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Despite a grassroots effort to save Vanier from becoming home to a new mega shelter operated by the Salvation Army, city staff is poised to recommend approving the project. A draft staff report that will be made public at the Nov. 14 planning committee meeting was obtained by Metroland Media states the planning committee should approve the application because the proposal is a relocation of an existing shelter, and not a net increase in the number of shelters in Rideau-Vanier. According to the report “the development does not preclude the ability for Montreal Road to develop in a manner that meets the intention of the Traditional Mainstreet Designation.” The Salvation Army announced its intent to move its Ottawa Booth Centre emergency shelter and create a community hub in Vanier at 333 Montreal Rd. at the end of June. The proposal calls for a zoning bylaw amendment to allow a shelter on a main street as well as in a residential zone. The recommendation for the planning committee to approve the appli-

cation from staff is laid out in a draft to the social planning issue of shelter report – the final report will be available placement. A policy strategy was adopted with zoning regulations that on Oct. 31. The new centre will be 9,569 square stated: • Limit the number of shelters in metres with outdoor terraces and green spaces, with gardens – all in a secure Ward 12 to four • Prohibit shelters on main streets area. There will be counselling services, • Prohibit shelters and other land skills training, chaplaincy and worship, housing referrals, outreach services and uses in all residential zones and local Emergency Disaster Services at the new commercial zones location. Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury calls the report tragic. See REPORT, page 5 “Keep in mind this is a draft, but the report sounds like it was prepared LOOK INSIDE FOR YOUR for the case being taken to the Ontario CANADIAN TIRE FLYER Municipal Board,” Fleury said after 1 DAY ONLY! Ottawa East News approached Fleury SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4 about the report’s findings. “The report is a devastation for the community and in my mind this is a tragedy.” He added he feels the report needs to go back to staff. Fleury highlights the application should not have been OR considered based on current planning policies relating to shelter uses. In 2006, city council placed an interim bylaw in the Rideau-Vanier ward to on all all qualifying qualifying in-store in-store purchases purchases restrict the amount of shelters. including including Auto Auto Service Service installed parts, tires and labour. In 2008, the interim control bylaw study was completed with an objecSee instore for details. No rainchecks. In-store only. only. tive to find a landuse planning solution 1

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A sneak peak into the new ZOOOM - Children’s Innovation Zone at the Canada Science and Technology Museum took place on Oct. 22. The museum is scheduled to reopen Nov. 17. rise at the same rate, they would be hesitant to renew. But many area residents have said they will renew, despite the hike. Admission fees at the food museum are also set to rise, with a different cost structure based on the time of year. From November to February, the price will remain as it is now: $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, $8 for youth and daily family passes are $26. From March to October, that cost will be bumped up to $12 for adults, $10 for youth and seniors, and $33 for a family pass. The new fee structure will allow Ingenium, the corporation that manages the three museums, to adequately support

programming and exhibitions. All three provide opportunities for free access, said Melissa Gruber, corporation spokesperson. There is free entrance daily from 4 to 5 p.m. as well as free family passes available through public libraries. The last time membership prices increased was in 2010, Gruber said. “The new admission fee structure remains competitive and accessible when compared to other national museums in the National Capital Region,” Gruber said. Currently, she added, the science and tech museum has 6,000 active memberships, representing about 25,000 people.

After the museum was abruptly closed when mould was found due to a leaky roof, planning began for a large-scale renewal of the facility and to add a new collections facility and an outdoor science park at the Lancaster Road property. The $80-million overhaul to the museum — $25 million to $30 million of which will pay for new exhibits — will feature six main galleries and a new 930-square-metre temporary gallery for exhibitions in the 7,400-square-metre space. Once open, the museum will have 11 exhibitions, including visitor favourites the Crazy Kitchen and steam engines.

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What do you get when four women decide to escape a grey dreary London by answering an ad to live in a castle in the sun? It might sound a little like the '80s classic television show, The Golden Girls, but this story dates back to 1920. These ladies spend time in the sun (switch out Florida for Italy), live in a sprawling home (switch out a ranch home with a lanai for a castle and a garden), but the story is very much the same — four women find laughter, joy and friendship. This year, Linden House Theatre Company presents Enchanted April, a novel written in 1922 by Elizabeth von Arnim and adapted by Matthew Barber. The curtain will rise at Elmwood Theatre, 261 Buena Vista Rd. on Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m. The play, said Linden House founder Janet Uren, is about how to survive the greyness in one’s life. “This play has a beautifully happy ending,” Uren said. Uren, who also stars in the

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come through the mail slot and I can’t wait to read them,” Uren said. This one, she said she just absolutely loved. “It’s a comedy, but I can hardly talk about it without tears in my eyes because its so moving,” Uren said. The cast, she adds is what makes this play worth seeing. “We have some of the best actors in the community,” she said. “Anybody who comes to this play will go home happy.” Uren’s production company will celebrate its 11th year with Enchanted April — something Uren herself said she never thought was possible when she first started.

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Study uncovers evidence of chemical exposures firefighters face By Erin McCracken erin.mccracken@metroland.com

In 32 years of fighting fires, Capt. Dave Matschke has witnessed his fair share of loss and devastation. Watching a number of his fellow firefighters face and even lose their fight against cancer helped fuel his quest to seek out University of Ottawa researchers who could collect the evidence needed to prove what firefighters have long thought: the chemical-laden smoke that often surrounds them causes cancer, one of the leading causes of death among firefighters. “It does cut close to home,” said Matschke, who works out of Station 24 in Nepean. “Certainly, we’re a close-knit group in the fire service and whether they’re your best friend or not, they’re still a friend and a comrade. “It’s important to make sure we don’t have too many of these (deaths and work-related illnesses) in the future.” The answers firefighters sought arrived in a study published in the Environmental Science & Technology journal on

Oct. 17, the first of its kind examining the increases of chemical exposure during firefighting. The team, led by the University of Ottawa and involving Health Canada, the University of Toronto and the National Institute of Public Health of Quebec, took urine and skinwipe samples from 27 Ottawa firefighters before and after fires between January 2015 and April 2016. They measured their exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which can cause DNA mutations and different types of cancer. “Firefighters had from three to more than five times the amount of metabolites, or by-products of PAHs, in their urine after a fire compared to before the fire,” Jennifer Keir, the study’s senior author and a University of Ottawa researcher, said in a statement. While the five-fold contamination increase was the average, some firefighters had increased PAH concentrations of up to 60 times higher after a fire, said team leader Jules Blais, professor of environmental toxicology at the University of Ottawa. “We knew there would be

exposures, but we didn’t know how much it would increase following fire-suppression events, and also we didn’t know how much it would vary from individual to individual,” he said. That is, in part, dependent on the firefighter’s role during a fire, the intensity of the blaze and how long it takes to put out. High heat is a catalyst for the formation of PAHs. As well, firefighters know the smoke from a modern fire is laden with toxic chemicals due to the plastics and glues used in buildings and furnishings today. “We’ve always known we’re being exposed. We just never really knew what and how bad,” said Matschke, one of the study’s participants who provided samples to help the research team map out their testing strategy. His idea for a study first blossomed after an email came across his desk from the Ontario Ministry of Labour, offering grants for different research fields, one being health and safety. Matschke took his idea to then-Ottawa fire chief John deHooge. Together, they settled on investigating exposures faced by

firefighters. “I thought it was an area that needed to be worked on,” Matschke said, noting that previous studies of training fires didn’t represent the full health impacts. “We just never had the proof of what was in the smoke and how we were being exposed,” said Matschke, who began his firefighting career in Cumberland before Ottawa’s amalgamation. SKIN VS. LUNG

In crunching the data, the research team was surprised to find the chemicals are mainly absorbed through skin, rather than inhalation. Researchers focused on swabbing foreheads, necks and wrists, considered vulnerable to smoke. “We found a close correlation that moved our attention to skin decontamination,” Blais said. “What we’re specifically trying to do is figure out how they’re being exposed so we can reduce those exposures. “The solution is prevention.” The researchers have applied for another grant from the Ontario Ministry of Labour for

a second phase of the study to identify how best to protect firefighters. “There’s the human cost. There’s the emotional cost,” Blais said. “Prevention is so much easier than the alternative.” While the results of the second study won’t be ready for another two to three years, decontamination practices at the Ottawa fire department have already been evolving. Many have been integrated within a newly launched firefighting training curriculum spearheaded by the fire department. Over the past year, firefighters have begun wearing rubber gloves under work gloves to ensure their skin doesn’t come into contact with toxins as they remove their gear after a fire. They also keep their air masks on at a fire call, even during cleanup. Firefighters are also rinsed off at a fire scene, then remove and bag their gear before donning full-body protective coveralls. They are also to shower back at the station as soon as possible after a fire call. “All of this is part of the culture we’re going to,” said Depu-

ty Chief Sean Tracey. A neck and head covering has been developed with a non-permeable inner liner that blocks smoke – especially beneficial since the study showed smoke can seep in at the neck, wrists and lower legs, said Matschke. Other new products are emerging on the market, but proof is needed to ensure these offer enough protection. “The issue with all the new methods that are out there is there’s been no evidence yet to say they’re effective,” said Tracey. The follow-up study may determine whether wipes should be used to clean the skin after a fire, or if they push chemicals deeper into pores, and if hot or cold showers are best, for example. The proof will go a long way to creating buy-in from Ottawa’s 1,500 urban and rural firefighters in adopting new protective measures. “In the past, the fire service has been well known for doing a lot of stuff based on tradition and ‘This is the way we’ve done it,’ with little evidence to support it,” Matschke said. “I think we’ve turned the corner with evidence-based research.”

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Report makes mistakes: Fleury • Increase the general pool of lands available citywide to permit shelters and other uses • Increase the minimum separation area required between shelters to 500 metres According to planning staff’s report, the committee and council provided the following direction to staff on the 2008 bylaw amendment: “That prohibiting of shelters on main street in the official plan be reviewed” Aside from the fact the bylaw is for the entire Rideau-Vanier ward, the draft report only refers to the issues of concentration in the ByWard Market. Fleury said the mistake is unacceptable. According to the councillor the concept of shutting down or relocating a shelter was considered in a 2008 report, he said. Fleury said the result of this 2008 report is simple that any consideration of a new or additional facility must be outside of his ward. Aside from questioning the 2008 bylaw, Fleury notes that the Montreal Road Secondary Plan is only a few years old. It reiterates the 2008 bylaw. “The Secondary Plan was done, it offered certainty,” Fleury said. “We are less than two years from that plan getting approved and something comes in that is outside of that plan.”

and addictions programing. There will be 350 beds, with 140 designated to the emergency shelter. The size of the facility and number of beds proposed in the development application plan brought forward a large amount of opposition to the project from the Vanier community. Many residents said they were surprised, and have stated concern over not being approached first by the charity organization before the proposal was submitted to the city. In total, there are 1,262 community members who have joined an online social media group on Facebook, SOS Vanier – Help Give Vanier A Fighting Chance! At the only open house offered by the Salvation Army on the proposal in September, hundreds came out to protest against the project. Two petitions were created, reporting more than 3,000 signatures from residents. According to the draft report as of the end of August, the city had received a total of 347 responses. “310 respondents were opposed and/or had concerns,”

the report states. “A total of five were in support and 32 had requested more information or to be kept informed.” The report mentions the petitions, but does not say how many signatures were on them. “Comments were similar in nature to those summarized below but also included concerns over the format of the consultation,” the report says. Fleury said he questions the report’s tally of comments and concerns. “We got way more emails than what they recognize,” Fleury said, referencing every time an email was sent to the planning department where his office was carbon copied. “There is over 400 easily just to us.” Fleury also notes planning staff should have reached out to other city departments concerning the proposal. “Our vulnerable residents deserve better and we will certainly look at all the tools we can use to bring changes to that staff report,” he said. The report is set to be tabled at the Nov. 14 planning committee and if approved, to be considered by council on Nov. 22..

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Payette receives first poppy to kick off national campaign By Michelle Nash Baker michelle.nash@metroland.com

Newly appointed Gov. Gen. Julie Payette said she was honoured to receive the first poppy to mark the start of the annual National Poppy Campaign. “I am so pleased to be here for the first time,” Payette said, adding that she feels Canadians are fortunate to have a military that serves with honour. During Payette’s address at Rideau Hall on Oct. 23, before the dominion president of the Royal Canadian Legion pinned the first poppy over Payette’s heart, she remarked that years ago, as a student studying abroad, she had the opportunity to visit Flanders Fields. “I did not know what it meant to have a poppy, and someone explained it to me,” Payette recalled. Now, she adds, to her, the

poppy is a symbol of history. “It reminds us that spirit will bring us forward,” she said. “Together we can all do great things and I think that the poppy campaign exemplifies that.” Retired Maj. Gen. Richard Blanchette spoke on behalf of the legion. “By wearing the bright red poppy, you and millions of Canadians show a deep appreciation for all our veterans,” Blanchette said. Blanchette noted the famous poem by John McCrae In Flanders Fields, known as the reason generations come together to pin a poppy on their lapel, may have been a poem written in sorrow, but now means so much more. “Today it (the poem) gives us comfort to come together,” Blanchette said. “On Remembrance Day we will be together as a proud nation to honour our

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Nothing veiled in Bill 62 racism threat

uebec’s Bill 62 barring those who choose to cover their face from receiving public services is, as Mayor Watson has written to Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard, an infringement of the fundamental Charter right of freedom of individuals to express their religion in the manner they choose and discriminates against women who choose to express that freedom. But the mayor is being nice. It is much more than that — it is racism and bigotry, wrapped up in a false claim it is being done for public safety reasons. There is absolutely no evidence that covering one’s face in any way is a precursor of violent behaviour. We are somewhat disappointed in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s rather weak response to this discriminatory action by the Quebec government. He should be coming out forcefully and unequivocally against this law as he has a responsibility to defend Canadian values and to battle so-called “values” politics like this wherever it might raise its ugly head. This is not something to play politics with, worrying about winning or losing votes in Quebec. Rather, this is something that goes to the very core of our Canadian beliefs and must be opposed as strongly and firmly as possible. There is just no place in Canada for such feelings of racism, bigotry and discrimination against women. It is even more important to quash this racism and bigotry in its tracks right now, not only because

of this new law in Quebec, but in light of the new Statistics Canada data about Canada’s population. The data shows that Canada is more diverse than ever, with 22 per cent of Canadians now identifying themselves as part of a visible minority. In addition, the Indigenous population is growing rapidly and more and more immigrants are arriving in Canada, coming from countries like China and India rather than traditional northern European nations. These trends are going to continue, with Statistics Canada estimating that by the year 2036, visible minorities will represent more than 35 per cent of Canada’s population. This will require all those in society to be tolerant, welcoming and accepting of such rapid change. These are all traits Canadians as a whole accept today as evidenced by the recent outpouring of support for Syrian refugee families. Indeed, Prime Minister Trudeau has often remarked on this openness and tolerance of Canadians. In such a scenario and facing such a future, there is no room for the racism and bigotry that is evidenced by Quebec’s law barring public services to those who cover their faces due to their belief system. That’s why such pandering to society’s base racist instincts must be stopped now. This is a cutand-dried issue — there is no grey area here. You either believe in fairness, equity and tolerance or you don’t. There is no place for a law like Quebec’s Bill 62.

Viewing life through a three-inch cellphone screen

t is said that more than 1.3 million people saw the MosaiCanada 150 exhibition at Jacques Cartier Park in Gatineau during the three-and-a-half months of the show. Large crowds trooped in awe through horticultural depictions of famous Canadian scenes and moments. To the untrained eye, it was difficult to tell whether we were seeing something spectacularly beautiful or spectacularly kitschy, but either way it was spectacular and people seemed to love it. You could tell that by the way they kept stopping on their way around the park to have their pictures taken. As each new spectacle approached — Jos Montferrand, a Mountie on a horse, a muskox — so did the obstacles in front of it, consisting of people standing still while someone with a phone

CHARLES GORDON Funny Town took their pictures. Some people, with long arms, took photos of themselves. Either way, it slowed things down. This is a fairly new phenomenon, new since phones developed into pretty good cameras, and it will have to be addressed at some point. Mind you, the world has many problems more serious than congestion in public places caused by cellphone cameras. Still, this is one problem that can actually be solved. In the days when cameras were fairly complex items and it took some

skill to use them well, families tended to specialize. One person was the photographer and others looked after other activities, such as mowing the lawn, writing letters to Santa Claus and changing the light bulbs. Now, everybody is a photographer, thanks to the cellphone camera. From the number of pictures that are taken, it’s a wonder that light bulbs get changed at all. Now, when a family of four arrives at an event such as MosaiCanada 150, it is not enough for one photo to be taken of, say, Anne of Green Gables or Paul Henderson scoring the winning goal in 1972. Now, all four cameras must capture the image. This all takes time. There are big thinkers among us who theorize that modern technology has changed our approach to the things we witness. We are now intent more on recording them than on looking at them. Our

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preference is to look at things on a three-inch screen as opposed to large as life. And why? Who knows. All we do know is that the etiquette of sightseeing is undergoing a subtle change. Where once we stood politely and waited for someone’s photo to be snapped before moving on, now we just charge ahead and if that ruins the photo, so be it. The alternative is to spend hours waiting for photos to be taken. And anyway, it is not as if film is being wasted. As noted, it is not a big problem, as big problems go. But can anything be done? The Japanese, who are often a step ahead of the rest of us, have given the matter some thought. At major tourist attractions, such as shrines and temples, where thousands gather, there are signs. The signs say: “No group photos.” What a great idea, especially given ediTorial: Managing ediTor: Theresa Fritz, 613-221-6225 theresa.fritz@metroland.com news ediTor

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the size of some of the groups. Applied here, it might even deter the family of four cellphones. If not, perhaps a more politely Canadian reminder might be better, such as: “Don’t forget to look at the exhibits.”

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Provinces have different policies on radon testing: Health Canada Continued from page 10

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where news issues get discussed. I began the school year with his daily summary of hurricane activity in the Atlantic and its co-relation to climate change. We’ve talked about Halloween costumes and cultural appropriation. I never pretend to have all the answers. I listen, I correct and I encourage them to think and ask questions. With so many instances of high-profile cases hitting the headlines, it was only a matter of time before questions about sexual assault came into our daily repertoire. I take some time to listen first. What do they know? Perhaps more importantly, what do they think they know that’s wrong or misinterpreted? (Hint — a lot of it comes from the playground and friends who play video games rated mature 17). Truthfully, it’s not easy to talk to my pre-teen boys about sexual assault. It’s probably one of the hardest concepts to explain to them, still innocent. I started with the basics. They have a much younger sister, who’s always having trouble getting a word in at the dinner table conversation. Why is it important to let her speak? It’s not only that it’s basic human decency, but also that girls and women are often silenced in company with their male counterparts. We talk about how girls are too often portrayed as weak, how descriptive terms about girls are used to insult boys on the playground. “You play like a girl.” “Why are you crying like a girl?” I explain that it’s important not to sexual-

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t had been a hot summer. Many times Mother said how grateful she was that Grampa had bought us a Barnett icebox. Oak, it was. And it filled a whole corner in the kitchen. It meant we could keep our food from spoiling, and the ice it held from the ice house could be chipped and put into well water for a cold drink on a hot day. But as summer turned into fall and the days got shorter, even though it was much colder, it was still a long time before the Bonnechere would be frozen and more ice brought into the ice house. And so it was that fall day, when Father said we had to be careful, or we would run out of ice before the winter set in. The youngest of us were not allowed in the ice house in the hot summer, just in case we let in the heat. Everything was done to keep the big blocks frozen solid. The little black building was built on the north side of the barn to protect it as much as possible from the sun, and wagonload after wagonload of sawdust was dragged from the sawmill to cover the ice. The big black tongs hung on a spike outside the building, and only Audrey or Father were the ones to bring a block into the icebox when needed. And now, Father said, it looked like

we might run out of ice before the Bonnechere froze over. Now, the block in the Barnett was allowed to melt until there was nothing to prove it had ever been there. My job was to empty the basin of water that piped down when the ice melted, and I was both glad and anxious when it now had to be done only every second day. Glad that I didn’t have to worry about the water filling the pan and spilling out on the floor through my neglect, but anxious, wondering where we would put our food when the ice house was empty. And the fall dragged on. The leaves had turned, fallen, were raked up and burned. And each day was sunny and warm but with frosty nights, telling us soon we would be blocked in with drifts of snow and impassable roads, but cutting ice in the river still a long way off. Mother, I knew, was worried. More than once she said to my sister Audrey, “Take the smallest blocks of ice first.” And then suddenly the weather changed. We got up one morning to temperatures that had dropped through the night, chilling the very rafters of the house. Father had stoked the Findlay Oval as always before going to bed, but by morning it had burned down, and we knew, as soon as

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When does a green light not mean ‘go’? Volunteer firefighters in rural areas use flashing green lights on vehicle dashes when rushing to fire hall Sometimes a green light doesn’t mean go. The city launched an awareness campaign to remind drivers to yield for vehicles with flashing green lights in their dash. The lights signal a volunteer

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by fire station in the event of an emergency. Once there, they transfer to a fire vehicle. “When drivers pull over for a flashing green light, it has a big impact, because every second counts,” Ayotte said. As part of the campaign, the city created a video that will air in both official languages. There

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Overbrook the Musical tickets go on sale Nov. 6 By Michelle Nash Baker michelle.nash@metroland.com

If you have been dying to learn what it is exactly Overbrook residents are so happy to sing about, the time is near. The curtain will rise for Overbrook The Musical on Nov. 24 and tickets will officially go on sale on Nov. 6 for $10. The community has created a musical that depicts the history of Overbrook over the last century. The musical will take place on Nov. 24-26 at the Ottawa Technical School. The musical is directed by Eleanor Crowder and written by Cleménce Roy-Darisse, with Adam Reid as the musical director. And when the curtain falls, the two organizers say the chorus can continue, in another community. In an effort to share their experience with the rest of Ottawa — who are all invited to learn about Overbrook in November — the group will also be producing a manual, basi-

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St. Aidan’s Anglican Church Yuletide Bazaar will be held on Saturday November 4, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Start your Christmas shopping early with our home baking, jams & jellies, crafts and ladies’ boutique. Take part in our silent auction and enjoy lunch in the Celtic Café. We are located at 934 Hamlet Rd., near Smyth and St. Laurent. For more information, call 613-7330102. On Nov 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Tinsel Tea & Bazaar will take place at the Gloucester 50+ Centre, 2020 Ogilvie road (above Earl Armstrong Arena). Start your Christmas shopping early at our Bazaar bake sale, quilts/crafts and all kinds of treasures. For more

information call 613-749-1974 or email: gsac@storm.ca.

Nov 16 to Nov 24

Friends of the Farm ‘Fall Frenzy’ Online Silent Auction. Going, going, gone! Bid on great holiday gifts and services without leaving home, use PayPal, cash or cheque, pickup at Bldg 72 Arboretum, east exit off Prince of Wales roundabout. 613-230-3276 friendsofthefarm.ca/fcef-annual-events/

Nov. 16-18

The OHS Auxiliary will be selling lovely handmade crafts at Westgate Mall (Carling Ave and The Queensway) on Nov. 16 and Nov. 17, from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Nov. 18, from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. All proceeds go to support the animals at the Ottawa Humane Society. For more information call 613-823-6770 or go to facebook.com/OttawaHumaneSocietyAuxiliary.

1 p.m. Contact Ann Gordon at 613-596-6961 for more information.

Ongoing

The Gloucester Emergency Food Cupboard at 2040 Arrowsmith Dv. provides four days of groceries to aprox.500 families/2,000 individuals every month. ONE in 22 people use the food bank. How you can help - Donate our most needed items: canned fruit, tomatoes/tomato sauce, canned fish and soup, apple sauce, fresh apples, oranges or bananas, canned or

Christmas Marketplace, 10 to 1:30 p.m. at St. Thomas the Apostle Anglican Church, 2345 Alta Vista Dr. Help us support the Shriners’ kids when you purchase Christmas and other crafts, fashion accessories, gift baskets or deli and baked goods. You can enjoy lunch for $10 from 11 until

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Tuesday, 7 November Finance and Economic Development Committee 9:30 a.m., Champlain Room

Wednesday, 8 November Ottawa Police Services Board – Tabling Budget 8:30 a.m., Champlain Room City Council Meeting – Tabling Budget and Regular Meeting 10 a.m., Andrew S. Haydon Hall Transit Commission – Tabling Budget and Regular Meeting To begin 30 minutes after the adjournment of the Council meeting, Champlain Room Thursday, 9 November Audit Committee 9:30 a.m., Champlain Room Friday, 10 November Built Heritage Sub-Committee 9:30 a.m., Champlain Room

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Ottawa Public Library Board Meeting - Tabling Budget 5 p.m., Champlain Room

Nov. 18

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