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the breakfast, don’t forget to check out the third annual Christmas craft fair starting at 9 a.m. – featuring Christmas crafts, clothing, jewelry, preserves, gift, and services sale, silent auction, Sens’ Army, outdoor hockey registration, and the return of the Learn to Skate program. Dozens of vendors and artisans will have the gifts and treats that will make your Christmas season unique.
News - A battle over accused “queue jumping” for a sidewalk in Alta Vista ward was almost the only item that stood between the city budget and speedy council approval on Nov. 27. Councillors quibbled over the $1.4-million expense to add sidewalks and street lights to Lynda Lane, a street near the Ottawa hospital campus that visitors to the hospital often use for parking. Alta Vista Coun. Peter Hume, Mayor Jim Watson and deputy city manager Nancy Schepers insisted the project has been in their radar and was only left out of the budget due to a clerical error. Other councillors, including Gloucester-Southgate Coun. Diane Deans, questioned why the project was coming back out of the blue after council made a decision to take it out of the budget in 2003. “It sounds like queue jumping to me,” Deans said. “It’s a little hard to understand how it gets walked onto the floor of the budget at the last minute.” Hume said the project was taken out of the budget to find savings but it was supposed to be put back in this year. “It had to be delayed because we needed money to provide that taxpayer relief,” he said. “Since that time, it has been waiting patiently to receive its budget allocation.” “It was one of these items that slipped between the cracks, plain and simple,” the mayor said. Councillors eventually voted to approve adding the Lynda Lane project into the budget. Somerset Coun. Diane Holmes wanted to see the city put more money into day programs that provide food for low-income residents after hearing from groups that said they can’t provide nutritious foods on such a tight budget. “You may as well eat wallpaper,” Holmes said of the nutritional value of “white crackers” groups said they hand out to clients.
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Tractor trailer fire closes portion of Highway 417 for several hours. – Page 5
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West Carleton resident new dean of Algonquin College’s Perth campus. – Pages 42-43
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Jane Currie and Andy Wurzler pose with the float they built in their yard for the Constance Bay Santa Claus parade this coming Saturday. The float is the Constance and Buckham’s Bay Community Association’s entry and Currie is a member of the executive. Both agree the float has gotten a lot of attention from Bay residents and they hope it helps generate Christmas spirit.
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News – Santa Claus is coming to Constance Bay this Saturday and he will make several appearances in the community. On Dec. 7, the Constance and Buckham’s Bay Community Association (CBBCA) hosts its annual breakfast with Santa from 8:30-11 a.m. in the main hall of the community centre in the Bay. While at
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