 2013 and 2014 reached their highest levels this century, even as pit bulls and similar dogs neared local extinction. You should care because other breeds will be next. The breed most commonly biting before the legislation? German shepherds, followed by pit bull and Jack Russell terriers. And the number one biter a decade later? Also German shepherds, now followed by Labrador retrievers and Jack Russell terriers. It’s better to be a pit bull terrier in Ottawa, but only for now. The City of Ottawa has taken the approach that the legislation should be used to address individual situations and have, as yet, not enforced the global ban. The Ottawa Humane Society has refused to participate in mass euthanasia of a breed. We address dogs as individuals, not simply as breeds. Since pit bulls cannot be legally adopted in Ontario, we rely on out-of-province transfers, many to Quebec. If this legislation passes, the OHS and other humane societies in Ontario will have fewer options for rehoming safe pit bulls. So what does work? Many jurisdictions have researched good solutions to the real problem of dog bites and have concluded that legislation to prevent dog bites and to manage aggressive dogs should focus on the individual dog and the owner not the breed. In 2012 the Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) commissioned a report into the causes behind aggressive dogs. The report found that there was little evidence to support banning particular dog breeds as a way of addressing canine aggression in the community. Instead, education of the public and legislative tools that equip animal management authorities to identify potentially dangerous individual dogs offer the best results in reducing incidents with aggressive dogs. The report found that any dog of any size, breed or mix of breeds has the potential to be aggressive and to be declared dangerous so dogs should not be declared dangerous on the basis of breed or appearance. Each individual dog should be assessed based on its behaviour. It added that the role of the dog owner is a critical factor. Genetic predispositions are an important factor in animal behaviour, however the impact of the environment and learning are also critical. The tendency of a dog to bite is dependent on at least five interacting factors: • heredity (genes, breed) • early experience • socialization and training • health (physical and psychological) and • victim behaviour What can you do? You can write the Minister of Public Safety, Martin Coiteux, especially if you are a Quebec resident. Tell him that breed bans don’t work, and that animals will lose their lives needlessly under his legislation. Tell him that you are concerned about human safety, but that there is a better way. The minister can be contacted at: Email: ministre@msp.gouv.qc.ca Telephone: 418-643-2112 Fax: 418-646-6168 Mail: Martin Coiteux Ministère de la Sécurité publique Tour des Laurentides, 5e étage 2525, boulevard Laurier Québec (Quebec) G1V 2L2
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Activities and events will be a little bit on the cool side this summer at the Canadian Museum of Nature. The museum will focus on the Arctic beginning this May and will run a special Arctic season. The special Arctic-themed activities began on May 6 and run every weekends until June 18. Starting on June 24 daily activities will be available daily until Labour Day. There will be a fun activity zone for children, featuring mammalmaking from modelling clay, building an inukshuk, learning about Arctic science in the Explorer’s Tent and crawling inside a ceilinghigh, inflated polar bear.
Throughout the season, performances, demonstrations and special activities will take place, offering visitors the opportunity to discover the cultural heritage of Northern peoples. The museum will open its permanent Canada Goose Arctic Gallery on June 21. The $1.5 million Canada Goose sponsored gallery will reside on the top floor of the museum, and offer 743 square metres of exhibition space. According to the museum, upon entering the gallery, the Arctic will be introduced through a multimedia experience using sound, light and images, developed by the museum in partnership with the National Film Board. Visitors then enter the wing, where they immerse themselves in the Arctic’s natural
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Conceptual view of the Climate Zone in the Canada Goose Arctic Gallery. Star specimens in this section include a polar bear and a recreation of the High-Arctic Camel, which lived millions of years ago, when the Arctic was warmer than it is today. history and human connections through four broad themes: climate, geography, sustainability and ecosystems. Each section features specimens or artifacts, interactive games and activities, videos and infographics on the story of the Arctic. Time
frames range from the deep geological past, when the Arctic was much warmer than today, to the present, where animals and humans are facing the challenges of climate change. Check out nature.ca for a full list of the activitires and events.
PUBLIC MEETINGS All public meetings will be held at Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West, unless otherwise noted. For a complete agenda and updates, please sign up for email alerts or visit ottawa.ca/agendas, or call 3-1-1. Tuesday, May 16 Environment and Climate Protection Committee 9:30 a.m., Champlain Room Ottawa Police Services Board – Policy and Governance Committee 11 a.m., Richmond Room Ottawa Police Service Board – Human Resources Committee 1:30 p.m., Honeywell Room Accessibility Advisory Committee 6:30 p.m., Champlain Room Thursday, May 18 Community and Protective Services Committee 9:30 a.m., Champlain Room Did you know you can receive e-mail alerts regarding upcoming meetings? Sign up today at ottawa.ca/subscriptions. Ad # 2017-501-S_Council_11052017
PUBLIC NOTICE OF PESTICIDE USE The City of Ottawa intends to control Wild Parsnip in areas city-wide along rural and suburban roadsides. Spot spraying will continue throughout the summer months as needed within the City of Ottawa. The program will use Clearview Herbicide (PCP #29752, containing aminopyralid and metsulfuron-methyl) and Gateway adjuvant (PCP# 31470, containing mineral oil – paraffin base (adjuvants), surfactant blend) under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada). Treatment for Wild Parsnip will commence on May 15, 2017 weather permitting, and ending October 15, 2017. The treatment area map and program details, including how opt out of the program, may be accessed on ottawa.ca/wildparsnip. For further information, contact 3-1-1.
“Our mental health unit last week was at 128 per cent capacity, which is you’re admitting kids onto other units with not enough room in them,” Alex Munter told the town hall audience, which included Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne. Simboli notes that CHEO has excellent service capacity, and efficient means of assessing and treating children suffering from mental illness. The problem, he says, is that the hospital is overrun by patients who could be better served in their own communities. “The overcapacity issue isn’t because hospitals aren’t doing a good job,” says Simboli. “It’s because there hasn’t been enough investment in community resources.” For its part, the CMHA offers a number of front line programs including direct intervention with the chronic homeless, an estimated 75 per cent of whom suffer from chronic mental illness. Simboli notes that where CMHA’s assertive community treatment (ACT) teams are functional, they are very efficient and cost effective. Simboli notes that those in the lowest income brackets, including homeless people, are currently the bulk of people benefiting from communitybased services. The very wealthy and those who have benefits as part of work can perhaps afford $180 hourly to see a private psychotherapist. But the vast majority of Canadians are caught in the middle, unable to access any services at all. Simboli says the solution is quite simple — start funding communitybased services for everyone. Simboli says community programs can also help with most mental health crises, many of which are episodic in nature. “Mental health and mental illness don’t recognize class,” Simboli adds. “They can hit anyone at any time. ”
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HERE’S HOW IT WORKS: Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!
ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, finding what you desire when you haven’t made your own mind up aboutwhat you want can be challenging. Some soul-searching can probably come up with something promising.
LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Going back to school might be the best path for you at this time, Leo. Although this might stretch your schedule to its limits, you’ll find the time if it’s important to you.
SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 There are a few friends who have stuck by your side through thick and thin, Sagittarius. When one comes knocking at your door for help, give this person the support he or she needs.
TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Nagging doubts about an investment may be trying to tell you something, Taurus. Hold off on any bold moves until you feel more confident with parting ways with cash.
VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Volunteering can bring more meaning to your life, Virgo, especially if you feel yourself struggling right now. Giving back can sometimes make your problems seem small.
CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, you can find a solution to a problem even if the answer eludes you for the time being. Don’t overthink what has to be done. This is a time to act.
GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, if you have already committed to something, see it through. The end result may be something unexpected. Others are anxious to see what you can accomplish.
LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, trips may seem like they have to be large undertakings, but that’s not always the case. Try for a short jaunt somewhere and enjoy the scenery.
CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Take the emotional plunge, Cancer. Someone special needs to hear about it pronto. This is not a week to clam up, but rather one to share your feelings and let others in.
SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 The time has come to spend less time thinking and more time doing, Scorpio. Turn a page in your life and you’ll likely be satisfied with the results.
AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, you always have time to do something for yourself, but you might need to put that on hold right now and focus on others. Forge ahead even if you are met with resistance.
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PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, do not think about anything but having fun for the next few days. Others will begin to live vicariously through you
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Local events and happenings over the coming weeks — free to non-profit organizations Fax: 613-723-1862, E-mail: ottawaeast@metroland.com
May 13
Gloucester Horticultural Society presents its spring flower show in the main concourse, Gloucester Centre Shopping Mall, 1980 Ogilvie Road. Floral exhibits are judged by Certified Ontario Horticultural Association judges. Viewing from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Red tulips are judged by the public as a special class. Flowers and arrangements are not for sale. A must-see show for all children, teenagers and adult flower lovers. For more information about GHS gardenontario.org/site. php/glouster/about/meetings/.
Canadian Tulip Festival
The Canadian Tulip Festival is planning a special edition of the event for 2017 to celebrate its 65th anniversary during Canada’s sesquicentennial year. The festival runs from May 12 to 22.
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Early-season tulips are already in bloom, leading up to the 65th anniversary of the upcoming tulip festival. From May 12 to 22, millions of tulips will be on display and activities are planned for several areas of the city, celebrating the Canadian Tulip Festival's anniversary during Canada's 150th birthday year. In Commissioners Park, take in a one-kilometre stretch of more than 250,000 tulips, including the official tulip of the sesquicentennial, a red and white bloom. There, festivalgoers can take the Legacy Tulip Tour, which lasts half an hour and costs a toonie per person. The tours are provided by Ottawa Walking Tours. Lansdowne Park is the backdrop for several events, including the friendship stage with music and entertainment, vintage military displays, tulip workshops, a photo exhibition featuring 65 works of art by Canadian artists, the tulip cafÊ, and more. Special events at Lansdowne include Opening Night Vernissage on May 12, Mother’s Day brunch on May 14, International Friendship Floral Celebration May 18, Swing Dance Night on May 19, and Tulipmania Fireworks May 21. For the fireworks, bring a blanket or a lawn chair for the best view of the celebration. Doors open at 7:30 p.m., with the show beginning around 9
p.m. Tickets are $20. In the Byward Market, pop artist Bex, creator of the Festival’s One Tulip One Canada flag, will bring his tulip art to the marketplace with art installations on the city parkade, as well as leading workshops. A tour of the city’s tulips isn’t complete without a round-trip tour from the Governor General’s residence to the Central Experimental Farm, to Parliament Hill by way of Gatineau.
Walk for Alzheimer’s, the Alzheimer Society of Ottawa and Renfrew County’s flagship fundraising event takes place on Saturday, May 13 at Tunney’s Pasture. All proceeds will stay in our local community to help provide programs and support to families affected by dementia. An event fun for the entire family – live music, food trucks, big family zone! For info or to register, visit www.alzheimerottawa.ca or call 613-523-4004. Make a difference. Who are YOU walking for? Elmridge is a city-owned Community Tennis Club but volunteerrun. We are located in Cardinal Heights (Beacon Hill South) and we are launching our summer tennis season with an open house on Saturday May 13th. Your assistance in helping us promote our activities would be greatly appreciated.
May 13 – 20
Mega Rummage Sale Returns on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Monday to Friday noon to 7 p.m. at Centretown United Church, 507 Bank St. Mainly infants’ and children’s clothing. Please contact 613232-9854 or office@centretownunited.org for more information.
May 18
Learn how to more effectively tell the story of your travels through pictures. Also learn how to use light, foreground, people and framing to not only create a better picture but to enhance the sensation of “being there� when viewed by others. Presented by Lynda Buske and Chris Taylor from the Ottawa PC Users’ Group on May 18, 2017, 6:15 to 8:15 p.m., St. Laurent Branch To attend this free seminar please register with the Library.
May 20
National Walking weekend at the Canadian Tulip Festival Map will take place on May 20. First of three walking days celebrating the Canadian Tulip Festival which is a perfect way to welcome spring in Ottawa. There will be a 5 kilometre and 11 km trail- Level 2B. The 11km trail takes walkers past the Tulip Festival sites and Tulip beds at Dows Lake.Meet at Hogs Back Falls Park Pavilion, Hogs Back Road at 9 a.m. Registration is $2.00, Please refer to the Ottawa Voya-
geurs Walking Club website for further details. www.ottawavoyageurs.ca.
May 26
Biggest Lobsterfest of the year! Chicken also available. Centurion Center, 170 Colonnade Rd. South (free parking). Cash bar 5:30 p.m., dinner 6:30 p.m., dancing 8:00 p.m., Silent Auction. Lobster ticket $70. Chicken ticket $60. Contact p.mccumber@rogers.com or call 613723-8971. Proceeds to organizations supported by Kiwanis Club of Ottawa West.
May 27
The Gloucester Senior Adults’ Centre will host an Art/Quilt Show and Tea Room at the centre, 2020 Ogilvie road (above Earl Armstrong Arena) on May 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Celebrate spring and enjoy a full lunch $8 or a tea/ coffee & dessert $5. For more information call, 613-749-1974 or email: gsac@ storm.ca
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Beechwood Ukulele Jam every Thursday, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Scone Witch, 35 Beechwood Ave. Only $5. All levels, all kinds of music, all kinds of fun. jamie@jamieanderson.com
International speaker, Kari Mashos, is a practitioner and teacher of Christian Science healing and a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship.
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