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When Ottawa Public Health organized a surprise news conference on Oct. 15, Ottawa residents were notified that an unnamed doctor, who performed an unspecified procedure in a non-hospital environment, might have infected about 6,800 people with HIV or hepatitis, while stressing that the risk was very low. While some residents might have felt that the announcement should have included more details, a Carleton University emergency communications expert said Ottawa Public Health was facing difficult circumstances when making the announcement. “This was a very tricky situation involving balancing several priorities. So I’m sympathetic to the situation they were in,” said Josh Greenberg, a research associate in the Emergency Communication Research Unit at Carleton who teaches in the university’s school of journalism and communication. “(Ottawa Public Health) was in a very difficult circumstance.” The clinic, which was later revealed to be an endoscopic clinic operated by Dr. Christiane Farazli located at 1081 Carling Ave., worked with Ottawa Public Health over the last three months in identifying patients who received the procedure over the last 10 years. “They had to work with the physician to contact 6,800 patients over 10 years in a threemonth period,” said Greenberg. “That’s a very difficult administrative task.” Dr. Vera Etches, the city’s associate medical officer of health, said Ottawa Public Health had to come out with the information because it believed that a media organization was going to come out with the story, but one that was going to contain inaccurate information. See TRANSPARENT on page 10
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Chills for CHEO spooks Ottawa for a good cause KRISTY WALLACE kristy.wallace@metroland.com
A crypt of torment where ghosts and zombies jump out at you at every corner might not be suitable for little ones, but an event featuring such frights is raising money to help children at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. “It’s really, really scary,” said Funhaven’s Melanie Gauthier, who is the event director for Chills for CHEO. “It’s a psychological thriller.” Gauthier said the event has taken place in a residential area in Barrhaven since it started in 2002. But due to its popularity, the Crypt of Terror moved into its current location at the Funhaven Family Entertainment Centre on Baxter Road in Ottawa’s west end. “We pretty much double in size every year,” said Gauthier, adding that last year’s event alone brought in 10,000 people and raised more than $61,000 for CHEO. “We hope to beat (those numbers) this year.” Gauthier also said that the event is not for the faint of heart, and that she often sees visitors coming out and screaming in terror. “We don’t advertise it for children,” she said, adding that there is a Magic
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Funhaven at 1050 Baxter Rd. has been turned into a house of terror to raise money for the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario in its event, Chills for CHEO. Manor set up for children under 10 and is a smaller, less frightening attraction. The event also has about 200 volunteers who rotate throughout the day, and spend their shifts creating as much terror as possible for visitors. While Chills for CHEO opened to the public again this year on Oct. 13, visitors still have one more chance to get scared straight for a good cause throughout Halloween weekend. For admission prices and hours of operation, check out the website www.funhaven.com .
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Carolyn Holland of the Canada Agriculture Museum said the museum’s annual Barnyard Halloween will be spread over two days, and will have everything families need to have a good Halloween.
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This year, Carolyn Holland will be celebrating Halloween Canada Agriculture Museum-style. Featuring activities ranging from a costume parade to a scavenger hunt, the museum will be celebrating its annual Barnyard Halloween from Oct. 29 to 30. “What I find most positive is that a lot of the fun things people enjoy, but cram into one evening, is spread over two days,” said Holland, who’s been busy organizing this year’s Barnyard Halloween at the museum. Holland said the two-day event will feature a cross between Halloween and agriculture education – like making caramel apples and talking about apples during the fall harvest, as well as pumpkin carving and how to make pumpkin-based desserts. “Ultimately, kids can help bake something and taste it at the end, and mom and dad can go home with recipes,” said Holland, adding that she encourages everyone to come dressed up as there will also be a costume parade, giving the kids a chance to show off their costumes. A scavenger hunt featuring all farmrelated questions with a spooky slant to it will be among the activities as well.
She said the whole event is accessible to a wide age range. The museum provides a spacious venue, and offers an alternative to an overcrowded event for Halloween, Holland added. “We have that flavour of fall and mystery surrounding Halloween, but without being packed in or frightened,” she said. The Barnyard Halloween has been an annual tradition at the museum for far longer than Holland has been working there, for at least 15 years, she said. Since she’s taken over, Holland said she’s noticed attendance going up and word-of-mouth promotion has been fantastic. “The Agriculture Museum is a change. It’s quieter, and a little calmer,” she said. “But definitely in terms of activities, we try and keep a lot of the staples.” She added that the event provides another chance to children and adults to be exposed to agriculture in their everyday lives, and they’ll think twice about where their food comes from. “There’s just something for everybody, and you can spend the whole day here and focus on what you like – and get a great experience,” Holland said. For more information on the Canada Agriculture Museum, visit their website at www.agriculture.technomuses.ca .
Corrections • A story on page 11 of the Oct. 20, 2011 edition of Ottawa This Week incorrectly identified how long a volunteer has been organizing an event. Mina Cohn has been organizing Holocaust Education Month since she became chairwoman of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa’s Holocaust committee. • In a story on page 11 of the Oct. 20, 2011
issue of Ottawa This Week titled Book pays tribute to ‘least expected’ heroes, the grandmother in the nearby farmhouse baked the bread for the Jews. The mother gave everything else except the milk, which had to be given to the army. Also, the 11-year-old girl who lived in the farmhouse and brought goat’s milk up to the barn was incorrectly identified. Her named was Miztl.
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On Oct. 25, 2010, Jim Watson became the leader of a very different city than the one he served during his last term as mayor. Watson was a downtown councillor for Capital Ward in the 1990s before he led the former city of Ottawa as mayor. Now, he is fond of showing off a map of how many major Canadian cities can fit within the amalgamated city’s borders. (For the record, it’s Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.) As a mayor who rushes between dozens of events across the city each week, Watson said the biggest lesson he learned is simply how vast Ottawa is. “Ottawa isn’t just about Parliament Hill and downtown,� Watson said, “It’s much richer than that.� Watson’s Mill in Manotick is his new favourite spot in postamalgamation Ottawa, Watson declared without any hint of irony. But he is learning about the issues and challenges of other suburban and rural communities across the city. “What I understand better today than I probably did a year ago is that geography does play a key role in decision making,� Watson said. That lesson will take centre stage in 2012, the second full year of his term as mayor. While Watson has checked many items off his list of election promises, a couple of the big ones – such as his promises to reduce the size of city council and to look at creating a “borough� system – have yet to be touched. Watson sought to assure Ottawa residents that he was still committed to looking at those
possibilities during the next year. “It’s not a question of me footdragging,� he said, adding that there are still three years left in this term of council. When the governance subcommittee meets, likely in December, it will set off the process. Watson’s goal is to avoid decisions like the one that led to the construction of a roundabout in Orleans, which no east-end councillors supported but was propped up by the rest of council. “It’s a matter of empowering councillors in their communities,� Watson said. What it’s not about, Watson said, is creating a new layer of bureaucracy. The goal would be to shift local decisions into the hands of the politicians who represent the citizens who would be directly affected. That way, council as a whole could spend more time focusing on big-picture issues that impact the whole city. Caucuses for the east, west, central and south areas of the city could be one way to handle that, Watson suggested. The borough system is one of very few promises that have yet to be checked off in Watson’s binder of commitments made during the election. But some of those accomplishments are just the start of something bigger, Watson said. The seniors’ summit was one such promise. While Watson can check it off his list (the summit was held Oct. 3), that was just to “get the dialog going.� The “heavy lifting,� as Watson is keen to say, comes later. “I subscribe to the Nike expression: ‘Just do it,’� Watson said. “People have to see the connection between the debate and
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Transit users won’t be left out in the cold by a bus driver strike this winter after city council ratified a one-year extension to its contract with the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 279 during a special meeting on Oct. 19. That came after the local ATU, which represents about 2,600 transit workers in Ottawa, voted 83 per cent in favour of the deal on Oct 14. It’s the first negotiated agreement between the city and the ATU since 2005, according to Gloucester-Southgate Coun. Di-
ane Deans, the chairwoman of the transit commission. The agreement means transit workers will get a two per cent raise, retroactive to April 1, 2011 and running until March 31, 2012. ATU members will also have the opportunity to do the maintenance work for the city’s forthcoming light-rail system. Some pension issues were also settled as part of the agreement. It also means that negotiations on the next longer-term contract can start as early as Dec. 1, and Deans committed to setting up negotiation sessions in early December.
the pontificating and the actual action.� One thing Watson said he wished he hadn’t done was his suggestion to name the new city archives after former mayor – and accused anti-Semite – Charlotte Whitton. “I take full responsibility for that,� he said of the unpopular suggestion he decided to turf after significant outcry. The mayor said he doesn’t like the tendency of politicians to be shortsighted. “I have always taken the view that we need to be in the crow’s nest, looking out 30,000 feet,� he said. “Not worrying about what’s happening tomorrow or the next week, but how we can better prepare ourselves and the next generation for the challenges facing the city.� That’s why sustainability initiatives are important, Watson said, and he’ll keep picking away
at that file. He was excited about an event unveiling the city’s first four electric ice-resurfacers that was held on Monday. It’s something that might seem minor, but a consensus around council and the celebration small stepping stones is a drastic change from the last term of council – something else Watson is proud of. “There is not a day when I am not out at some function ‌ where people don’t come up and appreciate the fact that we’ve brought some calm and stability to city hall.,â€? he said. When it comes to the legacy Watson is trying to leave after this term of council, the mayor wants to follow in the footsteps of Sir Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scout Movement. “It’s a philosophy which was pretty straightforward, but I thought very relevant: ‘Always leave the campsite in better
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It was important for Anthony Bruni and his colleagues to design Parkdale Park in a way that reflected its history, farmers’ market and children who will be playing there for generations to come. Those involved in the creative design were recently recipients of the City of Ottawa’s Urban Design Awards. Other areas of Ottawa west were included in the ceremony, including the Wellington Street West reconstruction and an infill development at 43 and 45 Grant Street. Annie Hillis, executive director of the Wellington West Business Improvement Area, was one of the recipients of the award of merit for public spaces and civic spaces. “It was a big project with many people involved,” she said. “I was very, very happy.” Hillis, who said she accepted the award on behalf of the area’s businesses, said the street now has improved access for customers and an improved design. She said while the street was under construction, she remembers attending more than 150 meetings that included open houses for residents to come in and give comments. “It was a really engaged process with terrific results,” Hillis said, add-
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Anthony Bruni was one of the award winners for his work with the Parkdale Fieldhouse and park. ing that the BIA was formed because of the road reconstruction. “It was a collaborative effort, and that’s why it won the award.” She said she also feels other areas of the city have been looking to the Wellington Street West design as a good example of how successful a business section can look after reconstruction. Some neighbourhoods are even reproducing its design. The award of merit for the Wellington Street West reconstruction also went to Ron Clarke and Dave Hearnden from Delcan Corporation, Jim Douglas and Kaja Cerveny from Douglas & Ruhland Associates, Paulette Dozois from the Hintonburg Community Association, Ryan Lotecki and Marcus Kucey, artists of the Wellington Marbles, and Max Ross, Taavi Siitam and Nancy Jackson from the City of Ottawa. Anthony Bruni of Colizza Bruni
Architecture was one of the recipients of both the award of merit for the 43 and 45 Grant St. infill development and for Parkdale Park and Fieldhouse redevelopment. “Each site is unique, and it inspires unique design for each project,” said Bruni. As part of the Parkdale Park and Fieldhouse redevelopment, Bruni said he and partner James Colizza looked at the history of Hintonburg as an industrial area that inspired the metal grating design on the Fieldhouse. Bruni also said the development at 43 and 45 Grant Street was a project for he and Colizza to be proud of, and the team tried to incorporate different ideas to make the site to make it work with the rest of the street. “We had to get 12 minor variances,” Bruni said. “We broke a lot of rules to get it done, but it shows that rules don’t always ensure good design.”
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Osteoporosis and bone fractures can happen to anyone at any age – and Marq Nelson wants to make sure Ottawa residents are prepared. That’s why Nelson will be hosting the Are You Unbreakable seminar on Oct. 27 at the Ron Kolbus Lakeside Centre in Ottawa’s west end. “Your age isn’t the big factor – it’s what you eat and what you put into your body,” said Nelson. “Those things really impact overall bone health.” He said hosting a night that deals with osteoporosis awareness is something that he’s always wanted to do. After speaking with his colleague Christine Thomas, who was diagnosed with osteoporosis at age 42, Nelson decided to host the Are You Unbreakable seminar. “People associate (osteoporosis) with the older population,” he said.
“The true impact of a fracture isn’t conveyed to people until they’ve experienced it, and then they know how traumatic it can be.” Thomas, dietician and author Helen Bishop MacDonald and Catherine Morisset, a wellness and performance coach, will be among the guest speakers who will talk about how to keep bones healthy and avoid fractures. Nelson said it was important for him to get information out to people, to encourage them to start thinking about osteoporosis and to get their kids thinking about bone health. “It’s important for parents to understand about how calcium can build bones, and (have their kids) do more physical activity,” Nelson said. While the seminar is open to everybody, Nelson said he hopes to target parents and their children as well as the middle-aged population. For more information, visit the Osteoporosis Canada website at www. osteoporosis.ca .
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The death of a city councillor’s teenage son by his own hand is reminding council of its efforts to prevent other families from suffering the same tragedy. The city decided to do more to help prevent youth suicides last year, when it began a $300,000 program, but as the 2012 budget process gets underway, the issue struck close to home for Kanata South Coun. Allan Hubley, who lost his 15-yearold son, Jamie, to suicide on Oct. 15 The city’s board of health decided to dedicate money towards youth suicide prevention this year, following the highprofile suicide of another local teen, 14year-old Daron Richardson, the daughter of Ottawa Senators assistant coach Luke Richardson. When suicide is in the news, it can get parents talking to their kids, and hopefully help depressed teens feel they aren’t alone, said Benjamin Leikin, the Ottawa Public Health staffer in charge of the suicide prevention program. “We’ve all been touched by it,� Leikin said. “Every single suicide is a tragedy to us.� The latest death resonated with health board chairwoman Diane Holmes, Hubley’s council colleague representing Somerset Ward. “We’ve seen the numbers go up,� Holmes said. “There are all kinds of organizations that are quite concerned about this because of the suicides we’ve seen in the last five years.� That could mean a stronger focus on the city’s program in the future, Holmes said. “We’ll look at initiatives next year again,� Holmes said. “If that remains a top priority, and I assume it will be, then maybe we’ll try to look for more money.� For 2012, the funding is set to remain at $300,000, which the board of health approved in its last meeting (final budget approval will come in December). With the recent announcement that some of that money will go towards extending the hours of a drop-in clinic for
groups looking at youth suicide, including Community Suicide Prevention Network. Despite all of the major challenges this issue poses, including the stigma surrounding it, the network decided the most pressing concern is that parents and teens don’t understand how to access the complicated system of mental-health treatment. Creating a “roadmap� for families to help them navigate the system is Step 1 for the network, Leikin said.
Meanwhile, Ottawa Public Health will be looking at other ways to expand its suicide prevention efforts, including a partnership aimed at finding mentalhealth issues at a young age by using a screening program for children aged 18 months to four years. Public health also runs anti-bullying programs, including “PALS� (Playground Activity Leaders in Schools) for kids in grades 4 to 6, as well as a Rainbow Youth forum to create a discussion among gay, lesbian, transgendered and queer teens.
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youth in crisis at the Youth Services Bureau, Ottawa is beginning to see the fruits of the suicide prevention program. The big roll-out will happen in the new year. That’s when 80 grade 7 and 8 classes in all four Ottawa school boards will be participating in Healthy Transitions sessions that focus on helping teens become more resilient and educating them about the warning signs of mental-health issues. Leikin said the goal is to address mental-health problems before they become entrenched. Seventy per cent of mentalhealth issues come to light during adolescence, Leikin said. Along with that, Ottawa Public Health is looking to train as many people as possible on how to recognize the warning signs of suicide and do something to prevent it. That includes an ambitious program to provide detailed and ongoing training to public health staff, as well as training opportunities for teachers in all the schools Healthy Transitions will be offered in. Starting in January, public health will also be hosting sessions for parents. “We need to get across to parents that there is a lot out there,� Leikin said. To that end, Ottawa Public Health is participating in a number of working
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A makeover for Ottawa.ca, the city’s website, is getting closer, and users will like what they see, according to the chairman of the city’s information technology subcommittee. The new site will be launched during the subcommittee’s meeting on Dec. 12. “It definitely looks a lot more user friendly,� said Beacon Hill-Cyrville Coun. Tim Tierney. “It will definitely put us more at the top of the scale, whereas now, let’s face it, right now we’re not quite near the level of competition with the other municipalities.� The biggest complaint coming from members of the public is the city’s website isn’t the easiest to navigate. “That will allow people to find what they are looking for, and that’s what our biggest complaint is and I don’t blame people,� Tierney said.
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Coun. Mark Taylor is hoping craft a plan that would see a mini hub of the tech industry created along a stretch of Carling Avenue in Bay Ward. The councillor is looking to set up an economic development plan for the Carling corridor between Pinecrest and Bayshore, and the process is about to get underway. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of those areas that needs to be redeveloped,â&#x20AC;? Taylor said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you think what did Westboro and Mechanicsville looked like 15, 20 years ago, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what that strip of Carling looks like now.â&#x20AC;? The high-density residential area is home to tens of thousands of people, Taylor said, positioning it with a large number of potential employees. There are 7,000 people living in the Bayshore area alone, and many of those residents are young people looking to set out into the working world. But those residents should have access to employment nearby, Taylor said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to provide them with walkable employment options that arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just entry-level, dead-end jobs.â&#x20AC;? Local tech firms could consider the area if they are looking to set up satellite offices and it would be a great location to promote as the Ottawa Centre for Research and In-
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Ottawans will have a strong voice in Dalton McGuintyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new provincial cabinet that was sworn-in last week at the Queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Park in Toronto. Both Ottawa West-Nepean MPP Bob Chiarelli and OttawaVanier MPP Madeleine Meilleur were retained as cabinet ministers when the premier unveiled his new executive team on Oct.20, but both were handed increased responsibilities. Chiarelli, who will continue as infrastructure minister, will also be in charge of the transportation portfolio, while Meilleur will keep her role as minister responsible for francophone affairs, but will have added responsibility as minister for community safety and correctional services. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What it means is that Ottawa will have a strong voice in cabinet, get its fair share of existing service and new infrastructure programming,â&#x20AC;? said Chiarelli. He said he is looking forward to executing the projects that were announced in the last term that include providing funding for Ottawaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s light rail project, the widening Highway 417 from Nicholas Street to Highway 174 and fixing the 174/417 split, among others. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to make sure it is done on the timely manner,â&#x20AC;? he added. Each of the 22 ministers appointed this term have prior cabinet experience. The total number of cabinet positions has been reduced from 28 last term. According to Chiarelli, the rationale of downsizing the cabinet is because the premier wants â&#x20AC;&#x153;to lead by exampleâ&#x20AC;? by showing Ontarians that their government aims to be fiscally responsible. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reducing the size of government means that individual ministers will have to work harder, work more with less staff and
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Council ready to pick up pace
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hen Ottawa voters went to the polls a year ago, they elected an entirely different council. By the time it was sworn in on Dec. 1, 2010, it seemed that Ottawa had breathed a collective sigh of relief after four years of an antagonistic council led by a rookie, maverick mayor. And while there is something to be said for a new era of civility around the council horseshoe, it has certainly made our job as a newspaper more difficult – something Mayor Jim Watson loves to playfully point out. But the bigger issue is the laundry list of minor accomplishments Watson touts, only a year into his most recent tenure at the helm of the city. Sure, it has only been one year. But including such milestones as bidding on a FIFA World Cup (but not actually landing the tournament) or signing a short contract extension with the transit union leaves us less than impressed. But you have to walk before you can run, and this council is making progress towards greater goals. It didn’t start the process of getting eastwest light rail, but this council will get the photo op when the first shovel hits the ground. And
eventually, this is the council that will sign off and build a revitalized Lansdowne – whatever it ends up looking like. The first truly far-reaching accomplishment this council will have a chance to make a decision on is coming up in the new year. After marking a decade since amalgamation in 2011, Watson has committed to spending 2012 looking at whether our expansive city would be better represented by a borough system – and a smaller council. It would be the first big shake-up in the way Ottawa is governed since the 11 former municipalities joined together. It’s also a decision that could put more heat on councillors for the decisions that affect their wards. That would be a welcome change from the consensus building and lack of debate that elicits complaints about the way council currently operates. It’s only Year 1, but we hope it’s time for councillors to stop touting the promises they’ve checked off their lists, and begin looking to what new promises they can make for the future.
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Who killed Halloween? Maybe nobody
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hat really scares the children about Halloween isn’t the guy with the three junked cars in his driveway or the house with the fake spider webs and recorded screams. It isn’t the neighbour who, once again, will open the door dressed up as Richard Nixon. Nor is it the incessant warnings about tooth decay. No, what children really dread about Halloween is the lecture from grownups about how much better Halloween used to be. It must be terrible for the kids – all dressed up in their expensively purchased Disney-themed costumes, excited and looking forward to lot of candy, then having to endure the speech about how this isn’t going to be half as much fun for them as it was for their parents. They know it by heart. Back in the day, nobody bought costumes at the costume store; costumes were made out of string and popcorn and charcoal, but kids enjoyed them much more than they do today. People gave out homemade candy at the door and nobody worried about it. Your parents didn’t have to wait at the curb for you. The weather was nicer. People were nicer. Zombies and princesses hadn’t been invented yet. Everything
CHARLES GORDON Funny Town was scarier and nobody gave out dental floss. The kids have heard this all a million times and they dread hearing it again. They dread it even more than the Halloween Safety Tips. They dread it even more than hearing their parents say that in the old days they didn’t need Halloween Safety Tips. There are two ways of looking at this. Either something went wrong with Halloween, or nothing went wrong with Halloween. In support of the nothingwent-wrong theory is the fact that every generation thinks that things were better when they were kids. And why not? They were kids; kids are not aware of every social or economic ill surrounding them. So maybe nothing is all that wrong with Halloween. Maybe older people just imagine that things were nicer when
they were young. On the other hand, if something really did go wrong with Halloween, the irony is that the same people who bemoan the loss of a simpler Halloween are responsible for the more complicated and allegedly less fun one we have today. It wasn’t some mysterious corporate plot that produced today’s Halloween. It was people like us, the people who give the Halloween lecture. We conspired in the making of Halloween into a big deal. After all, if no one had patronized the shopping centres when they decided to make Halloween a major merchandising event, Halloween would not have become a major merchandising event. If we had ignored the style sections when they urged adults to dress up and make Halloween an adult occasion, adults would not be dressing up and muscling in on the children’s day. If we had fought off the pressure to buy our kids the latest and greatest costumes, the kids would still happily be wearing sheets and riding borrowed brooms. So it’s a bit rich when we condemn Them for ruining Halloween. Them is us. Meanwhile, there is still the possibility that Halloween is not ruined at all for the people who matter – the kids. Fortunately or not, they did not live 30 or 40 or
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50 years ago, and don’t know what they missed. For all we know, they’re happy that they don’t, unlike their parents, have to dodge horse-drawn carriages and hide from mastodons when they go out trick or treating. If it’s too bad that Halloween has become important to the economy, the kids don’t know that. And if it’s too bad that Mommy and Daddy have to accompany them, staring suspiciously at your door while you hand over the candy, it doesn’t seem to spoil the fun for those who count. So, who ruined Halloween? Maybe nobody, yet. So relax. Christmas shopping begins the next day.
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OPINION THIS WEEK’S POLL QUESTION One year after being elected, what do you think is the most significant achievement of the current city council?
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A) Approving the construction of Ontario’s first centrally-located segregated bike lane.
B) Reaching the first negotiated contract with the city’s transit union since 2005.
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C) Limiting the tax hike to 2.5 per cent. D) Approving the city hall Rink of Dreams.
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E) I think city council has yet to achieve anything worthy of praise.
LAST WEEK’S POLL SUMMARY Has the news that 6,800 people might have been infected with HIV at a local clinic changed your view of Ottawa health care?
A) Yes. I’m going to take a close look at all 26% the practitioners I visit now.
C) Only if I visit a new clinic. I’m confident my doctors operate clean facilities. D)
If nothing else it should prompt a sweeping investigation of the area’s clinics.
21% 0% 53%
To participate in our web polls, review answers, and read more articles, visit us online at www. yourottawaregion.com .
t’s amazing what kids can accomplish when they’re not on a schedule. Six days a week, I wake the kids at 6 a.m., rush them through their breakfast, yell at them to get dressed at least 10 times, struggle with hockey equipment, swimsuits, and music lessons, winter coats, and school bus schedules. “We don’t have time for this,” is a phrase that too often comes out of my mouth, as I remove a piece of Lego from their hands, or hang the dinosaur costume back in the closet, and shove them out the front door. But Sunday morning offers a bounty of time. My six-year-old typically gets up first and tiptoes, barefoot, down to the basement, where his eyes light up at the sight of 5,000 pieces of Lego sprawled from one end of the room to the other. (I’ve tried and failed to keep the Lego in the box. Apparently dumping it is the only way to find the piece
one needs.) For more than an hour, he works steadily to create an elaborate space vehicle, complete with a pivoting, square-headed man, hinged wings and treaded landing gear. Child number two wipes the sleep from his eyes a couple of hours later, and emerges from his room dressed as a dinosaur. Immediately, the theatrics begin, as he asks for a dinosaur breakfast alongside his cardboard project, which may or may not consist of building a cave, complete with multi-coloured foliage and a bed of straw.
‘The boys – one a pirate, the other a ghost – are wrestling. I offer a snack as a peace offering.’ As the two children play apart, then together, I make soup and bake muffins, watching them from the kitchen, answering their questions, playing the part of mommy dinosaur or Lego space commander when required. They spend the next three hours building a set on the top landing of the stairs. Unbeknownst to me, they tape a tree, complete with a bird’s nest and multiple forest animals, to the wall.
They cut and paste and ruin the paint. They practice various scenarios. The next thing I know, they’re dressed as a knight and a king. One is riding a life-sized lion. The other is fending off imaginary dragons with his foam sword. “In five minutes, there will be a show mom,” says my eldest son from the top of the stairs. “OK,” I call back. But I know, as well as they do, that there’s at least another hour of preparation to be done before the show can go on. Sure enough, they’ve decided another costume change is in order and they’ve figured out a way to employ Lego space vehicles into the storyline, if there is a storyline. Another 90 minutes goes by. The muffins are hot and ready. The boys – one a pirate, the other a ghost – are wrestling. I offer a snack as a peace offering. “But mom,” the younger one cries. “We still have to do our show.” They sit me down in a chair facing centre stage. A monkey emerges from stage left, bouncing around in an odd way. Nobody talks. They just stare at me, staring at them. A cat enters from stage right, and meows. And then they bow. And I clap. Three hours of preparation and the show is over in 30 seconds. And then we all eat muffins, and head outside to run around in the sunshine.
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Seniors take control of their health (NC)—Once we reach 60, special attention is needed to keep our immune system working properly, health specialists say. By paying avid attention to nutrition, seniors can go a long way towards keeping infections away. On the other hand, neglected nutrition may make contact with the harmful germs much worse. “As we age, it becomes harder for the immune system to fight off even just cold and flu viruses,” says Sherry Torkos, pharmacist and author of The Canadian Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine. “It is a broad field of study and researchers continue to ask why. Some think the body becomes less able to produce the cells that fight off illness. Others point to the fact that seniors often eat less and this deprives the body of the nutrients needed to keep their immune systems strong. It is a fact that many older people are undernourished and this lack of important vitamins and minerals could be the reason for vulnerability to chronic illness and disease.” Immune-building tips Many seniors are pro-active when it comes to maintaining the best possible health, so take a look at some of their every day measures:
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From EXPERT on page 1 She said Ottawa Public Health heard that the potential story involved an abortion clinic, and she wanted to make sure the accurate information was released to the public. “It would have been misinformation,” Etches said. “We didn’t feel it would be a good message for the public. We had a tough decision.” Etches said public health officials looked at all their options, and chose what they thought was the best course of action. “We decided we would go out and be as transparent as possible,” she said. “But knowing it could cause concern, we felt it was not fair to the patients.” It would have been inappropriate and “irresponsible,” Etches said, if Ottawa Public Health had identified the clinic, the doctor and procedure during the initial press conference. “The people affected would have had nowhere to turn,” she said, adding that resources available to those affected, like blood-testing labs, weren’t ready to accept the influx of people. As soon as the Ontario College of Physicians informed the city about a possible public-health issue related to the clinic inspection, Ottawa Public Health put its emergency response plan into action, Etches said. But it wasn’t until Oct. 13 that public health received a list of patients potentially exposed to disease. The college is solely responsible for inspections, Etches said, and there is no
timeline on when or if the college should inform a public health authority. The general guideline is that public health is notified if there is a threat of infection that could spread in the community. While Greenberg said the way public health officials handled the situation was fair and reasonable, he said that one of the key principles of risk communication is providing people with as much information as possible to manage the level of uncertainty. By not disclosing the name of the clinic, the doctor or the procedure, Greenberg said Ottawa Public Health heightened that uncertainty. But he said he understands why officials came to that decision. “Given the low reported level of risk of infection, the state of system readiness, and the likelihood of an immediate public response for information or testing, it was a fair decision for them to make.” However, Greenberg said Ottawa Public Health might have damaged trust with the public because they didn’t come out with the specific information. “It’s not fair to say that people were kept in the dark,” Greenberg said. “It wasn’t an information blackout. (The public) was provided with some information. But (Ottawa Public Health) might have to rebuild that credibility and trust.” He said one of the ways Ottawa Public Health could have communicated the situation was to give reasons why it couldn’t come out with specific information. With files from Laura Mueller
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Jean Halstead, a member of the Enriched Bread Artists, is showing visitors her art work this coming weekend. One of her works includes Eyedenity, which features up-close images of human eyes.
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dio space to prepare for her upcoming exhibit, In Serial Kinds which will be happening in Gatineau. Mazurka also works as a professor and program coordinator for Algonquin College’s introduction to fine art class. “Every artist wants, in some way, to present something new, something that provokes people,” Mazurka said. “That means allowing them to rethink the world around them, how we experience our environment and how we engage with one another.” The public will be able to see work created by the Enriched Bread Artists at their open house on Oct. 28 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., and on Oct. 29 and Oct. 30 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The public has been invited to take a peek inside the artist’s studio this weekend, as the Enriched Bread Artists finish off their annual open house from Oct. 28 to 30. “What we try to do is show our latest work,” said Colette Gréco-Riddle, a member of the Enriched Bread Artists. On multiple levels of an old bread factory located at 951 Gladstone Ave., the public can in fact view a number of artists’ workspaces and see the various types of art they create. Gréco-Riddle said the Enriched Bread Artists’ main open house allows past visitors to see the differences in particular artists’ work, and how it might change over the years. “If you come every year, you’ll see certain evolution with some artists, and that’s the advantage because we’re so different,” she said. “We’re different in our approach ... it makes it a vibrant place.” Jean Halstead is one of the artists who is displaying her work during the open house. In the middle of her working space stands a pole, and attached to it are photographs of human eyes close up. This particular work of art is called Eyedentity. Gréco-Riddle said there are approx often elements of humour in Halstead’s work, while the artist herself said ideas for art come to her in the middle of the night. Oct 27, 2011 “Without any contemplation, I think why not just try that?” Halstead said. When it comes to balancing a work life and a life in art, GrécoRiddle said many of the Enriched Bread Artists have day jobs. She said they often work in their studio in the early morning before Store hours work, and come in and stay until Mon & Fri 10am-6pm Tues to Thurs 12pm-8pm the late evening after work. Behind a closed door during Saturday 9am-4pm the open house, artist Natasha Sunday closed Mazurka works away in her stu-
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Ottawa This Week celebrates first birthday
The media landscape in Ottawa made a dramatic and positive change with the debut of four new community newspapers on Oct. 28, 2010. Metroland Media – Ottawa Region expanded a year ago when it launched its four editions of Ottawa This Week. Over the past year, Ottawa This Week has been providing hyper-local content to the communities it serves with hardhitting news, investigative series, profiles of residents, thought-provoking editorials, entertaining opinion columns, local sports and arts and culture. Not only does Metroland Media – Ottawa Region bring more local stories to the homes of Ottawa residents, the company has also been committed to partnering with the community. Many of our staff members sit
on boards, volunteer at events, and take pride in the communities we cover and live in. Metroland has been forming generous partnerships throughout the city. We were proud to sponsor the first-annual Light the Night Walk in Ottawa in 2010 by taking part in the event and hosting the turn-around watering station. We returned this year as both sponsors and volunteers. We also sponsor the United Way Campaign and Habitat for Humanity, and take part in various other community fundraisers and events. As Ottawa This Week pauses to celebrate its first year anniversary, staff members are looking forward to another year filled with events, fundraisers, and providing readers with the great community-focused content they’ve come to expect from Metroland.
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Last year Metroland Media’s Chris McWebb (left) was joined by Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson and Metroland Media president Ian Oliver to officially launch Ottawa This Week.
More than just a newspaper Ottawa communities are active, and you make a lot of news. That’s evident in the armslength list of stories we set out to write each week, and inevitably more are added as our reporters fan out across the city. And you don’t have to wait until Ottawa This Week shows up on your doorstep on Thursday to read them. Our website, www.yourottawaregion.com, is filled with news from Ottawa This Week and Metroland’s other community newspapers in the Ottawa area, including the Kanata Kourier-Standard, Stittsville News and West Carleton Review. Click on the “Communities” button at the top of the page and choose “Ottawa” to find all the stories we reported on in the city. Or, type your community’s name, such as “Westboro” or “Blossom Park” in the search bar at the top of the page to
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It’s been nearly a year, but I still clearly remember packing up my desk at Metroland’s Kemptville newspaper and driving into the city – ready to launch four new newspapers in the middle of a municipal election. I was one of the first reporters hired on for the launch of Ottawa This Week, covering the city’s west end. At the time, positions for all four coverage areas were still open, but it was my gut instinct to pick Ottawa west. I lived in an apartment near Richmond and Pinecrest roads. I often ventured into Westboro, enjoying the restaurants and shops. I went to plays at the Great Canadian Theatre Company and enjoyed visiting friends in Glabar Park. Covering Ottawa west just felt natural because I already felt like part of the community. But little did I know there was so much more to learn. Before I started covering Ottawa’s west end, I always identified the Wellington West and Hintonburg neighbourhoods as “Westboro” – a mistake I quickly learned from when I wrote a behind-thescenes look at the Great Canadian Theatre Company, identifying it as a “Westboro theatre.” I never made that mistake again, and now find myself correcting others when they do the same! The reason Ottawa This Week’s west edition is celebrating its first anniversary is because of you, the community. You have opened your homes,
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workplaces and community meetings to help me understand the dynamic and diverse issues each community faces. Over the past year, many residents took me on some adventures I’ll never forget. Some showed me the sad parts – for instance, resident Terry Orchard from Britannia Baptist Church showed me the poor living conditions that refugee moms face. There were stories of inspiration, like when the Caldwell Family Centre let me into their food bank to see the special friendships formed between residents and volunteer Ottawa police. I learned a lot about planning and development at the countless community meetings surrounding the Westboro convent development. While the stories I covered over the past year were as diverse as the communities in Ottawa west, they all had one thing in common – it was about you, the residents, striving to make your area of Ottawa west a better place. I’m glad I listened to my gut instinct.
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Patricia Lonergan, managing editor of the urban group of Metroland Media community newspapers in Ottawa (and yourottawaregion. com), snagged second place with Sasha, a German shepherd, at a dock diving competition in support of area dog rescue groups held at the Rideau Carleton Raceway.
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(L-R) Ottawa This Week reporters Michelle Nash, Kristy Wallace, Emma Jackson and Eddie Rwema pose with their “mummy” pumpkin, carved for the Children at Risk celebrity-carved pumpkin contest. The jacko-lantern, which came with 12 Ottawa 67’s tickets, was put on the auction block to help raise funds for Families with Autism.
Ottawa This Week in your community Staff members at Metroland Media – Ottawa Region, the publisher of Ottawa This Week, do more than just report on news and events. They also take an active part in community events across the city. Whether it’s carving a pumpkin for charity, judging tourtieres at a farmers’
market competition, stepping in as route marshalls at charity walks, or serving tea to seniors, Ottawa This Week has been an active member in the community since its launch last October. After all, we don’t just work in the community, we also call it home.
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Metroland Media desktop support analyst Nick Ierullo and managing editor Patricia Lonergan cheer on participants at the second-annual Light the Night walk, held Saturday, Oct. 22 in support of Leukemia and Lymphoma research. This is the second year Metroland Media – Ottawa Region sponsored the walk and sent a crew of volunteers to help.
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Ottawa This Week political reporter Laura Mueller speaks with Bay Ward Coun. Mark Taylor at city hall.
Metroland Media – Ottawa Region’s Terry Tyo, Alistair Milne, Deb Bodine and Patricia Lonergan join members of the United Way for the official launch of the $33.5 million campaign currently underway.
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It was home sweet home for both the Ottawa Senators and the Nepean Wildcats as they played their first Provincial Women’s Hockey League games of the season in the nation’s capital this past weekend. Nepean picked up its first victory of the year with a 3-0 triumph over the Southwest Wildcats and then continued on the winning track with a 7-2 trouncing of Barrie, while Ottawa jumped atop the Photo by Dan Plouffe 18-team league standings with 4-2 Captain Cydney Roesler has registered six points from and 4-0 victories over Barrie and the blue line for her Ottawa Senators, who currently Southwest. “It’s been a good start,” says sit atop the PWHL standings. Senators coach Luke Richardson, who’s also an assistant coach with For All Your the NHL Senators. “The girls have Auto Glass Needs played really well – they’ve had a lot of excitement and energy, and they’re having fun, and that’s really the main thing.” The Sens’ 6-1-1 start to the campaign is all the more impressive considering their first six matches were on the road during back-toback-to-back scenarios for trips to the western side of the GTA. “This is our home weekend, and we’re very happy to be here,” says Richardson. “Driving six hours in a car and then getting out and expecting to play – it’s tough.” Featuring a deep, experienced lineup, every Senator minus the goalies now has at least a point. Jessica Harvey is Ottawa’s leading scorer with six goals and two assists, while the defence anchored by captain Cydney Roesler and backstopped by goaltenders Cassie Charette and Amanda Leveille has recorded five shutouts in eight games. “It’s been a fun start, but it’s a (across from the Coliseum Theatres) long season,” says Richardson, whose squad’s goal is to reach the championship-weekend final four after getting swept in the first round of last year’s playoffs. “We just want to keep them really focused.”
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Come down to Hilson Avenue Public School at 407 Hilson Ave. for a fantastic feast from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The second annual Hilson Foodie Fest includes a pie tasting contest featuring a wide variety of pies baked by local restaurants. There will also be other savoury snacks and yummy treats. And, there will be a book fair, fun games, pumpkin carving and local entertainment. Come on down for a bite to eat and enjoy some Hilson fun for the whole family! For more information or to include
• OCTOBER 29-30 The Canada Agriculture Museum presents its annual Barnyard Halloween Party! The whole family can enjoy a trick-or-treat scavenger hunt through the barns, fun games, and a costume parade around the museum grounds. Make caramel apples, a pumpkin dessert, and other sweet treats in the demonstration kitchen. Decorate your own pumpkin to take home with you this Halloween for $1.
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• NOVEMBER 4 The Royal Canadian Legion Westboro Branch will host an event featuring guests of honour, Brigadier General Atkinson P.J., CD Chief of Staff, Vice Chief of Defence. Cockails will start at 6 p.m. with dinner following at 7 p.m. The event will require Legion dress or semi-formal attire. Dinner will also be served. Tickets are $15 and are available Now at the Westboro Legion Bar. There will be no tickets sales at the door. The deadline to purchase tickets is Oct. 28. The Legion is located at 389-391 Richmond Rd. Call 613-725-2778 for more information.
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Is working with energetic, passionate people right up your alley? If so, Metroland Media Group is looking for you!
Is working with energetic, passionate people right up your alley? If so, Metroland Media Group is looking for you!
WHO ARE WE? Metroland Media, Ottawa Division, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and southern Ontario’s most trusted and respected community media source. Our digital media division, manages a network of leading community, specialty and vertical websites across Ontario reaching over 6 million unique internet users every month.
WHO ARE WE? Metroland Media, Ottawa Division, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and Ontario’s most trusted and respected community media source. Our digital media division manages a network of leading community, specialty and vertical websites across Ontario, reaching over 6 million unique internet users every month.
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
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
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
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.
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. 308223
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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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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
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