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Sign damage draws federal attention Jennifer McIntosh
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A trip between capitals by canoe sets out from Ottawa. – Page 17
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EMC news - The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) has condemned vandalism at the site of the South Nepean Muslim Community’s future mosque on Woodroffe Avenue and at their temporary home on Jockvale Road. The sign in front of the new mosque’s construction site was burned and vandalized in early August, prompting the imam and members of the organization’s board of directors to enlist the help of NepeanCarleton MP Pierre Poilievre. Poilievre said he would work to help the organization apply for funding through a federal program called the Security Infrastructure Program. The program provides timelimited funding to address security related to hate-motivated crime. This year’s intake was closed for the program in February, but Poilievre said he was working with minister of public safety’s office to see if the Nepean organization can apply for funding. THIRD INCIDENT
Catch up with local Paralympians and their achievements in London. – Page 33
August was the third time the sign marking the location of the SNMC has been vandalized and the second time is has been discovered burned. “It is troubling that the site marking the future location of the SNMC mosque and community centre has been repeatedly vandalized. Such acts are hurtful and intimidating to local citizens,” said Ihsaan Gardee, CAIR-CAN’s executive director. “These incidents are not reflective of the values we all cherish as Canadian citizens. We encourage our fellow citizens and local leaders to join us in condemning the repeated acts of vandalism.”
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The pilot of a small, single-engine plane, in red, walks away after an emergency landing in a Nepean corn field on Sept. 5. The plane developed engine trouble after takeoff from the Ottawa airport. The pilot was the sole occupant and was uninjured.
Plane makes emergency landing in Barrhaven cornfield Pilot walks away without injury Nevil Hunt nevil.hunt@metroland.com
EMC news - The pilot of a single-engine plane was able to walk away from an emergency landing in a dirt field on the afternoon of Sept. 5, crediting his training for the safe end of his solo trip. The plane remained upright during the landing, skimming over the hard dirt and the remaining stumps of hundreds of corn stalks that appeared to have been harvested recently. The 1997-model Katana two-seater lost power shortly after takeoff from Ottawa airport, said Ottawa fire department
acting district Chief Donald Smith. “He took off on a test flight and had engine trouble and lost power,” Smith said. “He tried to get back to the airport.” The pilot radioed the Ottawa airport tower to report he was landing on the west side of the Rideau River. He avoided nearby power lines before landing in a plowed section of field northeast of the intersection of Fallowfield and Merivale roads. The spot is about two kilometres from the nearest runway at the airport. “He did a great job,” Smith said of the landing, adding there was little damage to the plane and the pilot was feeling fine despite the challenging landing. Emergency crews from the Ottawa airport, as well as Ottawa firefighters, paramedics and police officers responded to the scene. The male pilot, who did not identify
himself, was wearing a shirt with an Ottawa Aviation Services logo when he walked out of the field. “If you’re trained well, you can land it well,” is all the pilot would say before departing in a car with two other men wearing shirts with OAS logos. Smith said the Transportation Safety Board has been informed of the emergency landing and will investigate. The plane was expected to be moved from the field to the airport by flatbed truck later the same day. OAS declined to comment on the emergency landing. The flying school lists the Katana on its website as its most basic trainer and says the plane is notable for its glide ratio, which is “a significant advantage in the event of an engine failure as it allows the aircraft to reach a greater number of potential landing areas.”
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