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www.facebook.com/ottawacommunitynews It’s a story that spans a changing @OTcommunitynews world, from being a youth in a German town liberated by U.S. troops to LOOK INSIDE fleeing East Germany for a new life in FOR YOUR CANADIAN freedom to taking up the challenge of TIRE FLYER living in Canada and becoming an accomplished veterinarian.

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more importantly his remarkable personal story resulted in this 219-page book by Speckmann.

It details his youth growing up in a small town in central Germany, its liberation by American troops, its subsequent Soviet occupation and inclusion in the East German communist state.

It traces his successful escape to West Germany and freedom, his eventual immigration to Canada and his subsequent life in the Ottawa area as a veterinarian, a husband, a father, a grandfather and a Canadian.

Did he really find paradise?

You should read the book and then decide!

The book details the challenges which Speckmann faced and overcame as he transitioned from communist Germany to succeed and eventually make his way to Canada where he made another new beginning, overcoming language and employment barriers , eventually returning to university and then enjoying a successful career as a veterinarian. And the story does not end there,

as retirement in 2009 provided more freedom for he and his wife Rosemarie to travel and he describes some of these trips.

Speckmann’s whole journey as chronicled in the book sees him accompanied by his saxophone, an instrument that he still has although he has not played it in years.

The back cover of the book features a photograph of Speckmann today holding this saxophone which played such a key role in his earlier years.

He had started playing the saxophone in bands when he was 16 years old and this not only allowed him to earn pocket money but opened up doors for him along his journey, learning from others but also teaching others about playing in dance bands.

“My mojo, the saxophone, kept me above water,” he writes in the introduction of the book.

Even when he arrived in Canada and specifically Ottawa after his trans-Atlantic ship crossing, Speckman still had his saxophone and his music with him.

“My saxophone never disappointed; every place needs

music,” he writes in the book.

However, despite the pay and his musical involvement, music was never going to be his career choice.

“I never wanted a career based on my music,” he says.

And what would an account of a journey from the world of communism to the free world of Canada be without some romanc, which he found soon after arriving in Ottawa in Sept. 1958 when the German embassy directed him to a place to live on Cooper Street.

When he knocked on the door, it was opened by a 19-year-old woman who eventually became Speckmann’s wife. Romance, indeed, can pop up in the most casual of happenings.

The German embassy turned out to be a matchmaker, Speckmann remarks as he recalls that moment when he first saw Rosemarie with whom he has shared so much of his life now.

So there is much to enjoy and learn in this book “Escape To Paradise.” Readers will discover how Speckmann returned to university and then embarked on a

veterinary career that not only saw him be head of microbiology for Agriculture Canada but also open his own veterinary clinic in Nepean.

The book examines how others view immigrants and also how immigrants view the people of the country where they end up, always comparing their new circumstances to the situation from where they come.

Speckmann today, now retired from his career in veterinary medicine, lives on Fallowfield Road just outside Stittsville with his wife Rosemarie. They have three children and one grandchild. Speckmann remains busy with his hobbies, which include photography, gardening and landscaping.

Speckmann said he has tried to be sincere and candid in this book.

“My observations and comments are forthright; our right to express our thoughts is a treasure I especially value, given my history,” he writes in the book’s introduction. “Thus the title of this book, ‘Escape To Paradise.’ It is so easy to take it all for granted.”

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Retired Nepean veterinarian Gunter Speckmann has chronicled his childhood in a small German town, his escape from Nazi Germany and his new life in Canada in his book “Escape to Paradise,” published by Burnstown Publishing House.

“Escape to Paradise” is available for $25 from Dr. Speckmann by calling 613-831-2640.

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Burnstown Publishing House at 613-509-1090. There are postage costs applicable if the book is delivered by mail.

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Baseline rapid transit plan gets green light

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City staff will come up with a solution for seniors in Copeland Park who wanted a new rapidtransit system, but didn’t want to have to walk another 250 metres to access it.

The 14-kilometre Baseline rapid-transit corridor would take riders from Baseline to

Heron station. Council approved the project on Feb. 8.

Transportation committee chair Keith Egli said the issue was the walking distance, but the solution should not affect the intent of the project — which is to provide rapid transit.

He said a signalized intersection at St. Helen’s Place should be a good solution.

The plan includes 24 new

stations, with stops about 575 metres apart. There will be signalized crossings, seating for those waiting for buses and wide platforms.

College Coun. Rick Chiarelli said the area around the condos at Clyde Avenue and Baseline was the only one with such a drastic increase in walking distance.

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The project would cost $140 million from Baseline to Heron, with another $8 million in “transit priority measures,” say staff.

Shovels could be in the ground as soon as 2020, OC Transpo GM John Manconi said at the Feb. 1 transportation committee meeting.

That date would depend on funding coming through from other levels of government.

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housands of former Syrian refugees are about to celebrate their first year living in Canada as Canadians. In response to what some have called the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world since the Second World War, Canada opened its doors to more than 40,000 Syrian refugees in 2015 and 2016, many of them privately sponsored.

For skeptics, it’s relatively easy to buy into U.S. President Donald Trump’s rhetoric on refugees.

In January, the president signed an executive order to ban all migration into the U.S. by nationals from seven countries, most of which are Muslim.

Syria is one of the seven on a list which includes Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.

A declassified intelligence report by Canada Border Services Agency first reported on in early February shows that Syrian refugees here “represent a relatively low security risk.�

The National Post acquired the report, entitled “Potential National Security Concerns with Syrian Nationals,� under Canada’s Access to Information Act. The report was prepared for top officials and executives in Canada in the wake of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s commitment to bring in 25,000 refugees following the 2015 federal election. ever on social media – by using The report notes, firstly, that all caps – to say that allowfour in five Syrian refugees are ing refugees in from countries women and children, with men like Syria constitutes a major accounting for about 22 per cent national security concern: “SEE of the total.

YOU IN COURT. THE SECUOf the nearly 12,000 Syrians RITY OF OUR NATION IS who came to Canada as tempoAT STAKE!� rary residents, immigrants and As with most things that refugees during the reporting come out of President Trump’s period, only a handful were part mouth, and his Twitter feed, it’s of the deportation proceedings hogwash. studied. Of the five or so, most

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Perhaps worst of all, however, Trump is abusing his position to prey on some of the most vulnerable people in the world – refugees, whose homes have been destroyed, whose relatives have been killed in conflict and whose own governments have completely turned against them.

They come to our borders, across vast oceans, legitimately asking to seek refuge here to make a better life for their children, and Trump tries to make them out as terrorists.

It’s false. Refugees are rigorously screened, often over a number of years and, as new Canadians, many of them work harder than those born in Canada to have a minimum standard of living. Refugees are the pioneers of the 21st century.

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We like to pat ourselves on the back as Canadians and believe that Trudeau speaks for all of us when he talks about diversity as part of the fabric of our national culture. Sadly, there are many bigots in Canada, just as there are many tolerant and liberal-minded people south of the border.

It’s easy to fall into believing Trump’s rhetoric. But a sitting president who uses his power in the first few days to overstep his authority, a man who would insult a federal judge, a man who would attempt to insult and belittle the entire judiciary arm of the government is not to be trusted. His staff have made up terrorist attacks that never happened. They have shamelessly promoted the Trump family’s commercial ventures using White House resources and the

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BY MICHELLE NASH BAKER michelle.nash@metroland.com

The brain is like a complex computer.

Like computers, it relays information in micro-fractions of a second. For decades, neuroscientists have been puzzled about how, exactly, this particular type of computer was programmed.

Until now.

University of Ottawa’s Brain and Mind Research Institute professors André Longtin and Leonard Maler have uncovered something to help the rest of us understand how we think, move and remember.

To make it happen, 20 years ago the two scientists combined their respected fields — Longtin is a physicist, Maler is a neurobiologist — to figure out how to decode the human brain.

“The principals were basically: What is it inside our brain

and what does focus mean, what does it look like inside the brain when we focus,” Longtin said.

“And we found the neural code that covers that.”

They started out small, using electric fish, which have brains similar to ours, to trace how signals move during the entire sensory process.

“We always had a vision, but I’m not sure we knew we were in for it for the long haul,” Longtin said.

It might have taken some time, but the coding is starting to make sense.

On Feb. 7, the two were awarded the Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering for their research.

The award, sponsored by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, recognizes outstanding teams that engage in re-

search based on their combined knowledge and skills to produce a record of excellent research achievement in the natural sciences and engineering.

The prize comes with a research grant of $250,000.

This funding, Longtin said, will allow them to link their current research with how the brain focuses on attention and memory — basically, how our senses tap into memories to gain information in order to help with attention and decision-making.

The long-term goals for this research will include the two working at determining how to help those who have suffered from strokes, people who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or develop Alzheimer’s disease.

“If you can understand the attention and memory — then you can have a better understanding how it can mess up,”

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This work, Longtin said, could result in the ability to cre-

ate implants to help with memory loss, or to have the tools and the knowledge to help repair a tumour or damage caused by trauma.

Longtin credits the university and the National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada for making it possible for the research to continue.

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Brain and Mind Research Institute, where the two conduct their research, has Ottawa’s largest collection of basic researchers and clinician scientists focused on brain- and mindrelated health. A detailed explanation of Longtin and Maler’s research is available at research. uottawa.ca/news/mappingminds-neural-code.

Notice of Proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-Law Amendments For secondary dwelling units (coach houses) In accordance with the Planning Act and Section 5.2.3 of the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa, notice is hereby provided that Zoning By-law Amendment and Official Plan Amendment proposals have been initiated by the Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development Department of the City of Ottawa.

The proposed Official Plan Amendment (OPA) and Zoning By-law Amendment (ZBA) affect residential properties city wide.

The purpose of the proposed OPA is to adjust an existing policy within Section 3.1 of the Official Plan to address issues with the policy direction permitting coach houses.

The purpose of the proposed ZBA is to provide clarification to existing performance standards which implement coach houses as a permitted residential land use in the City of Ottawa. Changes to Section 142 will provide clearer performance standards to allow coach houses.

The land to which the proposed OPA (file No. D01-01-17-0004) applies is also subject to the proposed ZBLA (file No. D02-02-17-0009). To review additional information and materials related to the proposed amendments, please contact the undersigned planner or go to ottawa.ca/coachhouse. The City of Ottawa would like to receive comments regarding the proposed amendments.

Please forward comments to the undersigned planner via mail, telephone, facsimile or email by March 16, 2017.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting (meeting date, time and location to be determined) or make written submissions to the City of Ottawa before the before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted and the proposed by-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Council of the City of Ottawa to the Ontario Municipal Board.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting (meeting date, time and location to be determined) or make written submissions to the City of Ottawa before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted and before the proposed by-law is passed, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to do so.

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Democracy, community under threat

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f you are reading this, then you should be interested in the recentlyreleased report commissioned by the federal government dealing with ways to address the current upheaval in Canada’s media.

The report, authored by respected Canadian journalist Edward Greenspon on behalf of the public policy forum think-tank, contains 12 recommendations meant to strengthen the Canadian journalism landscape and ensure that it can continue to provide the scope and depth of reporting that Canadians have come to expect from their media.

This report is particularly relevant with regard to Canada’s print media, which is faced with shrinking ad and subscription revenues and job cuts.

The report sees this as a threat to our democracy.

After all, if we lack the information to know what is going on, there will be no informed electorate and our democracy will not function as it should, particularly with the advent of fake news or so-called alternative facts.

Another scenario that is equally worrying, though, is the role of the media — and, more particularly, community newspapers — in the creation and promo-

tion of “community.” Part of being a community is knowing what is going on locally, is knowing who are your neighbours, is taking pride in being part of that defined space that is known as “your community.”

Indeed, Canada can be viewed as a vast community of communities with common values and ideals.

And what is a significant feature of a local community? Yes, that’s right — you are holding it in your hands right now. The community newspaper.

A robust community newspaper industry is one way of protecting and growing our local communities. Vibrant communities are, we believe, just as vital to the future of our society as is a robust democracy.

Communities are the stage on which people primarily come together.

That’s why all Canadians must take seriously proposals to strengthen our journalism vehicles in this country, including community newspapers. A media in crisis endangers both our democracy and our communities.

With two such pillars of our society being under threat from pressures on the media these days, taking steps to assist the media in meeting these current challenges should be of interest to all Canadians.

Tennis comeback may get traction from Davis Cup

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ost of the headlines that came out of the weekend of Davis Cup tennis in Ottawa dealt with the disqualification of a young Canadian player, Denis Shapovalov.

Seventeen years old, losing badly and in a rage over his own poor performance, Shapovalov whacked a ball after losing a point and accidentally struck the umpire in the eye. Clearly remorseful, he was nonetheless disqualified and, with the disqualification, Canada was eliminated from Davis Cup competition by Great Britain.

This was sad, but it did provide a teachable moment for parents all across the nation. See what happens when you lose your temper?

Having a teachable moment is always useful, but it’s too bad that this particular incident obscured some of the more positive aspects of the tennis

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like the game was taking off, shaking off its country club image and becoming a game everybody wanted to play.

Then the momentum faded. No one knows exactly why. The agFunny Town ing baby boomers may be a factor: middle-aged knees objected to the stress of moving around on the court; middle-aged athletes decided that golf weekend. would be better.

For one thing, the crowds were And, indeed, golf enjoyed a good — despite the high cost of tickets, the competition of Winterlude boom, partly for the reasons mentioned above, partly because of the and the run-up to the Super Bowl. popularity of Tiger Woods and other Also, the tennis was excellent, and prominent pro golfers. The number that could help stimulate interest in of golfers mushroomed, as did the tennis in the capital area.

Tennis is one of the great participa- number of golf courses.

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The Davis Cup matches, played, appropriately enough, in a converted hockey arena, should help the new tennis boom. The large crowds appreciated how well-organized the event was and the high calibre of the tennis, despite the absence of each nation’s biggest names. The hockey arena turned out to be ideal for viewing tennis.

The audience was intensely partisan, albeit with a small but vocal U.K. contingent. The roars from each side increased in volume, length and intensity as the matches progressed.

But all it took was for the umpire to say, “Thank you,” and the noise paused completely for the next serve.

You could hear the hum of the air conditioning. It’s amazing to think that human beings, thousands of them, can behave like that.

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In light of those horrific shootings in Quebec City that left six dead and numerous others injured, many Canadians will reignite the debate on the efficacy of our gun laws. And rightfully so!

Canada’s approach to gun control is similar to most western nations. Guns are an efficient way to kill: almost half (46 per cent) of victims shot with guns will die. The proportion of completed suicides is highest with a firearm (92 per cent). Guns are easy to use and rather impersonal. Medical experts say it takes a less well-informed motive to shoot someone than to beat someone to death.

Firearms are inherently dangerous consumer products.

Between 1970 and 2000, guns killed more than 40,000 people in this country — more than the 39,000 Canadian soldiers who died in World War 11.

Criminology Professor Neil Boyd of Simon Fraser University in Vancouver has concluded there is more evidence to support the efficacy of gun control legislation in reducing death and injury than there is for most other legislative interventions. Rosemary Gartner, a University of Toronto criminologist, has stated that firearms laws not only have practical utility, they also reinforce social values.

Gun related deaths and injuries are linked to a complex set of factors, including the culture of violence. Stricter gun control, predicated on a commitment to public health and safe-

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Education to reduce the primary demand is also fundamental.

Without question, the federal government’s gun control legislation will not end the all violent encounters. However, if the government can make it harder for people to kill and injure not only each other but themselves, it is certainly acting in the public interest.

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Youth Ottawa looking for young adults’ stories #OttYouth2017 wants to hear from the city’s younger population is one group looking for 150 of the best stories Ottawa’s youth have to offer.

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many organizations in the city are doing this year — Youth Ottawa member Sherry Wang said it was natural to want to turn to the younger crowd in Ottawa and hear from them.

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Zoning amendments affecting both the rural and urban areas: To modify the number of children permitted within a home based day care to reflect new provincial legislation; To permit motor vehicle and bicycle training courses within parking lots accessory to non-residential uses; To further clarify that a lot may only contain one of either a secondary dwelling unit, garden suite, coach house, or rooming units; To permit escape rooms and karaoke lounges within zones that also permit a place of assembly; To permit an agricultural use, excluding the keeping of livestock, on any sized lot within the Agricultural (AG) and Rural Countryside (RU) zones; To establish a minimum three metre frontage requirement within AG and RU zones.

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through a short application available on YouthOttawa.ca.

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“We wanted to celebrate Canada’s 150th and we thought it would be a perfect time to celebrate youth and highlight what we are doing.”

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Zoning amendments affecting the urban area: To add a provision to the zoning affecting 135 Barrette Street to consider the lands as one lot for zoning purposes; To add a provision to the zoning affecting parts of 335 St. Laurent Boulevard and 1191 Montreal Road to reinstitute the minimum rear yard setbacks of the underlying zones; To permit a medical facility limited to a dental practice at 152 Gloucester Street; To clarify the front yard setback for an office located at 950 Terry Fox Drive as being set back a minimum of six metres from Abbott Street; To add linked-detached dwelling as a permitted use within the residential third density subzone I (R3I) zone; To remove the size restriction on commercial uses within a rapid transit station; To permit a restaurant and specify the location and size of an outdoor commercial patio and parking for the property located at 274 Somerset Street East; To split Exception 2215 into two exceptions as this exception has been applied to two properties with different provisions; To revise Exception 2195 to clarify that permitted uses lawfully existing as of the date of passing of the by-law means uses lawfully existing as of February 25, 2015; To reinstate the applicable schedule for the property at 460 St. Laurent; To eliminate the parking requirement for uses wholly contained within the basement of buildings on lots located along certain designated main streets.

time to celebrate youth and highlight what we are doing and what they like about themselves or a place they like to be in this city,” Wang said.

The project, #OttYouth2017, was launched in December 2016.

The goal is to share the stories of youth friendly faces, spaces and accomplishments in Ottawa in an effort to demonstrate the crucial role that

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Top three stories to win prizes Continued from page 14

be displayed throughout the year.

The top three stories that captivate their audience will receive a prize at the end of the campaign.

So far, there are 35 stories already submitted.

“It’s about any unique story they want to share,” Wang said.

JOIN IN

Apart from finding stories in the capital from young adults, Youth Ottawa has also armed themselves with an action plan that addresses a number of concerns pertaining to this city: • Environment concerns • Transportation affordability • Ensuring there are ample opportunities for youth to engage and talk with city councillors about issues that matter to them Wang said basically Youth Ottawa is the go-to place for young residents who want to take on an active role in this city.

“We bring youth a voice to help with some of the decision-

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Youth Ottawa launched a project, #OttYouth2017 with a goal to get 150 stories about Ottawa’s youth, from its youth. making that takes place in the city,” Wang said.

The group also works at creating programming young people are actually interested in participating in.

Youth can join the conversation by contacting the organization at info@youthottawa.ca.

The deadline for #OttYouth2017 is March 15.

Stories will be shared on the organization’s social media platforms, Twitter @Youth_Ottawa, Instagram @Youth_Ottawa and Facebook, @YouthOttawa.

Youth interested in sharing a story can find the application at youthottawa.ca/ottyouth2017.

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Ward 9 Knoxdale-Merivale Ottawa 2017: With 2016 at an end, we are moving into 2017 and the start of Canada’s 150th birthday party. Ottawa will be the place to be with lots of events happening. Going to www.ottawa2017.ca will keep you up to date on everything that is happening.

Thanks to Ottawa Special Events: I would like to say thank you to Ottawa Special Events for sponsoring our first Winter Movie Night on Friday, February 10th. The event was well attended and a huge success.

Thanks to the Residents of Ward 9: I would like to say thank you to everyone who helped out with the Warm Winter Clothing Drive that Ottawa Special Events put on a few weeks ago. It was amazing to see resident’s generosity.

Upcoming Meetings at City Hall: I would like to make you all aware of the upcoming Council and Committee meetings at City Hall over the next few weeks: Council Feb 22nd at 10 a.m., Ottawa Police Service Board Feb 27th at 9:30 a.m., Planning Committee Feb 28th at 9:30 a.m. and Transportation Committee Mar 1st at 9:30 a.m.

Spring Open House: I would like to ask you to email me at ward9@ottawa.ca with your ideas of what you would like to see in regards to presentations at our Spring Open House on Thursday, April 20th.

Circulating 150 Box: Keep your eyes out for our 150 Box that will be circulating to various events from now until Canada Day. We are putting together a list of what the residents of Ward 9 like best about Ottawa. We will reveal the Top 10 list at Manordale’s Canada Day celebrations this year.

Until next time,

Dates to remember

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1876: British North American Act to become Dominion of Canada, Sir John A. Macdonald was Canada’s first Prime Minister, and Ottawa was named the capital city of the Dominion of Canada.

1868: Thomas D’Arcy McGee, one of the Fathers of Confederation, became the first Canadian victim of an assassination on April 7.

1869: Canada purchased Rupert’s Land from the Hudson Bay Company, and Louis Riel led the Métis in an attack against Fort Gary (now Winnipeg, Man.). This protest would be known as the Red River Rebellion.

1870: The Manitoba Act created the new province of Manitoba.

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City reviewing building application for Barrhaven retirement homes

BY MEGAN DELAIRE mdelaire@metroland.com

People living near Longfields and Strandherd drives have until Feb. 17 to submit suggestions, comments and concerns to the city about a retirement community as high as nine storeys proposed for 125 Marketplace Ave. and 101 Lindenshade Drive.

A building application by Waterford Retirement outlines plans to build a 291-unit complex, including two buildings eight and nine storeys tall connected by a catwalk.

If approved the buildings will house a retirement home and separate senior apartment complex, with access to two levels of underground parking – 163 parking spaces – and ground level space for 20 vehicles.

Located on the eastern side of the South Nepean Town Centre, the site has frontage on Marketplace Avenue, Longfields Drive, Lindenshade Drive and Sue Hol-

loway Drive. The South Nepean Development Corporation owns the empty lot.

It’s surrounded by two and three storey residential buildings to the east, four-storey buildings and a park to the south, one and two-storey commercial buildings to the west and northwest, undeveloped high-rise mixed-use lands to the north, and Pierre Savard Catholic high school to the northeast.

It’s also close to the Chapman Mills Marketplace – with its more than 60 stores and services – and the transit way.

Gloucester South-Nepean Coun. Michael Qaqish said he feels the proposed development meets the market demand of Barrhaven’s aging population.

“I think one of the things we have to keep in mind is the increasing seniors’ population that we have in our city,” Qaqish said.

“I think the numbers are that in 2031 one in five residents will be seniors.”

He added that its proposed location within the South Nepean Town Centre would make for a suburban community with an urban feel and a high walkability factor “So the idea is that you can sort of get around without a vehicle in that area and it’s a very nice, pedestrian-friendly neighbourhood,” he said.

Because the area’s secondary plan only allows buildings at maximum height of six stories, the building application includes a zoning bylaw amendment and an official plan amendment to build higher.

Qaqish doesn’t expect the developer to face any difficulties getting the rezoning application approved. Building taller, he said, is necessary to keep up with the area’s growing population density.

“I don’t think it’s out of line with what we’re looking at for that area,” Qaqish said. “You’re backing onto the southwest transit way, you’re on a main arterial, which is

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Qaqish said he has heard residents express concerns about the potential increase in vehicular traffic the area could see if the complex is approved. He said he’s also heard concerns about an increase in the number of cars parked on nearby streets, but said that’s not a possibility he’s worried about.

“I think there’s going to be enough parking on the surface and underground for them to be able to accommodate visitors and staff and residents,” he said.

The deadline to submit comments is Feb. 17. Qaqish said the application will go to the planning committee on March 28, and that, if the application is approved, construction will begin later in the year.

To submit a comment, go to Ottawa.ca/devapps and search for file number D07-12-16-0179.

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Kanata Kareer Group celebrates 15 years

BY JESSICA CUNHA jessica.cunha@metroland.com

The Kanata Kareer Group celebrated 15 years in existence on Jan. 31.

The volunteer-run organization has provided peer support to more than 1,000 people dealing with job losses while preparing them with the resources they needed to find new employment.

“When we sat down in October 2001 and talked about forming this group, we had planned it would peter out in eight months — we were all going to have jobs,” said Catherine Chamberlain, founder of the group.

“We thought that was a reasonable goal. We didn’t know people would keep coming, that people would continue to be laid off.”

Chamberlain was laid off from JDS Uniphase in August

2001 along with around 500 other employees of the corporation. Other high-tech companies were also consolidating and downsizing, leaving many out of work.

Peter Lougheed, thenminister of Kanata United Church, challenged Chamberlain to find a solution.

“We were discussing how it was that there was no support in this end of the city for people who were unemployed,” said Chamberlain. “Peter challenged me, (asking) ‘What are you going to do about it?’”

She outlined her idea for a support group, and Lougheed offered the church as the meeting space, which it has provided for the past 15 years.

About six people attended the support group the first week. By the second week, the number of attendees had doubled.

There were around 20 peo-

ple at the third meeting and, six weeks in, the group had to move to a larger space within the church to accommodate everyone who showed up, said Chamberlain.

“At one point, we had over 100 people at one meeting,” she said.

A number of past and present members celebrated the career group’s 15th anniversary with a cake, some short speeches and a networking opportunity at the Kanata United Church.

Along with the cake and other assorted refreshments was a box of a dozen doughnuts — meaning someone had landed a job.

“We have a tradition that when you get a full-time job you bring a dozen doughnuts to one of the meetings,” said Mike Lukie, of Barrhaven, See SUPPORT, page 22

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR ABSOLUTE TITLE (Subsection 46(2) of the Land Titles Act) Part of Lot 5, Concession 3 (Rideau Front) designated as Parts 1 to 16 inclusive on a draft plan prepared by Brian J. Webster (OLS), dated the 12th day of December 2016, Geographic Township of Gloucester, City of Ottawa, Land Titles Division of the Ottawa Land Registry Office, No. 4 Subject to an easement in gross registered as Inst #OC1751504 in favour of the City of Ottawa over parts 4 and 9; Subject to an easement in gross registered as Inst #OC1751506 in favour of the City of Ottawa over Parts 1 to 16; Subject to an easement registered as Inst #OC1799388 in favour of Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. over Parts 1 to 16; Subject to an easement in gross registered as Inst #OC1845451 in favour of Hydro Ottawa Limited over Part 15; Subject to an easement registered as Inst #OC1707698 in favour of Rogers Communications Inc. over Parts 1 to 4; Subject to an easement registered as Inst #OC1707722 in favour of Rogers Communications Inc. over Parts 5 to 15; Subject to an easement registered as Inst #OC1764282 in favour of Rogers Communications Inc. over Part 16;

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who recently was offered a fulltime job with Syntronic after working on contract for six months.

“Because I’m working every day I can’t attend the meetings, this was my opportunity to give back to the organization and provide a little cheer and comfort to people who are still looking.”

Lukie first heard about the group when he was unemployed in the early 2000s. He attended a few sessions and then landed a job. When he was laid off in 2014, “I immediately thought of the Kanata Kareer Group and joined the executive a while after that,” he said.

“I felt it was good for me to exercise my skills in various areas so I could keep sharp and keep active,” said Lukie. “It’s very supportive and encouraging type of environment.”

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Past and present members of the Kanata Kareer Group celebrate the volunteer organization’s 15th anniversary of providing support in the community on Jan. 31.

Anne Cole, also of Barrhaven, was medically released from the military in 2007. She found a job, but not in the field she had trained in or had experience in. Her health deteriorated and she took time off,

which is when she learned about the group and got involved.

“It was a really good experience in terms of developing those things (you need) for job searches,” Cole said. “It was a really

The said plan is available for inspection at the offices of Harris, Sheaffer LLP, 4100 Yonge Street, Suite 610, Toronto, ON, M2P 2B5 Attention: Roger Vinayagalingam and at the Land Titles Office, 161 Elgin Street, 4th floor, Ottawa ON K2P 2K1, as registration number OC1866397 TAKE NOTICE THAT 1179 Hunt Club Inc., herein referred to as the Applicant, has made application OC1866397 to be registered under the Land Titles Act as the owner in fee simple with an absolute title to the above described lands being all of pins 04064-0064, 04064-0336, and 04064-0334 AND TAKE NOTICE THAT any person, including Michael Bonnice or his Estate, claiming to have any title to or interest in the subject property or any part thereof is required on or before March 20th, 2017 to file a statement of objection, which sets out the nature and extent of the interest claimed in the objection, together with all the evidence, documents or legal provisions and precedents for such objection, verified by affidavit directed to the Land Registrar, at the address of my office as set out above If no such statement of claim is filed by March 20th, 2017, I will proceed with the application and any interest you claim in the subject property will be extinguished and you will not be entitled to receive any further notice with respect to the proceedings.

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A Reminder to Parents and Teachers Ice breaking operations will create open water.

Children should be supervised at all times around water and should be warned of the dangers of open water.

The City, in partnership with the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority, undertakes ice breaking operations each year to alleviate possible spring flooding in flood-prone areas. Once started, these operations will be carried out daily, weather and ice conditions permitting.

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good fit, the community support.”

Lessons she learned through the group included being flexible in job searches.

“Maybe having to apply our skills and interests in a different way that we never would have thought of,” she said, adding that in her current job she’s not using her HR experience or her schooling but is working instead in Veterans Affairs. “My goal is within that framework organization to put those skills and experience to use,” she said.

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The support group meets weekly and employs a number of games and resources, many created 15 years ago that are still used today, to help its members work on their personal pitches. The group also brings in guest speakers and hosts workshops.

“People detest interviews,” said Kevin Chapman, who sits on the group’s executive committee. A number of interview workshops are held throughout the year and are always well attended, he said.

“If they can isolate a question and try and answer it and get feedback — both positive and negative from their colleagues — it’s really, really helpful,” said Chapman.

“It’s better to practise interview questions in front of friends than your potential employer.”

And that’s the main goal of the group — to provide information, feedback, assistance and, most importantly, support.

“It’s to get people out of the house, to socialize,” said Chamberlain. “They’re not alone. There are so many people in the same boat. There’s so much support.”

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Mrs. Beam’s cure-all MARY M other and Aunt Bertha were sitting at the kitchen table having a cup of tea.

“I don’t think I will ever get used to using onions in anything but a stew or soup pot,” Mother said.

They had been talking about our neighbour Mrs. Beam, who said onions could cure everything, and were a heck of a lot cheaper than bringing old Dr. Murphy all the way out from Renfrew.

Aunt Bertha assured Mother just about everyone out at Northcote took Mrs. Beam’s advice and used onions to fight colds, cure whooping cough, fix a sore throat, and believed they could even remove warts.

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I knew all about the onion treatments and I hated them with a passion. My sister Audrey hated them even more,

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Mother followed instructions whooping cough, and would even lessen the scourge of the Audrey covered with the toe measles!

Well, after Aunt Bertha of her galoshes so no one would headed back across the 20-acre see them. field with the cutter, Mother I couldn’t remember when found one of the little flour bag Mrs. Beam arrived with the sacks, chopped up a good sized little sacks made out of flour onion, filled the bag, and hung bags, with a long string on it around my neck. My eyes ran them, so that they could hang around our necks. She ordered buckets of tears, which Mother assured me would stop as soon Mother to chop up a couple as I got used to the onions. onions, put them in the bag, They didn’t seem to be doing put the bag around the neck me much good, as I hacked of the one ailing, send them away all afternoon, and by the off to school, and before you time my brothers and sister got could say “cheese” (which home from school, I smelled was a favourite expression of like our sand bin in the cellar. hers), you’d break any cold or

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My hateful brother Emerson, of course, was the first to make a comment, and at supper that night asked Mother if he could eat at the bake table to get away from the smell of raw onions which he said was making him sick.

That night Mother decided she would do exactly what Mrs. Beam told her to do, not only to cure me, but to stop the cough from spreading to everyone else in the family. So chopped onions were put on the washstands in our bedrooms, onion bags hung around our necks, and we all went to bed wearing chopped onions in a

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Mother was doing everything Mrs. Beam told her to do. And if everyone came down with a bad cold, it wouldn’t be because she didn’t listen to Mrs. Beam!

By the time the lamp was blown out, the upstairs reeked of onions, and my sister vowed she wasn’t going to put a foot outside the next morning to go to school until she washed her hair and had a sponge bath.

Well! Talk about a surprise!

I didn’t cough once during the night, my nose had stopped running, everyone seemed hale and hearty, and it looked like no one else in the house was going to get my cold. Audrey doused herself with talcum powder, Mother put dabs of vanilla behind my ears, the brothers were well aired out by the time they came in from doing barn chores, and only the faintest smell of onions remained. So off we went to the Northcote School.

Mrs. Beam continued to be the person to go to when sickness invaded a household.

Onions and coal oil were her favourite treatments. Mother, who never quite got used to them, nevertheless agreed they were worth trying, and a lot cheaper than the $2 old Doctor Murphy charged for coming twelve-and-half miles out from Renfrew.

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Join us for two events on Saturday, Feb. 25, hosted by the Ontario Genealogical Society — Ottawa Branch. First, from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. it’s “Genealogy: Back to Basics”, where you will learn about directories as a valuable source of information. Then from 1:00-3:00 p.m., Brian Tackaberry will share the stories of forgotten local heroes of WWI from his new book “Forgotten Heroes: Mississippi Mills Valour Award Recipients of the Great War”. Both events are free, all are welcome. City of Ottawa Archives, 100 Tallwood Dr. (room 115). For more details visit http://ogsottawa.on.ca/.

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