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Ontario has announced new rules around payday loans to reduce the cost of borrowing and give municipalities new powers around where they set up shop.

Following the announcement, Doug Pawson, director of social finance at Causeway Work Centre in Hintonburg, said in an interview the changes are a step in the right direction, but don’t address why people are using the institutions.

“I don’t think it’s going to stop people from borrowing, but it will keep a little more money in people’s pockets, which is good,” said Pawson. He has been helping people get out of their payday loans for more than a year through the not-for-profit’s community finance fund.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING REGARDING DEVELOPMENT CHARGES Tuesday January 23, 2018 – 9:30 a.m.

Ottawa City Hall, Champlain Room 110 Laurier Avenue West Planning Committee will hold a public meeting pursuant to Section 12 of the Development Charges Act, 1997, regarding the amended Leitrim area specific development charge for stormwater management facilities. It is proposed that the enactment of an amending development charges by-law by Council will occur on a date subsequent to the public meeting.

Interested residents are invited to speak to Planning Committee members about the proposed by-law and background study. To do so, residents must contact: Melody Duffenais Tel: 613-580-2424, ext. 20113 Email: Melody.Duffenais@ottawa.ca The 2017 Amendment Development Charge Background Study was made available on December 15, 2017 for review via a link on the City’s website at www.ottawa.ca. The proposed development charges by-law will be made available for review on or before January 16, 2018.

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Ottawa police will buy 140 Tasers to replace ones that are set to expire, said police Chief Charles Bordeleau on Dec. 18.

The tasers will be purchased for a total of $265,290.20.

The fact that the deal was sole source with M.D. Charlton Co. Ltd. created the need for the police services board to approve it.

According to the report, submitted to the board, the police will “gradually replace

unserviceable units throughout the coming year.”

It’s important for officers to have access to the devices Bordeleau said, highlighted their use during a case where an offender insisted officers shoot him.

The man was subdued with a Taser and then transported to hospital for a mental health assessment, Bordeleau said.

“They save lives,” he said.

In the new year, staff will look to expand the use of conductive energy weapons. Right now patrol supervisors, tactics

officers and hostage rescue teams are the only classes that can use them.

Currently the force has 450 Tasers.

The board — which acts as a civilian oversight to the police — would have to approve the expanded use.

According to provincial law, Ontario police services are only allowed to purchase conducted energy weapons manufactured by Taser International, and only two of their models have been sanctioned for police use.

Chief says there are more officers in market

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In response to recent complaints from merchants in the ByWard Market, police Chief Charles Bordeleau says there are more boots on the ground.

Speaking to the media before the Dec. 18 police services board meeting, Bordeleau said officers were being added to the market.

“There’s also patrol officers and when we have issues we flood the area,” he said. “Hopefully

merchants are seeing a difference.”

Changes to how the police deploy front line officers has left a lack in some areas like the market, business owners said during the Nov. 27 budget meeting of the police services board.

Peggy DuCharme, executive director of the Downtown Rideau BIA, collected testimonials from businesses including Nordstrom, Giant Tiger on George Street, Avant-Garde Bar and the Ottawa-Gatineau Hotel Associa-

tion.

At the time, Bordeleau said there was no link between the change in the deployment model and the increase in crime. But, Superintendent Joan McKenna had met with affected business owners and chair of the board, Coun. Eli El-Chantiry told DuCharme to keep up the dialogue with police.

Bordeleau said that the new year will bring an increase in resources for those staffing the afternoon shift in the downtown core.

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Artist tackles math and visual art in new show

BY ISABEL WOODS

Math and art aren’t two things someone would normally put together.

One involves complicated equations and facts, while the other requires colours and artistic creativity.

They are on opposite sides of the spectrum, and are rarely used in collaboration — at least intentionally.

Artist Denis Larouche, a Gatineau painter, challenges the division between math and visual art for his latest show at the Cube Gallery.

When he paints, he is inspired by mathematical equations.

“I call it quantic landSubmitted scape,” Larouche said, exArtist Denis Larouche, a Gatineau painter, challenges the division between math and visual art for plaining his painting style.

“I like to combine concepts his latest show at the Cube Gallery. of physics with landscape is wave particle duality,” he books, articles and maga- of the thirteenth annual according to Larouche. painting.” explained. zines to find the right equa- Great BIG smalls event, Each artist has submitHe starts all his oeuvres Larouche has always tion. “Very often I will taking place until Dec. 31. ted four paintings. There the same way: with a math- had an interest in science, come upon an equation or For the exhibit, just was only one catch: everyematical tool or concept. though he wasn’t actually a mathematical concept, over 50 different artists one’s canvases had to be They are the foundation very good at math in high and that will be the basis or from across the Ottawa- 0.3 of a square meter. for every one of his paint- school. He said he enjoyed the inspiration for a series Gatineau area have come All the chosen paintings ings. it, but he wasn’t able to un- of paintings.” together to create a mosaic have been collected by the He also likes to incor- derstand it very well. That Because the connection of varying artworks. gallery and placed together porate empty boats into was why he veered more of the two concepts may Larouche noted that to form one big piece of his paintings. To him, the Friends of the Central Amis de la Ferme toward the arts. not always be obvious to none of the paintings are art. Each of the individual boats are a symbolic rep-Experimental NowFarm he is finding a way theexpérimentale naked eye, Larouche is the same. paintings is for sale, and centrale resentation of a photon, to reconvene his love of always sure to add a small “Every artist can work their prices vary. which is a particle of light. science and physics with note on the back of his in his or her own style,” he To lean more about the “Those boat paintings his paintings. canvases with the equation said.

Cube Gallery’s Great BIG are often associated with “To me, it’s great fun,” and an explanation of how Some artists have done smalls exhibit or to see strong light, or in the case he said, speaking about it connects to the piece. more realistic paintings, some of Larouche’s paintof the paintings I’ve sub- how he finds the inspiraCurrently, a couple of whereas others are more ings, visit www.cubegallery. mitted this year, they are a tion for his paintings. He his works are on exhibit at abstract. It forms a con- ca, or Larouche’s website, play on the basic concept reads all types of physics the Cube Gallery as part trasting, colourful piece, www.denislarouche.com. of particle physics, which

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For Jaxon Elliott-Sprysa, Roger Neilson House is his home-away-from-home. Despite spending five days a month there for pain and support management, the 14-year-old counts down the days and has his bags packed and ready to go.

“Jaxon absolutely loves the house – we all do,” says mom Dana ElliottSprysa. “My son has been accessing the house for 10 years, while my 12-year-old daughter Savannah attends the sibling group and one-on-one sessions.”

Jaxon, who has visceral myopathy of the large and small bowel, loves to play video games, watch movies and hang out with recreational therapists Katt Brooks and Danielle Scarlett.

“I can’t say enough about Katt and Danielle. They are the heart of Roger Neilson House,” says Elliott-Sprysa.

Brooks has worked at the Ottawa palliative-care pediatric centre for almost six years and was drawn to her profession in high school after working with children with special needs.

“When they smile and laugh, it’s the best feeling in the world. The purpose of our profession is to help children with complex needs express their emotions and to break down barriers for them. We let kids be kids.”

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The recreation therapy program is customized based on a child’s needs and provides a calming influence and the opportunity for self-expression.

Sensory play is explored through tactile activities, art and crafts and music and yoga.

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She credits the recreation therapy program with enriching the lives of the children, their families and her entire staff.

“In the last year, we have added a Zen zone, yoga, music care and summer camp. When we have one of our famous dance parties, the whole house takes part and the atmosphere is electric. I am so proud to work with the Roger Neilson House team.”

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Cities can limit payday loan shops Continued from page 1

The Ontario government announced on Dec. 19 new rules around payday lenders.

Cities will be able to limit where payday loan shops can open and the number that operate in a certain area, beginning Jan. 1. The government is also lowering the cap on the cost of borrowing for loans from $15 per $100 borrowed from the current $18, according to a news release. Last year, the government lowered the cost from $21 per $100 borrowed. Even more changes are on the way. Starting on July 1, 2018, the maximum fees for cashing government-issued cheques will be capped at $2 plus one per cent of the face value of the cheque to a maximum of $10. Currently there isn’t a cap on the cheque-cashing fees. Also, lenders will only be allowed to lend up to 50 per cent of a borrower’s net pay and will have to give borrowers the option of an extended payment plan if they take out three or more loans in a 63-day period.

“I think the challenges is that while we’re restricting the predatory nature of these lenders,

it doesn’t change the fact that people are underbanked and we are absolving banks from providing basic financial services at a more accessible and affordable rate and those challenges will continue to exist despite the well-intentioned changes,” Pawson said.

To help combat this, Causeway is working with Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury and the Vanier BIA to open a community bank. In Ontario there are more than 800 payday lending outlets and in Ottawa there are more than 70.

Pawson speculated that the new measures will help squeeze out some of the smaller payday lenders, but it will be up to municipalities to institute zoning bylaws to keep them from coming back.

“There’s still more to be done,” Pawson said.

In a statement, Ottawa-Vanier MPP Nathalie Des Rosier said the measures are meant to protect consumers.

“We also know this is an important issue in cities like Ottawa, so in addition to new provincewide rules, we’re happy to give municipalities new tools to reflect local priorities,” she said.

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The city still aims to have LRT open in 2018, but it’s hard to say when — and it probably won’t be in the spring, said John Manconi, the city’s general manager of transportation services.

The Rideau Transit Group says it’s not likely the revenue service availability date of May 24, 2018 will be met. They might be able to make it, said Peter Launch, the group’s technical director, but there are a few factors that could circumvent them from being on time.

“We knew what we were signed up to, but the ramifications of the sinkhole definitely had something to do with (the timeline).”

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RTG had to tell the city six months before the May 2018 date if they’d be able to hand off the project by then. Around Nov. 20, they told certain city staff, including the mayor, that they weren’t sure the May 24

target could be achieved.

Manconi gave the update during a Dec. 15 briefing to media at city hall.

Manconi pointed out that the May 24 date wasn’t a date the city planned to actually launch the light rail service to riders, but a date where they were supposed to take over the reins.

While much, much larger scale, building the LRT can be compared to buying a newlybuilt house.

The date the builder delivers the house to a buyer would be the equivalent of the revenue service availability date — it’s the day the city “gets the keys”, Manconi said.

But that doesn’t mean it’s move in ready, and additional testing and work needs to be done before the city can open it up to riders.

“There’s no system that opens up and you’re not doing finishing touches. It’s like a house. You’re always doing the fine touches,” Manconi said.

“You come back with some minor defects and things like that.”

It’s likely there will still be some minor work being done on the LRT and the stations after the launch date when it’s open to riders.

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Blair Station, shown in this rendering, will likely be the first station to be fully completed and is almost done. tion of the city,” he said.

The city has a set of safety tests, including a sign-off by a safety auditor that will have to

be done before the line opens up to riders. All the different systems need to be tested to make sure they don’t just work

as standalone systems, but are compatible together. That testing will take some time — but Manconi couldn’t say how

much time.

If RTG is delayed, part of the issue can be attributed to the sinkhole, Launch said.

He said the timeline the company gave the city originally was reasonable, but no one expected the delays from the June 8, 2016 sinkhole that opened on Rideau Street.

“We knew what we were signed up to, but the ramifications of the sinkhole definitely had something to do with (the timeline),” Launch said.

It’s unknown how much of a delay, if any, there could be, though when presented with the possibility of a four to six month delay by a reporter, Manconi seemed to think that was significantly longer than the potential delay would be.

Launch also couldn’t say how long RTG may be delayed, though they have provided an updated timeline to the city.

City staff remain optimistic the first passengers will ride the LRT Confederation line in 2018. Yet to have been made is any commitment to a specific date, or month, beyond sometime in the year 2018.

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Most glorious time of year

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All that preparation, all that December hype, all that anticipation and suddenly here we are, on the other side of the big day.

Christmas 2017 is now just a memory but, oh, what a memory! In today’s hectic world, we suffer from too many missed family contacts and gatherings. But, at least Christmas is there, a time when that world of hustle and bustle stops and we all take time to be together with family and loved ones, just doing what comes naturally – enjoying each other’s company.

That truly is the magic of Christmas. It gave us all the opportunity to live life as it should be, focussed on others rather than on material things.

Sure, we all gave and received gifts, an outward show of affection for those who mean the most to us in our lives. But it was not the gifts themselves that were what was most important. Rather, it was that reaction, that smile, that “reveal” moment that showed that the gift struck home and hit the mark. It was a winner!

These gifts, while a big part of Christmas, really are just a vehicle that brings us all closer together.

And as we were all enjoying Christmas with our families and loved ones, we hope that some thought was given to the blessings we all enjoy. We should never forget those for whom Christmas this year was not so happy. This includes the homeless, the needy and the mentally challenged but also those for whom this was a blue Christmas. Yes, tragedy in the form of death or tragic loss happens to all of us at some point in time and when it happens around Christmas, it transforms this usually joyous holiday time into one of sadness, despondency and upset.

This is reality and we must never overlook this plight of these others as we go about our own happy times.

Christmas, this year as in the past, was a grand time as it brought us together with our families. It helped us realize, at least for a moment, what is the key in life, that it is our relationships that make life worth living.

They are something that cannot be bought.

They are priceless.

No wonder Christmas is considered the most glorious time of the year.

The recipe for success is to make tiny resolutions

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e spend a lot of time in January talking about resolutions. Generally, my resolutions are big, lofty health goals – like losing 10 pounds or cutting all sugar out of my diet or going to bed at 9 every night. And generally, by the first week of March one can find me struggling to buckle up my jeans – did they shrink in the dryer? – chomping on some cookies while doing the crossword after 10pm until my eyes hurt from the strain.

About 18 months ago, however, I picked up some really great advice.

It came from a variety of places but it culminated into a very simple message: If you want to make a big change, set incremental goals.

At the time, I was in a bit of a self-assessed career slump. For years, truth be told, I thought I wanted a

retrain as this or start a bottom-ofthe-rung position in a new career as that. If I spent half an hour daily scanning the jobs page, or five minutes connecting with someone in my network, that was enough for me Capital Muse some days. Over time, however, the incremental goals turned into something bigger. In May, I registered for a five-week advanced French complete career makeover. I’d grammar course at Cite Collegiale, a been to business coaches and read huge financial and time commitment handfuls of books on how to find toward my goal – not the big lofty my dream job or how to conduct a career overhaul. But when I started one to become bilingual – but simply to spend a bit of time daily improvto think in terms of increments, I ing my French. realized that maybe I didn’t need a All the incremental goals I’ve complete life overhaul, I just needed to slowly change the things that had set and achieved over the last year have really added up to big things. stagnated or that I didn’t like.

I vowed to spend a bit more quality By setting incremental goals for my career, I managed to relax quite time with my kids each day and ended up taking the entire summer off a bit. It was a huge relief to let go with them. Reaching out to people of the idea that maybe I needed to

in my network opened my eyes to some really great opportunities and offered me a new perspective on the value of my work skills and unique talents.

I’m sad to say that, after 11 years of writing this weekly column, which has been a great passion of mine, I have one more byline in this paper before I say goodbye.

On the other hand, I’ve recently taken my business in a new direction with new clients that are teaching me and challenging me in a fascinating way.

I discovered, actually, that I love being a writer. But I’m doing something completely different with it now than I was 12 months ago because of those incremental goals.

So go ahead, make that new year’s resolution, but unless you want to shamefully neglect your goals six

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weeks from now (and end up eating cookies in too-tight jeans late into the night and feeling like a big, fat failure), might I suggest making only the tiniest of resolutions this year?

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Renovation money received for supervised injection site Announcement comes after site gets federal exemption

BY MELISSA MURRAY mmurray@metroland.com

Somerset West Community Health Centre just received one of the last pieces it needs to open a supervised injection site.

At a recent provincial an-

nouncement at the Eccles Street site in Chinatown, the centre received a onetime capital grant of up to $220,000 for a renovation to create the site.

The health centre needs to make sure it has adequate space, as well as facilities like

hand and foot washing stations and a space for supervision.

Somerset West Community Health Centre was granted an exemption for the service from Health Canada and has received program funding from the Ministry of Health

and Long-Term Care.

It will also receive $421,400 in additional base funding for the 2017-2018 year. In 20182019, they’ll receive $1 million to support the injection service.

“It’s been many months of work and also it’s a very difficult community situation in which we’ve had a lot of overdose deaths so this gives some

hope to our residents that we will soon have supervised injection services,” said Naini Cloutier, executive director, in an interview after the exemption was announced.

The supervised injection service will be added to a list of harm reduction strategies the health centre has offered for more than 20 years.

Somerset West Community

Health Centre is following in the footsteps of the Sandy Hill Health Centre, which received approval for its exemption from the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to operate the site in September and the approval of a 24-hour supervised injection site in a trailer outside Shepherds of Good Hope in Lowertown, which opened in November.

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Mayor’s Report

INVESTING IN OUR GROWING CITY, TODAY AND TOMORROW By: Mayor Jim Watson

Ottawa is a growing city, booming with new restaurants, art, culture and entertainment facilities, innovative technology hubs and engaged communities. Our city has been steadily transforming over the last decade and has grown from a sleepy government town to one of the premier tourist destinations in Canada; a competitive and attractive place for new companies to grow their business and a vibrant place for new families to call home.

But as our city grows, so must our active transportation network. We are investing record amounts in infrastructure and creating new spaces and facilities, from new bridges that connect neighbourhoods to each other for the very first time, to safe, all-weather multi-use pathways and cycle tracks, not to mention our new Light Rail Transit (LRT) system, Ottawa’s single largest infrastructure project since the Rideau Canal.

Just a few months ago, we broke ground on the Rideau Canal Crossing, a multi-use bridge that will create an alternate crossing to the Bank Street Bridge, connect the downtown bike network to Old Ottawa East and Main Street, and improve access to Old Ottawa South via Riverdale Avenue. We anticipate that it will share the extensive use and success of our other cycling and pedestrian bridges, such as the Adàwe Crossing, the Corktown Footbridge, the Rideau River Pedestrian Cycling Bridge and the Airport Parkway Pedestrian and Cycling Bridge.

The City of Ottawa is also investing record amounts in recreation and cycling facilities. In fact, when combined with funding from other levels of government, this Council’s total investments in cycling and major bike and pedestrian structures will hit an unprecedented $80 million. These investments will help us reach our goal of adding another 72 km of cycling facilities to the City’s extensive cycling network by 2018. By investing in cycling infrastructure, we not only promote active transportation and invest in our residents’ health, but also help build an environmentally conscious city.

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Goat yoga

Above: Gatineau’s Julia Thayer draws a crowd during a yoga class at Maple Hill Urban Farm in Nepean on Dec. 17.

Part of the charm is that participants can interact with goats that roam freely inside the barnyoga studio, as does a rabbit.

Finally, 2018 will see the launch of the first phase of our new, state-of-the-art Light Rail Transit (LRT) system. The new 12.5 km East/West Confederation Line will complement our existing North/South Trillium Line and will make transit more reliable for generations to come.

This past year, we secured funding for Stage 2 of LRT, which will break ground in 2019. Stage 2 LRT will bring transit farther West to Moodie Drive and Algonquin College, farther East to Trim Road, and farther South to Riverside South and Bowesville, with a link to the Ottawa International Airport. By 2023, the O-Train will include nearly 60 km of rail, significantly reducing Green House Gas emissions and taking 14,000 cars off the road.

It will carry up to 10,700 passengers per hour, in each direction and will forever change the way we move in our city.

Left: Kim Grandmaison, of Barrhaven, received some special attention from a goat during her yoga class at the Maple Hill Urban Farm in Nepean on Dec. 17.

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2,800 students in Canada’s largest all-girl hackathon

BY MELISSA MURRAY mmurray@metroland.com

Hours after learning to code in a bustling school gym, girls created a game where players use a snowman to catch snowballs and hail.

Another group created a dialogue introducing different cultural and religious traditions.

The girls took part in Hackergal’s hackathon on Dec. 13 at D. Roy Kennedy Elementary School. There, students in Grades 6 to 8 worked together to solve a problem — one with a holiday theme.

The west-end school wasn’t the only one to participate.

It was part of the largest all-girls hackathon in Canadian history. More than 2,800 students participated at schools that included Huntley Centennial in West Carleton, Metcalfe and Castor Valley public schools in North Gower, Holy Trinity Catholic high school in Kanata, Westwind Public School and Goulbourn Middle School in Stittsville and more.

The event was aimed at introducing the girls to coding and computer science.

Hackergal, a nonprofit organization, says women are on track to hold just one per cent of the more than 1.3 million computer science jobs by 2020.

Hackergal wants to correct that imbalance by sparking some coding creativity.

Co-founder Lucy Ho said it was seeing that inequity that sparked the idea for Hackergal.

She hopes to take the idea national next year, targeting schools in the country’s territories specifically.

“It’s about bringing the message to the girls and showing them the endless possibilities of computer science and coding and the types of careers that they can get from this from an early age,” Ho said.

She said there’s a progression that can be seen in the girls’ confidence throughout the day.

“I wish this was something that I could have been exposed to at an early age,” Ho said, adding the programs are run in schools because that’s where Hackergal can also empower educators.

For many of the girls, this was their first time creating something with code.

“When we finish a part and it goes well that’s the best part,” said 11-year-old Zoe Brooks. “It made me inspired to try other things.”

“You can create anything you imagine,” said Ola Erdawi, also 11.

As the day progressed, D. Roy Kennedy’s principal Andrew Nordman said he too could see the energy and the confidence in the room change.

“If it’s not something you’re doing all the time, you don’t know how it’s going to go, but today has been incredible,” he said.

“I honestly believe that if you excite just one, you’ve done your job, but we’ve excited a room full.”

And although coding isn’t part of Ontario’s curriculum, the day also presented opportunities to problem solve, be creative and work as part of a team.

“They are really, really enjoying the process and the teamwork aspect of it is incredible.”

The students also had a quick visit from President of the Treasury Board MP Scott Brison.

“What is really cool is you are coding now … in the lives of other people,” he said during his coding is absolutely key to the future and you remarks. are developing these skills and paving a pathway “We need more women in coding, we need to a career where you can make a real difference more women in science.”

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Ma’ayan Wolfe, Trinity Pond Pieroway, Amira Jama get to work on their assignment during Hackergal’s hackathon on Dec. 13 at D. Roy Kennedy public school. In total, more than 2,800 girls participated in Canada’s largest all-girl hackathon.

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Limit exposure: When the mercury plunges, exercise caution and limit your pet’s exposure to the outdoors.

Salt: While the salt used on roads and driveways is helpful in preventing spills, it can irritate the sensitive pads on the bottom of your pet’s feet. Keep a towel by your front door and wipe down your pooch’s paws after a walk so they aren’t tempted to lick them clean.

Fresh water: If you keep any water bowls outside for your animals during the winter, be sure to check the supply a few times a day to ensure it isn’t frozen over. If you are unable to provide fresh, clean water regularly throughout the day you need to provide an insulated, heated water bowl in order to keep the water from freezing.

Car engines: Cats and wildlife are drawn to the heat generated by your car’s engine on cold days. Make sure you bang on your car’s hood to avoid injuring a sleeping creature.

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When adding antifreeze to your vehicle, pour carefully and clean up any spills that may occur. It’s also a good idea to check that your car isn’t leaking fluid.

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elebrating on New Year’s Eve that year was out. The year before, Mother’s efforts to bring in the new year with a family party turned into a complete disaster, with Father standing in the stairwell ordering us all to bed long before the clock struck midnight, or there would be Hell to pay!

That evening, the year before, started out well enough, but when someone suggested ‘musical chairs’ and the brothers broke the leg off a kitchen chair in the race for a seat, and the roars could be heard in Renfrew. Mother wasn’t taking any chances on a repeat performance. No, that year there would be no party.

But we would welcome in the new year by sitting around the kitchen table, each with a piece of foolscap in front of us. Mother decided it was a good idea if we all wrote out our New Year’s resolutions.

I have no idea why she bothered, because the ones we wrote out the day after the party fiasco were forgotten almost before the ink was dry on the paper. But Mother was determined we would do something to mark the ending of one year, and the beginning of another.

My sister Audrey said Mother figured not much could go wrong with just sitting around the kitchen table. We were to number our resolutions, and put the most important one first. Since I had yet to learn to write, it took me forever to print what behaviour I planned on changing in the year ahead.

First on the list was my resolve that I would get along better with bad Marguirite at the Northcote School. She was the bane of my existence, and I doubted the resolution would last

“My resolutions were fast falling by the wayside. Well, I figured I had a whole year ahead of me to try again to put my resolutions into practice. I’d work on them one at a time.” long unless bad Marguirite herself was planning on changing. But I printed it out anyway.

I would also try to eat everything Mother put on the table, and that included blood pudding, head cheese and liver. I gagged just thinking about it, and was pretty sure that was one resolution that wouldn’t last long.

Since my sister Audrey and I shared a bed, and she hated when I put my cold feet on her legs, and vowed she was going to go downstairs and sleep on the couch in the kitchen if I didn’t stop, I figured she would be pleased when she heard what I had printed on my paper. I would, ever after, refrain from the habit.

I was running out of ideas. And then it came to me. I never did get much out of the church service. I had no idea what the minister was talking about.

The little room where we had Sunday School was full of pictures of Jesus, and every one had Him looking sad or mad, and whoever decided to teach on Sunday was usually someone my sister Audrey’s age, who didn’t

know much more about the bible than I did. I would force myself to pay attention to her and to the minister, and give up looking out the window, or counting the boards in the wainscotting down the wall beside our pew. And I would really concentrate when it came prayer time. I was thinking hard. Surely I could come up with something else having to do with going to church.

And then it hit me. Every Sunday I would take a penny out of my knotted hanky and put it on the collection plate. I finished printing the last word ... I couldn’t spell collection, so I just printed ‘plate’. I looked over my list, and then I reread the last sentence … ‘a penny on the plate’. I thought of all I could buy from the candy counter at Briscoes’ General Store for a penny, and scratched it out. I was glad Mother said our lists would be private ... we didn’t have to show them to anyone. For that I was grateful, because I was pretty sure my scratching out my last entry would be frowned on by Mother.

Mary Cook’s Memories MARY COOK

Well, so much for New Year’s resolutions ... the first day back at school, Marguirite called me a bad word, she hit me with a snowball square in the face, at church that Sunday I still couldn’t concentrate on the sermon, and try as I might, I couldn’t keep my feet off Audrey’s warm legs in bed at night. My resolutions were fast falling by the wayside. Well, I figured I had a whole year ahead of me to try again to put my resolutions into practice. I’d work on them one at a time.

My wish is that everyone has a healthy and happy 2018 ahead. And please accept my heartfelt thanks for the many kind words given to me over the past year by devoted readers. Fond good wishes to all of you.

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.

Mary Cook is a local columnist who appears regularly in the Ottawa Valley and Brighton newspapers.

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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 Jan. 2 The Weight and Cardio Room at the Rideau Sports Centre at 1 Donald Street in Ottawa will be open to the public as of Jan. 2.

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Double anniversary project at Farm SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

The Ottawa Horticultural Society (OHS) has joined with the Friends of the Farm on a special project to celebrate both the 150th anniversary of Confederation and the 125th anniversary of the OHS. The project is recognizing the importance of hybridization in the development of plants for the Canadian climate and how the Central Experimental Farm played an important part in promoting horticulture in the last 100 years.

The first phase of the project, undertaken this year, is recognizing significant achievement sin hybridization and specifically the work of three hybridizers: Isabella Preston for lilacs, Felicitas Svejda for Explorer roses and A.P. Saunders for peonies.

A second phase of the project in 2018 will see a new planting of historical peren-

nials in parts of the Macoun Memorial Garden at the north end of the Ornamental Gardens.

This garden was opened in 1936 to commemorate William T. Macoun on the site of his former house on the Farm grounds. Macoun was Dominion Horticulturist from 1010 to 1933. William Macoun was also president of the OHS in 1899.

In another project, thousands of trees once marked the northern and western boundaries of the Central Experimental Farm.

The Friends of the Farm have been working diligently on the Merivale Shelterbelt to recreate a boundary forest at the western edge of the Farm which is a national historic site.

The forest beautifies the surroundings, provides a recreational path, protects the fields from salt and soil ero-

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This project is almost finished. Friends of the Farm volunteers have planted new trees and shrubs in this Shelterbelt each year, with room for only one more year’s donations of such plants.

Until July 31, 2018, you can donated to this beautification project in the name of someone or something you care about. An inscription on a plaque will acknowledge the contribution. Plaques will be on a commemorative wall in the plaza or rest area on the pathway. The wall acknowledges the official opening of the Shelterbelt and pavilion by the governor general of Canada in 2005.

The Friends of the Farm volunteers donated over 10,000 hours every year to support the Central Experimental Farm.

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As a politician, I used this paper to highlight community champions, events and human interest stories – ALL LOCAL. I would like to thank Michelle Nash, Brier Dodge, Lesley Moll and all the Ottawa East staff for their dedicated coverage of LOCAL issues over the years.

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