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The NAC unveils a tapestry donated by local developer Bill Teron.

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Carlington association meets to consider contentious project Steph Willems

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EMC news - A contentious development proposal on Fisher Avenue was the subject of a members-only meeting of the Carlington Community Association on April 3.

The six-storey condo proposed for 110 Fisher Ave. would require a significant rezoning in order to be built, and neighbouring residents would like to see the application rejected by the city.

In a neighbourhood that doesn’t see the amount of infill and intensification experienced in other areas of the city, the proposal has caused significant outcry.

In response to these concerns, the association’s board met on March 17 to plan its response, organizing the April 3 meeting and unanimously passing a motion stating their opposition to the proposed rezoning.

The association had earlier succeeded in having the comment period for the application extended from March 18 to April 12, in order to have time to properly gauge the building’s potential impact and collect community feedback.

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Sea scapes Marie Arsenault shows off her acrylic and watercolour paintings during the Nepean Fine Arts League Spring Sale on April 7. The Brittania Village artist has been a member of the league for three years. Turn to page 12 for more photos.

Community crafts Laroche Park vision Steph Willems

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EMC news - Mechanicsville residents met for a brainstorming session on April 6, breaking into working groups to figure out the best ways of improving Laroche Park.

The expansive park, a neighbourhood centerpiece that will bridge two communities once the Bayview Yards redevelopment begins, is the focus of a visioning exercise organized by the Mechanicsville Com-

munity Association.

Unlike other park brainstorming sessions, in this case the community has resources at its disposal to make the changes it wants. Developer Richcraft Homes is pledging a portion of improvement money towards the park as part of its legal obligations following the recent approval of a 30-storey residential tower on Parkdale Avenue.

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shack and boards for the ice rink are in poor shape as well.”

McCrae said after the attendees at the weekend meeting broke off into groups, “all four tables stood up and said, if not the same thing, then things that were very consistent.”

Before brainstorming, residents compiled a list of things the park is currently used for – good and bad – before looking at what they’d like to see added.

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that can be brought to bear on the park is somewhat hazy at this point, though the association is confident the number will be in the six-figure range.

Residents at the meeting had a lot of upgrades to consider, as the park has seen few improvements in recent years.

“It’s been a long time,” said association secretary James McCrae when asked if he recalled the last large investment in Laroche Park. “The splash pad is 20 years old, and the fieldhouse is pre-1950. The

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City codifies rules for public-private partnerships Laura Mueller

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EMC news - Secrecy shouldn’t be part of the deal when it comes to partnerships between the city and private

companies, a community representative told the city’s de facto executive committee last week.

The city formalized its policy for public-private partnerships – or P3s, as they are known – during an

April 2 meeting of the finance and economic development committee.

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municipal facilities such as arenas, said Jeff Byrne, the city’s procurement manager. The policy also adds a requirement to report back to committee and council about the results of the partnership.

Bob Brocklebank, a representative of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations and the Glebe Community Association, told the committee that the city needs to be open and provide as much information as possible to convince the public that a partnership is the best idea.

“If a P3 is truly better than a traditional approach, let the public see that is the case,” he said. “Being open about it will reduce the strife that has plagued past projects.”

Brocklebank said he has no “ideological objections” to P3s, but the

community needs to be fully engaged in the process – both before and after a project is approved and completed – to ensure success.

The committee supported an addition from Gloucester-Southgate Coun. Diane Deans to include a line requiring details about proposed P3s to be released to the public for consultation and information as soon as possible in the process.

The formalized policy came out of a request from the city auditor general’s office in 2006. The audit required the city to boost accountability, solidify the business case for partnerships and improve how the results are reported to councillors and the public. Clarifying the roles and responsibilities of city staff in that process was also suggested.

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Plans revealed for Parkdale, Bronson off-ramp upgrades Michelle Nash

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EMC news - The new plans for Highway 417 off-ramps west of downtown promise to reduce the amount of traffic currently on quiet residential streets.

Residents had a chance to get a look at the designs for a new eastbound off-ramp for Bronson Avenue and a westbound off-ramp for Parkdale Avenue at an open house in Hintonburg on April 3.

The designs are aimed at reducing the flow of traffic on neighbourhood streets such as Westmount Avenue, on to which traffic flows after exiting the 417 before reaching Parkdale.

The new off-ramp would be realigned so that Westmount will no longer serve that purpose.

On Bronson, the off-ramp would be lengthened to help reduce the amount of traffic backing up onto the highway itself. Chamberlain Avenue will also be realigned so that it is opposite the Bronson off-ramp. Currently drivers must make a right turn onto Bronson and then a left turn onto Chamberlain.

Kitchissippi Coun. Katherine Hobbs attended the open house to view the plans and to speak to some of the representatives from the province about the project.

For the councillor, she said she is happy that Westmount residents will be relieved of the traffic burden, but wants to make sure that the plans make sense for area residents.

“I want to make sure safety is taken into account,” Hobbs said.

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Residents from Hintonburg, the Glebe and the Glebe Annex gather at the Hintonburg Community Centre to look at the designs for new Highway 417 off-ramps at Parkdale and Bronson Avenues. pleased to see the project moving forward and looks forward to seeing it get off the ground.

The construction timeline, however, remains uncertain. David Lindensmith, the senior Ministry of Transportation engineer for both projects, said the ministry wanted to have the designs ready so when the project does get approved, construction can begin quickly.

Peggy Kampouris from the Glebe Annex Community Association attended on behalf of the association, to discuss the neighbourhood’s current concerns of cut-through traffic with provincial representatives.

“We are interested in anything that will reduce the amount of traffic through our streets,” Kampouris said.

She added it would be nice if the project can help make Bronson safer

“There are a lot of projects planned for the 417 and we want to make sure that they don’t all happen at once,” Lindensmith said.

Some residents from Imperial Avenue, which crosses Bronson Avenue just south of the off-ramp, attended the open house to view the designs, citing concerns about construction noise and the impact changes might have on their neighbourhood.

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Association president Josh McJannet said last week’s meeting was “strictly for members to weigh in on the issue and share their views (and) concerns to inform our planning submission.”

A presentation was made by the association’s development committee, chaired by Phil Bartlett, as well as presentations by community members from Trent Street (adjacent to the site) and representatives from Turnbull School. The school has created an online petition opposing the development, a copy of which will be posted at the Alexander Community Centre.

McJannet said a public meeting should occur in the next two weeks.

The proposed 26-metre tall, 42-unit building, which would contain six floors plus a mechanical penthouse, is being proposed for a property on the west side of Fisher Avenue, just north

of Turnbull School. The site currently contains a single-detached home dating from the 1930s.

The planning rational submitted to the city with the rezoning application – prepared by Lloyd Phillips & Associates for Prestige Design & Construction – contains renderings showing stepbacks on the north and south sides of the building.

The rationale references the city’s Official Plan and the area’s classification as “General Urban Area” as the basis for the application.

The presence of two 22-storey residential buildings to the south of the site is mentioned to give the project context, while the allocation of 65 parking spaces (56 residential, nine visitor) would “result in only a very minor change to existing and planned traffic conditions of Fisher Avenue,” according to the rationale.

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EMC news - Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi is finding success in his push to make it easier to collect unpaid traffic fines.

Almost 70 per cent of unpaid fines owed to municipalities are related to provincial Highway Traffic Act offences and the Ontario Liberals were set to introduce legislation last week that would strengthen the government’s ability to collect that money.

Minister Transportation Glen Murray came to Ottawa on March 18 to make the announcement because he said the idea started here.

The changes mean drivers wouldn’t be able to renew their Ontario vehicle licence plates without paying off their fines.

Currently, Ontario only prevents people from renewing their drivers’ licences, which must be done every five years.

The legislation would also restrict Ontario drivers from having more than one licence plate they could swap out on their vehicle.

Out-of-province offenders are also being targeted under the proposed legislation.

So far, Ontario has drafted an agreement with the Quebec government to share information about drivers who receive fines in Ontario for offences such as running red lights. Discussions with other provinces will follow, Murray said.

Naqvi said he brought the proposals forward because unpaid traffic fines are a “real and significant” issue for Ottawa.

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EMC news – In the past half-century, humanity has made great strides in ridding the world of the dreaded disease of polio, but there is still work to do.

To this end, the University of Ottawa’s school of music has teamed with the Rotary Club of West Ottawa for a fundraising concert aimed at helping eradicate the few re-

maining hotspots of the crippling illness.

Planned for April 6 at the First Unitarian Church on Cleary Avenue, the Music for Humanity concert was organized by Rotarian Mike Traub and concertmaster Adam Cicchillitti, a master’s student at the university.

Cicchillitti, 25, attended a Rotary Club meeting and was “impressed” by the humanitarian work being done by the members.

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“When I started doing my own research on polio I decided to contribute my time to the concert,” he said, adding that his fellow music students “were excited to be involved” in the concert.

Traub, a 28-year member of the club, has been organizing the concert for 10 years now, in partnership with music students from the university.

“It gives them an audience and gives us a way of eliminating polio,” said Traub.

Until the mid-20th century, polio was the most feared childhood disease in the developed world, afflicting thousands of Canadian children. Those who survived the disease faced an adult life diminished by paralysis, disfigurement and dependency on a ventilator.

A new vaccine – the miracle fearful parents were longing for – was created by Dr. Jonas Salk following a devastating 1952 outbreak. Following suc-

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Salk’s research received large amounts of financial support from ordinary citizen donors and that grassroots fundraising continues for the benefit of the children of the developing world.

In 1985 Rotary International declared its intention to rid the world of polio, which was still a scourge outside of the Western world. Currently, polio is only prevalent in three countries: Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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Teron, who was a member of the NAC board of trustees, unfolded part of the tapestry, showing Southam the surreal felt design.

“Oh my God. Why didn’t you tell me?” asked Southam.

“This is wonderful.”

The tapestry was unveilled for the first time in the grand staircase of the arts centre in May, 1973, during a ceremony attended by the Terons, the artist and Jean Chrétien, then minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, where it would remain on display for 25 years before being taken down in 1998 and put in storage.

“We were just about to offer it to other galleries when the National Art Gallery came to me and wanted to retain it for the next 25 years by hanging it up in the original location,” said Teron.

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symbolic figures and legends of the North embroidered on a turquoise background.

Oonark, who died in 1985, described her prints and drawings as her dreams.

“It’s a dream world, but a dream world of a native person,” said Teron. “It’s very exotic. Myths and symbolism.”

Originally, the tapestry was commissioned in the early 1970s by Teron to hang in the lobby or banquet room of the Carleton Towers in downtown Ottawa, later known as the Four Seasons Hotel. But when the tapestry arrived, it was quickly evident the artwork, which measured 3.7 metres by six metres, was too large for the hotel, said Teron, who kept the artwork folded up in his living room until he could figure out what to do with it.

One day, Hamilton Southam, then the director general of the National Arts Centre, was visiting his home and noticed the folded tapestry.

“What’s that?” he asked.

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EMC news - A tapestry commissioned by philanthropists’ Bill and Jean Teron has finally seen the light of day after spending the last 15 years hidden away in the archives of the National Arts Centre.

The tapestry, created by Inuit artist Jessie Oonark, was officially unveilled in the main lobby of the arts centre – where it will hang for the next quarter century – during a ceremony held on April 3.

“I’m delighted with it there,” said Teron. “It’s just magnificent. I’m a very proud owner of that – I’m very pleased it’s in its proper home.

The unveiling comes just in time for the upcoming Northern Scene festival, a multi-disciplinary arts event featuring the work of 250 established and emerging artists from the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunatsiavut and Nunavik.

The festival, which will display a variety of dance, visual and media art and will include film, music, theatre, food and fashion events, is taking place at 22 venues across Ottawa from April 25 to May 4.

“It’s a great opportunity to put it back up,” said Carl Martin, spokesman for the arts centre. “And it’s going to stay up this time.”

Martin said the tapestry hanging was also a way to honour Teron, a key member of the National Capital Arts Alliance, which spearheaded the NAC’s creation in the 1960s.

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Gathering chance for Aboriginal youth, elders to share culture Jessica Cunha

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EMC news - Aboriginal youth and elders came together to share their knowledge and to learn about each other on Saturday, April 6.

The all day gathering was a chance for youth to gather insights about their heritage and traditions, while also imparting their own wisdom to the elders.

“We’re so excited to learn Jessica Cunha/Metroland what they are up to,” said MéFrom left, Sage Picody, Greg Meekis and Brad Picody perform during a ceremonial drum tis Nation of Ontario Senator circle during a gathering of aboriginal elders and youth at the Richelieu Vanier Commu- Reta Gordon, who grew up nity Centre on April 6. The all day gathering was a chance for youth to learn about their in Ottawa. “The youth to the elders are like our grandchilheritage and traditions, while also imparting their own wisdom to the elders. dren.”

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They are so much luckier than their elders because they knew from day one who they were. They had pride of nationhood.”

Growing up, Gordon said her generation and those before her had to hide their nationality as a means of survival.

“Our generation and our parents generation, they hid who they were because of the times,” she said.

But now, it’s something to be embraced.

“Years ago it was a shame to be aboriginal,” said Gordon, who lives in Centretown.

“Now it’s pride in who you are.”

Her biggest piece of wisdom for today’s youth is to track their ancestry – Gordon can trace hers back to the 1700s.

“Get on the computer and get the documentation because it is there,” she said. “Then you know where you belong ... Knowing and having documentation are two different things.”

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Eighteen-year-old Sage Picody was part of the ceremonial drum circle at the gathering.

He has been training for 10 years on the drums and grew

up on the northern Ontario reserve Mattagami First Nations.

He said he plays the drums to create unity.

“It brings people together,” said Picody, who lives in Vanier. “(It’s also) medicine; it makes people feel good inside.

It brings happiness.”

Having a chance to listen to his elders gives him “more of an understanding,” he said.

“You get to hear how they lived in the past ... what the differences are.”

Around 45 people attended the day-long gathering at the Richelieu Vanier Community Centre, put together by Wendy Lanouette and Wendy Dehler.

“The youth want to learn from the elders,” said Lanouette, who grew up in Chippewas of Nawash near Georgian Bay. “They learn the traditional teachings ... the reasons we have certain traditions we follow.”

Many youth grow up in cities without a connection to their heritage.

“Some of them have never experienced that,” said Lanouette. “They know they’re aboriginal but they don’t know what that means.”

The day included medicine wheel teachings, live entertainment and presentations and reflections.

“It’s just a way of reconnecting,” said Lanouette.

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Asking a lot of children

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tudents at a school in Barrhaven will launch a hiring guide for local businesses this week.

The Grade 4 students put a lot of work into their product, meeting with more than 30 local business managers to find out what hiring tools they currently use.

The kids have since compiled a hiring guide, which will soon be for sale, with proceeds to Big Brothers, Big Sisters.

The goal was to develop something that would help people in the community and the hiring guide could help connect job-seekers with prospective employers.

The project was developed with help from the Learning Partnership, a national non-profit organization that promotes the public education system in Canada.

The organization is participating in similar projects at 240 schools.

By working on the guide, students got a taste of teamwork and the value of all the steps in the business process, say organizers.

Encouraging entrepreneurial spirit in youngsters is a good idea, but it’s also reasonable to ask if maybe we’re expecting our kids to grow up a little

too soon.

There will be time to learn marketing and project management in high school or at college or university, all before those skills can ever be honed in the real world.

Grade 4 is too early for students to choose a future educational goal or career. It’s not clear what skills a nine or 10-year-old might develop today that will be of value when they enter the workforce.

Sampling many careers might be a better use of the kids’ time than carrying out one intensive project.

Parents of any kids involved in the Learning Partnership programs should share their thoughts with teachers, principals and school board trustees.

It would be interesting to know if the parents think their kids’ time was well spent, especially if there was follow-up years later to see if a Grade 4 student went on to bigger things and was inspired or prepared in part by the Learning Partnership program.

Without that information over the long term, it’s impossible to say if learning business skills at a young age is the right course or if kids should just be kids for a little longer.

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Fixing Queen Street, and other Ottawa fantasies

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n Ottawa, even the good news is somewhat mysterious. Take, for example, the word that the city is looking for submissions from engineering consultants on ways to improve Queen Street, so that it will be nice to walk along in a few years when light rail is running underneath it.

The mysterious part: how could anyone think that Queen Street can be improved in any way other than blowing it up and starting over again?

The Citizen article on the Queen Street study contained the usual allusions to planting more trees and widening sidewalks and adding benches, but hey. There’s no retail on Queen Street, hardly a restaurant and lots of ugly glass buildings. You think wider sidewalks is going to help much?

Two years ago, on a Saturday afternoon in April, Tyler Brûlé, the former Ottawan turned London magazine tycoon, was wandering around downtown. Here’s his description, in the Financial Times, of what he saw: “The street was littered with soggy bits of rubbish; some shops were out of business; almost every office tower had a lease sign in the lobby window and it was eerily deserted.

I walked a few blocks hoping the urban landscape would improve but the few retail

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outlets that were open felt tatty and tired, the streets were buckling and full of potholes and every other block was punctuated by a vacant property, an empty parking lot and restaurant closed for business, permanently.”

Not a bad description and it obviously made an impression, because Brûlé was invited back to Ottawa, where he spent two years in the ‘80s going to Nepean High School, to give a public talk as part of an ideas project to improve the city.

For reasons understandable to those who deal with famous people, the deal fell through and the organizers are now looking for another expert. “The vision of bringing someone to give us some advice is still on the table,” Coun. Mathieu Fleury told the Citizen.

“We want to bring someone with that kind of

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As the old saying goes, an expert is someone from out of town. Too many cities get their reputation from the guy who spends two days there and writes an analysis based on the airport, the personality of the taxi driver who brings him from the airport, the hotel, two restaurants near the hotel, the street the hotel is on and the taxi driver who takes him back to the airport.

A guy who walked around the Glebe or the Market, rather than Queen Street, would have a different assessment of Ottawa. A guy who stayed in Ottawa South or Kanata would think differently from a guy who stayed at the Westin.

Which is not to say that Queen Street is not awful. It is. It’s just that we don’t need to pay someone to tell us that. Many of the problems that plague our city are obvious to anyone who lives here and don’t require expert advice.

If you want a vibrant Queen Street, put some stores on it. For those stores to thrive they need customers, people who live downtown. That means apartment buildings instead of office buildings. People have known this for decades, people who are not from out of town.

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Persuading business and government to do anything about it is, and always has been, the problem. It costs money.

As time passes without anything being done people learn to live without downtown.

They have their neighbourhood stores and restaurants, if they are lucky enough to have that kind of neighbourhood. If not, they have the nearest mall, where there are stores and the parking is free and easy to find. If Queen Street is awful, it ceases to matter to a lot of folks.

And that makes it harder to find the will to fix it. Maybe this time will be different.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve written a lot about the overweight and obesity epidemic thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plaguing us. But Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll admit, even as I touted the importance of engaging with nature, getting more daily exercise, and eating a healthy diet, I was tipping my own scale. By two pounds, I am now officially overweight â&#x20AC;&#x201C; again.

While post-baby fat and lack of a good nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sleep has made me somewhat selfforgiving, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve decided to put my money where my mouth is (although maybe putting things in my mouth isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really the answer).

But here it is: I have vowed to lose 20 pounds by autumn. That will put me back to a healthy, normal pre-three-babies weight. How am I going to do it? Well, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not going to be easy.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be slow and methodical. Believe me, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d love to drop all the weight by summer, but everything Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve read says slow is the way to go â&#x20AC;&#x201C; slightly more than a pound of weight per week.

The problem is gaining weight is much easier than losing it. Assuming all calories are created equal â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not â&#x20AC;&#x201C; one pound of body fat is equivalent to approximately 3,500 calories.

To put it in perspective, if you ate a Quiznos brownie every day, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d gain a pound a week. If you have been eating Quiznos brownies every day at and you stop, you may lose a pound.

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I realized I can cut about 600 calories, on average, per day, just by giving up the tall boys I drink each morning for creative inspiration. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like black coffee â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m more of a double-double kind of gal. I worked it out that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m taking in about 500 calories per day between the sugar and cream in my coffee. Easy fix.

The second one is a little harder â&#x20AC;&#x201C; wine. I have spent this long winter pretending to be an amateur connoisseur of red wine. Unfortunately, alcohol has effect of slowing your metabolism until it clears your system. How sad is that? And there are three other distinct problems with my winter posing as a sommelier: there is a fine line between connoisseur and alcoholic; a glass of red wine contains about 85 calories (and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a small glass â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ahem); and the fact that I really know very little about wine was discovered when I failed to pronounce Syrah at a recent meeting of the minds and that I had no idea that Shiraz and Syrah were the same thing. So besides the calorie deficit of, on average, up to 150 per day, losing wine will help me regain my reputation as an intelligent

dinner guest.

At the end of the day, losing weight will come down to the amount of exercise I can squeeze in between my hours of writing.

Despite all my blather earlier this year, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve decided to forgo trendy exercises and take up walking. It sounds crazy, right? How many pounds can you shed by putting one foot in front of the other? But Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had a lot of success with walking in the past. For one, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s totally manageable. The biggest hurdle, really, is getting my shoes on and getting out without making excuses.

When I do get out, I tend to walk really fast â&#x20AC;&#x201C; almost at a jogging pace. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not as efficient as running, so you have to do more of it. But 60 minutes of brisk walking per day should help me burn about 200 calories. Strap a 20-pound baby to my front and maybe Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get an extra 35 calories out of the deal.

Doing the math, the dietary changes plus the exercise equates to subtracting about 5,900 calories per week. I could lose 50 pounds per year! Not too shabby, huh? Of course, once the wine and coffee are out of my system, I may have to consider giving up bread and butter ... and maybe cheese, or taking up Zumba. But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a topic for another column.

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Students shine at regional science fair Eleven Grade 7-12 students to compete in Canada-wide contest Jessica Cunha jessica.cunha@metroland.com

EMC news - More than 325 students from all over the city took part in the Ottawa Regional Science Fair on Saturday, April 6, at Carleton University.

With more than 200 projects representing more than 40 schools, the judges had their work cut out for them.

“The quality is pretty impressive,” said committee cochair Jovan Groen.

“We’ve got a great fair this year.”

Students in grades 7 to 12 competed in the fields of science and engineering in junior, intermediate, senior, and special awards categories.

The 2013 edition marked the 52nd year of the science fair.

“They’re excited to share here,” said Groen.

Grade 7 students Emma Jones, 13, and Tanya Nguyen,

12, from Ashbury College in east Ottawa did a project on the cleanliness of their school by examining various surfaces.

“We wanted to see if our school was a safe environment,” said Emma.

“We found that we didn’t have a lot of dangerous bacteria but we did have mould on our desks,” added Tanya.

The solution was to wipe down the desks more often.

Grade 11 students Alexa Rious, 17, and Makayla Roper, 16, from All Saints Catholic High School in Kanata, wanted to develop a water filter that could be made from resources found in Third World countries.

The result was a multiple-layer filter comprised of cloth, gravel, sand, charcoal, cat grass and corn husks.

“They can easily make good filter and purification systems,” said Alexa, adding the judges were impressed

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Grade 7 student Hawa Ali-Rage from Ottawa Islamic School shows off her project on which citrus fruit has the most vitamin C. Hawa, who lives in Billings Bridge, tested oranges, lemons, tangerines, grapefruits and clementines. Hawa discovered that tangerines have the most vitamin C. the entry.

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He noticed that his neighbour had to clear the snow off his solar panels with a rake during the winter months.

“I found out through my research just an inch of snow can shut down the whole system,” said Nasib.

He found glass that could protect the panels so the vehicle wouldn’t damage them.

“The glass does not affect the efficiency,” he said, adding the weight of the vehicle would determine what kind of glass would be used.

Amar Abdisamed, a Grade 8 student at Ottawa Islamic School in west Ottawa, created a project on how to cure cancer with nanotechnology.

The Sandy Hill resident lost his grandfather to brain cancer and his uncle to lung cancer.

“I wanted to use my education (to) find a cure,” said Amar. “(Nanotechnology) can help any stage of cancer be-

cause it completely destroys the tumour” without affecting the healthy cells surrounding the diseased area.

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Glebe votes on traffic priorities for neighbourhood Michelle Nash

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EMC news - After months of narrowing down a list of priorities, the Glebe Community Association voted on what it feels are important traffic concerns for the neighbourhood.

The Glebe Community Association’s traffic survey began in late 2012 with residents being asked to address concerns and indicate preferences for things such as cycling routes, parking and traffic flow alternatives for the neighbourhood.

Brian Mitchell, chairman of the association’s traffic committee compiled the results in early February and presented a draft of traffic priorities to the association.

On March 26, Mitchell presented the final report which the association endorsed.

“We hope what we are presenting is feasible,” Mitchell said.

“Feasible is a general term -- the city will decide -- but we do think what we are proposing is possible.”

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The Glebe Community Association just completed its traffic survey and will be sending its results to Capital Coun. David Chernushenko, and the Lansdowne Transportation Advisory committee in the next few weeks. traffic increases once Lansdowne Park is redeveloped.

The consultation has been substantial, Mitchell said, with more than 30 per cent of the 1,800 households in the Glebe participating in the survey.

Since the online survey, a team of committee members went door-to-door to follow up on some of the potentially controversial items on the list,

such as removing parking for a bicycle path or limiting vehicular access to a street.

The results were compiled

by Mitchell, who then created the list of priorities for the proposed Glebe Traffic Plan.

The next step will be to send the list to Capital Coun.

David Chernushenko and the Lansdowne Transportation Advisory committee.

The list of priorities is

rather long, with a total of 57 items identified by residents, but Mitchell said the committee sees some priorities as easy to accomplish and quite possibly already in the works as part of the city’s own traffic management initiatives, such as traffic signs directing drivers to Lansdowne Park.

Others are recommendations which would require specific studies to implement,

such as closing off a street to vehicular traffic or adding bike lanes.

Mitchell said the goal is for the city to take these recommendations seriously and look into those that could work.

“These recommendations show that some of the consultation has already been done,” he said.

Of the 57 priorities, there are 23 the group considers top priorities, divided into four sections: the minimization of cars using residential streets; encouraging safe cycling to Lansdowne; traffic flow and pedestrian safety; and parking.

Closing Holmwood Avenue on the east side of Bank Street to vehicular traffic with access from Adelaide Street was also suggested as a means discourage traffic from the area.

Other suggestions were for OC Transpo to offer free service in and out of Lansdowne during peak times to encourage visitors to the park to choose transit or offering free parking at Lansdowne for day-to-day activities like shopping to encourage pa-

trons to not park in the neighbourhood.

Pedestrian safety was addressed in the survey, with a request to have traffic signals in the neighbourhood pedestrian-activated and speed bumps installed to control traffic flow.

Chernushenko said he looked forward to sifting through all the information in the study, but also advised the group that in some cases, the best plan of action will be to wait and see what exactly is affected by the redevelopment before pushing for some of the ideas.

“Let’s wait and see what the problems are and then make the changes,” Chernushenko said.

“That doesn’t mean that this is a ‘no,’ it’s just that we need to take that into account too.”

Mitchell, who worked on the study from start to finish, said he did find his councillor’s words somewhat disheartening.

“A lot of these priorities are simple fixes, like the signage to direct cars to Lansdowne, that needs to be done before it reopens,” Mitchell said.

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Celebrating Volunteers

Volunteers are an integral part of the Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa’s (CASO) work, generously donating approximately 30,000 hours of their time each year.

Volunteer tasks are varied and flexible, matching interests and skills with volunteer positions and working with people’s busy schedules.

While some of CASO’s volunteer opportunities require a moderate time commitment, Special Assignments allow for more flexibility. Special Assignment include: organizing, knitting and crafts, providing entertainment, or acting as photographers at events.

Volunteer Drivers support the children and youth in care by providing a safe nonjudgmental space where they can comfortably sit in silence or speak with an attentive listener. Child Access Volunteers similarly help to provide a safe space by supervising visits between parents and children.

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Lee Chalmer, president of the Nepean Fine Arts League, poses with a few of her paintings during the league’s Spring Sale on April 7. The west Ottawa resident uses oils, acrylics and mixed media to create her abstract pieces.

Show of art and soul Orléans resident Melody Duncan has been a member of the Nepean Fine Arts League for six years, saying the quality of the artists is excellent.

Beth Shepherd, secretary and gallery co-ordinator for the Nepean Fine Arts League, uses her art to talk about the harms of factory farming. The Brittania Village resident re-created a number of modern masterpieces by adding pigs to the paintings, such as this one, inspired by artist Susan Rothenberg.

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City drafts lane policy to deal with encroachment Property owners could be hit with fees for occupying public land Laura Mueller

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EMC news - How the city governs its patchwork of backyard laneways is getting a bit clearer.

A pair of policies for dealing with private landowners encroaching on city-owned laneways was supported by the transportation committee on April 3. Its companion report to planning committee was set to be discussed on April 9.

The city has been working on the documents for years, but intensification and the new infill design guidelines have served to kick the study into high gear.

As the population of core neighbourhoods increases, lanes can help ensure streets arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t lined with garages and driveways and that there is curb space to provide sufficient onstreet parking, said Alain Miguelez, the city planning manager in charge of the project.

Intensification is also leading to situations where one property owner on a block plans to make use of an open â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but long unused â&#x20AC;&#x201C; laneway, to the chagrin of neighbours who may have built fences or even pools in the lane, which is not technically part of their property.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The purpose of them is that if a property owner is not aware that they are abutting a lane, this is a piece of information from the city that says â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;By the way, did you know in the middle of this block there is a cityowned lane?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Miguelez said.

In the future, all prospective property buyers would be made aware of the existence of a laneway abutting the property by a note that will be added to the property title.

The policy also reinstates a classification of the different types of laneways thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s based on definitions from the former city of Ottawa, but that had dropped off the books.

Those categories will be used to determine whether the city will approve a residentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s application to close a laneway behind their home. Short of an almost complete rebuilding of an entire block, the city would not allow closure of lanes that fall into four categories that the city deems to be important for providing backyard access as the city intensifies.

Lanes that fall into the remaining three categories could be contemplated for closure based on a set of conditions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In some cases we would encourage that,â&#x20AC;? Miguelez said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If there are lanes that have been

â&#x20AC;&#x153;What weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re talking about here is city property â&#x20AC;Ś In a lot of cases it has been expropriated without documentation,â&#x20AC;? said Rideau-Rockcliffe Coun. Peter Clark, who has handled a few such situations in neighbourhoods like New Edinburgh. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s better enforced through an enforcement policy than a bulldozer,â&#x20AC;? he added.

Although Miguelez said the city plans to be â&#x20AC;&#x153;softâ&#x20AC;? on collecting fees, the new policy makes it easier for the city to collect encroachment fees from property owners who are illegally using the laneway as part of their yard. The fees are small â&#x20AC;&#x201C; likely around $15 or $20 a year, Miguelez said.

The city doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t plan to actively collect fees from all property owners that have been encroaching on city lanes. The fees would only be triggered if a development application for a neighbouring property was premised on having backyard access through the laneway. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We wanted to have the policy not be a blunt instrument,â&#x20AC;? he said.

If council endorses the policies at the end of April, it would kick off an education campaign to inform all property owners whose land touches a public laneway.

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of that lane,â&#x20AC;? Miguelez said.

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s different now is that the city actually has a process to close an entire laneway block. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Going forward, there will be an all or nothing rule with respect to blocks,â&#x20AC;? Miguelez said.

If someone wants to close a portion of laneway and purchase that sliver of land to add to their property on a block with an intact laneway â&#x20AC;&#x201C; even if it is unused â&#x20AC;&#x201C; every property owner that abuts the laneway would have to agree and purchase their portion.

That does happen, Miguelez said.

The cost varies based on the market value of the land and the size of the parcel, he said. A property owner in New Edinburgh was recently quoted around $15,000 to buy out the portion of laneway behind his or her home, he said.

The policy doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t include any changes to winter maintenance of laneways. Most lanes are not plowed by the city, so neighbours must pool together and pay a contractor to remove snow.

Some councillors agreed with the sole member of public who showed up at transportation committee to speak to the issue, Linda Hoad of the Hintonburg Community Association.

She asked the councillors to delay approving the policy because it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t widely advertised to the public and there was no public consultation.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true, Miguelez said. A policy for how the city uses its roadways does not have the same public consultation requirements that residents are used to for private developments. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The public consultation happened when these lanes were deeded to the city,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It just so happens that in many cases that was 100 years ago.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;No one is here to speak to this because no one knows about this,â&#x20AC;?

Hoad said.

There is a great deal of interest in this in communities where lanes are located.â&#x20AC;?

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EMC news - As many readers rush to electronic book formats for their lower cost, shopping convenience and portability, others are looking to keep the art of book-making alive.

“Nothing can beat print in terms of information retrieval,” said Larry Thompson, who prints book using a letterpress, the same technology invented by Johannes Gutenberg in the 15th century.

“There is nothing more stable than the book, you can drop it in water, beat it up and read it when the power is out.”

With the increasing use of electronic devices like iPads to view information, the traditional book is becoming more symbolic, said Thompson, who has been a member of the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild for six years.

“Ten years ago I knew of only one or two letterpresses in Ottawa, today there are up to 12,” he said, explaining that while digital technology has made the letterpress commercially irrelevant, that same movement has made printing physical books more artistically valuable.

Thompson, who is organizing the guild’s book arts show and sale next month, refers to book art as an umbrella term to describe all the timeless techniques used to make books: calligraphy, letterpress printing, book binding and paper making.

The effort required to construct a book using technology such as the letterpress is what gives them their beauty, said Thompson, as pages are printed one at a time and type is set by hand.

The guild event, which alternates between Toronto and Ottawa every year, will take place on May 4 at Library and Archives Canada.

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Although Thompson said speakers for the event are still being finalized, past shows have featured book scholars, wood engravers, talks about

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City of Ottawa offers skill development programs as well as drop-ins and leagues through the City Wide Sports section. Whether it’s playing tennis in the park, learning to ride your bike, or lunging for beach volleyball, it’s all happening in safe, nurturing, and fun environments. Our instructors are there to enrich your experience supporting your development and goals, as well as teaching you something new.

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Everyone gets to play! with Girls n’ Women and Sport It’s great to be a girl. Sisters, mothers and daughters, and friends playing together is what Girls n’ Women and Sport (GWS) is all about. GWS provides fun, safe, and nurturing sport and physical activity opportunities for girls and women in female-only programs.

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The Ottawa South Community Association plans to host a ’80s party on April 27. Themed parties are not new to the Old Ottawa South residents, who in the past have attended other association events, such as the Mad Men party held in November 2011. up for those pining for a bit of classic video-game action.

“We have the Atari, but we still need to find a television that we can hook it up to,” Savage said.

The director is working with a newly-formed group for the event: the special events committee has about 10 community and Old Firehall staff members who have helped organize the party.

Savage said this will be the start of the association marking its 35th anniversary, with additional events aimed at

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EMC news - Big hair, spandex, parachute pants, headbands, miniskirts, fingerless gloves, and stretch stirrup pants all scream ’80s style.

They’re also things residents in Old Ottawa South are scouring thrift stores, closets and old dusty crawlspaces for ahead of a one-of-a-kind ’80s party at the Old Firehall.

The Ottawa South Community Association will host a Back to the ’80s dance party to celebrate the association’s 35th anniversary on April 27.

Christy Savage, the association’s executive director, has been working with community members to organize the event she promises will offer a taste of everything’80s and more.

“Its going to be a beer and pizza party from the ’80s,” Savage said.

Those who attend will have the opportunity to test their smiling skills with a’80s-style photo booth or to see if they still have the moves to win a dance-off.

Most importantly, Savage said, there will be a costume contest.

“We already have people talking about the clothes they have that they will wear,” she said. “People are really excited about it.”

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highlighting the association’s accomplishments planned throughout the year.

“Thirty-five years is really big deal, and it’s all been volunteer run,” Savage said. “To succeed after 35 years and to be this strong and engaging after all this time is amazing.

This community is truly rich and engaging.”

Tickets for the event are $25 and are available online at oldottawasouth.ca or at the community centre. The evening runs from 8 p.m. - 11 p.m.

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Bike-lane separation, signal changes coming to Bronson Dear friends,

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On Wednesday, April 3rd, I hosted a live telephone townhall conference with thousands of local residents to hear your thoughts on the upcoming provincial budget. If you missed the call, please do not hesitate to contact me at my constituency office at 613-7218075 or bob@bobchiarelli.com.

One of the main topics brought up during the townhall was youth employment. This is a critical issue to the health of our economy – and for our families. Growing the economy and creating jobs is one of the most important tasks we have as a government. We are already taking significant steps towards this goal by working to eliminate the deficit, and implementing key recommendations from the Jobs and Prosperity Council’s recent report.

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This illustration shows the medium-term improvements proposed for the Bronson Avenue canal bridge, aimed at improving cycling safety and calming vehicle flow.

“I don’t think there is anyone out there who is against making Bronson safer,” she said. “The only real issue is about whether this will restrict people’s ability – we’re talking about drivers – to use this road.”

Staff said there probably won’t be additional delays on Bronson due to the interim safety changes. Capital Coun. David Chernushenko, in whose ward the changes will be made, said

he doesn’t want drivers to have longer commuting times, either, because congestion will lead to motorists cutting through neighbourhoods instead, which can also be unsafe.

“What we are doing here is finally – I would put it that way – finally ... taking some significant steps,” Chernushenko said. “Could we do more?

Yes, but then we start to get into issues of congestion.”

Specifically for youth, there are a number of jobs programs offered by the provincial government that I encourage you to explore. One such initiative is Ontario’s 2013 Summer Employment Opportunities Program. Over 4,000 student positions are available with the Ontario Public Service, and positions continue to be posted on an on-going basis. You can visit http:// www.gojobs.gov.on.ca/SEP.asp for more information.

A second initiative is the Government of Ontario’s Summer Company program. This program will give youth hands-on business training and mentoring, together with awards of up to $3,000, to help start and run a summer business – and get a real taste of what it’s like to be an entrepreneur.

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Our province has fared better than most through the global recession, and the Ontario government has taken great strides to protect the important public services that we all rely on. Still, there is much work to be done. We’re on track to eliminate the deficit by 2017-18, and Ottawa has seen a 0.5% decrease in unemployment over the past year. On January 14, Dominion Bond Rating Service reported that Ontario was the only province in Canada tracking ahead of their budget targets. We’ve made great progress working together with people throughout Ontario just like you, and I look forward to continuing this progress with members of our community.

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EMC news - More lines painted on the road, brighter traffic signals and collapsible posts to separate bicycle lanes from cars will be coming soon to make Bronson Avenue safer for pedestrians and cyclists.

The interim measures, which also include lengthening the crosswalk times, are the first steps following a safety review of the road from Holmwood Avenue to Brewer Way after the death of cyclist and Carleton University student Krista Johnson last fall.

The measures were approved by the city’s transportation committee during a meeting on April 3.

While the study found there were 604 collisions in the study area in the decade from January 2002 to December 2011, it specifically looked at the causes of 18 collisions involving cyclists and 14 involving pedestrians.

Being near Carleton, most of the collisions happened in the winter months and after dark, and all occurred on weekdays.

Issues identified by the public during the consultation included: • Wrong-way cycling • Fast vehicle speeds • Jaywalking in the block between Sunnyside Avenue and Brewer Way • Motorists not yielding to pedestrians at crosswalks • Lots of collisions northbound on Bronson Avenue at Brewer Way • Most cyclist collisions happen after dark and in wet conditions in September An educational campaign called Be Safe Be Seen will kick off at Carleton in the fall to support the safety changes. There is a spike in collisions on Bronson in September when school is back in session, the review found.

The report also suggests long-term changes that could be studied in more detail in the future, including: • Reconfiguring the Colonel By Drive on- and off-ramps to a T-format and adding a traffic signal at Bronson Avenue (funding to be requested in the 2014-15 budgets) • Construction of a gateway feature • Possible addition of raised cycle tracks • Possible changes to the layout of the road, such as altering the width of lanes and median.

The only member of the public who came to speak to the transportation committee about the report – Peter Brimacombe of the Hunt Club Community Association – opposed the changes because he thought they would lead to longer commutes for south-end residents.

“Bronson Avenue provides our community with access to the downtown and Gatineau … there is no alternative,” he said.

Gloucester-Southgate Coun. Diane Deans said she supported the interim changes, but also questioned staff about whether it will take longer to commute.

Queen’s Park is as busy as ever as we continue public consultations on the upcoming provincial budget. These pre-budget consultation sessions are an important way for the Government of Ontario to understand your priorities.

Sincerely, Bob Chiarelli, MPP Ottawa West-Nepean http://www.bobchiarelli.onmpp.ca

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Vegetable tacos make a great meal or snack EMC lifestyle - In this recipe, grated vegetables replace the beef so it is a great way to increase vegetable consumption for your family. However, if desired, add beef as directed in the variation for taco salad. Preparation time: 15 minutes. Cooking time: eight minutes.

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• 25 ml (2 tbsp) olive oil • 1 medium onion, finely chopped • 1 large carrot, peeled and grated • 1 medium zucchini, grated • 500 g (1 lb) sliced mushrooms • 35g (1.25 oz) envelope reduced salt taco seasoning mix • 50 ml (1/4 cup) water • 12 taco shells, warmed • 4 romaine or iceberg lettuce leaves, thinly sliced • Some finely diced tomato, for garnish (optional) Steph Willems/Metroland

Construction back in season With spring underway, road construction is back in force. Starting April 9, Bronson Avenue between Laurier Avenue and Gladstone Avenue will be closed to traffic for extensive road surface, sewer and water main reconstruction. The section from Gladstone and Somerset Street is scheduled to re-open in mid-June, while the section from Somerset to Laurier won’t re-open for six months.

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Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat.

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City plans to write off $1 million in unpaid levies Most of outstanding charges stem from local infrastructure projects Laura Mueller

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EMC news - The city plans to write off $1 million of the $10 million it is owed from property owners who had agreed to pay tax levies for local infrastructure improvements.

Most of the outstanding charges – 70 per cent – are related to local projects like the Manotick sanitary sewer extensions and an extension to Legget Drive that were constructed over the last four years.

The city can allow prop-

erty owners to pay for a portion of work that wouldn’t be warranted under city policies, such as extending a water main farther down a street than planned in order to provide service to additional properties.

Some of that money likely can’t be recovered because of a loophole: if the property changed hands and the local improvement fee wasn’t registered on the properties’ title, the city is pretty much out of luck.

The city could take those new owners to court, said Rideau-Rockcliffe Coun. Pe-

ter Clark, who sits on the finance and economic development committee, but lawyers advised that the city likely wouldn’t be successful.

With that in mind, the finance committee agreed that outstanding local improvement charges should be dismissed if the owner bought the property after the infrastructure construction and if the tax certificate did not list the pending charges. Those property owners will also have to sign an affidavit saying they were not aware of the pending charges when they bought the property.

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Unpaid local improvement charges include: * Legget Drive extension: $217,102 * Navan Road water main extension: $14,545 * Kempark sanitary sewer service: $67,438 * Innes Road sanitary sewer extensions: $149,413 * Pagé Road sanitary sewer extension: $107,489 * Winding Way North water main extension: $45,400 * Manotick sanitary sewer extension (core area): $240,000 * Manotick sanitary sewer extension (Hillside Gardens): $191,480 * Rideau Glen sanitary sewer extension: $32,473 * Eagleson Road noise barrier: $18,182 * Farmers Way water main extension: $21,474

That would apply to 73 property owners who should be on the hook to pay the city a total of $1.1 million.

Council was set to vote for final approval on the matter on April 10.

The city has taken steps to ensure this doesn’t happen again. Property tax certificates will be required to have a note listing the local improvement charge. A committee of revision hearing, which is required in case property owners want to appeal the amount they were charged for their portion of the work, must happen within a year of the end of the project’s warranty period. Those measures have been in place since 2010.

There are a few reasons why the fees haven’t been

collected. Some are administrative and relate to legislative delays and research necessary for launching the committee of revision, while other delays are caused by the length of the construction projects and the staff time required to “triage” the new projects.

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The total $17,708 in fees for that project have been paid in full.

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t wasn’t only that Marguirite was an only child and spoiled beyond belief, but she had a way about her that riled everyone at Northcote School.

Often I couldn’t pin down exactly what it was I didn’t like about the young girl. But there were times it was all too obvious that Marguirite felt about me, exactly as I felt about her.

Take the day she decided to walk home from school the long way. She could have just hopped down the road to her house about a kilometre away, had she chosen.

But that day she decided she would go around the concession and walk to the Northcote side road with my little friend Joyce and me.

We could have easily done without her company.

There were things we wanted to talk about – the new boy in senior fourth for instance – that we wouldn’t

dare say a word about in front of Marguirite because we might as well write it on the blackboard for the whole school to see. Marguirite couldn’t keep a thing to herself.

It was a day I will not soon forget. I can even remember what I had on that day, which had a lot to do with why I remember the details so well.

Mother had made me a blouse out of bleached flour bag material. To take away the look that it once held flour, Mother had dyed it a bright green with Ritz dye. That day I had on this freshly dyed blouse over a white skirt which had come in a hand-me-down box from my aunt in St. Catharines.

Mother thought it was far too early in the season for a white skirt, but I prevailed on her saying Marguirite had been in white for days.

Well, that day, as we headed out after school,

Joyce and I tried to ignore Marguirite as we walked along the Northcote side road. The ditches were full of water from the heavy rains we had that spring and occasionally we would stop and kick small stones into the water or coax a frog off the gravel. Marguirite said she had better things to do with her time than talk to frogs and toss stones into a ditch – Joyce suggested she hurry on ahead of us and do whatever that was.

My friend and I had on black brogue shoes – Marguirite’s were patent leather and they soon were covered with sand and dust.

We pointed this fact out to her, saying we bet her mother would sure be mad when she got home and saw the mess of her good school

footwear. Marguirite assured us her mother never got mad at her. Joyce rolled her eyes skyward. We didn’t believe her for a minute.

I couldn’t wait to get to the end of the side road so that this pest would leave us and head off in the direction that would take her on to her house. What if Marguirite decided to walk down past Briscoe’s General Store?

That would mean she would be with us almost all the way home. The thought just about gave me a sick stomach.

Joyce suggested to Marguirite that she would be late for supper if she walked with us much farther. That didn’t matter to her, she assured us. Her mother would keep supper warm for her. It was sure different in our house.

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was time to sit down at the kitchen table or we didn’t eat.

She was really getting on my nerves. I decided the best thing to do so that I could endure the walk to the crossroad was to pretend she wasn’t there. I squatted down on my haunches at the edge of the road, peering into the deep dark green water of the ditch.

I told Joyce I could see tadpoles, which of course I couldn’t. Joyce squatted too.

We squinted into the water pretending to be deeply engrossed in what was in the water-filled ditches.

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I could see Joyce staring at me. I followed the direction of her eyes. Great streams of green dye were running from the home made blouse, into the white handme-down skirt! I was starting to look like a patchwork quilt. I looked down the road to see if I could catch up to Marguirite. She was just a dot on the Northcote side road.

There was nothing to do but head for home. By the time I hit the kitchen door, my clothes were dry and the green water mixed with weeds from the ditch and mud from the road, were caked to my legs. Only then did I burst into tears.

Mother stripped my clothes and even though it wasn’t yet Saturday night, I was given a bath in the copper tub before supper. All the time I lamented about the girl I hated with a passion, but once again Mother called my ordeal character building.

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Carleton launches crowdfunding donation website michelle.nash@metroland.com

EMC news - Carleton University has launched a new website to take fundraising to the next level.

“Its fundraising for a social media world,” said Ryan Davies, of Carleton’s department of university advancement. “We built the website to reflect the world we live in” The site, futurefunder.ca, launched in mid-February and offers multiple opportunities to donate money to projects and initiatives at Carleton.

Davies said the focus is on advancing teaching and learning at the university, with focus on student aid, student experience, athletics, library or faculty-specific initiatives.

“In a nutshell it’s crowd funding for a university,” Davies said. “What we have learned about Carleton is there isn’t just one opportunity or one need on campus, it’s everything from research projects to travel academic opportunities that need funding. What we lacked was a way for our donors to see everything at once, to find the projects that reflect who they are and what they want to accomplish for themselves. So we thought ‘what if we could put all these opportunities in one place and let people browse?’”

Much like the more well-known services Indiegogo and Kickstarter, Futurefunder.ca allows anyone who finds a particular project interesting the opportunity to support it.

Each project has a detailed descrip-

tion of what it is, what the needs are and why it’s important.

There are currently 14 projects on the website that range from helping the MacOdrum Library raise $10,000 to acquire the archives of Taylor & Francis Online Journals to a philosophy exchange program looking to raise $5,000 to help graduate students from India learn at Carleton to raising $2,550 to send a child to Carleton’s Virtual Ventures engineering and technology camp.

Each project accepts donations online or by cheque and offer donors a tax receipt. Timelines vary for when each individual project needs to complete its funding by, but Davies said the website favours projects with tight timelines that need an immediate funding boost.

Since launching, a few of the projects have surpassed funding goals in a matter of days. Davies likens this to the ability to share the project details with friends, family and larger social circles.

“It’s going well and has becomes less about the browsing and more about the social aspect and I think that is because its more about who is a part of the project,” he said. “The beneficiary becomes the fundraiser themselves. They tweet and spread the word, and that is where we see the growth and the ability to reach larger crowds.”

The greater goal for the website is for people to support Carleton in a way they never have been able to

Junior Ravens set to take flight Eddie Rwema eddie.rwema@metroland.com

EMC sports - With the return of Carleton Ravens Football this fall, the university is introducing a junior football coaching program to provide Ottawa youth with an opportunity to receive coaching and guidance from some of the best athletes and coaches in the country.

The Junior Ravens Football program targets children ages eight to 14.

“Junior Ravens Football provides a memorable and character-building experience,” stated a release from Carleton University.

“One of the greatest benefits for your child will be the opportunity to develop their football skills on and off the field.”

The reborn football program is made possible primarily by the financial support of Carleton graduates, led by a donation of more than $2.5 million from Ottawa entrepreneur

John Ruddy.

A total of $5 million has been raised and these founding pledges will be supplemented by operating revenues from sponsorship proceeds, gate receipts and ongoing fundraising activities to ensure the program flourishes.

The junior’s program will run an eight-weeks program and introduce children to the fundamentals that are essential to their success in the game of football and in life. “Through a gradual implementation of technical and tactical skills, your child will constantly be assessed and educated in the technical competencies involved in playing football.”

“Junior Ravens Football will not only teach how to play the game of football, but how to play the game safely.”

Camp is held on Friday evenings, Saturday and Sunday mornings from April 19 to June 16, at Keith Harris Field on Carleton University Campus.

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The Antarctic University Expedition at the end of 2013 is one of 14 projects seeking funding on Carleton University’s new crowd-funding website, Futurefunder.ca. The project funding goal through Future Funders is $10,000. All donations received will be divided among the students to reduce their expenses. before, Davies said. The university is one of the few in the country that are taking on this type of crowd-funding.

“In one hand it is about finding new supporters, but it’s also about

showing new initiatives for donors to support,” Davies said. “We hope that more people on campus, faculty and students who have needs and opportunities that they need funding for

will see this as a platform to raise the money.”

For more information about Carleton’s new crowd funding website, please visit Futurefunder.ca.

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We Day inspires students to be change-makers Eddie Rwema eddie.rwema@metroland.com

EMC news - Hillcrest High School students received a taste of what to expect when 4,000 students from across Canada descend on the National Capital Region to attend this year’s first National We Day event at Gatineau’s Robert Guertin Arena on April 29.

Free the Children Founder Craig Kielburger was at Hillcrest on April 3 to announce the official lineup for National We Day, which includes actor and activist Martin Sheen, Assembly of First Nations national chief Shawn Atleo, Canadian rapper Kardinal Offishall, singer and songwriter My Name is Kay and Canadian pop-rock band Neverest among others.

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ride back to Ottawa, all I remember is that everyone was passionately talking about the fundraisers they were going to do when we got home and how they were going to bring back what they learned at We Day into their schools, clubs and classrooms,” said Salvino.

We Day is an initiative of Free the Children, that connects renowned speakers and performers with thousands of elementary and high school students and educators in an inspirational setting to learn about some of the pressing local and global issues.

Wong and Salvino with eight other students are hoping to raise $8,500 to reach their goal of building a school in Ecuador.

“We’ve been able to raise awareness in our school about the issues faced by millions of children around the world,” said Wong.

Donna Frame, one of the teachers supervising the project, said the We Day line-up

is free to attend but students must earn their way in by committing to have one local and one global service action.

That is exactly what Hillcrest students Caitlin Salvino, 17, and Rebecca Wong, 16 did to earn tickets that allowed them to attend the 2011 We Day event in Toronto.

“The thing that shocked me the most about We Day was the fact that in the Air Canada Centre, there were 18,000 just-as-inspired youths ready to go back home and make this world a better place,” said Salvino.

The two girls are part of the school’s Impact Club that has spent the past two years raising money towards building a school in Ecuador through Free the Children’s Adopt-AVillage program.

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Free the Children Founder Craig Kielburger launches National We Day in Ottawa at Hillcrest High School on April 3. The event will take place on April 29 at Gatineau’s Robert Guertin Arena. In the background is motivational speaker Spencer West, 31, who lost his legs when he was just five years old, but was recently able to reach the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain in Africa. launch at Hillcrest is a testament to the great things Hillcrest students are doing.

“This is an incredible chance to celebrate all of the work, which Hillcrest has done in terms of getting the students engaged around social justice and environmental issues,” said Frame.

“This is a great day to spread the enthusiasm and the passion for the upcoming We Day.” She said for the past five years, the school community has worked hard to make the school a positive place where students can see themselves represented.

“There is a strong sense of pride about the idea that this is spreading and for the students feeling that they are part of this growing movement,” said Frame.

We hope the We Day in Ottawa will bring that passion and enthusiasm to more schools, clubs, and make them feel like positive contributors to the community.”

Her comments were echoed by the school trustee Bronwyn Funiciello, who said that the leadership demonstrated

by Hillcrest students through their activities in the local and global community has been amazing.

“For me it gives me some really sense of comfort that

our future is in good hands,” said Funiciello.

For the past five years, youth have raised $26 million for 900 local and global causes, said Free the Children’s Kielburger.

“We Day for us, is the answer for the questions we hear so often - And the question we hear is…I am only one person, what difference can I make?” said Kielburger.

“When you walk into a stadium at the end of this month with 4,000 other students who have earned their way to be there … you know you’re not alone.”

Keilburger, 30, so far the youngest recipient of the Order of Canada and the author of nine books, said students across Canada have volunteered 5.1 million hours.

“The most amazing stat about We Day is our alumni.

Seventy-nine per cent vote year after year in federal elections. It shows youth are inspired when they’re given issues to care about,’ he said.

Thirty-four schools from the Ottawa area participated in Free the Children’s We Scare Hunger campaign last year, collecting food for local food banks.

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Decades later, soldier still looking for apology Dutch veteran living in Ottawa wants apology from Japan over POW treatment Jennifer McIntosh jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com

EMC - It was Aug. 15, 1945, when John Franken, on a bus full of Allied prisoners of war, got a chance to see the devastation from the atomic bomb the Americans dropped on Nagasaki, Japan just six days earlier.

“Everything was flat, there were a few remnants from concrete buildings, but not much,” he said as he remembered riding through the city centre with the windows open.

“There wasn’t even a bird chirping,” he said.

Franken had been working more than 600 metres below the earth’s surface in a coal mine separated from the city by Mount Inasa, when the bomb that killed as many as 80,000 people in one day hit the ground.

“I came up and I saw the plume of smoke,” Franken said. “We thought the Americans had bombed the munitions plant.”

The A-bomb saved Franken’s life.

He has spent much of that time lobbying the Japanese government to try and get them to apologize for the atrocities he suffered at the hands of the Imperial army.

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John Franken, a soldier in the Dutch navy and air force, was taken prisoner by the Japanese in 1942, as he tried to flee Indonesia for Australia. For the last 20 years, Franken has taken to protesting outside the Japanese embassy in Canada on the anniversary of the Japanese surrender during the Second World War. He wants an apology for the atrocities he and other prisoners of war suffered.

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While there, it was Franken’s job to clean up after the “comfort girls.”

“There were women: Chinese, Dutch, Filipinos who were abducted and used as sex slaves for the soldiers,” Franken said.

School houses would be converted for this use and soldiers would stand in line to wait for their turn.

“One girl would have to service as many as 30 or 40 soldiers per day,” he said, adding he would clean up in between uses and remove the towels that women would use to clean them-

selves up.

“It was awful, there was nothing I could do to help them,” he said.

Franken said for years the Japanese government tried to deny the existence of comfort girls.

“But I was there, I saw it,” he said.

A memorial plaque in a small town in New Jersey town honours the more than 200,000 Korean, Chinese and Filipino women who were used as comfort girls by the Japanese soldiers during the Second World War. The plaque became contentious when media reports said the Japanese consulate out of New York asked to have the plaque removed.

Franken stayed at the first camp until October, at which point he was moved to Nagasaki.

The temperature shift was so drastic that many of the prisoners came down with pneumonia. Franken remembers hiding some empty concrete bags and cut arm holes out so that he would wear them over his clothing.

When doing welding work in the shipyard he worked in for three years, Franken contracted dysentery and had to rely on the kindness of his Japanese boss to survive.

He managed to walk every day from where he was being held, but was unable to work.

“Those who couldn’t work, didn’t last long,” Franken said. “So the man, he was in his seventies, he hid me under the assembly belt and fed me soft rice so I could regain my strength,”

he said.

And while he worked in the cold and rain, he dreamed of freedom. It came from an unexpected source.

Franken said he volunteered to go work in the coal mine because in the shipyard you only got one bath every 10 days and it was in a three-by-fourmetre concrete tub.

“If you got in first the water was clean, but not for long,” he said. “At the coal mines you got a bath every-

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As he gets older, Franken works harder to make sure he spreads his tales, sometimes attending schools to talk to children about what he went through.

“When Eisenhower went through the areas of the Holocaust he said to take a picture, because no one would believe it really happened,” Franken said. “When my generation is gone, there won’t be anymore stories. If we don’t remember, then it could happen again.”

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For the last 20 years Franken and a group of fellow prisoners of war, have protested outside the Japanese Embassy in Ottawa on the anniversary of the Japanese surrender at the end of the Second World War. The aim of the protest was to have the Japanese government acknowledge and apologize for their treatment of prisoners during the war.

Now 91, Franken said bad knees caused by repeatedly being struck by soldiers when he failed to carry out commands quickly enough may mean he won’t be standing in front of the embassy this August. But he will be there in spirit.

“When I get my knees fixed again, I will be back,” Franken said.

He said his story, and the stories of others who suffered as he did, must be remembered to prevent something like that from happening again.

“I will try to tell about the horrible things people can do to each other in the name of so-called religion,” Franken said. “To show that nothing has been learned in 2,000 years.”

A native of the former Dutch colony now referred to as Indonesia, Franken was conscripted into the army when he was still a teenager.

In 1942 he was on a ship evacuating Indonesia for Australia when he was captured by the Japanese. The Indonesian boat had one gun aboard.

His younger brother Albert was conscripted into the navy. He too was

captured by the Japanese and ended up being forced to work on the Burma Railroad. When frequent bouts with malaria made him too sick to work – the soldiers threw him into the swamp.

He was rescued by a Thai woman – who nursed him back to health and who he later married. Franken’s first wife was his sister-in-law’s sister.

After the Japanese boarded Franken’s ship, he was brought to his first prison camp and put into a room with 130 other men – the room was meant to hold 18. There was only one window and the enlisted men had to fight the officers for air to breathe.

“It was like waking up from a nightmare,” he said of his ship being taken. “I looked up and saw instead of our flag, this one with a big, red dot on it.”

day that seemed like heaven to me.”

It was May of 1945 when he was told he would be selected for work in the coal mine and they made the trek in June. They had started to hear stories of Germany’s surrender that spring, but were so far cut off from the outside world that they couldn’t be sure what was true and what was rumour.

By the time Franken rode the bus through Nagasaki, he had spend 1,288 days as a prisoner of war, despite never having fired a single bullet.

Franken has three children, two from his first marriage and a daughter from his second wife Sonja who was a survivor of Auschwitz. Sonja was in the gas chamber three times, prepared to die. Each time it malfunctioned.

“She was diagnosed with cancer and the doctor told her she only had three years,” Franken said. “She looked at the doctor and said, ‘you see these numbers on my arm?’ Hitler, couldn’t kill me, neither will cancer.’ She lived for another 22 years.”

Franken shows the same strength of character, pledging to get back into schools and continue demonstrating as soon as his knee surgery is completed. One piece of solace he takes from the time he spent as a prisoner is the support from meetings he has with fellow Dutch survivors of Japanese prison camps. They call themselves Kumpulana, and they meet monthly to tell their stories and offer each other support. Individual stories can be found at www.kumpulana.ca.

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2013 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World cHampIonsHIp In ottaWa Congratulations to the Canadian World Women’s Ice Hockey team for their spectacular effort and team spirit in this year’s IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship that took place in Ottawa this year. This team of talented women are wonderful role models for all Canadian athletes. Please join me in congratulating Team Canada!

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LiveWorkPlay’s charity auction on April 4 raised thousands and saw participation from local politicians, residents and businesspeople including, Richard Patten, left, Daniel Pinsonneault, Keenan Weller, LiveWorkPlay co-founder, and Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi.

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EMC news - More than $45,000 was raised last week to support LiveWorkPlay on April 4 at the organization’s 15th annual Cook up a Recipe for Success charity auction and culinary adventure event.

The non-profit organization is dedicated to helping people in the Ottawa region with intellectual disabilities live their lives as valued members of the in the community.

“We try and help people live normal lives,” said Keenan Wellar, the co-founder of LiveWorkPlay.

“We try to find jobs for our clients, we help them find friends and things to do,” he said. “Most people are not aware of the exclusion, so we are also involved in awareness.”

Wellar founded LiveWorkPlay with his wife, Julie Kingstone, in 1995. The organization was originally named the Keen Learning Center for Youth.

Last week’s catered event included a silent auction and a live auction featuring a number of donated items, such as two return airline tickets to anywhere in continental North America, a one week stay at a luxurious seven-bedroom vacation home in Florida, Senators tickets, and a private billiards party for 25 at Dooley’s.

“For me this event is great for integration, people of all capabilities are here and they get to know each other,” said Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi, who attended the event.

Naqvi has been involved with the organization for the past few years and was among one of the many people who donated items to the auction.

“Our auction allows us to pay for things like gas and expenditures for supporting people in the commu-

nity,” said Ali Sochasky, an employment support co-ordinator for LiveWorkPlay.

“An event like this allows us to get

into the community as opposed to segregating our members,” she said.

For more information about LiveWorkPlay, visit the liveworkplay.ca.

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Youth between the ages of 10 and 15 are invited to apply to the Junior Park Mentorship Program. This program offers an opportunity for youth to become involved in the operation of their neighbourhood wading pool. Youth work to enhance programming in their community, while developing leadership skills. This is a great experience for future staff recruitment.

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Rally aims to raise autism awareness

Yasir Naqvi, MPP Ottawa Centre

Tyler Costello

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EMC News –Members of the Ottawa community came together on the steps of Parliament Hill on March 27 in advance of the first official World Autism Awareness Day. In front of those speaking at the event was “The Faces of Autism” banner, which featured 88 faces of individuals from across Canada who suffer from autism. The words one in 88 were written at the bottom of the banner, referring to the number of children diagnosed with autism.

“That’s a statistic that should really get our attention,” said Suzanne Jacobson, founder of QuickStart, a charity that offers free services to parents who have children with autism. “The number of people being diagnosed with autism is growing tremendously.”

Jaden Lake, 17, is one of those children diagnosed with autism. His father, Edmonton-Mill Woods-Beaumont MP Mike Lake, brought Jaden up with him to microphone as he spoke to the crowd of about 100.

Lake spoke about how his son studies in a Grade 11 class, volunteers at an Edmonton library and participates in musical theatre.

“One of the real blessings of my time here is really how colleagues from all parties have come together in support of Jaden,” said Lake. “Politicians from all parties care about this issue and come together around this issue.”

Bill S-206 or the World Autism Awareness Day Act, introduced by Liberal Senator Jim Munson and unanimously passed by all parties, made April 2 the official day for Canada to recognize autism.

“The more people that are aware, the better,” said Scott Wilson, who attended with his son Cameron, who was diagnosed with autism three weeks ago.

Wilson brought his son to Emerging Minds, a private treatment centre for children, to be checked for autism after growing impatient with the waitlist at CHEO. Having a similar experience with her grandson is what led Jacobson to found QuickStart.

“We have come to recognize that the current system isn’t necessarily the best system and that we need to work together to be able to serve more kids and be able to reach more people,” said Alex Munter, CEO of CHEO, as he spoke to those gathered.

Munter, who has been with CHEO for 18 months, praised the provincial and federal government for funding autism research.

“Officially we start moving forward,” said Jacobson, referring to World Autism Awareness Day being recognized by Canadian law, “I believe momentum will increase.”

Creating Good Jobs, Strengthening our Economy and Building a Fair Society On February 11, our province welcomed a new Premier, the Honourable Kathleen Wynne. The following week, in the inaugural Speech from the Throne, her government presented our agenda to create jobs, strengthen the economy and build a fair society across Ontario. To read the speech in its entirety, please visit www.ontario. ca/thronespeech.

Our central objectives focus on fiscal responsibility, economic growth and increased employment, and we have quickly got to work on these priorities. Since February, we have visited communities across the province, met with important partners both inside and outside government, and introduced a number of new initiatives and investments to get government working for the people of Ontario.

On February 22, the Premier made her first visit to Ottawa, where she held a jobs roundtable with Ottawa businesses to get their insights and recommendations on what the government and businesses can do together to create jobs - particularly for youth - in the immediate term. The conversation focused on five key areas: entrepreneurship and innovation; the 21st century workforce; improving the way government works; opportunities in the global economy; and championing Ontario’s competitive advantages. This was one of five jobs roundtables with private sector, labour, education and training partners held across the province that will help to inform our strategy moving forward.

With our focus on job creation, Ontario has created more than 415,000 net new jobs since the recessionary low in June 2009, a 156 per cent recovery! This includes 35,000 new jobs in February 2013 alone, which accounted for nearly 70 per cent of all new jobs in Canada that month. These are real results demonstrating that our focus on creating jobs and growing our economy is working.

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Tom Beveridge, left, and Robert Garrow from the Kiwanis Club of Ottawa, hold up a sign for World Autism Awareness Day on the steps of Parliament Hill on March 27.

I am especially pleased that Ontario’s strong results in February included an increase in youth employment of almost 21,000. Supporting youth employment is a priority for the new Ontario government because we know how important it is for the long-term viability of our economy and our workforce.

Our community has been deeply affected by the recent federal public service job cuts, and I am pleased that our government has taken strong steps to support economic development and job creation in Ottawa. Last fall, we expanded the Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF) to include the City of Ottawa. This economic development program was previously only available to businesses in rural areas and I heard from our businesses that it should include Ottawa. Local businesses are now benefitting from the support that this fantastic program provides. By securing EODF eligibility for our community, we are helping our economy to diversify and enhancing opportunities for local business to create jobs right here in Ottawa Centre.

Just last month, I was proud to help announce that the Government of Ontario is providing $15 million to the City of Ottawa to establish an Innovation Hub at the Bayview Yards in Mechanicsville. The proposed development will include a business incubation and acceleration space for complementary governmental, private sector and non-profit agency use, including Invest Ottawa, the City’s primary partner in economic development. This significant investment will not only create jobs and foster innovation, but will also support the much needed revitalization of the Bayview Yards in our community.

Another area where we have seen strong economic and employment gains is the renewable energy sector. Since the microFIT program was launched in 2009 over 3,200 new positions and 1,200 indirect jobs have been created across the province. Already, over 1,000 microFIT projects have been installed in Eastern Ontario alone, and the numbers continue to climb. This is a great example of a “madein-Ontario” industry that supports the creation of new businesses and high value jobs across the province.

Our government believes that the well-being of our families and communities depends on a sustainable, growing economy. That is why our focus is on job creation and economic growth so that we can build a fair society. Our province’s economy is moving in the right direction, raising the confidence of investors, boosting innovation and productivity, and—most importantly—creating jobs.

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Welcome Key club members!

Key Club is an international student-led organization which provides its members with opportunities to provide service, build character and develop leadership. We are very excited to bring The Eastern Canada District Convention to Ottawa.

Key Club Objectives: • To develop initiative and leadership.

• To provide experience in living and working together.

• To serve the school and community.

• To cooperate with the school principal.

• To prepare for useful citizenship.

• To accept and promote the following ideals: • To give primacy to the human and spiritual, rather than to the material values of life.

• To encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all human relationships.

• To promote the adoption and application of higher standards in scholarship, sportsmanship and social contacts.

• To develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent, aggressive, and serviceable citizenship.

• To provide a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render unselfish service and to build better communities.

• To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and high idealism which makes possible the increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism and good will.

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Glebe parking garage gets transportation committee OK Residents worried plans made before demand evident Laura Mueller

laura.mueller@metroland.com

EMC news – Plans for an $8-million parking garage in the Glebe are moving ahead on the premise that it might be needed in the future.

City staff say the four-storey structure isn’t needed now, but it may be useful in the future after the Lansdowne Park redevelopment is finished and the neighbourhood intensifies to become home to more people and shops.

Transportation committee members, including Innes Coun. Rainer Bloess, asked at an April 3 meeting if the city would be “putting the cart before the horse” by approving the garage before there is a demonstrated demand for more parking.

“Are you comfortable saying it should be built and it should be built now?” asked the committee chairman, Knoxdale-Merivale Coun.

Keith Egli.

Larry O’Keefe, the general manager of public works, said the demand for parking in the Glebe will catch up with the city if it’s not proactive in building the garage on the site of a municipal parking lot.

“The timeline (for construction) will now be in advance of the demand,” he said.

Employees of the nearby Mutchmor Public School will likely boost demand at the proposed garage.

The transportation committee approved the idea on that premise and council will have to give the final OK to the recommendation at its next meeting.

Capital Coun. David Chernushenko pointed out the irony of an active-transportation activist like himself arguing in favour of a new garage

for cars, but he suggested calling it a “mobility hub” instead. That’s because the garage will also have space for bicycle parking, Virtucar car-share spaces and perhaps even an electric car charging station, he said.

Glebe resident Scott Demark, who lives down the street from the proposed garage site, told the committee he was confused as to why staff was recommending a garage when the city’s own report states that there likely won’t be enough demand to warrant the garage until 2031.

“It seems like there is a disconnect there between what the report is recommending and what the community is telling you,” he said.

The report contained other suggestions about how to mitigate parking congestion in the Glebe, and Demark urged the committee to support those ideas instead of a large construction project on the taxpayers’ dime.

a longer-term manner,” said Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson, the former committee chairwoman.

Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury was also confused why that recommendation was slipped into the Glebe garage report, but he said it’s important to keep the door open for future discussions about variable parking rates.

Larry O’Keefe, the general manager of public works, said his staff would go back and study the idea in more detail and bring back a recommendation in the future, if the committee supported that.

The committee contem-

plated recording “yes” and “no” votes on that recommendation before simply tabling it, which means it was acknowledged but there is no defined course of action that would move it forward and turn it into an actual study.

A councillor would have to request that through the committee.

Jasna Jennings, executive director of the ByWard Market Business Improvement Area, said the idea of tying parking prices to demand needs to be discussed by business groups and a parking stakeholders group the city hosts that is mostly made up of merchant group representatives.

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Residents gathered at St. Giles Presbyterian Church earlier this year to weigh in on the plans to build a parking structure at the 49-space municipal surface parking lot located at 170 Second. Ave. The transportation committee vote to move ahead with the project on April 3.

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EMC news - Inuit youth in Ottawa now have new digs to spend time learning about their culture, participate in after school programming or a positive place to hang out thanks to a recent donation..

The TD Bank Group donated $350,000 so the Ottawa Inuit Children’s Centre could purchase a new building to expand its programming for youth age 12 to 19.

The new youth centre, located at 76 Queen Mary St. in Overbrook, was officially opened on April 3.

Youth volunteer Christopher Cameron Mott said he was eternally grateful for the generous donation.

“We needed to expand and now we have that place for the youth to blossom and grow,” he said.

The 21-year-old said when he first came to Ottawa he had a tough time, but found solace in the children’s centre and other Aboriginal programming in the city.

He said to have a business support an organization such as this one makes him feel secure that other youth will not have to experience what he did.

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Mayor Jim Watson, right, congratulates Terry Audla, president of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, and Karen Baker-Anderson, executive director of the Ottawa Inuit Children’s Centre, on the opening of the centre’s new youth building in Overbrook on April 3.

“If it wasn’t for (the children’s centre) I don’t know what I would become, I don’t know where I would be,” Mott said.

The new centre adds to existing space located in Vanier on McArthur

Avenue, which serves Inuit children and youth, specifically infants to age 13, and their families. The expansion will allow the older youth to have their own space.

Mott is the only male role model

at the centre and says he helps out because it’s important that anyone who may need help, guidance or advice can turn to him.

Karen Baker-Anderson, the centre’s executive director, said Inuit

Museum of Nature heads to Arctic for latest exhibit Steph Willems

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EMC news - A vast portion of our country’s landmass lies far removed from the gaze of most Canadians, which is why the Museum of Nature wants to shed light on it.

The Canadian Museum of Nature launched its latest exhibit – Extraordinary Arctic – on April 3, allowing visitors to explore the landscape,

wildlife, culture and history of the Canadian Arctic.

The exhibit coincides with the 100th anniversary of the start of the Canadian Arctic Exhibition of 1913, a five-year voyage by government scientists that mapped and catalogued the geography, wildlife and culture of the region.

Calling the expedition “an important milestone in Canadian science and exploration,” museum president

and CEO Meg Beckel said about 60 per cent of the museum’s research and collections programs have an Arctic focus, often with national and international partners.

“These collaborations provide insights and discoveries about the indigenous plants and animals from these vast parts of Canada,” she said.

Beckel said that last year the museum launched a five-year plan to “inspire and engage audiences” in

Canada and overseas. The end of this initiative will coincide with Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017, when a permanent gallery devoted to the Arctic will be opened.

The series of events and activities planned for the month include the Ottawa premiere of the 2011 National Film Board production Vanishing Point on April 11, a tale of two Inuit communities in Canada and Greenland.

families who settle in Ottawa want to stay connected to their culture and pass it on to their children.

“They want their kids to know and appreciate where they’ve come from,” Baker-Anderson said. “So we go beyond re-settlement support programs and incorporate and celebrate Inuit education, values, traditions, art and language into the curriculum.”

The building, a newly renovated home has plenty of space for the youth to run around and enjoy themselves, and is even equipped with a wall-sized fish tank in the front room.

Mayor Jim Watson and Terry Audla, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, also attended the official opening, which included placing the final rock on top of an Inukshuk that will remain out front of the building.

Baker-Anderson’s daughter, Aneeka Anderson, and Abigail Carleton performed a song in traditional Inuit clothing as a thank you to the bank for helping the centre expand.

Emotional after watching her daughter perform, Baker Anderson said the performance defines exactly what the centre is all about: keeping culture alive in an urban community.

For Mott, he is pleased the donation will help more youth have a chance to participate in the centre’s culture-rich programming.

“Just having this strong community in Ottawa, just having some place to go, it’s so important.” he said.

Weekend activities will serve to engage children and their parents.

Among them, an interactive igloobuilding activity will allow kids to experience the precision needed to build the traditional Inuit structure, using pre-formed foam blocks.

Kids can also learn some of the Inuktitut language, learn traditional throat singing, drumming and dancing, as well as play games. For the duration of the exhibit, visitors can look at the artifacts and samples from the 1913-18 expedition.

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EMC entertainment - Kars on the Rideau Public School student Taylor Maxwell can add another accomplishment to her already crowded portfolio.

The Grade 6 student won first place in her age category in the Ottawa Public Library’s Awesome Authors writing contest this year, adding to last year’s second place certificate as well as several local and provincial writing awards.

Her short story Hunt of the Theropod captured the imagination of the annual contest’s judges this year.

At the awards ceremony on March 26, the judges took turns reading excerpts from winning entries before they announced the author’s name.

When they announced the age nine to 11 category winners, Maxwell was surprised to hear her words resounding from the speakers in the Ben Franklin Place auditorium.

“They just started reading, and I thought ‘that’s my story,’” Maxwell said.

“It’s kind of weird. You think, ‘did I really write that?’”

Her story follows a theropod dinosaur named Lara as she tracks her next meal: an unsuspecting herbivorous dinosaur.

“It didn’t have an exact plot, it was just sort of an exciting event,” Maxwell explained. “Usually I write in third person and I try to put a lot of descriptions in my writing.”

She’s particularly fond of writing from an animal’s perspective.

Her second place award last year featured a cat that sets out to bring

down the evil cat king of his city.

She said author Erin Hunter, who writes the cat-themed series Warriors, taught her a lot about getting inside an animal’s mind.

“That’s where I really got my inspiration of writing the point of view of animals,” she said.

After she’s done school, Maxwell plans to write fiction in her spare time. Although she would like to be an author full-time, she said it’s too difficult to earn a living that way.

For her first-place win, Maxwell received a $50 gift card at Chapters, which she said she’ll probably use to buy some books on her reading list as well as some art books.

Drawing is another of Maxwell’s hobbies, although she doesn’t commit as much time to it as writing.

“I prefer writing to drawing, but a lot of my work is covered in doodles,” Maxwell said.

Dylan Stephenson, an 11-year-old from St. Leonard Catholic School in Manotick, won third place for his poem “The Hunter” and Kirsten Bussiere from Osgoode Township High School won third for her poem “A Poet’s Love.”

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EMC news - Whether it’s holding a quaint tea party, a place for the garden club to meet, a space for a small wedding ceremony or just a quiet spot to read a book, Vanier Beautification’s plans to revitalize Gamman House’s heritage garden have something to offer many residents.

The house, located at 306 Cyr Ave. was first built in the 1800s by Nathaniel Gamman, a city councillor who was also an avid gardener. For years, Gamman’s backyard was alive with a variety of flowers and vegetables.

It wasn’t until the former city of Vanier -- and later the City of Ottawa -- took over the property that the grounds were left fallow.

Now Vanier Beautification aims to change that state of affairs.

The idea to recreate the gardens was first brought to the Beautification committee’s attention in January by heritage advocates Ken Clavette and Anne Prowse.

Since then, committee chairwoman Tina Delaney has

embraced the project.

“This garden will provide a fully accessible beautiful space to host a social, read a book, or just meet a friend for afternoon tea,” Delaney said.

“Vanier residents do not have a space to close to Cyr for the quiet time a park or garden could give. It could also provide a lovely backdrop for the many artists in our community.”

The group partnered with the Vanier Community Service Centre to apply for grant funding from the Ottawa community partnership major capital program. Local landscape architect and fellow group member, Sundaura Alford, worked with Delaney to get the grant application to the city on time.

Alford also sketched out a conceptual plan for the space, designing something large and open with space for people to sit, walk or tend to the gardens. Everything has also been made wheelchair and stroller accessible.

“The idea is to create a garden which can accommodate day to day use by Vanier residents and also act as a venue for community events,” Alford said. “Possible uses which

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Images created by landscape designer Sundaura Alford, a Vanier resident, shows how the gardens behind Gammon House could look if Vanier Beautification receives a grant from the city to rejuvenate the heritage property. were discussed included the display of art and sculptures by the tenants of the Gammon House, musical performances, tea or garden parties and photography.”

The garden and paths, Alford said, are laid out in a

traditional fashion which will include plants and materials, all which are in keeping with the heritage designation of the Gammon House itself. The total cost to turn the concept into reality is around $48,000.

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Education key to success for youth: aboriginal forum Ottawa committee holds second aboriginal forum at Wabano Centre Michelle Nash michelle.nash@metroland.com

EMC news - When it comes to success for urban Aboriginal communities, the focus remains on the children.

A new report from the Ottawa Aboriginal Coalition shows how this focus needs to expand to the local school boards, to ensure improved education outcomes for Aboriginal students in Ottawa.

The Ottawa Aboriginal Coalition and the urban Aboriginal steering committee held its second Aboriginal community forum at the Wabano Centre on April 2. The forum offered members of Aboriginal, Métis and First Nations organizations a chance to update the community on recent developments and to present the coalition’s education committee report.

According to Marc Maracle, chairman of both the coalition and steering committee, Aboriginal youth, like those in any culture, represent the future and the coalition needs to ensure there is a strong connection to education in order to ensure success in life.

“This is exactly where we need to be focused,” he said.

“If we aren’t focused on the youth then we are doing something wrong.”

Education was identified as a priority by the coalition and steering committee and in February of last year, the group struck an ad hoc education committee to address the issues.

The Ottawa Inuit Children’s Centre, which operates in Va-

nier offering programming for children as young as 18 months old, was asked to act as the sponsoring agency for the study.

Karen Baker-Anderson, the executive director of the centre began working with the coalition community worker Wendy Dehler and the two women presented the committee’s findings at the forum.

As a result of the committee’s work, both the Ottawa Carleton District School Board and the Ottawa Catholic School Board have committed to working to bring more resources into area schools.

“Meaningful things are happening,” Baker-Anderson said.

Maracle agreed.

“What they have been able to accomplish in such a short period of time is remarkable,” he said.

The committee undertook a number of tasks during the past year, including a strong focus on building and hosting teacher cultural enrichment workshops and a bus tour for teachers to visit the various Aboriginal organizations in the city. The committee also held Legacy of Hope training, which educates and raises awareness of residential schools, including the effects and intergenerational impacts on First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples.

Other areas the committee focused on were mental health, Aboriginal school liaison workers and cultural immersion. The urban Aboriginal steering committee was a community-based initiative

developed by the federal government in 1997. In the first 10 years, the government committed more than $100 million to the project to provide funding to various community pilot projects, respond to the needs of Aboriginal people living in key urban centres, offering resources in the areas of improving life skills, job training and supporting Aboriginal women, children and families.

Currently there are 15 designated urban cities in the program. In Ottawa, the steering committee is comprised of the organizations under the coalition, as well as youth and business representatives, an elder, and officials from the municipal, provincial and federal representatives. It was through this committee that youth between the ages of seven to 25 years-old were identified as a priority.

Maracle said as 50 per cent of the Aboriginal population in Ottawa is under the age of 25.

He said he was proud of the work the coalition had accomplished to this point.

“This is a great time to be Aboriginal,” Maracle said.

“We are not focused on money, it’s about what we can do together that will make the difference.”

He said Aboriginal youth in their community are already doing great thing and it’s just a matter of keeping them engaged.

The next steps for the education committee include creating an Aboriginal awareness week, a resource centre with a website that could provide materials and support for teachers and to work with the school boards to identify areas of need for Aboriginal children with learning disabilities.

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David Gray, a researcher, filmmaker and historian who serves on a Parks Canada committee for Northern national parks, was on hand for the launch and will present information and artifacts during an April 27 appearance.

Gray is set to embark on a month-long expedition to Banks Island – located on the southwestern edge of the Arctic archipelago – starting in July. Accompanying him will be five other team members,

plus local guides.

“We have a ship’s captain, a (crewmember) who’s also a descendent of one of the men who died on the (1913) expedition, so he’s going to look for his great-great uncle’s remains,” said Gray.

“Another woman is also a descendent of an expedition member; her and two cousins are going. They’re looking for the family connection, the genealogical connection.”

The expedition will stop at 10 sites visited by the 1913 expedition. The first point

– Sachs Harbour – is named after the ship Mary Sachs, which was beached on the remote coast during the expedition.

Gray’s first visit to the north, in 1968, was to study the rebounding population of muskox on Banks Island. He has been back to the North, in one capacity or another, almost every year since.

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Something to cheer about Denisa Krizova, right, gets a hug from her Czech teammates after scoring her team’s lone goal in the April 3 game against Russia at Nepean Sportsplex. Russia beat the Czech Republic 3-1 on the second day of the world women’s hockey championships. The teams faced off in front of Ottawa schoolchildren.

EMC sports - Ottawa’s professional basketball team has a new name.

After receiving complaints the original choice, the TomaHawks, was culturally insensitive, the club retracted the name and went back to the drawing board.

Team staff announced last week the new franchise will be named the Ottawa SkyHawks, and will keep the hawks logo used in the original branding.

“We wanted to instill a very important value, respect,” said Bytown Sports and Entertainment president Gus Takkale, who is from Orléans. “It’s with that value that we want to move forward.”

On hand for the announcement two Aboriginal chiefs, Chief Kirby Whiteduck of the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan and Chief Gilbert Whiteduck of the Kitigan Zibi.

“We believe they really heard the message of the people,” said Chief Gilbert Whit-

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A new nickname for Ottawa’s basketball team – the SkyHawks – was announced on April 5 at Algonquin College. educk.

After the announcement, Chief Kirby Whiteduck said he supported the new moniker, but wasn’t opposed to the original TomaHawks name.

The SkyHawks brand still has to go through the trademarking process, which can take six to eight months.

Takkale said the name change is good because it has a similar look and feel, and the team can still use the hawk

element. The organization reached out to fans on social media to see what they supported before announcing the new team name.

Now that the team has a name, they can move forward to hire a head coach by the start of the summer, and then move into recruiting players. The final roster will be announced in October, with the National Basketball League games starting on November 2013.

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EMC sports - It was a white-knuckle finish during the Ottawa Power Wheelchair Hockey League’s annual fundraising game against a team comprised of local celebrities on April 6.

With only 46 seconds left to go in the final period, Moses Olong with the OPWHL Sharks tied the game with the Celebrities 5-5, while earning himself a hat trick.

But the Celebrities took the game in a double shootout, winning 6-5, thanks to Todd Nicholson, a three-time medal winning Canadian Paralympic Sledge hockey player.

“We’re looking to have a lot of fun and give the crowd a good game,” said OPWHL coach Andrew Paterson, a resident of Nepean. “I think they all played really well. It was a good challenge.”

OPWHL players are split into two sectors: the competitive tournament team, the Ottawa Capitals, and two recreational teams, the Gators and Sharks. All three teams played one period during the celebrity game.

Nine-year-old Isabella Sicoli has only been playing for four months but the Bells Corners resident said she’s hooked on the sport.

“I like the fun,” she said. “I like that it’s all about fun; it’s not about winning, it’s about all the joy and fun you can have in hockey.”

Sicoli plays forward for the Gators, after being traded from the Sharks last week.

“First I was nervous because I wasn’t that good at being a forward,” said Sicoli.

“But then I started to believe and now I’m like a pro.”

It was 19-year-old Chris Pavone’s third game. The Algonquin College marketing stu-

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The Ottawa Power Wheelchair Hockey League takes on a group of local celebrities for its second annual fundraising game on April 6. The celebrities pulled off a 6-5 win in a double shootout. dent, who lives in Barrhaven, said he’d played baseball before but never hockey. After learning about the OPWHL from friends, he gave it a shot.

“It’s just something fun, it’s something new,” said Pavone, who plays for the Sharks.

Dino Giannetti, a resident of Katimavik, and Hollis Peirce, from the downtown Bank Street area, helped create the Ottawa league, which has grown to 25 players in four years.

Peirce got the idea to create the OPWHL after moving from Calgary, where he played hockey in a wheelchair league since he was 11 years old.

“We finally got enough mo-

mentum going,” said the now 25-year-old Peirce about getting the league on the court.

“It allows any type of ability to play against each other. It really evens the playing field.”

Peirce plays defence for the Ottawa Capitals and the Sharks.

The league is open to people of all ages and abilities, with players as young as eight and older than 60.

“That’s the great thing about wheelchair hockey; it doesn’t

matter your age. Anyone can play,” said Peirce, adding it’s a social event as much as a hockey game.

“It’s great, the success we’ve had,” added Giannetti, 25, who plays goalie and defence for the Sharks and Ottawa Capitals.

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Aside from Olong, Roddey Hard scored two goals for the OPWHL.

Celebrities Tyson Hinz and Justin Shaver, both Carleton Ravens basketball players, morning show host Jeff Hopper, Ottawa 67’s goalie Jacob Blair and Nicholson, scored for their team.

The celebrities took to the court in manual wheelchairs, so controlling the ball and the chair at the same time was difficult, said Shaver, who is studying psychology and social work at Carleton.

Many of the celebrity players used their feet to propel the wheelchairs so they could maneuver the chair and hockey stick at the same time.

“It’s a workout,” said Hinz, a commerce student at the university. “Hopefully we’ll be asked back (next year).”

The game was held in the Norm Fenn Gym on the Carleton University campus – where the OPWHL hosts training every Sunday – as a fundraiser for the upcoming Canadian Power Hockey Championships this August in London, Ont. It costs around $11,000 for the travelling team to participate, said Peirce.

The OPWHL was established by Carleton University students in 2009 for players who use wheelchairs and have limited upper body strength or mobility.

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Manotick race aims to double runners, money raised for charity Emma Jackson

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EMC sports - Organizers of the Manotick Road Race are hoping feet will hit the streets to raise $10,000 for the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.

Laura Glasper and Danielle Guffie are about 85 per cent of the way to registering their goal of 1,000 runners for the third annual event, which was created to replace the Manotick Fun Run popular in the 1990s and early 2000s.

Last year the race involved about 500 runners and raised $4,000 for the heart institute.

This year, Glasper said she wants to raise the bar to $10,000 for the April 28 event that will wind through the streets of Manotick.

Glasper said registrants so far hail from all across the city and many have been drawn this year by the addition of an 18-kilometre race

alongside the usual two, five and 10-km races.

“It’s our biggest race right now; it has the most registrants,” Glasper said.

“We chose to do an 18km (race) because it’s different and people are always looking for different things, and it’s in the training schedule for the Ottawa race weekend.”

For those running the half and full marathons on May 25 and 26, Glasper said Manotick’s 18-km race on April 28 fits perfectly into their training schedule.

The road race was resurrected several years ago in memory of Al Corace, a longtime volunteer in the village and president of the Manotick Kiwanis club when he died in July 2011.

For years, Corace ran the Manotick Fun Run in support of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, where he had received

a quadruple bypass in the mid-1990s and become a regular outpatient.

The annual event ended in the mid-2000s when the cost to organize the run was greater than the $25,000 to $40,000 the event was able to raise.

The Kiwanis now help Glasper and Guffie’s race planning company Instride Events marshal the event and hand out medals.

Instride Events will also host a trivia night at the Mill Tavern to do some extra fundraising for the Heart Institute.

On April 16, teams of four to eight people can compete for prizes at the tavern in Manotick while raising what Glasper hopes will total $1,000 for the event.

To book a team contact Guffie at danielle@ instrideevents.com. To register for any of the races on April 28, visit instrideevents.com.

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April 12-13

St. Paul High School presents Robert Bolt’s A Man for All Seasons on April 12 and 13, with both shows starting at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for elementary and high school students and will be available at the door or can be reserved by contacting the school. St. Paul High School is located at 2675 Draper Ave. near Baseline and Greenbank avenues.

For more information, call 613-820-9705 or email paul. high@ocsb.ca.

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Area runners are being invited to put together a team for the 2013 Minto Run for Reach 5K Team Challenge on April 14. Benefits include custom T-Shirts (if registered

by April 10), a pancake breakfast, race kit, prizes and bragging rights. Early Bird Rate ends March 14. Register online at www.runningroom. com or www.reach.ca. For information, contact Jocelyn Rodrigue at 613-236-6636 or jocelynrodrigue@reach.ca.

April 16

Join the Westboro Nursery School for an open house on April 16 from 1 to 3 p.m. at our location in the Dovercourt Recreation Centre. Bring your children to discover our program and meet our teachers. Registration for September 2013 is now open and packages are available on our website. We are a parent co-operative preschool for 2 1/2- to 5-year-olds staffed by registered early childhood educators. Visit westboronurseryschool. ca or email wns@ westboronurseryschool.

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p.m. at 2730 Carling Ave. Additional parking available at the old Grant School on Richmond Road. Please note we are still accepting donations of good quality books for this year’s sale.

The IODE Walter Baker Chapter will meet April 18 at 1 p.m at 453 Parkdale Ave. Women of all ages are invited to attend and learn about volunteer work. For more information, please visit our website at iodewalterbaker. weebly.com or call Alia at 613-864-6779.

April 25

The Olde Forge Community Resource Centre is holding its first seniors information fair and lunch, April 25, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Ron Kolbus Lakeside Centre in Britannia.

Tickets are $10 (including lunch) and can be purchased at the Olde Forge. Local business and service sector exhibitors will present information of value to seniors and persons with disabilities.

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Shine a Light on our Youth!

Saturday, April 20,2013 6:00 pm to 12:00 am Centurion Conference and Event Centre 170 Colonnade Road In Support of NROCRC’s Youth Programming

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