THURSDAY
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DECEMBER 7, 2017
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Councillor Eli El-Chantiry Ward 5, West Carleton-March 5670 Carp Rd., Kinburn 613-580-2424 ext 32246 eli.el-chantiry@ottawa.ca www.eliel-chantiry.ca
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Canoe Club opens accessible building ONLINE at the season, many of its paddlers are paddle again in the coming spring and Paddle All program has a winter training group. The entire Ottawa River Canoe working hard in the club’s off-season summer months. See CANOE CLUB, page 7 For the first time ever, the club’s Club site on the Ottawa River in training programs, getting prepared to West Carleton is now totally accessible for those with disabilities. Quite a difference from when the club was established 15 years ago when it did not have the funds to get an accessible building off the ground. All there was back then was a tent with two stairs. But now, a new accessible change room for the club’s Para Paddling program has now been erected, with a grand opening held with CarletonMississippi Mills MPP Jack MacLaren, City of Ottawa West Carleton-March Coun. Eli El-Chantiry and Paralympian Todd Nicholson all in attendance. This new building came about thanks to funding from Ontario 150 and the City of Ottawa along with hundreds of volunteer hours by several key volunteers. Ottawa River Canoe Club commodore Mark Hayman served as the lead on the project. The building, now up, will be completely finished in the spring when some final touches are added. The presence of this building means that the entire site is accessible for those with disabilities. They will now be able to drive in, park the vehicle, get out and wheel right into a shelter space, get changed, grab a paddle and life-jacket, set up the Tiffany Lepack/Metroland boat and then head out onto the water, all on their own. Now, that’s accessibility! Although the Ottawa River Ca- Claire Pope and Zoey Sevigny were running and smiling with excitement before the main man in red arrived noe Club is shut down now for at the Kinburn Community Centre’s Brunch With Santa on Sunday, Dec. 3. SPECIAL TO THE REVIEW
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