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Kanata Kourier-Standard 36 Pages
44th Year, Issue 36 September 16, 2010
Sing a song: Opera Lyra picks five Kanata kids to perform in choir. P17
Stellar news? Ottawa expected to host 2012 NHL all star game. P3
Fred Page bound: Stallions lay ground work for hosting national tourney. P23
Beaver Pond path purchase approved Council votes to buy strip of land between Trillium Woods and pond JESSICA CUNHA KOURIER-STANDARD City council voted to begin negotiations to buy a piece of land between the Beaver Pond and Trillium Woods on Wednesday, Sept. 8. Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson said it would cost the city $300,000 to $500,000 to preserve the natural pathway that would link the future Kanata North Recreation Complex to the Beaver Pond. “We don’t know the cost exactly and it’s a hard one to price,” she said, but KNL will be adjudicating the process to make sure it is a fair price. Wilkinson said she wants to see the matter settled “fairly soon,” before KNL Developments start to clear-cut the land for the 3,200 homes it plans to put in the new subdivision. Council also passed a second motion to ask the National Capital Commission (NCC) to think about
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acquiring property in the South March Highlands. “We’ve asked them to formally consider it,” said Wilkinson, who had a meeting with the NCC on Thursday, Sept. 9. “They will post three scenarios for their greenbelt study.” The NCC is looking at adding fingers of land to the greenbelt/ “It won’t be posted until the end of the year,” said Wilkinson. “But it will certainly help a lot.” She added that KNL doesn’t have approval to start clear-cutting yet, but it could happen soon. ‘HAVEN’T GAINED ANYTHING’ Steve Hulaj, creator of the Facebook Beaver Pond group, said this decision will set the precedent for acquisition of the property – and not in a good way. BEAVER POND, SEE 4
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Libby Marceau, 4, plays at the kitchen activity centre in her junior kindergarten class at Castlefrank Elementary School. Libby started school on Sept. 14. For an in-depth look at her first day, see page 10.