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Ontario releases framework to help keep province safe, open The health and wellbeing of the residents of Carleton, Ottawa & Ontario is my top priority.

Please visit my website for the latest information & updates from the Government of Ontario, as well as information regarding upcoming virtual town hall meetings & public consultations.

Recent updates include: • Ontario investing additional $761 million to build and renovate more long-term care homes; • Ontario’s Action Plan: Protect, Support, Recover promotes job creation by reducing taxes on employers • Ontario investing nearly $1 billion to expand and improve broadband and cellular service; • Ontario improving access to public service ca-

reers for veterans; and • Ontario takes steps to make government services more convenient, reliable and accessible If you are providing services/resources to the community and would like your information included on this community resource page, please fill out the contact form on my website.

NEWS FROM QUEEN’S PARK

In consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health and other health experts, the Ontario government has developed

the Keeping Ontario Safe and Open Framework. It ensures that public health measures are targeted, incremental and responsive to help limit the spread of COVID-19, while keeping schools and businesses open, maintaining health system capacity and protecting vulnerable people, including those in longterm care.

The framework takes a gradual approach that includes introducing preventative measures earlier to help avoid broader closures and allow for additional public health and workplace safety measures to be introduced or removed incrementally. It categorizes public health unit regions into five levels: Green-Prevent, Yellow-Protect, OrangeRestrict, Red-Control, and Lockdown being a measure of last and urgent re-

sort. Each level outlines the types of public health and workplace safety measures for businesses and organizations. These include targeted measures for specific sectors, institutions and other settings.

As the province continues to expand access to real-time data, enhancements are also being made to Ontario.ca/coronavirus, Ontario’s one-stop shop for information on COVID-19. Information about the spread of the virus, and public health and health system capacity will now be available on the website. This includes local cases by public health unit regions, the total number of cases, resolved cases, deaths, and tests completed and how many are positive. The province will continue to add data sets as they become available, such as sources

of outbreaks as a subset of overall cases. This information will better help businesses, organizations and local communities access key information to prepare in advance for any changes in their region.

ONTARIO SUPPORTING AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES DURING COVID-19

The Ontario government is investing $5 million to help offset revenue losses for eligible agricultural and horticultural societies impacted by the necessary cancellation of fall fairs and exhibits during the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. This funding was announced as part of 2020 Ontario Budget, Ontario’s Action Plan: Protect, Support, Recover.

Details were provided on November 9, by the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

This one-time $5 million in funding is in addition to the many actions the government has taken to support the agri-food sector during the outbreak.

Ontario is working to address the economic impacts that COVID-19 has posed to many of the organizations that make up the fabric of our communities. The province is now delivering an estimated $13.5 billion in total support for people and job creators as part of Ontario’s Action Plan.

This additional relief will ensure families, seniors, businesses and workers are supported through the second wave of COVID-19 and beyond.

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HERE TO SERVE Our office is pleased to provide certificates for various special occasions including birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, grand openings and more. We also provide Ontario flag pins to local teams participating in provincial, national & international competitions. Please contact my office to find out more.

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MANOTICK MESSENGER STORY continues from page X agricultural and horticultural societies please visit: https://news.ontario.ca/ en/release/59116/ontariosupporting-agriculturaland-horticultural-societies-during-covid-19 or contact my office at 613838-4425.

OFFICE NOTICE: In an effort to contain the COVID-19 virus, our Constituency Office went virtual on March 16, 2020.

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Councillor raises concerns over parking in Richmond development

By Jeff Morris

A simple zoning correction for the Caivan development in Richmond led to a discussion about parking at last Thursday’s City of Ottawa Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee meeting.

Ward 22 GloucesterSouth Nepean Councillor Carol Anne Meehan questioned the length of the driveways in the development at 6335 Perth Street.

“One of the issues we’re facing in Ward 22 is smaller lot sizes, and because of COVID, many people requiring their cars, turning communities into parking lots because we’re not allowing the proper space for a vehicle,” Meehan said.

The councillor expressed concern for the number of parking spots available in the driveways of the homes, saying she did not want to see the street congestion that is happening in other suburban parts of the city.

“I’m worried that if we approve this zoning change in a more rural part like Richmond, it will continue the problem.”

Meehan said. “The housing is covering more of the lot. The sides are going to be even narrower. My concern is that we not repeat a problem we’re allowing right now.”

Meehan was vocal about this issue at council earlier this year when discussing developments in different parts of Bar-

rhaven and Findlay Creek.

In Barrhaven, for example, the driveway lengths could fit one and three-quarters cars, but not two cars. The lack of efficiency in planning the homes has created congested streets. When the winter parking ban in Ottawa streets takes effect, there is nowhere for these cars to park.

Rideau-Goulbourn Councillor Scott Moffatt said that Caivan and the Richmond Village Association have worked closely to make sure that parking is not a problem.

“Fox Run was originally slated as a 1,000-home development,” Moffatt said. “Through working with the Richmond Village Association and Caivan it was reduced to 750 units from 1,000 units. A lot of that reclaimed space happens in the front yard.”

Moffatt also said he does not expect Fox Run to have the parking and congestion issues that Barrhaven has. He added that the parking issues are compounded in the suburbs because some families choose not to use their garages for parking.

“These homes are not built right on the road,” he said. “In fact, many of the laneways can accommodate back-to-back cars.”

The property to be rezoned lies to the north side of Perth Street at the western edge of the Village of Richmond, within what is known as the Western Development Lands. It includes some of the lands

for the registration of the second phase of the draft approved Fox Run subdivision. The lands were originally draft approved as a subdivision and zoned for residential development as a result of a 2014 Ontario Municipal Board order. In 2019 some of the subject lands were rezoned and provisions added in contemplation of developing various forms of multiple ground oriented attached dwellings.

The zoning, originally approved through an Ontario Municipal Board settlement, was based on the Draft Approved Plan of Subdivision. Caivan made some modifications to the plan with the first phase of the subdivision registered and the second phase submitted for final approval and registration.

The line work for the zone boundaries do not match, and an amendment to the zoning maps is required to address that.

The application was initiated to correct the zoning for Fox Run Phase 2 in Richmond. The resulting Zoning By-law amendment was approved by Council on September 11, 2019 and did not take into account the extent of the requested changes.

A small portion will be zoned from the V2E[779r] zone to the V3B[780r] zone and the provisions in the V3B[780r] zone will reflect a reduced interior side yard of 1.5 metres, from the current 3 metres, and a maximum lot coverage of 65 per cent for the street townhouse units, from the current 30 per cent.

“This is a community that has been well-received in the village” Moffatt said. “There is ample green space. Many of the residents who bought here first were people who grew up in Richmond and wanted to stay in Richmond.

They wanted options in Richmond. Because a lot of the homes that were built in Richmond between 2000 and 2015 were $600,000 to $900,000 homes. It just not financially sustainable for some of the people who wanted to be here and stay in the community.”

Moffatt added that Fox Run provided a cross-section of housing, and provided a level of affordability in the rural area while meeting the needs of the market and what people were looking for. He add-

ed that for people looking for larger properties, there were developments outside of Richmond with several dozen lots available.

“In Richmond and Manotick, you need that crosssection,” he said. “You need that larger lot, smaller lot, town, larger home, condo-type development, rental unit – you need that.

And that’s what we’re getting with this development.”

Meehan, meanwhile, maintained that she wanted to ensure there would be sufficient parking for families with multiple cars.

“If we’re not going to provide busing, people are going to need their vehicles so let’s provide space for them,” she said.

The re-zoning will go in front of Ottawa City Council Nov. 25.

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Eliminating the rural-urban divide, one internet connection at a time They say food connects us all. So does the internet these days.

Along with the provinces, the federal government says it is now on a path to give 98 per cent of the Canadian population access to high-speed internet by 2026. This is a much more ambitious target than the previous goal of 95 per cent by 2030.

However, there’s some uncertainty that today’s high-speed internet will be useful by 2026. In information technology, six years is a lifetime.

And the $1.75 billion announced by the federal government this week to support the policy isn’t new money.

Still, such a motivated goal set by government should be celebrated.

The new policy suggests the government now truly supports the concept that the internet is a basic service, not just a luxury.

In 2016, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) estimated that barely 40 per cent of rural Canada had access to high-speed internet. It was also noted that the marketplace couldn’t solve this issue alone.

Poor internet quality has been an issue for rural communities for a very long time.

Farmers knew it and their businesses were affected by it. The pandemic simply made a mostly rural-based problem an urban one, which suits the federal government well these days.

Growing rural economies has never been more critical. Efficient access to information and data can only empower companies trying to make better decisions.

Farmers will certainly benefit from this new more aggressive path. The use of technologies, precision agriculture and controlled-environment agriculture can better be supported by enhanced access to data.

Better connectivity is absolutely the most powerful way to mitigate the effects of the rural/urban divide we’ve experienced in recent decades. For agri-food, the pandemic may have been the policy reset we all needed.

Despite our considerable land and somewhat complicated topography, Canada should continue to aspire to remain a leader in telecommunications.

After all, the phone was invented in our country, and the first long-distance telephone call in the world was made in 1876 between Brantford and Paris, Ont. The internet is just the next frontier and broadband service for all is only the latest challenge we should be able to tackle.

Unfortunately, we still don’t know if the service will be affordable for users. And it’s unclear how useful ‘high-speed’ internet will be by 2026.

With strong oversight, the CRTC should make its expectations clear, since we will have spent billions making sure everyone has access to broadband internet.

Troy Media – Dr. Sylvain Charlebois is senior director of the agri-food analytics lab and a professor in food distribution and policy at Dalhousie University.

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McCrae’s poem remains relevant to all I don’t have a lot of memories from our the following day, McCrae wrote the soonGrade 3 class at Churchill Public School to-be famous poem for his fallen friend. near Prescott. I remember my classmates, McCrae worked on the poem while sitting on the back step of an ambulance near his and I remember flashes of moments.

One of those moments is Remembrance medical aid post. Crosses rose from the fields of poppies and marked the graves of Day. It was 1971. The Second World War Helmer and other Canadians killed the prestill seemed fresh. We were shepherded vious day. McCrae’s own notes referenced up onto the stage in front of the rest of the birds singing despite the noise of battle.

McCrae set the poem aside to concenschool, which seemed like a lot of people even though it was only two other classes trate on caring for the wounded at Ypres. of kids, a handful of teachers, and a couple After leaving the Ypres salient to serve in the relatively quieter of old men in military circumstances of No. suits decorated with 3 Canadian General medals.

Hospital at Boulogne, We droned through FROM THE OTHER McCrae continued a poem in unison. It with his poem and was John McCrae’s “In finished it. He sent it Flanders Fields.” We Jeffrey Morris to the British publirattled off the words cation, the Spectator, by memory, never once but it was rejected. He stopping to think about what they actually meant or the symbolism resubmitted it to Punch magazine, which behind them. Our tone made us sound like published it anonymously, in its issue of the love children of Kevin Arnold’s history December 8, 1915. Although it was attribteacher from the Wonder Years and Charlie uted as an anonymous submission, McCrae’s name was in the magazine’s credits.

Brown’s teacher.

Today, 105 years after the poem was The poem quickly spread as a sombre anwritten and first published, it is as symbolic them of reflection for soldiers in the war.

In Flanders fields the poppies blow as it ever has been. It’s part of the RememBetween the crosses, row on row, brance Day renaissance over the past decThat mark our place; and in the sky ade that has made November 11th relevant The larks, still bravely singing, fly again.

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

McCrae was born in Guelph in 1872. His We are the Dead. Short days ago father was a Lieutenant-Colonel, and his We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, brother would become a doctor.

Loved and were loved, and now we lie McCrae was an academic, but he also In Flanders fields. had a passion for the military. He attended Take up our quarrel with the foe: Royal Military College in Kingston and To you from failing hands we throw was an artilleryman. He would complete The torch; be yours to hold it high. his B.A. at the University of Toronto, and he then attended medical school there on If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow a scholarship. He graduated in 1898 and In Flanders fields. spent the next decade working his way up On January 28, 1918, McCrae was comthe medical ladder in Toronto, then at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and in manding No. 3 Canadian General Hospital Montreal. He became one of the country’s at Boulogne. He would die of pneumonia top lecturers on pathology. He served in the with extensive pneumococcus meningitis. artillery in the Second Boer War, returning McCrae was buried the following day in the Commonwealth War Graves Commishome in 1911.

When World War I began, McCrae was sion section of Wimereux Cemetery, just appointed as Brigade Surgeon and Major, a couple of kilometres up the coast from second in command of the 1st Brigade Can- Boulogne, with full military honours. McCrae’s coffin, draped with a flag, was borne adian Field Artillery.

The story of the writing of “In Flanders on a gun carriage and the mourners.

McCrae’s horse, Bonfire, led the procesFields” is well-documented in Canada. During the Second Battle of Ypres in 1915, Mc- sion, with McCrae’s boots reversed in the Crae was holed in an eight foot by eight foot stirrups. Bonfire was with McCrae from bunker dug out of the back of a dyke along Valcartier, Quebec until his death. Mcthe Yser Canal, where he treated wounded Crae’s gravestone was placed flat, as are soldiers. On April 22, while others fled, the all the others in the section, because of the Canadians dug in and faced the first Ger- unstable sandy soil.

While McCrae’s poem has made him a man gas attack of the war. Less than two weeks later, McCrae’s friend, 22-year old Canadian icon for the past century, the last Lieutenant Alexis Helmer of Ottawa, was words he spoke to a friend and colleague, blown apart by enemy artillery fire. With C.L.C. Allinson, 105 years ago more effectthe parts of Helmer’s body collected in a ively demonstrate his fire and his passion.

“Allinson, all the goddamn doctors in the blanket, McCrae himself read at the funeral world will not win this bloody war: what service.

Helmer was killed on May 2, 1915, and we need is more and more fighting men.”

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It’s time to move on from the name ‘Goulbourn’

As you may already know, our office started a podcast several months ago.

We have now recorded 25 episodes. Our two most recent episodes have covered the 2021 budget and the truck traffic issue in the village of Manotick. Episode XXIII covered the naming history of Goulbourn Township. It came on the heels of two other episodes in which we shed light on the many names that tell the stories of our past. In them, we talk about the Duke of Richmond, the Duke of Marlborough, Roger Stevens and, in Episode XXIII, Henry Goulburn.

In that episode, we focus on the man whose name was used as the name of the Township back in 1818. It was used because he was the Undersecretary of State for War and the Colonies for Britain. Of note, he was never here, and he has no direct story to connect him

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to us and our communities.

I only highlight that because he was also a slave owner.

He was an absentee owner of one of the most notorious plantations in Jamaica.

At one time, he owned over 250 slaves. They were treated poorly. He tried to improve their lives, but he stopped short of favouring abolition. Keep in mind that the slave trade had already been abolished by Britain in 1807. In 1826, he lost an election because it became known locally that he was a slave owner.

The history of Goulbourn Township is a strong, positive story. Henry Goulburn’s is not. His story does not change ours and his

story does not define the history of the former township. That said, the current ward of Rideau-Goulbourn is about the present and the future. The past is the past and, although the stories need to be told, our future needs to be positive and should not be tied to a negative story. As such, Ward 21 will have a new name come the 2022 election. In the coming months, we will work together to create that new name. In the meantime, our website is now teamtwentyone.com, our Twitter account is @Team_ TwentyOne, our podcast is the Twenty One Podcast and our team remains here to serve you.

Vera Etches’ COVID-19 Update in Her Words Over the last several weeks, the actions you have taken have had a direct impact on our daily

COVID-19 case counts and on the number of new outbreaks. What we’re doing is working, and as more businesses resume services, we will need to keep up the hard work by remembering the basics, assessing the risk of our activities and checking our blind spots.

Last week, the Province announced its new framework that put Ottawa in the “Restrict” phase. This means indoor dining returns and gyms, cinemas and casinos can reopen with certain measures in place.

This is great news for our community. As your Medical Officer of Health, it’s my job to look at the bigger picture of the overall health of our population, which includes the negative longterm impacts closures can have on the community.

As we move forward with these new preventative measures, I have a very important message to share:

We have to keep our guard UP to keep COVID-19 levels DOWN. With indoor dining returning and gyms, cinemas and other facilities reopening, people can get back to work. We will also be able to support more local businesses and participate in activities that make us feel better and help us feel more connected. Similar to how schools are able to be open with precautions in place, with the current level of COVID-19 in the community, businesses can open with proper precautions in place. This is how we will manage COVID fatigue.

To keep this balance, we must do so with caution and with care. We all have been doing hard work to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe and we need to keep asking ourselves: how can we make it safer?

Yes, you can go have dinner and a movie! You just

need to stick with those in your household and always wear a mask when you’re not eating or drinking.

Yes, you can go to the gym! Just limit your time there to one hour, wear a mask, stay two metres apart from others at all times and don’t touch your face with unwashed hands.

Yes, you can catch up with a friend or loved one outside your household.

Consider connecting virtually first. If you do choose to meet in person, remember to always maintain a physical distance of at least two metres, wear a mask and stay outdoors if possible.

Choose not to see people from outside your household in settings that don’t allow a physical distance of at least two metres, for example at a restaurant or in small rooms where you cannot keep two metres apart.

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Too many questions, too few answers for OSEG bailout One of the largest partnerships the City of Ottawa has ever entered into is again front and centre, with, of course, taxpayer’s money on the line.

Of course, I’m referring to OSEG, the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group, and the management of Lansdowne Park.

Just as Council begins to review departmental budgets, many of us around the council table were surprised to learn the group that oversees the sports field, the arena and retail at the prime Bank Street location are asking for a taxpayer-funded bailout and

changes to the 30-year agreement it signed with Ottawa. COVID has decimated the operation, impacting revenues, just as it has with so many other businesses.

We really should not be surprised.

Even before COVID, it was apparent that plans for revenue-generating business at Lansdowne were not living up to expectations.

I will not rehash the

controversy that led up to Ottawa signing with the Sports and Entertainment Group. Suffice it to say the sole-sourced plan for Lansdowne’s redevelopment was either viewed as a gift or hated. Feelings still run high today.

Which brings us to the request by OSEG for financial help to weather the COVID storm.

City Councillors will vote on the staff recommendation at Council’s Nov. 25th meeting, but before I make up my mind, I have many questions that must be answered.

1. Why did city staff

accept the three-part plan submitted by OSEG? 2. Did it include a solid business case on why the plan makes sense?

3. Did staff suggest alternate solutions?

4. Why is OSEG proposing a 10-year extension to its 30-year partnership with the city?

5. Why not a two-year or five-year extension?

Perhaps the most crucial question is, why the rush to approve this new agreement?

We just learned of the OSEG dilemma, and within a week, we’re being forced to agree to a bailout. The Finance and Economic

Development Committee is debating the motion as I write this. I am guessing it will be approved and then go to a City Council vote on November 25th.

Strangely, the Auditor-General’s report on the Waterfall Payment System will be released the day before, on Nov. 24th.

That system lays out how and when payments are made to OSEG and the City. Call me silly, but I, for one, would like to see what’s in that report and have time to digest that information before I vote.

Perhaps the biggest concern I have is the

AG’s previously released follow-up report on Lansdowne Live. In a nutshell, it found senior city staff had no comprehensive risk plan in place with OSEG or any mechanisms to oversee financial operations.

For me, this raises red flags. If managers were ill-prepared to negotiate and monitor such an important file, why would we trust them now, when Lansdowne is in financial danger?

Like I said, too many questions, too few answers, and no time to consider the consequences to Ottawa’s finances. Am I experiencing déjà vu?

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Ghamari pleased with emergency funding for communities The Ontario government, in partnership with the federal government, is delivering on its commitment to provide urgently needed emergency assistance to Ontario’s 444 municipalities.

Communities in Carleton will receive funding to address municipal operating pressures related to the COVID-19 pandemic as part of the first round of emergency funding under the Safe Restart Agreement.

Ontario secured up to $4 billion in emergency assistance for municipalities through the Safe Restart Agreement, which gives them the support and flexibility they need to protect the health and well-being of their communities, while continuing to deliver critical public services as the province continues on the

path of renewal, growth and economic recovery.

The City of Ottawa will be receiving: - Municipal Funding Phase 1 Total (50%): $49,348,500 Transit Funding Phase 1 Total (33.3%): $74,980,842 - Total Phase 1 Municipal Allocation: $124,329,342 “This funding announcement is excellent news for all Carleton residents, especially those who rely heavily on public transit and rural municipal services,” said Goldie Ghamari, MPP for Carleton. “Our government knows that the success of municipalities, like the City of Ottawa, is vital to our economic recovery. My Ottawa MPP colleagues and I will continue working handin-hand with City of Ot-

tawa municipal representatives to ensure they can emerge stronger than ever and continue to keep all Ontarians safe.”

In September, Ontario’s 444 municipalities will receive $695 million in Phase 1 funding for municipal operating pressures. This funding will be allocated on a per household basis and would be shared 50/50 between upper- and lower-tier municipalities. Up to $695 million in additional funding will be available through Phase 2 for municipalities that have COVID-related financial impacts that exceed the initial per household allocation provided under Phase 1.

In addition to the support for municipalities, the government is providing over $660 million in the first phase of

transit funding to the 110 municipalities with transit systems. The funding can be used to provide immediate relief from transit pressures, such as lower ridership, as well as for new costs due to COVID-19, such as enhanced cleaning and masks for staff. In the second phase, additional allocations will be provided based on expenses incurred to ensure the funding meets the needs of municipalities. As part of the Safe Restart Agreement with the federal government, up to $2 billion is being provided to support public transit in Ontario.

The government is committed to working in partnership with municipalities to ensure they can emerge stronger than ever and help lead Ontario’s economic recov-

ery.

The federal Safe Restart Agreement provides $19 billion to Canadian provinces and territories to help ensure a strong recovery and support frontline health care, families, and communities. Across all streams of federal investment, the Safe Restart Agreement provides over $7 billion in funding and in-kind supports to Ontario.

The agreement provides up to a total of $4 billion in funding to the province’s 444 municipalities.

The province is making a contribution of 50 per cent to the municipal supports and transit funding available through the Safe Restart Agreement, with the federal government contributing the other 50 per cent.

Ontario is also pro-

– every one of us. We are one million people strong and our individual actions – collectively – do make a difference. We’ve got this, Ottawa.

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viding municipal service managers and Indigenous housing partners an additional $212 million under the Social Services Relief Fund to help protect vulnerable people from COVID-19. This investment can help them protect homeless shelter staff and residents, expand rent support programming and create longerterm housing solutions.

This brings the government’s total Social Services Relief Fund investment provided to service managers and Indigenous program administrators to $510 million, and builds on our COVID-19 Action Plan to Protect Vulnerable Ontarians.

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moffatt continues from page 7 As always, if you are not feeling well, have travelled outside the country in the last 14 days or have been in contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, you must stay home.

The measures outlined in the provincial framework will allow us to maintain a balance that will see us through this pandemic. It’s a marathon, not a hurdle race.

It’s not about getting over the next hump, but about finding sustainable ways to balance life while keeping COVID-19 levels low in the community.

Government regulations help protect people, but it is still up to everyone across all age groups and in every neighbourhood to act in a safer way when we go about our daily lives so we can keep the levels of COVID-19 down.

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Register for your Letters to Santa Kit. This year, we won’t be able to get together in person at the City of Ottawa Archives due to COVID-19, but Santa will still be waiting for your letters!

To reserve a kit, email archives@ottawa.ca. Registration opens November 12-28,2020. The deadline to register is November 28, 2020. One kit per child, maximum 4 kits per family. Limited kits available.

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Beloved husband of the late Joan MacKinnon (2002) and treasured father of Cheryl (Vancouver), Nancy and her husband Ed (Ottawa) and the late Bill (2018). A memorial will be announced in 2021 with interment following at the Olivet Cemetery, Seeley’s Bay. Scotland Funeral Home, Elgin, will oversee arrangements and host a memorial page for messages of sympathy to the family. As expressions of sympathy, memorial donations made to The Royal Canadian Legion, the Dementia Society of Ottawa or a Charity of your choice would be appreciated by the family.

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The small and socially distanced crowd was a far cry from the usual pre-pandemic crowd of 1,500 that would jam Dickinson Square for Manotick’s annual Remembrance Day ceremony.

Politicians and dignitaries, as well as members of the Royal Canadian Legion South Carleton Branch in Manotick turned out to honour Canada’s service men and women who sacrificed their lives for our freedom.

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By Krysia Kurylowicz The village of Manotick is about to be transformed!

The community is growing by leaps and bounds with new home construction accelerating at an incredible pace. A new business is coming to town that will make it even easier to shop locally.

Great Canadian Dollar Store is an upscale discount store franchise that originated in Western Canada 25 years ago. The first store ever to open in Eastern Ontario is coming to Manotick. Bright, clean and family oriented, this small community store will be a destination point for that much needed item you didn’t think you would find locally.

Price to quality for everyday living is the franchise motto and prices may be

low, but the store will feature good quality goods including candy, craft items, office supplies, seasonal goods, disposable things and kitchen items, all ranging in price from $1.00 to $20.00.

There will also be a balloon centre featuring helium and novelty balloons for your next special occasion.

Grand Opening is scheduled for November 20. Great Canadian Dollar store will be employing local people featuring 4,000 square feet for your shopping pleasure.

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Please help us keep our shoppers and team members safe by wearing a mask and following physical distancing guidelines in the store. We appreciate the opportunity to serve you, and thank you for your understanding and support!

Manotick’s Great Canadian Dollar Store will be the franchise’s first to open in Eastern Ontario.

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Have your say on the City of Ottawa’s 2021 Budget The portions of the City budget relating to rural residents will be presented for discussion and approval at the Agricultural and Rural Affairs Committee on December 3 at 10 a.m. The budget will result in a 3% tax increase for Ottawa households, which translates into $88 a year for rural residents.

It includes about $40 million for rural infrastructure and funds for active transportation (biking and walking) facilities, environmental initiatives, an increase in funds for snow removal and paramedic services as well as funds for renewal projects in parks, recreational facilities, theatres, museums and rinks.

Specific details about which projects will be funded will come later. Full details can be found here: https://engage. ottawa.ca/draft-budget-2021

Traffic Update

The MVCA is working with Councillor Moffatt to support a pilot project on ways to reduce the volume of trucks travelling across Bridge and through the Village of Manotick. A proposal on looking at time of day or size of truck restrictions is being considered. For example, the volume of trucks is higher in off-peak hours when the number of pedes-

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trians increase on our sidewalks. This is in addition to ongoing discussions about instituting more safety measures at the intersection of Bridge and Main to prevent longer and wider trucks from cutting that corner, causing a safety issue for pedestrians.

Details on any progress will be provided at a later date.

For an overview of how this issue has been reviewed in the past and possible future options to reduce truck volumes, listen to Councillor Moffatt’s podcast on truck traffic in Manotick.

Worried About Winter Walking?

The Council on Aging of Ottawa is hosting a virtual seminar to promote the Snow Mole Patrol on December 14th at 1:30 p.m. The purpose is to promote the physical and mental benefits of walking safely and will provide tips on safe winter walking.

This will be an opportunity to formally launch the 2021 Snow Mole Campaign with Snow Mole leaders reporting

on walking conditions in communities all across Ottawa. Please register for the event at: https://coaottawa. ca/event/worried-about-winter-walking-join-the-snowmole-patrol/ The seminar will run for 90 minutes.

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We had hoped it would be relocated to line up with Main Street but the move was cost prohibitive.

Some of you have noticed work going on at the proposed warehouse site on Roger Stevens Drive at Highway 416. The work is preparatory work on the soil on the site. The warehouse proposal is still awaiting the results of appeals to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal.

line to raise funds for their operations. Tickets are $20 to participate and can be purchased online. There is room for 100 players to answer 100 questions and win prizes! Details on how to get tickets and the rules for the evening: https://www.guidedogs.ca/2020/11/02/virtualtrivia-night-sponsored-bybarrhaven-ford/

The requirement to wear a mask in public spaces, or when you are unable to social distance, has been extended Inspirations Art Show to 2021. While we have and Sale, Online, until moved into the orange zone December 15 with fewer restrictions, OtThis annual event, organtawa Public Health continues ized by the Manotick Arts to recommend that you limit Association, has gone onRemove a Person_Ad copy 2020-10-30 1:43 PM Page 1 Remove a Person_Ad copy 2020-10-30 1:43 PM Page 1 close contact with anyone to Upcoming Virtual line this year. Visit https:// the members of your houseEvents manotickart.ca/resources/ to hold and avoid travel outside Virtual Trivia Night, view the many works by loof the City. We have been cal artists and for details on November 21, 7 p.m. bringing the number of cases The Canadian Guide purchasing any of the works. down so keep up the good Dogs for the Blind are host- The online sale ends Decemwork! You can always get ing a virtual trivia night on ber 15. the latest information about new testing centres, changes in protocols and answers to COVID questions at Ottawa Public Health.

Around the Village

The speed on River Road north of Nicoll’s Island Road has been reduced to 60 kmh up to Earl Armstrong Road.

It was previously 70 and 80 kmh so be sure to slow down in this area!

Construction has begun on replacing the mall that

Virtual Christmas Craft Bazaar, Watson’s Mill, until December 6

The annual Christmas Craft bazaar usually held in the Mill has moved to a virtual format. You can view the vendors here https://watsonsmillchristmasmarket.square. site/ and order your Christmas gifts direct from the vendors.

YOMA is online. Every week YOMA is offering free online social programs featuring different topics and activities for youth in Grades 4-12. They are also available for homework help. The schedule is available on their website at yoma.ca Follow us on Twitter @ manotickvca and Facebook and Instagram for any other community updates.

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Winter Weather Parking Ban What is a Winter Weather Parking Ban? Last year, the City moved to a new parking ban system that was timed to match winter weather patterns rather than set times. Between November 15 and April 1, The Director of Roads and Parking Services may declare a winter weather parking ban for inclement weather including freezing rain or when Environment Canada forecasts 7 cm or more of snow in the Ottawa area. This includes any forecast for a range of

snow more than 7 cm, including 5 to 10 cm. During a winter weather parking ban, vehicles without a residential parking permit that are parked on the street during a parking ban may be ticketed and towed.

When a winter weather parking ban is called, the City issues a special advisory to the local media and posts it on social media, sends an email to registered residents and updates the City’s App. The parking ban ends when snow clearing

The Log Farm hosting Christmas Markets Nov. 21, 28

is completed and the City issues an advisory indicating the ban has been lifted.

Residents are responsible for moving their vehicle during a winter weather parking ban. Residents can sign up to receive an email notice about the parking ban at Ottawa.ca.

Residents can also follow the City’s Twitter, Facebook and Ottawa.ca webpage for updates. Local media will also have information about the winter weather parking ban.

The Log Farm on Cedarview Road just north of Barrhaven is pleased to announce that they will be hosting, for the first time, two Christmas Markets Saturday, November 21st and Saturday, November 28th. These will be a completely outdoor market and we will pro-

vide the same large space with vendors well spread out throughout the treed area at the farm. Along with most of their regular vendors, we will be adding and several local artisans. This is going to be a very unique experience and will offer the customer a great opportun-

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with its icy coating, silent as I pass, the music has fled.

The goldenrod slumbers, milkweed pods are all but gone; wildflowers, asters, clover and daisies all fall asleep until April. Sleep little leaves, grasses and blossoms and awaken in the spring.

Though the wind is chill the hearts of the roses still beat, the tranquility of the garden dreams of happy days to come, and those dreams will

come true. The Full Moon in November is called the Beaver Moon and it usually appears very bright, perfectly round, clear and suggests “coldness.”

Yesterday the fields were grey, the boughs were bare and brown but last night silently the snow came down.

All night long over the fields a quiet, soft, and slow coat appeared. Not one footprint was to be seen and at dawn

there is nothing but whiteness except the flame of the cardinal on a feathery bough.

Not a sound; pure silence, through and through, save the chatter of chickadees debating what to do or the Blue Jay scolding somebody, anybody. There is a gentle hush-hush as the snow gems touch the earth; it is easy to become spellbound by the lovely work of art as winter waves its magic wand.

Fear not friends, the winter will pass and once more in the spring the violets will bloom, the robins will sing, the orchards will grow pink and the creeks and brooks will sing their merry song.

November is “silenter” than usual this year because of Covid-19!

Silent November from Dusk to Dawn to Dusk

A weird and dreamy stillness falls upon the breathless earth; the windless, voiceless woods and the gray stubble fields are now still. Tired nature has folded her weary hands for rest; the earth is napping in a magical haze. The mornings are frosty, and the twilights are crispy cold, the breath of the north wind is bitter and chill. The last clinging red leaf has fluttered down,

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Page FRIDAY, MESSENGER Activities/Interests: a difference in my school, Name:18 Melita WycheNovember 20, 2020 MANOTICK Activities/Interests: Name: Melita Wyche a difference in my school, “Both inside and outside and to get a different perof school, I enjoy Age: 17 on all aspects perof “Both inside and particioutside spective and to get a different FOCUS ON pating in several different the school.

I was a cheerof school, I enjoy partici- spective on all aspects of Age: 17 FOCUS ON sports.

YOUTH These include soc- leader for 10 years, but I School: Osgoode Township in volleyball, several school.

Ia was a cheer- school’s Reach For the Top other.”

Ithe have Skillbuilder IIpating Diamond Jubileedifferent Medal Name: cer, futsal, coed could High Eric Currie nobeen longer continue YOUTH sports.I was These socwith Leaderwhen 9. Iinclude have type 1 due School: Osgoode Township leader forschool’s 10 years, volleyball, and touch foottoourconcussions, sobutI I Team. Reach For the Top is

by Phill Potter Career Goals: ship Every continue year diabetes, andenjoy in 2011 Icoed got turned Age: 17 12 ball.

I also traveling Grade: tonocoaching.

It hasa a group of students who get cer, futsal, volleyball, High couldCamp. longer “Since I was little I have together at our school and group of students and two the opportunity to be the learning and abouttouch different given an opportunityso to I lem solving. Since the con- and volleyball, footdue me tosupervisors concussions, always loved numbers, and do trivia.

The team usually teacher put on a youth ambassador for the Address: Osgoode by Phill Potter Parents: Heather and Den- cepts are not broad, and locations and cultures. I’ve continue in the sport, even ball.

I also enjoy traveling Grade: 12 turned to coaching.

It has as time went on that turned competes at two events in Leadership Camp weekend.

Juvenile Diabetes Research nis Wyche there isn’t much interpreta- travelled to many places though I can no longer parand learning about different given me an opportunity to into a love for business and the spring against different This is where 70 to 80 kids Foundation.

While I was the School: Osgoode Township tion lem solving.

Since the conto be done, it’s more and I find it very inter- ticipate in it.” accounting.

This year I will schools in the Ottawa respend the weekend in the youth ambassador I did variHigh locations and cultures.

I’ve Parents: Heather andOTHS, Den- just continue in the sport, even esting how every culture Sisters: April (20), solving, ceptsproblem are not broad,which and be applying to Queen’s Unigion.” school and develop leaderous events, where I spoke students and leadership.

In has unique traditions and UNB Fredericton.

Violet Career Goals: “After is what me enjoy travelled to many places though I can no longer parnis Wyche there isn’tmakes much interpretaversity and Carleton Uniship skills, while having a about living with diabetes class we do leadership Grade: 12 subcultures.

My favourite (20), Canterbury (vocals), the high school I hope to go to those the most.” and the I find it very interticipate in it.”friends. tion toclasses beand done, more place Other Activities/Inter- versity for their Commerce fun time with and for a because cure.

As university planit’sevents is need Norway, Carleton University. Ivy activities somewhere near estingtheishow every culture Sisters: (20), Program. After University I ests: I’m the cowell JDRF organized an the “Currently, the Grade 9s. I Greatest lovewhich get- there Parents: Natalie andOTHS, Brent for justWhat problem solving, such beautiful (22), St.April Mark, Algonquin east coast; hopefully in is your would like to get my Char“Outside of school, I’m chair of our school’s Relay event where I had the opporting to know the grade 9s Currie has unique traditions and UNB Fredericton.

Violet Career Goals: “After College. is what makes me “Earnenjoy places all over the country kinesiology. My top choice Accomplishment? tered Professional Accounta part of the Greely PlayFor Life committee.

Relay tunity to go to Parliament and mentoring them through amazing My hiking.

The schools are University subcultures. favourite (20), Canterbury (vocals), ing high school I hope to goofto theclasses title of the Student Coun- and those most.” designation and get a job ers.

The Greely Players is a For Life is an annual event Hill and speak to my local their first year.

As well, right Sister: Holly (18), 2nd year I wish to trav- New Pets: Two dogs, Ewok Brunswick in St. John, cil President at my school. next placeIlocation is Norway, because Carleton University.

Ivy now university somewhere near musical theatre group that ant as an accountant.” that raises money and awareMP. was then awarded the I’m taking Computer atand Carleton in Aerospace Enel to is Iceland, because it’s Pixie, and a cat. in Halifax.

The process was not easy, there is such beautiful and (22), St. Mark, Algonquin Science. the Dalhousie east coast; hopefully in puts on a show annually.

What is your Greatest ness for cancer.

Last year Queen’s Diamond Jubilee I really like the gineering a very open country, with After that, I hope to pursue but I persevered and made it places allcitizens, overwork theand country College. kinesiology.

My top choice Comment: school’s 15th I started with the Greely medal for my raising aspect of very Accomplishment?

“Earnkind lots amarked Part-time Work: “Cheer- problem-solving career our in either athletic through, even though there “During the pandemic I Players when I was 6, and Relay, and while we weren’t awareness for diabetes.”

Pets: Tucker, a 10-year-old and amazing hiking.

The to see.” schools are University of leading and tumbling coach it.” therapy, or education.” were alongCounthe ing the setbacks title of Student have been doing a lot of difhave been a part of the past able to do a typical in person School Activities: “I’ve Yorkshire Terrier at Pets: Kemptville Infinity in way.

It has also been a very next location I wish to trav- New Brunswick in St. John, Two dogs, Ewok cil What President at you my school. ferent things to keep myself eleven shows.

I have met so event, we were still able to been on Student Council for do enjoy did you get inKemptville.) rewarding accomplishment, el Why to isyears, Iceland, because it’sI After and Pixie, andWork: a cat. “I have reading and Dalhousie in Halifax.

The process was not easy, busy.

In May and June, I many talented and dedicated put together a virtual event three and last year for pleasure?

“My Part-time suffering numerous as I’ve gained so many op- volved in what you do? a very open country, with After that, I hope to pursue worked with my Relay For people throughout my years with great entertainment and was the Grade 11 Repretypes of books are beenFavourite an umpire forSubjects: the Os- favourite but I persevered and made it concussions, Melita Wyche portunities, and gotten to “I got involved in Student Life co-chair Sarah Yeawith the Greely Players, and performances.

In a typical sentative, as well as being mystery novels.

Specifically goode Recreational Three turned to coaching. very kind citizens, and lots Part-time Work: “Cheera career in either athletic “Math and Chemistry. I network through, even there Council because I saw it with though other youth ton to put together a virtual although our 2020 show was year we have around 100 the Student Senator.

As the Agatha Christie’s Hercule Pitch league for the last six PHILL POTTER PHOTO as an opportunity to make enjoy doing labs and probleading and tumbling coach like therapy, or education.” weremyself.” setbacks along the to see.”

Student Council, Relay for Life keep OTHS student busy

Poirot Series. I also enjoy

years.

at Kemptville Infinity in dystopian way. It hasfuture also been a very books, like Kemptville.)

Hungeraccomplishment, Games, Ready Favourite Subjects: One the rewarding Maze of my favourite subjects is Player as I’ve One, gainedandso the many opRunner.”

Math.

Since I was young, Favourite Subjects: portunities, and gotten to I’ve always loved math. I “Math and Chemistry. I othergreatest youth What with is your also really enjoy Link Crew. network enjoy doing labs and problike myself.”

“ReLink Crew is a class focused accomplishment?:

Student Senator, I attended monthly meetings at the Whyoffice did with you all get the inboard other Student Senators the volved in what youin do? board. discussed “I gotWe involved in various Student topics such as mental health, Council because I saw it climate change, and student as an opportunity to make voice.

“For the past three years

participants, and on average raise $30,000.

“I am also part of the Cross Team.

I realAfter Country suffering numerous lyconcussions, appreciate the chance to Melita Wyche be active and see more of turned to coaching. our community, while talkPHILL POTTER PHOTO ing to peers and teachers.

“Finally, I’m on our

cancelled, I look forward to the day when Greely Players are able to perform again.

I’ve also played softball with ROMSA since I was very little. My entire family plays softball, and we all love going to each other’s games and supporting each

event with the Canadian Cancer Society. In the spring I also participated in Trivia Nights put on by a student in the school board. I got the chance to meet people from across the board, as well as a weekly night of trivia.

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• Old Time Fiddle Music & Dance - East Osgoode Greely Assoc, First Friday of each month, invites & welcome all Musicians, Dancers & Listeners. Greely Community Centre, 1448 Meadow Drive, Greely. For additional info call 613 489-2697.

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• Friday Night Country Music & Dance Club The Greely Legion the fourth Friday of each month. Bring along an instrument to play, or come in to sing, listen and dance. Admission is FREE. Greely Legion, 8021 Mitch Owens Road, ON. Information: 613-822-1451 or 613-826-6128.

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• Ottawa Newcomers Club - ForNov. women have recently • Thursday Fun Night for adults and children. An optional • Tuesday Dance Party The Greely Legion hosts live music on Sat., 21 who – Virtual Trivia Night Donations of books to the bookstore must be brought to the side door of moved Canadian to this area; (and those who have experienced a supper trivia at 5:45night pm. Indoor soccer/games,the crafts, or nursery the 1st and 3rd Tuesday each month from 1:00 pm Guide Dogs for the Blind is hosting a virtual Carriage House. The bookstore will beofopen until December 6.- 4:00 significant life change), and like to meet to new agesplayers.

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Letter to the Editor Beryl Gaffney Park needs to be left in a more natural state The Editor, I write regarding Anne Robinson’s article in the November 6, 2020 Manotick Messenger entitled “Beryl Gaffney Park: How we can collectively move forward”. I walk the trails in the park every day of the year, so am quite familiar with how precious the park is. I do, however, question the conclusion that the park needs to be developed with a review of the outdated 1999 plan as the starting point.

What the park needs is to be left in a more natural state, in all its glory (and I include wildlife, wildflowers and

yes even the mosquitoes in this glory) with priority being placed on ongoing maintenance issues.

Since the 1999 Master Plan was developed, the park has developed organically and through public use 365 days of the year into a different Vision: that of a beautiful multi-use woodland trail along two historic rivers. The amphitheatre, boat launches and more parking lots of the 1999 Master Plan are out-dated.

The City of Ottawa conducted a public consultation in the past few years on this old master plan and we

have yet to hear a summary of the input to that consultation. Why conduct another review when the input to the previous one has not been reported out?

Councillor Meehan has supported a number of welcome maintenance improvements to Beryl Gaffney this past year such as grass cutting, waste removal receptacles and dead tree removal. This is all good, but needs to be part of a sustained annual maintenance plan, and not dependent on ad hoc requests for attention.

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potter continues from page 18 “As for school, I am very happy to be back. It is so nice to see everybody again, and have a chance to socialize. It took some time to get used to the restrictions and changes because of covid, but it is nice to be back in the classroom again.

“Recently, I worked with our Student Council where we put together a Spirit Week to keep the Panther Pride alive.

While this year we can’t do normal events like Pep Rallies, I am excited to plan new innovative events.

“I would like to thank all the staff at Osgoode for not only putting in so much time and effort during Covid, but for being so supportive over the past four years.”

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Remembrance Day in Richmond

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Pandemic brings out the best in students at local Key Clubs

By Elaine Emond Service Leadership Dir. Kiwanis Manotick COVID 19 has hit us all hard this year, but in some cases it brings out the best in us. Our 4 Kiwanis Barrhaven and Manotick Keyclubs are a good example of this.

This summer, members of the John MacCrae High School Kiwanis Keyclub worked together with other students to raise almost $4,000 for the Relay for Life for cancer research.

This was done in honour of a fellow Keyclub member who is fighting cancer.

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John MacCrae Keyclub is helping with the shoe drive and is working on a project to visit seniors homes virtually.

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Aayah Mahdi has been a driving force at the John McCrae Key Club.

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What once were cherished interactions have become onerous and exhausting tasks. The good news is that alleviating some of the difficulties is possible. The key is implementing a customized hearing solution.

Customization is most important because although the negative impact of untreated or improperly treated hearing loss is universal, the details of your hearing abilities and your hearing needs are unique to you. Consequently, overcoming your hearing loss is best achieved if the solution selected is just as distinctive as you are. To realize this, all products available need to be considered and discussed. Fortunately, at Hearing Freedom, this level of personalized detail is held paramount.

Locally owned, grown and operated, this Manotick clinic adopts a unique and refreshing approach to patient care which drastically differs with that of retail settings, larger clinics and manufacturer owned chains.

In 2001, as a newly graduated Audiologist, Rosanne McNamee, Doctor of

Audiology, had many interviews for positions at local dispensaries. At each establishment she was disappointed to find the same thing; the interviews had nothing to do with her knowledge and skills, they instead focused on the number of hearing aid units she was expected to sell and the company’s affiliation to a given

Manufacturer.

“That was not my idea of proper hearing health care,” says McNamee. “The product cannot be determined before the patient is seen. The patient must be assessed and the needs determined first, then, everything available must be considered, not just the product lines providing the employer the biggest profit margins.” And so she decided to set up her own business, doing it her way and putting patients first, offering true Hearing Freedom. Now, nearly 20 years later, she continues to help patients

stay young, active and socially connected due to their truly customized care.

To further ensure top quality care, all consultations are with a bilingual Audiologist. There are no Hearing Instrument Practitioners or Hearing Instrument Specialists on staff. Hearing Freedom patients are rather seen by regulated health professionals, with a Master’s or Doctoral degree in hearing healthcare, qualified to service both children and adults, whether they are private pay or third party supported (WSIB, VAC, etc.).

“Hearing is complex and so are today’s hearing aids,” McNamee explains. “Dealing with the most qualified health care professional, in the most independent setting, is crucial. Customization is the only way to ensure the right solution is found for each unique individual. ” At Hearing Freedom you will never worry whether or not you have chosen the best place to trust with your hearing needs.

So, if you believe in your right to the best, fullest and most customized service available, make sure you go to Hearing Freedom in Manotick. You won’t regret the short drive!

Parking is free.

Home visits optional.

Wheelchair friendly.

For more information visit www.hearingfreedom.com.

Your customized hearing care experience awaits!

Call now to learn more.

613-692-7375 • 5528 Ann Street, Manotick • HearingFreedom.com

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