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November 10, 2011 | 24 Pages

PEDESTRIAN POWER A city hall lecture series launched Ottawa’s Downtown Moves study, aimed at making the city centre a more walkable, liveable place.

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CYCLING CENTRIC Ottawa’s cycling community embraced the city’s pledge to add 70 kilometres of bike-friendly infrastructure.

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HERALDING THE START OF SOMETHING NEW Members of the Governor General’s Foot Guards were on hand to play the national anthem at the official opening of Canada’s first cancer survivorship centre in Alta Vista on Nov. 3. To read the full story, turn to page 2.

Few complaints about city’s 2012 draft budget EDDIE RWEMA eddie.rwema@metroland.com

HOME RUN Ottawa athletes came away from the OFSAA cross-country finals at the Hornet’s Nest with a string of strong showings.

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Issues ranging from a property tax increase, transit investment, and cycling infrastructure dominated a two hour long central public consultation session for the 2012 budget held at the city hall on Nov. 4.

The meeting was the fourth of fifteen public consultation meetings planned to

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seek public input, suggestions, comments and critique to the proposed budget.

Relatively well attended, Mayor Jim Watson told participants that through a new initiative called “Ottawa on the Move,” the city was destined to become far more bikefriendly.

Since amalgamation, the amount of cycling paths has almost doubled, going from approximately 360 kilometres in 2000 to the

current 685 kilometres of bike lanes, paved shoulders and multi-use pathways.

The 2012 budget provides an additional $12.1 million to help build and maintain the existing path network. In total, the proposed budget identifies more than 70 kilometres of bicycle lanes and paved shoulders that will result from the roads resurfacing program.

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Canada’s first cancer survivorship centre opened EDDIE RWEMA eddie.rwema@metroland.com

Canada’s first cancer survivorship centre was opened in Alta Vista on Nov. 3 by the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation, promising to offer cancer patients and survivors a new outlet for support in the Ottawa area.

The Maplesoft Centre, located on Alta Vista Drive, will provide support services that are not covered by standard medical treatment programs designed to help survivors cope with the psychological and physical effects of having cancer.

“Today we are launching new programs that are going to change the cancer experience for people across Eastern Ontario,” said Linda Eagen, president and chief executive of the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation.

She described the centre as a place for cancer patients to ask questions about treatments, get psychotherapy and do things like join a yoga group or take a cooking course, all at no cost.

“What we are doing here is very personal, it’s customized, and we will be offering services

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Ottawa West-Nepean MP John Baird, front right, Mayor Jim Watson and Ottawa West-Nepean MPP Bob Chiarelli were among those on hand to open the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation’s cancer survivorship centre in Alta Vista on Nov. 3. that are unique in Canada,” said Eagen. She added that the centre will be a valuable resource for those living with cancer and hopefully become the first of

many similar facilities across the country.

All the centre’s programs are designed to compliment a cancer survivor’s medical care with the

goal of further enabling medical teams to focus on treating the clinical aspects of cancer.

It will offer cancer coaching sessions, including pain man-

agement, nutrition, relaxation, and fatigue management.

“We have built a very powerful team of cancer coaches,” Eagen said.

“These individuals are health care professionals, they have background in oncology and they are here to help each person, one person at a time.”

Nestled beside the Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors Park, the centre will be a place of quiet refuge and reflection, support and empowerment during the cancer journey. So far, more than 200 people have pre-registered online to receive treatment.

The centre was partially funded by both the federal and provincial government.

“Our government is proud to have contributed $850,000 towards the centre through the infrastructure stimulus fund,” said Ottawa West-Nepean MPP John Baird, who is currently serving as minister of foreign affairs.

“When somebody you love is fighting, you want nothing more than to give them a break – even an hour or two when they can focus on anything but the pain,” Baird said.

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OTTAWA THIS WEEK STAFF Eighteen properties in central Ottawa are set to be expropriated by the city to make way for the light-rail system.

The finance and economic development committee signed off its approval to go ahead with expropriations of two properties on Lyon Street North in the downtown and 16 more properties on Belfast Road near Trainyards Drive.

The land near south-west corner of Lyon Street and Albert Street is needed for construction of a downtown tunnel

station, while Belfast Road will be the site of a maintenance and storage facility for the LRT system.

The city has already been in talks with the property owners. Because of tight timelines, city staff recommended expropriation as the best way to proceed from both the city and property owners’ perspectives.

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BRIGHTON OAK REBORN Carved from the remains of Old Ottawa South’s Brighton Beach oak, the sculpture Sailing Through Time is the finished product of local artist David Fels. The sculpture depicts Carleton University’s commitment to accessibility and was recently unveiled at the university campus on Oct. 27. It is estimated that the oak was more than 200 years old when it was cut down in mid-August for safety reasons.

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Alta Vista residents remain unswayed on hospital link EDDIE RWEMA eddie.rwema@metroland.com

Eight major roadways and several sidewalks in Alta Vista Ward have been identified to receive facelifts in the city’s 2012 draft budget.

Addressing a small group of people who attended a townhall meeting on Nov. 1, Alta Vista Coun. Peter Hume said the proposed budget will pay for several roads and infrastructure projects in the ward, contributing to the quality of life in the area.

The 2012 proposed budget also targets outdoor rink infrastructure upgrade program by providing $200,000 to deliver improved community outdoor rinks.

It also allocates about $520,000 to renew infrastructure in city parks, including furniture, fixtures, sports fields, and tennis courts.

According to a release from Hume’s office, he supports the proposed city budget because it addresses current needs and future plans at the same time.

The initial draft approved by council on Oct. 26 would increase property taxes by 2.39 per cent, which is equivalent to $75 for the average household with a property value of $304,800.

“No one likes to see a tax hike, but this small increase could be the best money our residents will ever spend,” Hume said in the release.

While the announced upgrades and de-

velopments in the ward were generally well received by those gathered, some residents found the town hall an opportune moment to express their displeasure to the city’s decision last year to spend $55.5 million on a new road between Riverside Drive and the Ottawa Hospital.

“While I am encouraged by finding money to improve cycling and pedestrian accessibility, I am still not convinced the hospital link should go ahead,” said Kris Nanda, a resident and member of the Riverview Park Community Association.

“It’s not a good use of money.”

The Riverview Park Community Association has been among the most vocal opponents of the plan, which Hume supports.

Even though funding for the link project was approved as part of last year’s budget, Nanda wondered why there have been no designs for the proposed roadway presented to the community for consultation.

Hume promised that the design should be available soon for community input.

He said the project manager responsible has been preoccupied by Bank Street reconstruction in the Glebe.

“That is why there hasn’t been as much done,” Hume said. “I think you will be able to see the design in relatively short order.”

As for any reconsideration of the project, Hume said the city was moving forward with the process.

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Taking a moment to remember this Nov. 11 EDDIE RWEMA eddie.rwema@metroland.com

On the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month, Canadians are asked to pause to remember the thousands of men and women who sacrificed their lives in military service for their country.

This Friday, millions of Canadians will be doing just that, remembering and honouring those who have served and those who died in conflict.

At public gatherings in Ottawa and around the country, Canadians pay trib-

ute with two minutes of silence to the country’s fallen soldiers from the First World War, the Second World War, the Korean War, the Afghanistan conflict and a number of peacekeeping missions.

Tens of thousands of people are expected to gather at the National War Memorial on Wellington Street for Ottawa’s biggest Remembrance Day. The ceremony begins at 11:00 a.m., starting with the playing of The Last Post and a moment of silence.

Parades and ceremonies will also be held at Royal Canadian Legion branches

across the city.

Members of the Strathcona Branch will be gathering at their new location on 1940 Bank St., to remember both old and new veterans.

Dan O’Leary, president of the Strathcona branch said they will be getting together to share food to talk about different things. O’Leary is an affiliate member of the legion, having never served in a war.

He couldn’t join the army because he had flat feet.

“I joined the legion so I could help the veterans,” he said. “I wasn’t able to go to war and this is my way of helping veterans.”

For the most part, it will be business as usual across the city, but many city services will be affected for Remembrance Day. What will be open: • The city’s 311 contact centre will be open for urgent matters requiring the city’s immediate attention

• Garbage, recycling and organics collection is expected to continue as scheduled without any changes • All pools, arenas and fitness centres will be open as usual. However, clients should check with their facilities to confirm.

• OC Transpo will operate on a regular weekday schedule. Service will be free for veterans wearing their uniform or medals, and for their companions.

What will be closed: • City hall and all seven client service centres, including the government service centres located at 110 Laurier Ave. West and 580 Terry Fox Dr., will be closed.

• The city’s provincial offences court will be closed.

• OC Transpo sales and information centres will be closed.

• All branches, departments and services of the Ottawa public library, will be closed.

• City operated child care services will be closed.

• Most programming at arts centres, archives, galleries, museums and theatres will not be offered.

Build or we’re buying back, city says to Loblaw about St. Laurent site LAURA MUELLER laura.mueller@metroland.com

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A city committee wasn’t impressed that a grocery giant is sitting on a property sold to it by the city – and has missed several deadlines to build a new store.

A lawyer for Loblaw Corp. didn’t have any answers for councillors on Nov. 1, when the city’s finance and economic development committee discussed whether the city should exercise its right to buy back a property at 2500 St. Laurent Blvd.

The 1.16-hectare site is located within the Ottawa Business Park at the northwest corner of Conroy Road and St. Laurent Boulevard.

Its ownership was transferred to Loblaw in 2003 and the company was originally supposed to start construction by June of 2006 – but it didn’t.

“They are starting to re-invest in and look at the area,” said January Cohen, a lawyer who spoke on behalf of Loblaw.

She said the company has spent “a huge

amount of time and money” on the property, but it is not ready to put a plan into action.

In an email, representatives for Loblaw refused to comment on the company’s plans for the site.

“At this time, it would be inappropriate to comment on this matter,” read an email from the company’s public relations department.

Cohen asked that the city put the brakes on its plan to takeover the property, or allow Loblaw to buy out the “restrictive covenant” – a legal agreement from the city that requires Loblaw to develop the site.

The city has legal agreements that set deadlines so it can be assured the site will be developed. The strategy also reduces land speculation – when owners buy up land in hopes that its value will go up so it can be resold.

Mayor Jim Watson warned that the grocery giant had better be able to explain its plans at the next meeting, or the city would take back the property.

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‘Today we talk, tomorrow we walk’ LAURA MUELLER laura.mueller@metroland.com

An energetic advocate of sustainable, walkable cities kicked off a series aimed at inspiring Ottawa to change the way it moves.

Three lectures from international experts in urban planning took place last week to kick off an 18-month process that will produce a plan to make Ottawa’s streets more vibrant, inviting and safe for all users, whether they are drivers, cyclists or pedestrians.

But the bottom line is that everyone is a pedestrian, said Gil Penalosa, the Colombian/Canadian planner whose talk on Nov.2 launched the Downtown Moves study.

Downtown Moves will look at news ways to transform the way people move around the downtown, capitalizing on opportunities that will be created as construction of the light-rail system gets underway.

Penalosa, a public speaker and the executive director of advocacy group 8-80 Cities, said that when it comes to developing useable streets, “everything begins and ends with walking.� “(Walking is) the most important mode,� Penalosa said during his enthusiastic and often frenetic speech. “It always needs to be the priority. “We need to start thinking, ‘Are we building streets for cars, or people?’ Because we are doing one or the other,� he added.

Street space is the city’s largest and most valuable asset, and how Ottawa chooses to distribute that space (to drivers, transit, cyclists and pedestrians) will shape the kind of city it becomes in the future, Penalosa said.

He threw out ideas such as reducing the speed of neighbourhood streets

to 30 kilometres per hour, expanding a network of segregated bicycle lanes on arterial roads with speeds greater than 40 km/hour and encouraging bike-share programs.

Penalosa’s energetic talk was intended to inspire both city staff and members of the public, more than 150 of whom turned out for the first talk at city hall. The next two lectures on Nov. 3 (Andrew Wiley-Schwartz of the New York City department of transportation and Ken Greenberg, author and urban design consultant) were just as well attended, said Nelson Edwards, the Ottawa staffer in charge of the Downtown Moves project. “People were already up and running with their thoughts,� Nelson said, with both staff and members of the public submitting ideas for Ottawa after hearing the three lectures.

Penalosa, Wiley-Schwartz and Greenberg threw out a lot of interesting ideas, Nelson said, but the emphasis was always on translating those ideas to create unique solutions for Ottawa.

In trying to come to a unique strategy for Ottawa, Penalosa said the city should ask itself three questions when it builds or rebuilds a street: Would children like it? Would seniors like it? Would someone feel safe sending a child or a senior down the street on a bike to run an errand?

It also needs to be an integrated, holistic approach. Instead of just asking what we want Ottawa’s streets to look like, Penalosa said, we should be asking ourselves how we want to live, and what kind of quality of life we want to achieve.

But even within Ottawa, every neighbourhood poses unique challenges, Penalosa said. The key is not to “copy and paste� whatever we see as

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Golden Triangle resident Barry Nabatian surveys some of the background information that will help the city study transportation needs in the core as part of Downtown Moves, which kicked off at city hall on Nov. 2. the best solution, but instead to “adapt and improve� on ideas that have been used elsewhere.

Change is difficult, Penalosa noted, and political will is the essential ingredient needed to make any improvements to mobility in Ottawa. To that end, citizens, businesses and other organizations need to create a sense of urgency and desire for change, he said.

The public will have a chance to give that type of input over the next 18 months slated for the Downtown Moves study.

A lot of the heavy lifting will kick off in the new year, Nelson said. In the end, the hope is that it will produce an integrated urban design and transportation strategy for the future of downtown Ottawa’s street network.

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Budget crunch puts library kiosk program on hold Late fines payable online in 2012 LAURA MUELLER laura.mueller@metroland.com

The city was planning to expand a pilot program of serveserve library check outs, but that’s off the books for 2012.

Instead, the Ottawa Public Library will focus on continuing to add radio frequency identification tags on its books and other materials.

Owing to a direction from city council, all departments must keep proposed tax increases under 2.5 per cent, so the self-serve kiosks were put on hold because there wasn’t enough money to go around. A report indicates the city has to account for a revenue shortfall and the standard increases in salaries and costs due to inflation.

The pilot project at the Hunt Club-Riverside Community Centre has been successful, but it makes sense to put the kiosk program on hold because there is new technology being developed, said Barrhaven Coun.

Jan Harder, chairwoman of the library board. If the city waits, there could be better, perhaps even cheaper technology available soon.

Using radio frequency identification tracking is a bigger priority for the library because it’s becoming standard practice in all libraries as a way to better

track materials and to handle more borrowing efficiently.

A radio frequency identification chip is like a bar code, except it doesn’t have to be individually scanned with a laser. Instead the tags send of a frequency that is picked up by equipment in the library, so it’s easier to keep track of what’s in stock at the branch.

The city is set to spend $1.08 million on the radio frequency identification project in 2012, and another $250,000 each subsequent year until 2015.

The library expects it will cost an additional $1.74 million to run its services in 2012 – a 4.4 per cent increase.

Part of the pressure comes from a program that sends borrowers emails to remind them to return their books. That has made people more diligent about returns, meaning the library makes less money from late fines. But the library is on track to introduce online fine payments in late 2011/early 2012, which the city expects will increase the amount of money it actually collects for fines.

Another issue is the lack of upper-level government contributions in 2011. While the city received $5.42 million to build in the Greely library and renovate other branches (Alta Vista, Vanier, Cumberland, Sunnyside,

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Automated library kiosks were installed in March 2010 at the Hunt Club-Riverside community centre as part of a pilot project. Plans to install the kiosks at more locations have been put on hold due to budget constraints.

Ruth E. Dickinson and Vernon) in 2010, no funding came through in 2011, “creating a need” to try to find similar grants in 2012, the report states.

Some of the projects the library expects to spend money on this year include: upgrades to bring the main branch elevator up to code, replacement of the shingles at the Rockcliffe branch, repairs to windows at

the Rideau Street branch and fixes to the Sunnyside branch parking lot. There is also money to renovate the aging Hazeldean branch and to expand the Beaverbrook branch so it can serve more people.

The library board accepted the draft budget on Oct. 26 and it will debate it on Nov. 14. City council is scheduled to vote on the budget on Nov. 30.

Ottawa’s network of libraries served 33.6 million people who borrowed 10.5 million items in 2010. It’s ranked as the top city service for client satisfaction.

In terms of the provincial picture, the Ottawa Public Library moves 11.7 items per capita (per 100,000 people) – a high number.

But the service manages to keep costs below the provincial average of $1.64 per capita.

Second canal footbridge open house set for Nov. 17 EDDIE RWEMA eddie.rwema@metroland.com

The second open house for the proposed canal footbridge linking Old Ottawa East, Old Ottawa South with the Glebe will be held on Nov. 17 at the Glebe Community Centre. The open house is a chance for residents to review the evaluation of crossing location alternatives and comment on proposed design concepts for the bridge itself.

Colin Simpson, senior manager of transportation planning, said the design is quite eye-catching.

“I can tell you that it’s a really iconic, signature type of bridge we’re working on,” Simpson said during the annual general meeting of Citizens for Safe Cycling on Nov. 1. “We’re really excited about sharing these designs that we have been working on.”

Currently, the gap between the Pretoria and Bank Street bridges leaves a 1.9-kilometre stretch with no connection to the other side.

At the first open house in June, the most feasible location for the bridge was identified between Clegg Street in Old Ottawa East to Fifth Avenue. Other possibilities are between Linden Terrace and an area north of Hazel Street, First Avenue and Hazel, Second Avenue and Herridge Street, Fourth Avenue and Clegg, Lansdowne Park and Mount Pleasant Avenue and Lansdowne across Pig Island.

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Citing negative impact, city endorses new bus bay policy LAURA MUELLER laura.mueller@metroland.com

The city should look at how bus bays impact all road users, not just transit riders, when it’s deciding on whether to include bus-stop offshoots from the main road.

That could mean the city builds fewer bus bays when it rebuilds roads in the future.

The city’s transportation committee and transit commission both unanimously endorsed the change to Ottawa’s bus-bay policy, which is used as an example for cities across North America, said Dennis Fletcher, a consultant who studied bus bays for the city.

It would be better for everyone – transit users, drivers and bus operators – if there were fewer bus bays, Fletcher’s report states.

And contrary to their intent, bus bays have a more negative impact on transit passengers and transit operations.

The study found that buses are delayed five or six seconds longer on average at a bus bay than at a curbside stop. But the cumulative effects over the course of a route are greater than the effect on drivers, according to Fletcher’s report.

But for cars, the delay can be much longer at curbside stops. If the cars can get

around the bus, they might only be held up by a couple of seconds, but if vehicles are trapped behind the bus, the average wait is 14 seconds, but it could be up to 22 seconds per stop. On average, cars are delayed about eight seconds by buses at curbside stops.

Instead of measuring the delay for bus riders, the new process would calculate how all road users – drivers, transit operations and transit users – are impacted by using a calculation called “person minutes of travel� that integrates all modes. “(We will) no longer be favouring transit customers as the old regional strategy does,� said Pat Scrimgeour, OC Tranpo’s top transit planner.

As for an example of a road that could benefit from a bus bay, Scrimgeour said it could be part of the design of Booth Street downtown, heading north from the future light-rail station. That’s a spot where large numbers of passengers will be boarding and disembarking the bus, so it makes sense to take the bus out of the regular traffic flow.

Under the new process, consultation on whether to include a bus bay would include the councillor, neighbours, road and transit users.

As for safety issues, Scrimgeour said there is no evidence that either removing or keeping bus bays could lead to additional safety issues.

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The city will likely include fewer “bus bays� – indentations that allow buses to pull out of the flow of traffic at bus stops – in the future thanks to a new policy that states the bays have a negative impact on most travelers.

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From BUDGET on page 1 â&#x20AC;&#x153;From the cycling point of view, this is the largest cycling investment over a term of council in the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history,â&#x20AC;? said Watson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Something we are proud of.â&#x20AC;?

Sandy Hill resident Chris Osler hoped this cycling money is spent well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have been hoping for more cycling infrastructure and I am happy it is happening,â&#x20AC;? said Osler.

Diane Cox, from Cycling Vision Ottawa, said cycling was the way to go. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I commend the city for investing in cycling and I am looking forward to seeing the city fostering cycling,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Ottawa on the Move takes bold steps to improve transportation network, while at the same time preparing for construction of Phase 1 of the light-railproject, which will begin next year.

Through Ottawa on the Move, Watson said that the city will triple its road investment over the next three years.

He said that major road-

EDITORIAL

The real war has just begun

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n Remembrance Day, we honour the fallen soldiers who lie in Flanders Fields and near battlefields around the globe. We thank those veterans whose presence at the National War Memorial in Ottawa and at cenotaphs throughout the country reminds us of the sacrifices that make our freedom possible.

Gathered near Parliament Hill, amid the pipes and parades, it’s easy to overlook the memorial itself. But take a good look at the bronze figures walking through the soaring granite arch. Guided by the winged figures of Peace and Freedom, they leave the guns of war behind and wearily make their way to what they hope will be a peaceful future, free of the hell from which they came.

Now look even closer, at their faces. Are these the same boys and girls who left their farms and towns as fresh-faced teens to take on the world? No. They seem to have aged decades in just a few years. The sculptor has captured their utter fatigue, their hollow eyes and spent spirits. And even this powerful rendering is a sympathetic portrayal of the true cost of war.

As Canadians celebrate veterans and honour their

service, we would do well to remember those faces. The soldiers now returning from Afghanistan might not be so dramatically changed in appearance, but inside, many have aged decades in just a few months. Many more do not carry in their hearts the peace and hope for the future the monument symbolizes.

It is well and good to rename highways and make speeches. But society – and government in particular – must be willing to get into the trenches and deal with the less public, much thornier issues of mental health, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and reintegration to “normal” society for veterans who left as innocents and return broken in body and spirit.

The government must match its grand rhetoric with funding to rehabilitate wounded soldiers and educate those who don’t yet understand the demons they grapple with. But Veterans Affairs programs are being cut, and the opposition’s investigation into those cuts has been stifled by government MPs. Adding the dates of the Afghan mission to the war memorial will hardly signal its end. Our soldiers have fought and suffered; the country must in turn fight for them now that they are home again.

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Our self-serving bureaucracies

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omewhere along the way, large organizations begin putting their own interests ahead of the people they serve. It happens everywhere – in private companies, in government, even in the non-profit sector.

It’s why everything takes so long and nobody answers the phone.

You see it all the time, although you don’t always recognize it. Organizations begin to do things for their own convenience, rather than the convenience of the public.

It is most dramatic in government, because government’s only function is to serve the public. The recent kerfuffle over public spaces at Library and Archives Canada is a classic example. For years, several ground floor rooms and a medium-sized auditorium have been rented out to community groups, large and small, at a modest cost. The Library even renovated its auditorium in 1994, to improve its acoustics and make it more comfortable, an apparent sign of continuing commitment to public programs.

Then the Library’s own public programming, including some outstanding musical and literary events, virtually disappeared, presumably for the usual budgetary reasons. Nevertheless, LAC continued to make its rooms available to community groups. A recent news story says that 350 events hosted by 45 differ-

CHARLES GORDON Funny Town ent groups will have been held at the Library by years’ end.

That could change, if the government does not react to public pressure. LAC announced recently that Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) would take control of the ground floor bookings starting in January.

According to the announcement, the government would charge community groups market rental rates (translation: higher) and demand that groups wanting to use the auditorium and meeting rooms get permission from Public Works Minister Rona Ambrose.

Some vague security concerns were cited, along with a suggestion that the government might need those rooms for itself because of a shortage of meeting spaces in the capital. Both arguments were greeted with skepticism by the affected groups – the government needs more meeting spaces? Why not go to

Bridgehead? Or, better yet, hold fewer meetings.

The government has begun backtracking and the final outcome of this particular struggle will take a while.

Meanwhile it is useful to consider the words of a spokesperson for LAC, a contender for bureaucratic confusobabble of the year: “LAC is not a department that is specialized in property management, so it was logical that it be transferred to PWGSC, the department that has both the responsibility and expertise in this area, of which LAC has always been a tenant.”

Roughly translated, what this means is that the public was becoming an inconvenience – you know, coming through the door, going into the rooms, sitting on the chairs. Serving the public took a certain amount of effort and it would be much easier if the government just served itself.

Serving themselves is what more and more large organizations are doing, both in government and in business. When you go into a big store and can’t find any staff, do you think that was done with you in mind? Do you think someone wanted to serve you better when they replaced human attendants in parking garages with machines?

It certainly didn’t serve the economy

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better, at a time of high unemployment.

Which brings up another question: Do you think it’s to serve you that big corporations continue to lay off staff while governments speak of the need to create jobs?

Is it for you that the voice mail maze has replaced human receptionists? Is it for you that airlines now charge for checked baggage? Is it for you that computers telephone you at home?

Do you think gas stations switched to self-serve for you?

And is it really for your convenience, despite what the sign says, that you are being videotaped in stores?

The public has reacted quite strongly to the Library and Archives changes.

But there’s lots more work to be done, although we might be videotaped doing it.

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OPINION THIS WEEK’S POLL QUESTION

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With so many options in the national capital, how do you observe Remembrance Day?

A) I take a trip down to the National War Memorial to pay my respects.

B) I head to my local legion to remember those who have fallen with those veterans who remain.

C) My school or workplace observes a moment of silence at 11:00 a.m.

D) I don’t do anything formal, but I wear a poppy and observe the day in my own way.

LAST WEEK’S POLL SUMMARY What part of the 2012 draft budget has you most excited or outraged?

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B) Expanding the city’s system of cycling 37% lanes and paved shoulders by 70 kilometres.

C) A commitment to fix the planning system.

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BRYNNA LESLIE Capital Muse over the past few months that have made it to the top of their companies, and in some cases, their industries.

Although they have all faced different challenges and lessons to get to where they are, I noted some commonalities among them.

All of them chose to view their mistakes or fumbles as opportunities. Too often, we beat ourselves up over our perceived failures. Not these women.

Rather than becoming all-consumed in guilt and self-doubt, they were able to say, “OK, I made a mistake this time.

What did I do wrong? What did I learn?

How can I do things differently next time?”

These same women were not afraid to ask for feedback. If you have low self-confidence, asking for feedback, especially 360-degree feedback, which allows your peers, managers and staff to provide constructive criticism on your performance, could sound like a devastating exercise. But if you want to get over this hurdle, it’s important

to have a clear idea of your strengths and weaknesses – or to put it in more favourable terms, your development areas. Really, the only way to do this is to get a variety of external perspectives.

Learning to seek out and accept feedback can help you boost your strengths and encourage you to spend time working on your development areas.

Plus, you’re less likely to be caught off guard when a client or boss tells you something seemingly negative about your skills.

Perhaps the one thing that didn’t come up in these interviews was the following: Women, especially mothers, have a tendency to feel guilty. They feel guilty when they’re at home with the kids and they feel they should be working. They feel guilty when they’re at work, maybe doing overtime, and feeling like they should be spending more time with the kids. This contributes to apparent low self-confidence in a more subtle way. The best way to overcome this is to focus 100 per cent of attention on work when you’re at work.

And when you have time with the kids, don’t think or talk about work, but give the kids 100 per cent of your time.

It’s not easy. Depending on the type of work you do, it can be harder to compartmentalize your life. But it’s essential if you want to give each area of your life your best and be confident at the same time.

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few years ago, I had a manager call me into her office.

“What the hell is the matter with you?” she asked me.

I was shocked. I was only working as a freelancer, and I had a great relationship with this manager.

“You think just because you’ve pushed out a couple of kids that you’re worthless?” she continued. “I want you to go in there and demand a day rate worthy of someone with your level of education and experience.”

And I did. And it earned me a significant raise on my daily rate as a consultant.

The blogosphere has been lit up with stories over the past few weeks about the ways women stunt their career development. The main reason women fail to get ahead, according to one group of management experts from the Harvard Business Review, is that they lack self-confidence.

Analyzing it afterward, I realized that I was setting a low rate because I was worried I wouldn’t get any work otherwise. Having been on maternity leave for a couple of years, I wasn’t sure my previous experience still “counted.” But by setting my rate far lower than the competition, I had inadvertently undervalued my skills and experience and demonstrated a lack of confidence to clients. Plus, I was setting a bad precedent.

I’ve interviewed a number of women

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Students walk to remember sacrifices of past KRISTY WALLACE kristy.wallace@metroland.com

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As she marches from the War Memorial to the Canadian War Museum on Remembrance Day, Grade 12 student Elizabeth Young will remember her great grandfather who fought at the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

Grade 11 student Samantha Arnold will think of her family members who have a military background.

Julian Hall, a high school teacher, will remember his grandfather, William D. Smith, who served with the British army in the Falkland Islands. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had the opportunity to travel to the southern tip of South America very close to the Falkland Islands,â&#x20AC;? said Hall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I experienced the tough, bleak, rugged landscape. I was able, for a moment, to realize how difficult it must have been to be stationed in a place so bleak and being so far from home.â&#x20AC;?

Hall wanted high school students from across Ottawa to also experience those sights and feelings first-hand â&#x20AC;&#x201C; so heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s headed this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Walk to Vimy event which will take place downtown on Remembrance Day. After ceremonies take place at the National War Memorial, Hall and a group of students and teachers from schools across Ottawa will walk a distance of 3.6 kilometres from the memorial to Vimy Place where the War Museum is located. Each metre they walk will represent one of the 3,598 Canadian soldiers who lost their lives at the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

Money raised from the walk will go towards the cost of a school-run trip to France on April 9, 2012 where students will take part in the 95th anniversary ceremonies for the Battle of Vimy Ridge. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that being at Vimy ... will create an indelible experience for our students.

They will experience the craters and tunnels at Vimy,â&#x20AC;? said Hall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They will have a feeling of pride just being there and that will stay with them for the rest of their lives. Most of all, they will realize that the soldiers who fought at Vimy were not too

much older than they are now.â&#x20AC;?

Michelle Frost, a teacher at Holy Trinity Catholic School in Kanata, is organizing the walking trip and the trip to France for 10 students who applied to go from her school.

Frost, who teaches Grade 10 history, said the trips are important in helping young people understand what veterans have gone through. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we need to give kids the opportunity to be hands-on,â&#x20AC;? said Frost. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To be part of a significant occasion is going to be very meaningful for these kids. I hope they walk away with a sense of pride, a sense of respect and understanding.

These soldiers were young people â&#x20AC;&#x201C; not much older than they are.â&#x20AC;?

Young, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in Grade 12 at Holy Trinity Catholic High School, thinks young people need something more to connect to when it comes to Remembrance Day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now, students are being told these were our veterans and the wars we fought in, but they arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t connecting to it,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They need something they can understand.â&#x20AC;?

Arnold agreed that she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel young people understand enough about Remembrance Day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They think of (Remembrance Day) as something that just happens every year,â&#x20AC;? she said, adding that she feels she still needs a greater understanding even though she comes from a military background. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(After going to Vimy Ridge) Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have the image of what it was, instead of trying to imagine it.â&#x20AC;?

Hall said teaching young people the importance of Remembrance Day had an additional purpose â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to empower students, and teach them to be brave just like Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s veterans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It takes bravery to stand up against someone who is displaying aggression against you,â&#x20AC;? said Hall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are living in a time where students can see ruthless dictators being removed from power on a frequent basis. This ensures that we continue to live in a free country and is due to the gallant efforts of our soldiers here and overseas.â&#x20AC;?

The City of Ottawa is accepting applications for non-renewable community project funding for 2012, offering grants for programs that address specific community needs.

The cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Community Project Funding Program supports projects that address emerging community needs, focusing on â&#x20AC;&#x153;access to basicsâ&#x20AC;? such as health and safety, literacy, cultural activities and recreation.

Projects are funded on a one-year basis.

Non-profit community organizations inside the city of Ottawa boundaries can submit proposals for projects that increase a neighbourhoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capacity to create positive and sustainable change, improve neighbourhood health and safety, or promote healthy children and youth through

recreational, cultural and arts activities.

Non-profit projects that increase seniorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; community participation and health are also welcome to apply, as well as projects that offer support for people who are at risk, isolated or marginalized or have low income.

Programs that promote literacy, employment, physical activity or participation in cultural programs for the â&#x20AC;&#x153;full diversity of citizensâ&#x20AC;? or promote equality for all races, ethnicities, income levels, gender, language and ability are also eligible to apply for funding.

The application deadline for 2012 grants is Thursday, Dec. 1 at 4 p.m. For application guidelines, forms or more information visit www.ottawa.ca under Community Funding or call Kari Keays at 613-580-2424, ext. 13371.

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Garry Lindberg, centre, receives a plaque from Alta Vista Coun. Peter Hume and Alta Vista Community association past president John Lark, left, for his contribution to the community. Last month, Lindberg was named to Zoomer magazine’s top 45 over 45.

Canadarm lead designer in ‘right place at right time’ Garry Lindberg was a young man who happened to be at the right place at the right time when Canada was first invited by its American neighbours to participate in the space shuttle program in the late 1960s.

Canada’s role was to design and build the shuttle-attached remote manipulator system that was to be located at the edge of the cargo bay of the orbiter to help lift payloads in and out of the bay and deploy them into space. That system would later become know as the Canadarm.

In his early 30s at the time, Lindberg was assigned as project manager of the mission to develop the Canadarm, which turned out to be an icon of Canadian engineering and technology and, one of the most recognized bits of Canadian engineering that existed.

Last month Lindberg, who now lives in Alta Vista, was named among Zoomer magazine’s top 45 over 45 for his role in leading a project that helped place the nation’s ingenuity at the front of the world stage.

“I was very fortunate to be at the right place at the right time,” Lindberg said.

From 1974, he and his team embarked on a process to develop an arm that was similar to a human arm.

The arm performed in the space for the first time in 1981 on space shuttle Columbia and passed its flight test with flying colours.

According to the Zoomer article, its remarkable performance produced a rush of relief and joy.

Lindberg, now 70, said they weren’t able to see the testing take place, as the technology wasn’t yet available to transmit live images back to mission control.

“It was a really a high point of elation when the orbiter came back into contact and they said “Yeah the arm worked pretty good,’ ” he said.

Before being selected to lead the project, Lindberg was a research engineer.

He had a broad rang of experience, but it was the first time he’d been involved in such a complex project.

“I was very fortunate to be selected and hard work paid off because we did a very successful project,” he said.

He said the project experienced a lot of complications and challenges.

“One of the challenges was to know how the arm could work in space, since we could never test the whole range of the arm until it was on orbit,” he said.

As with anything connected the space program, he said it was a constant challenge to keep the weight of the arm to a minimum.

Overseeing the project and seeing it become a success was certainly a high point in his life, said Lindberg.

“I was very fortunate to have a very interesting and enjoyable career,” he said.

Happily retired and very proud of the accomplishments Canada has made in the field of engineering and technology, Lindberg said being named to the list was a complete surprise to him.

“It was a complete surprise for me because, I had no contact from Zoomer magazine, no advance warning that I was selected. It came out of the blue and I was very happy and feel very honoured,” he said.

“I feel very proud to be considered in that group.”

Lindberg, who has also served as a vice president of the Alta Vista Community association, was recently recognized by Alta Vista Coun. Peter Hume, for his contribution to the community.

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City’s cycling strides energize safety advocates LAURA MUELLER

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• Over the Queensway from the Ottawa Baseball Stadium in Overbrook to Train Transitway station.

• Over the Rideau River, connecting Donald Street in Overbook to Somerset Street East in Sandy Hill.

• In Hintonburg, connecting Wellington Street on the west side of the O-Train tracks to the City Centre Building on the east side.

• North of Carling, connecting Hickory and Adeline.

• In Hunt Club, construction underway to connect residential community to the South Keys shopping centre.

• Also in the works is a bridge traversing the Rideau Canal in the Glebe, from Clegg to Fifth Avenue.

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Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi speaks to Schyler Playford of Right Bike, a Westborobased community-owned bicycle-share program. Naqvi and Playford attended the annual meeting of Citizens for Safe Cycling on Nov. 1 at Tom Brown Arena. between St. Laurent and Marier Avenue likely won’t be possible) leading through Beechwood to St. Patrick Street.

The city plans to expand cycling lanes on the St. Patrick Bridge, said Zlatko Krstulich, a city transportation planner. Westbound, there are plans to connect the bike lane to Cobourg Street, and eastbound, the city is looking at improvements to make the “floating” bike lane between two vehicle lanes safer.

The route will continue through Sandy Hill via Cobourg and Stewart Street to Cumberland Street, bringing cyclists onto Laurier Avenue, heading towards the segregated bike lanes on that street through downtown.

Downtown, there are north-south

links to Bay and Lyon streets, and farther north, new connections being constructed with the National Capital Commission to link Bay to a segregated bike lane on Wellington Avenue, connecting to the existing lane on the Portage Bridge.

Continuing west from Laurier is where it gets tricky, Krstulich said.

In the short term, the city is looking at improving the multi-use pathway along Albert and Scott streets to help cyclists get to Scott and Holland Avenue. The city’s goal is to have a useable link in place by 2014, Krstulich said.

But in the long term, that connection will be developed as part of the lightrail plan for the area.

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It will take a social-media and community-savvy city staffer to engage the public and bolster cycling as a trend in Ottawa.

While Citizens for Safe Cycling has historically advocated for infrastructure improvements such as cycling lanes, the tone of the keynote speaker at CFSC’s Nov. 1 annual general meeting represented a bit of a shift, said board member Risa Sargent.

Hayley Richardson, the outreach co-ordinator for the transportation demand management program of the city of Bellevue, near Seattle, spoke to the group about using social media such as Twitter and Facebook to engage people on cycling issues.

Richardson said she turned to social media as a way to connect with a largely unengaged population of cyclists in Bellevue.

It was something she had to convince the bureaucratic old guard would work, but so far, taking to Facebook and Twitter has been a great success for Bellevue, Richardson said.

“It’s a great forum for people to think about what could be,” she said.

Unlike Bellevue, Ottawa already has a sizeable amount of cycling infrastructure such as bike lanes, but perhaps the next step is to build enthusiasm and advocacy for cycling, said Dennis Van Staalduinen, a Champlain Park resident who attended the meeting.

Fostering a grassroots enthusiasm to keep the cycling momentum going in Ottawa could be something for the city to tackle next, said Van Staalduinen, who is a cyclist. The city needs cyclists to use the infrastructure it’s building in order to justify the expense, he said.

“Having someone responsible for it, you have performance measures of how well they are getting people out of cars,” he said.

The city isn’t using social media right now, but it did start an email newsletter last year that already has 1,500 subscribers.

The city does more “classical outreach,” said transportation planner Zlatko Krstulich. That includes talking to the roads and cycling advisory committee (a citizens group) and consulting with communities about cycling facilities planned for their areas.

As for social media, Krstulich said “that’s something we would take on as more of a broader communications

strategy.”

But in the meantime the city has “really increased the ways we communicate with cyclists,” he said.

“So we just want to make sure that works well and we can manage it.”

Ottawa is more involved in planning events, many of which are done in partnership with the Enviro Centre.

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The mood amongst cycling advocates was one of jubilation as they gathered to hear about the city’s many cycling projects during a recent meeting.

“There is some serious recognition of cycling in the nation’s capital,” said Hans Moor, president of Citizens for Safe Cycling, to kick off the group’s annual general meeting on Nov. 1.

The city’s draft budget, which includes $24 million for cycling initiatives over the next three years, “will give cycling a shot in the arm,” Moor said.

Moor urged the group of about 100 people gathered at Hintonburg’s Tom Brown Arena to keep the momentum going. The city is picking up the pace on infrastructure investments, but things like outreach, cycling safety initiatives and even a cycling centre at city hall should be next, Moor said.

Colin Simpson, a senior transportation planner with the city, dazzled CFSC members with a rundown of the projects the city is looking to spend money on next year, and over the last three years of this term of council.

There are many projects on the list, but one of the main goals is to use them to connect the east and west ends of the city with a “bikeway” network of that links existing cycling lanes and pedestrian bridges.

“I like to call it a Transitway for cyclists,” Simpson said.

The bikeway will start in the area of St. Laurent Boulevard and Hemlock Avenue, with cycling lanes on Hemlock (although dedicated bike lanes on Hemlock

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Area runners make most of home course advantage National capital runners earned seven top-10 finishes on their home course as nearly 1,500 of the province’s best high school cross-country runners descended on the Hornet’s Nest for the OFSAA championships on Saturday, Nov. 5.

Organizers couldn’t have asked for a more perfect day, and the star attraction of the competition came through to the delight of the hometown fans as Glebe Collegiate Institute’s Yves Sikubwabo blasted his own course record by over one minute and 15 seconds to easily win the senior boys’ event.

“I’m so happy,” says Sikubwabo. “It was my last year for (high school) crosscountry, so I’m very proud. Especially my family, they keep on encouraging me and saying, ‘Yves, we believe you can do it.’ ” The Glebe midget girls captured the region’s only other medals with a very strong debut performance against the province’s best to take antique-bronze for fourth place in the team event.

The medalists included Claire Smith, Tara Robinson, Emma Barrett, Juliana Rhead and Alexa Livingstone, who persevered despite having the flu to place 51st out of 242 runners.

“I just wanted to run at OFSAA,” says Livingstone. “The big hill was the hardest for me. My legs were dead.”

At least Livingstone knew what was coming at her from previous races.

Several out-of-town competitors in the midget girls’ event actually cried their way up the big toboggan hill by the Montreal Road exit to Highway 174.

The hill was where midget boys’ competitor Arjun Walia started picking off a large number of runners en route to a 17th-place finish in the midget boys’ race in a time that was over a minute faster than his national capital silver medal-winning performance the week before.

“I didn’t even realize it. When you’re running in a group with people who are pretty much at your level, you push so much harder,” says Walia, who wore Nepean City shorts to thank his former soccer club for giving him his running fitness.

Brookfield’s Olivia Robertson made a mad dash to the finish and managed to crack the junior girls’ top-10 because of it.

“I wasn’t really happy with my whole race, so then I just thought I may as well go as hard as I can now,” says Robertson, who believes she started her race too fast. “There were four or five people in front of me and I saw them slowing down a little bit, so I just went for it.”

A. Y. Jackson’s Brendon Howard hung tough in the junior boys’ event to place seventh overall, while teammate Alec Jarvis came in at No. 15.

“I moved up 10 places from the middle to the end,” says Howard. “This race was a lot harder, but I felt good.”

Franco-Ouest’s Emma Galbraith ran a consistent race to crack the senior girls’ top-10 with a ninth-place showing.

“It was OK,” says Galbraith, who placed higher in the same event last year. “I felt strong through the race, but there was a lot of competition.”

Charlene Rhead came in 13th out of 246 athletes, and she finished in the same place in the team event with the other Glebe senior girls.

Nepean’s Scott Donald ran a smart, consistently hard race from the start to earn an eight-place finish in the senior boys’ event.

“Everyone was asking me how I thought I was going to place, and I didn’t respond to any of them,” Donald explains. “But deep down, I wanted top10, so I’m really happy about that.”

Earl of March’s Erica Van Wyk earned the national capital association’s first top-10 result of the day by placing eighth in her OFSAA debut in the midget girls’ competition.

Photo by Dan Plouffe

Olivia Robertson’s final push to the finish earned the Brookfield athlete a top-10 result in the junior girls’ event at the OFSAA cross-country running championships on Saturday, Nov. 5 at the Hornet’s Nest.

Photo by Dan Plouffe

Glebe’s Yves Sikubwabo controlled the senior boys’ race and completed his streak of course records in every race this season when he won gold at the OFSAA cross-country running championships on Saturday, Nov. 5 at the Hornet’s Nest.

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Redskins’ heads held high despite loss in NCAFA final DAN PLOUFFE In the course of the football game, there probably couldn’t have been a much more inconsequential play.

Down 21-0 to the undefeated Myers Orleans Bengals with under a minute to play, there was no way the Nepean Redskins were going to win the National Capital Amateur Football Association Midget ‘A’ Cup final on Friday, Nov. 4 in Gatineau.

But as their kick returner ran hard, bounced off one tackle, then got his leg caught before lunging ahead with a lastditch effort to fight for every possible yard, there couldn’t have been a more telling play for Redskins coach Steve Viau.

“They never quit,” Viau says of his players. “Thirty seconds left – our guys are ready to go and saying, ‘C’mon boys, we got 30 seconds left.’”

It’s the type of attitude that makes a coach “more proud of these guys than any father could be.”

The Redskins battled through the NCAFA season without a starting quarterback until the very end of the season, struggling to put points on the board, but providing stalwart defence in giving up an average of six points per game during a 4-4 regular season.

With a 23-13 playoff victory over the Ottawa Colts, Nepean was off to its second consecutive Midget title game, although the result wasn’t as kind to the Redskins this time around.

“It doesn’t feel great to lose, but we’ll be back,” says Viau. “We play with dignity and walk out with our heads held high. If we lose, we lose with dignity. We lost (on Friday), but they’re still smiling.”

Defensive leader Ryan Lawther was named the Redskins’ MVP in the contest, a fitting tribute to a player who always

Photo by Dan Plouffe

The Nepean Redskins made it to their second NCAFA Midget final in as many years, but they couldn’t defend their title this time around up against the Orleans Bengals, who completed an undefeated season with a 21-0 victory on Friday, Nov. 4 in Gatineau. gives maximal effort and also helps out with younger teams, says Viau.

The Bengals were the class of the Midget division this season, scoring over three times as many points as they allowed en route to a perfect 10-0 record.

“Every bar that we set, they met,” says Orleans coach Ntare Bainomugisha, whose entire coaching staff is made up of players with at least university experience. “It was awesome. And the kids are such good kids.”

In other NCAFA ‘A’ Cup finals, the Cumberland Panthers beat the Bel-Air

Copeland Lions 42-28 in the Mosquito championship, the Myers Riders Peewees downed the Bell Warriors 28-21 and the Gloucester South Raiders knocked off the Riders 14-7 in Bantam play.

’B’ Cup champions included Orleans, Bell, Gloucester South and Cornwall, while the Gloucester South Tykes and Mosquitoes took home ‘C’ Cup crowns along with Gatineau and West Carleton.

Timing is Everything

Raiders sweep CCHL monthly awards OTTAWA THIS WEEK STAFF After a month in which Nepean swept aside nearly all their Central Canada Hockey League rivals, three Raiders players have picked up player of the month honours for October.

Picking up his second consecutive Corporate Hype Player of the Month award is Raiders captain Craig Cowie.

The forward collected 12 goals and 18 assists in 12 games to lead his club to a 11-1 record in October. Cowie now has 49 points (17 goals and 32 assists) in 20 games this season.

Matt Zawadzki, meanwhile, was named goalie of the month after collecting six wins, including two shutouts, and posting a 1.71 goals against average and .942 save percentage.

The third Raider to be honoured was defenceman Mac Weegar, who picked up his second consecutive rookie of the month award.

His defensive contributions went along with two goals and 10 assists in October. Weegar currently leads all rookies in scoring with 20 points (six goals and 14 assists).

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THE OPPORTUNITY As we continue to expand our successful digital sales initiatives, we are currently seeking an energetic, talented and self-assured Manager of Digital Media to drive new business sales throughout the Ottawa region. We’re looking for a motivated leader who demonstrates a sense of urgency, without creating unnecessary chaos. The ideal candidate will have strong management experience and a proven track record for attaining outstanding results through the motivation and development of a sales team. This role requires knowledge of the digital advertising space, the competitive landscape and a solutions oriented approach to selling.

THE OPPORTUNITY We are looking for New Business Acquisition Sales Representatives to sell the company’s fastest growing product - Deals4U.ca This innovative program promotes local businesses to local consumers through a special “daily deal.” You’ll use your knowledge of what’s great about our city to develop and grow the local market by securing commitments from the most desirable local households, businesses, and services including restaurants, spas, nightclubs, retailers, theaters, tourism venues, and more. This position offers salary (commensurate with experience) and generous commissions based on revenue, sales targets and company goals

WHAT WE NEED YOU TO DO • Manage and develop a team of “hunters” who are exclusively focused on generating new business/clients • Utilize your expertise to maximize revenue and develop strategies to ensure superior execution from your team • Consistently monitor team performance relative to targets and adjust plans accordingly to ensure that targets are achieved • Mentor your team and strive to make them better; we expect them to continually improve as a result of your expert leadership • Work through obstacles/objections with your team members, while ensuring superior customer satisfaction at all times • Ongoing reporting, tracking and forecasting

WHAT WE NEED YOU TO DO • Develop and cultivate leads using multiple sources including cold calling and door-todoor prospecting • Continuously set up face-to-face meetings with qualified prospects (15-20 appts. per week) to present our marketing solutions • Generate compelling proposals for potential advertisers, demonstrating how our programs will meet their business needs • Explore and exhaust all possible leads to ensure that we don’t miss out on any opportunities • Maximize advertising revenues by acquiring prospect commitment • Address customer requests/concerns in a timely and appropriate manner, ensuring superior client satisfaction at all times • Consistently meet and/or exceed monthly, quarterly and annual targets

ABOUT YOU • A track record of successfully driving revenue, with a focus on acquiring new business • Previous experience in a sales leadership role, with preference given to with digital advertising sales experience • Demonstrated ability to coach and develop successful “hunters” • Top notch presentation/communication skills, with a natural ability to build positive relationships • Extensive knowledge of the local digital media/advertising landscape • Highly skilled in all Microsoft Office applications, with expert knowledge of Excel

ABOUT YOU • Proven track record as a hunter, exclusively focused on acquiring new clients and converting new business leads • Previous sales experience, with preference given to those with digital advertising sales experience • Top notch presentation/communication skills, with a natural ability to build positive relationships with potential clients • Extensive knowledge of the local digital media/advertising landscape • Sound knowledge of sales and marketing practices • Highly skilled in all Microsoft Office applications

Looking for your next career challenge? If so, Metroland Media Group is the place to be!

Looking for your next career challenge? If so, Metroland Media Group is the place to be!

Interested candidates are requested to forward their resume, cover letter and salary expectations to josh.max@metroland.com.

Please reference “New Business Acquisition Representative” in the subject line.

Interested candidates are requested to forward their resume, cover letter and salary expectations to john.willems@metroland.com Please reference “Manager, Digital Media” in the subject line.

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WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU? • The opportunity to be part of a company at the cutting edge of the digital media industry • Ongoing development and opportunities for advancement • We’ve got your health in mind; you’ll get a comprehensive benefits package, including 3 weeks vacation and a group RRSP plan • The sky’s the limit; our uncapped commission plan provides unlimited earning potential • The opportunity to work with other talented and awesome people

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU? • The opportunity to be part of a company at the cutting edge of the digital media industry; you’ll never get bored in our fast-paced, constantly evolving and challenging environment.

• We’ve got your health in mind; you’ll get a comprehensive benefits package, including 4 weeks vacation and a group RRSP plan • The sky’s the limit; our uncapped commission plan provides unlimited earning potential • The opportunity to work with other talented and awesome people

Metroland is an equal opportunity employer.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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STUFF THAT’S NOT ON A RESUME • Type-A personality, highly competitive, self-motivated and driven by results • A confident and influential leader with the ability to motivate and inspire • Proactive and optimistic, with a “can do” attitude • Can be decisive and demonstrate timely decision making, often under complex and demanding circumstances • Energized by deadlines/pressure with a passion for exceeding targets • A believer in digital media, where it is today and where it’s going

STUFF THAT’S NOT ON A RESUME • Type-A personality, highly competitive, self-motivated and driven by results • A hunter mentality, with the confidence and drive to excel at generating and closing new business • Highly motivated by monetary incentives • Extremely ambitious with an outstanding work ethic and unprecedented drive for immediate results • Energized by deadlines/pressure with a passion for exceeding targets • A believer in digital media, where it is today and where it’s going

Metroland is an equal opportunity employer.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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We welcome your submissions of upcoming community, non-profit events. Please email events to OTWevents@metroland.com by 4:30 p.m. Friday.

• NOVEMBER 12-13 Friends of the Farm are hosting this sale with an incredible selection of items to choose from, and don’t forget to pick up some delicious baked goods. Building 72, C.E.F., east off Prince of Wales round-about, 613-230-3276, www.friendsofthefarm.ca The public is invited to a two day workshop on nonviolence at1226 Wellington St. W from 8:30am -5pm. Participants must register in advance for a fee $20 per person.

For more information and to register visit amydillonnv.wordpress.com, email nonviolenceworkshop@gmail.com or call 613-761-9997 Villa Marconi invites to please join us for our 7th Annual craft and bake sale. There will be gift ideas for everyone. Funds raised by Villa Marconi will be donated to our Residents’ Council. If you would like to rent a table and sell baked goods or crafts, please call Antonietta at (613) 727-6201 ext. 6660 for further details.

Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind will be hosting our Christmas Bazaar & Bake Sale on Saturday, November 12th, 2011 from 9am to 2pm. Stop by to purchase some homemade baked treats and other unique items. Indulge on the day or stock up on baked goods to serve guests over the holidays. Other items

include Christmas Cards, TY Beanie Babies, doggy bone Christmas wreathes, 2012 calendars, and exclusive Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind apparel. You can also order your fresh holly for the holidays, delivered direct to your door from our supplier in British Columbia. For further information about the bazaar & bake sale, or to donate items, please contact (613) 692-7777.

Centretown United Church, 507 Bank St. at Argyle from 7p.m. Through an intriguing story of a struggle between a Palestinian widow and her neighbour, the Israeli minister of defence, Riklis tries to show a balanced view of two peoples trapped in a political deadlock. Those interested are invited to stay afterwards for snacks and discussion. Parking is available at Glashan Public School, 28 Arlington Ave.

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Art Lending of Ottawa will be hosting an exhibition at the First Unitarian Church hall at 30 Cleary Ave. on Tuesday, Nov. 15 from 7 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday, Nov. 16 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. In addition to our regular members’ exposition, the show will feature a Christmas boutique. Admission and parking are free. For more information, call 613-224-8028 or visit the website at www.artlendingofottawa.ca .

The St. Luke’s Anglican Church on 760 Somerset Street West is hosting an annual bazaar luncheon and bake sale from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Entry fee is $10 for adults and $8 for seniors and children.

• NOVEMBER 17 The inaugural benefit concert that will raise funds for the Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health will take place on Thursday November 17th beginning at 7:30pm at the NAC’s Fourth Stage. The evening will feature singer-songwriters Amanda Rheaume, Ana Miura, Peter Hammond & Lynne Hanson as they perform in a song-circle and lend their voices and personal stories to a cause that is too often hidden in the shadows.

• NOVEMBER 18 Come join us for a screening of the film Lemon Tree by Israeli Writer-Director Eran Riklis at

2837 x29 to register in the competition. The two hour competition kicks off at 6.30pm..

• NOVEMBER 26 Welcome Winter: A Child’s Christmas in Wales.

Rob Clipperton reads the Dylan Thomas classic.

Holiday music from Canterbury High School’s Vocum, Hopewell Ave. Public School’s Junior Choir, Robert Palmai and Marya Woyiwada taking place at Glebe St. James United Church.

Cost: $15 (adults); kids 10 to 12 (free). Tickets are available from the church and at Compact Music locations. Net proceeds to Reach Canada www.reach.ca . For more information, email bluepoodlebooks@hotmail.com .

• DECEMBER 3-4 Come and enjoy an evening of cultural dances, spoken word, music and comedy with delicious ethnic finger foods for sale during intermission at the Bronson Centre. Tickets— $25 (early bird) $30 (at the door). Proceeds will support group activities for immigrant women and children. Tickets can be purchased online at: www.immigrantwomenservices.com , by calling 613 729 3145 or email: infomail@immigrantwomenservices.com. The event is hosted

by Immigrant Women Services Ottawa.

• NOVEMBER 25 Poets are invited to head to Alta Vista for an unforgettable high-energy poetry slam. There will be two rounds of competition. Performances will be limited to three minutes and each poem must be the original work of the competitor. For more information call 613-737-

Vendors are invited to rent a table at the annual bazaar at Our Lady of The Visitation Parish Hall on Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. The cost to secure a table for the weekend is $25. The hall is located at 5338 Bank St. For set up time contact: Marie Trojan, banquet centre manager, at (613) 8221777.

• DECEMBER 4 The Ottawa Brahms Choir with guest choir Cross Town Youth Chorus will present Sounds of Christmas on at 3 p.m. at St. Thomas the Apostle Church at 2345 Alta Vista Dr. Tickets will be available from choir members and at Leading Note and at Compact Music stores. For further information, please contact 613-7492391 and 819-568-8169 or www.OttawaBrahmsChoir.ca .

Photo by Eddie Rwema

HOMES FOR THE HOLIDAYS Six distinguished Ottawa homes, including two ambassadorial residences, opened their doors to the public last weekend, in support of the palliative and end-of-life care programs offered at the Hospice at May Court in Old Ottawa South. The houses included one at 834 Colonel By Dr., shown here, built in 1908 by a prominent member of the Ottawa arts community, Frank Jarman.

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