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Winter pick-upThe ice has taken shape and outdoor skating has begun at the Alta Vista Park. Neighbourhood kids like Justin Jarmo, left, and Eric Toms enjoy skating as they discover the joys of winter. The rink is maintained by local residents for the neighbourhood to enjoy.

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EmC news - oC transpo is hoping to tap frequent riders to help get the bugs out of its smart-card payment system.

the new Presto cards will be available for free at oC

transpo sales centres between Jan. 18 and Feb. 1.

there are already 2,000 people using the cards as part of a “friends and family” test program and oC transpo is hoping up to 10,000 more people join them when the new cards begin to work on Feb. 1. the cards are being released to a larger number of transit users to test the belea-guered system when it’s under heavier use.

the Presto system is used by some transit agencies in southern ontario, but ottawa was set to be the first city to

use a new generation of the technology last summer.

a full, 200,000-card rollout was scheduled for June, but the city and provincial agency responsible for the system, metrolinx, pulled the plug at the last minute due to techni-cal issues.

Glitches, such as red screens indicating rejected payments, continued to plague the system through the sum-mer, forcing metrolinx and the city to extend the “friends and family” test period through the winter.

Presto is supposed to usher

in a new era of how users pay to ride the bus.

For one thing, the passes are transferable, meaning you, a spouse, a child, a friend, a roommate or anyone, really, could share a card – as long as you don’t ride at the same time.

the cards can be topped up online or at a service centre.

manager of business and operational services, david Pepper, said oC transpo is hoping at least half of the new Presto-card holders use the cards regularly.

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enough to give oC transpo the kind of critical mass it needs to put the system to the test.

in addition, now that the to-ronto transit Commission has signed on to implement Presto for the ttC by 2016, all eyes will be watching ottawa to see how it fares.

last month, amalgam-ated transit Union local 279 boss Craig watson said that all 1,600 oC transpo opera-tors were set to be retrained on how to use the Presto system in January in advance of the deluge of new users expected in February.

More Presto cards available for riders Jan. 18

An early-morning blaze at a building near Smyth Road briefly shuts down Alta Vista Drive.

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Former Bay Ward councillor Alex Cullen will seek the provincial NDP nomination for Ottawa Centre.

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a boostLesia Gilbert, left, treasurer and social events co-ordinator with the Riverside South Community Association, receives a cheque from Christine Asselin, Scotiabank Riverside South branch manag-er. The funds are a contribution towards paying for the operating costs of the Pancake Breakfast organized by the association. The revenue matching contribution of $2702 allows the association to keep the cost low for residents.

EmC news - Hockey Can-ada has announced that diFd (do it For daron) will be the charity of choice for the 2013 iiHF ice Hockey women’s world Championship, taking place in april at Scotiabank Place and the nepean Sport-splex.

diFd is a youth-driven ini-tiative at the royal focused on raising awareness and inspir-ing conversations about youth mental health.

Several initiatives are planned to support and raise money for diFd at the royal, including:

• Tickets: DIFD supporters can purchase tickets for the wednesday, april 3 double-header games featuring the United States vs. Finland and Switzerland vs. Canada and sit in the dedicated Power to the Purple section at Scotiabank Place. Fans are encouraged to wear purple to show their soli-darity to the cause. Five dol-lars from each ticket sold in this section will be donated to diFd at the royal. individual tickets are available for $39 each through www.hockey-canada.ca/2013ottawa (promo code: diFd).

• 50/50: For the April 3 games, diFd at the royal will receive a portion of the 50/50 proceeds.

• Programs: $1 from each program sale sold by a diFd volunteers during the april 3 games will go to diFd at the royal.

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through diFd is having a very positive impact in the areas of mental health awareness and support,” said Fran rider, co-chair of the 2013 iiHF ice Hockey women’s world Championship and president of the ontario women’s Hock-ey association. “we have been approached by hockey players and parents who have had their lives impacted in a positive di-rection as a result of accessing assistance available.”

Stephanie and luke rich-ardson, parents of daron richardson said they are hon-oured by diFd’s partnership with the world championship, and expect it will inspire more open conversations about youth mental health.

diFd was created by friends and family of daron richardson, who lost her life to suicide at the age of 14, and is inspired by hope for a fu-ture where young people will reach out for help without fear or shame.

the charity supports pro-grams and initiatives aimed at transforming youth mental health through research and education at the royal, which is one of Canada’s foremost mental health care and aca-demic health science centres. For more information on diFd, please visit www.difd.com.

For more information on the 2013 iiHF ice Hockey women’s world Champion-ship, visit www.hockeycana-da.ca/2013ottawa.

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EMC news - Alta Vista Drive near Smyth Road was closed for a few hours on Jan. 3 to allow firefighters to battle fire on the exterior of a six storey building at 1870 Alta Vista Dr.

MD Physicians Services Inc., an organization that provides financial products and services to physicians and their families, occupies the building.

The morning fire destroyed parts of the building’s exte-rior and caused an estimated $50,000 damage from the fire and nearly $300,000 in smoke damages inside the building, according to a re-

lease from fire department.“Fire did not spread to the

interior of the structure how-ever smoke did make its way inside the building, causing significant damage on the second floor near the fire area,” the release said.

Fire crews ventilated the upper floors and dealt with a steam pipe that was damaged as a result of the fire.

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Firefighters battle an early morning fire at the front lobby of MD Physician Services’ head office at 1870 Alta Vista Dr. Damages from the fire are estimated at $350.000.

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EMC news - New Edin-burgh residents are hopeful early talks with developers concerning the Beechwood Avenue fire site could lead to positive results for the com-munity.

The New Edinburgh Com-munity Alliance will host its first meeting regarding the Minto Group’s plans to devel-op 7-23 Beechwood Ave. and 409-411 MacKay St. on Jan. 16 at MacKay United Church. while not an official city-led public consultation, the meet-ing is intended to be more of an open forum than what a city- or developer-hosted meeting might be.

“our hope is that if we get in early enough that our com-ments would have an effect on what Minto is planning,” said alliance president Da-vid Sacks. “The atmosphere NECA is hosting is neutral. we want to be gracious to our guests, but it is not a space that the developer would be controlling it (the meeting) tightly.”

A fire that started in the basement of the Home Hard-ware on the morning of March 16, 2011 ultimately destroyed five businesses and 11 resi-dences on Beechwood. Since then the site has remained empty and boarded up be-cause of an ongoing insurance settlement. In November 2012 Minto announced it had pur-chased the site.

Sacks added the alliance aims for the meeting to be

an information gathering ses-sion.

“we were hoping to have the public in an area that isn’t so heavily orchestrated, that offers the community to have a chance to respond and send comments -- not just fill out a form at the end of the meet-ing,” he said.

Minto spokeswoman Gwen Cox said representatives from the company will be present-ing an overview of develop-ment proposals for the site and confirmed there will be opportunity for the public to ask questions and provide comments.

Beechwood Avenue is a main street shared by five com-munities and in the year-and-a-half since the fire, residents have been eager to ensure the area maintains the distinctive main street character.

Shortly after the fire, residents formed a “friends group” called the Beechwood Village Alliance in an effort to offer each community the op-portunity to offer suggestions for the future of the area.

In october, the Beechwood Village Alliance held its sec-ond meeting where more than 150 residents discussed the need for development at the site.

lindenlea resident Tobi Nussbaum helped form the group and said since the be-ginning the goal has always been to move the renewal along.

“There is a real indication of public interest and a will-ingness to participate of the revitalization of Beechwood,”

he said. Nussbaum is looking for-

ward to the upcoming meeting and said he is thankful that the New Edinburgh Community Alliance is hosting the event.

“I think it is great they are taking the initiative to ensure that the development would have open dialogue with resi-dents,” Nussbaum said.

“The first thing you want to provide is an opportunity for neighbours and the com-munity to offer their views on the features the development should offer for the commu-nity.”

Sacks said the meeting will feature working group tables to allow everyone the oppor-tunity to participate.

Rideau-Rockcliffe Coun. Peter Clark said he is relieved that something is finally hap-pening at the site.

“Everybody wants to get something up there and they wanted it up yesterday,” he said.

Clark has seen some of the preliminary plans from Minto and said he does not see any-thing too objectionable, but said he stills needs to sit down with planning staff regarding the development.

“The community wants to see more retail like westboro and I think we will see it,” Clark said.

The meeting is open to all residents surrounding Beech-wood Avenue, but due to a 150-people capacity limit at Memorial Hall, online reg-istration is required at www.doodle.com/rg42mkx9rg-bqufpg.

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Civic Appreciation Awards – nominations due Friday, March 31

Each year the City of Ottawa takes an evening during National Volunteer Week to celebrate and acknowledge some of the 225,000 plus volunteers who work so hard in our community. This year’s ceremony will be held on May 3 at City Hall.

Sixteen awards will be handed out including three Citizen of the Year awards, the Brian Kilrea Award for outstanding contribution to amateur sport, and 12 Dis-tinguished Civic Awards in the categories of: arts and culture, recreation and sport, education, environment, health, heritage, humanitarianism, rural/agriculture and community activism.

Nomination forms are due by 4:00 p.m. on Friday, March 31. If you know a volunteer who has made an outstanding contribution to our community, I encourage you to nominate them for a Civic Appreciation Award. Nomination forms are available at any Client Service Centre, Library, and Community Centre or online at Ottawa.ca

Development plans for the Blossom Park Shopping Centre

I have received information on a proposed site plan for the Blossom Park Shopping Centre, at the corner of Bank Street and Queensdale Avenue. The applicant is proposing to build two new buildings at the centre, one to house a bank and the other a drug store. The pro-posal also includes an additional 100 parking spaces. If you would like more information on this proposed site plan please contact my office directly.

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Winter fun at Ottawa’s Outdoor RinksIf you’re looking for a fun way to stay active this winter try heading to one of the many outdoor rinks located around Ottawa. You can enjoy a family skate, practice your skills, or join in on a pick-up hockey game. For more information on rink times and other special events you can visit the Recreation and Culture section of ottawa.ca or call the Seasonal Recreation line at 613-580-2590. Residents can also stay up to date on information regarding rink conditions and reports by visiting ottawarinkconditions.ca.

City of Ottawa 2013 Summer Student Employment ProgramOnline applications for students interested in summer employment with the City of Ottawa are now available online. The Summer Student Employment Program is a great opportunity to gain valuable work experience and insight into today’s workforce. Positions are available in areas such as; administrative and support services, environmental science, library services, public health services, parks and recreation services and much more!

For more information including eligibility criteria and other requirements, visit ottawa.ca. Applications will be accepted until Thursday, February 7, 2013.

Airport Parkway Pedestrian BridgeThe Airport Parkway Pedestrian and Cycling Overpass has been an ongoing and significant project for the City of Ottawa. The pedestrian overpass project involves the construction of a new pedestrian/cycling bridge over the Airport Parkway and a pathway connection between the Hunt Club Community to the South Keys Transit Station.

In 2011, the construction project encountered some unforeseen delays due to deficiencies that were observed in the concrete section of the main bridge tower. As required under the terms of the contract, the contractor is responsible for all quality control and correction of deficient work, including associated costs.

Work has progressed very well over the last couple of months on the project which includes scaffolding, formwork and falsework installation for the upper half of the tower, completion of the east pathway connection, hot mix paving of the pathway, and installation of a new access door and windows at the South Keys Transit Station.

Upper tower formwork, falsework and reinforcing steel will continue this month and once completed will be ready to receive the next pour of concrete. The contractor will then begin the forming and falsework for the main deck across the Airport Parkway. This work will involve some traffic disruptions at times and the City’s Traffic Management Group along with the City’s Corporate Communications Department will keep all residents aware and informed to ensure minimal disruption.

City staff are monitoring this project very closely and keeping my office up to date on the progress. I look forward to the completion of this project in 2013. Once completed, it will be a wonderful addition to our community.

Garbage Collection and Disposing of your Christmas treePlease remember that during the winter months, waste material placed curb side must be free of snow and ice, be kept at ground level, and be visible to collection drivers. If you still have your Christmas trees they will be collected on your regular green bin day. Please take note that trees will not be collected if they are wrapped in plastic, frozen to the ground, or if all decorations have not been removed. To find out when trees are being collected in your area please visit ottawa.ca.

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EMC news – Donating your old electronics could help Habitat for Humanity reach a goal of helping low-income families realize a dream of owning a home.

The organization holds a year-round electronics collec-tion at its two-Restore loca-tions in Ottawa.

All e-waste collected by Habitat for Humanity is re-cycled in Ontario by Sims Re-cycling Solutions through the Ontario Electronic Steward-ship (OES) program.

“Everything is recycled in

an environmentally friendly and secure way,” said Myrna Beattie, director of retail op-erations with Habitat.

“It doesn’t go on a truck to the US or in a container to a third world country some-where.

It is all done within Ontario and we are very happy to be partners with Sims.”

Beattie said that every purchase made at their Re-stores and the e-waste prod-uct collected under the OES programs supports Habitat for Humanity in the capital region as it helps local fami-lies achieve the dream of ho-meownership.

“All the proceeds from the Restores go towards support-ing programs of Habitat for Humanity,” said Beattie.

Ottawa residents can drop off old computers, monitors, televisions, cellphones and other electronics for recycling at one of The Habitat ReStores on Enterprise Avenue and Walkley Road. The service is free and open to the public.

“The message we would like to get out to the general public is there is a lot of other people doing re-cycling, but ask your recycler where does the product go, and if they can’t tell you then you can be sure it is not recycled in

a way that we all should be wanting our electronics to be recycled,” said Beattie.

Besides helping, build homes for low-income fami-lies, Habitat for Humanity is also concerned about the en-vironment, said Beattie.

“Everything that you see here would be in a landfill, if they weren’t here,” she said.

“For sure our mandate is to build homes but we are also very concerned about our world and the environment and we would like to make our contribution as much as we can.”

For more information, you can visit www.habitatncr.com.

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From left, Uwe Foering, Myrna Beattie and Allan Avis at the Habitat for Humanity Restore location on Walkley Road. The organization holds a year-round electronics collection at its two-Restore locations in Ottawa.

Old electronics benefitting Habitat for Humanity



Effective January 1, 2013, Hydro Ottawa’s distribution rates have changed. A typical residential customer’s bill will increase by approximately 0.58 percent or $0.66 per month. Small commercial customers consuming 2,000 kWh per month and having a demand of less than 50 kilowatts will see their monthly bill decrease by about $5.35.

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of an aging workforce by continuing and growing its trades apprenticeship programs.

Industry comparisons have consistently shown that Hydro Ottawa’s operating, maintenance and administration costs are below the provincial average.

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Hydro Ottawa Distribution Rates Change January 1, 2013

Distribution Charge (paid to Hydro Ottawa), 20.4%

Electricity Generation Charge (paid to generators of hydroelectric, nuclear, fossil-fueled, wind, biomass, biogas and solar electricity), 52.0%

Debt Retirement Charge to pay the debt of the former Ontario Hydro (paid to the Provincial Government) 4.4%

Regulatory Charges for administering system and funding programs (paid to Independent Electricity System Operator, Ministry of Energy) 4.1%

Transmission Charge (paid to Hydro One), 7.6%

Harmonized Sales Tax (paid to Federal and Provincial governments), 11.5%

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EMC community - Foodies from across the city are invit-ed to the Glebe this month to enjoy some delectable fare in support of the community.

Fine wines, local brews, finger foods and dozens of desserts from restaurants and shops in the neighbourhood will be served up at this year’s Taste in the Glebe on Jan. 17.

The event, hosted by the Glebe Neighbourhood Activi-ties Group, will take place at the Glebe Community Cen-tre.

“This is the best food and wine show in the city, hands down,” said Clare Rogers, one of the organizers for the event.

There are always a few new restaurateurs each year, she said, but the theme is always the same - to eat, drink and be merry.

“It’s a great time,” she said. “There are always fancy finger foods and some not so fancy foods, but all are equally deli-cious.”

Last year, Rogers said one restaurant made more than 400 fish tacos.

“There were both gorgeous and delicious,” she said.

Rogers added there also tends to be fun treats that stray away from strict gourmet fare, such as milkshakes provided by the Works last year.

The annual event is part of the activities group’s fundrais-ing initiative and the proceeds will go towards a community development fund, which fo-cuses on raising money to help improve the Glebe Com-

munity Centre building and grounds.

Rogers said the money raised at this year’s Taste in the Glebe will help fund the group’s upcoming landscap-ing project, which includes the addition of parking at the centre, as well as relocating the sidewalk in front of the parking area.

“It’s to stop the danger of having cars backing out onto the sidewalk,” Rogers said.

The project will increase the available parking from six

spaces and one handicap space to about 18. Bicycle racks will also be added.

This project is completely funded by the community and so far the group has raised $80,000 for the parking proj-ect, while the landscaping portion intends to a communi-ty-driven volunteer initiative.

The Taste in the Glebe, Rogers said, is also a huge community event, made pos-sible because of the dedica-tion of residents.

“It’s a lot of work, but we

have no shortage of volun-teers who help out,” Rogers said. “It’s like one big com-munity party and community event.”

The event will welcome as many as 350 people from 5:30 to 8 p.m.

Tickets are $50 and can be purchased at the centre or on-line at www.gnag.ca.

Residents interested in donating directly to the land-scaping fund can contact the activities group at 613-233-8713.

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The Glebe Neighbourhood Activities Group will host its annual Taste in the Glebe on Jan. 17. The event will help the organization raise money for an upcoming landscaping project at the Glebe Community Centre.

Annual event to help raise money for community centre project

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EMC news - Don’t spend the next school PA day cooped up indoors - it’s time to get out-side and enjoy all that freshly fallen snow.

The Rideau Valley Conser-vation Authority is once again hosting its Winter Adventurer PA day camps at Baxter and Foley Mountain conservation areas this season.

Children aged six to 12 are invited to spend a great, fun-filled day with RVCA inter-preters while they learn how to snowshoe, build shelters and campfires, cook outdoors and use a compass. of course, no PA day is complete without a few outdoor games as well. “We can’t let the winter cold stop us from enjoying some wonderful outdoor opportuni-ties,” said Rebecca Whitman, Foley Mountain supervisor and interpreter. “We need to stop retreating indoors and becom-ing inactive. Instead, we need

to embrace winter and get the children out and enjoying what Mother Nature has to offer.” Camps are $40 per child ($35 for additional children in the same family) and include snowshoe rental, snacks and the traditional reward of a frothy hot chocolate after a day of frosty fun. There is a maximum of 20 participants, so families are encouraged to register early.

Baxter Conservation Area south of Kars will host its camps on Jan. 18 and Feb. 15 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Registra-tion can be completed through Andrea Wood, who can be reached at 613-489-3592 or [email protected].

Foley Mountain Conserva-tion Area will host its camp on Jan. 30 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Contact Whitman at 613-273-3255 or [email protected] to register. The program is offered as part of the RVCA’s Active outdoor Life series.

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EMC news - Municipali-ties need to have a greater say in where the province puts gambling facilities and green-energy projects, says Ontario Liberal leadership contender Kathleen Wynne.

Wynne, MPP for Don Val-ley West in Toronto, released her plan for municipal pros-perity in a teleconference on Jan. 3.

Prior to her leadership run, Wynne has served as minister of education, transportation and municipal affairs and housing.

The goal of the platform is to increase municipal au-tonomy and give cities and towns the tools they need to prosper.

“Whether it’s casinos or energy infrastructure, we need to ensure we have willing hosts,” Wynne said. “Working together with communities … we will build even stronger and more pros-perous communities across Ontario.”

While Wynne’s statements focused on the importance of communities “buying in” to provincial initiatives instead

of being forced into them, her ideas were light on actual policy direction.

Wynne said she is open to looking at what kinds of “tools and mechanisms” mu-nicipalities might need to ensure there is a good com-munity process for projects that fall under the provincial purview, such as gambling facilities or solar farms.

Wynne said Energy Min-ister Chris Bentley made a good start by establishing a new process that weighs mul-tiple criteria for things like solar-farm proposals for the next phase of the province’s feed-in-tariff (FIT) renew-able energy program.

The next step is to make the process of deciding where those facilities go a more col-laborative one, Wynne said.

That would involve con-sulting the Association of Municipalities of Ontario ahead of time and engaging local decision makers, in-cluding mayors and aborigi-nal leaders, throughout the process.

“I think communities have ideas about how they would like to see the processes work better,” Wynne said.

Wynne said that while she

encourages municipalities to hold referenda on whether they should accept a new gaming facility such as a ca-sino, she wouldn’t force cit-ies to go through that expen-sive process.

But under the current deadlines outlined by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, it would be im-possible for a municipality to hold a referendum before the OLG to make its decision.

Wynne said she hasn’t contemplated any political maneuvers that could be used to extend those deadlines to allow municipalities to hold

referenda.The other components of

Wynne’s community plan in-clude:

• Investing in roads and bridges

• Bringing mayors togeth-er to ensure Ontario’s growth plans are on track

• Rebalancing the cost of providing provincial services so it is less of a burden on ru-ral municipalities

• Developing regional and community transportation strategies and advocating for a national transportation strategy.

Wynne wants cities to have a sayMunicipalities should have more say where OLG, green energy projects go: Liberal leadership contender

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EMC news - A west-end resource centre is hoping put the city’s youth in the spot-light.

The Nepean, Rideau and Osgoode Community Re-source Centre is starting to gather resources for the sec-ond annual Shine a Light on Our Youth fundraiser – set to hit the Centurion Conference Centre on April 20.

Sandy Wooley, execu-tive director for the resource centre, said last year’s event brought in $8,000.

“We focused the money on our youth counselling pro-grams,” Wooley said, adding the extra funds allowed the program’s co-ordinator to double her hours at the cen-tre.

“This year we hope to double the proceeds and raise $16,000,” Wooley said. “Ev-erything will go into youth programming.”

While the resource centre receives core funding from the city for most of the ser-vices it offers, there is little provided for youth program-ming. That’s what makes the fundraiser necessary, Wooley said.

“Young people are the future of our community,”

Wooley said. “So it makes sense to make sure they have the proper resources.”

The centre currently oper-ates youth advisory groups in Barrhaven, Bells Corners and Parkwood Hills.

Wooley said they are cur-rently looking at an advisory group for parents in Manotick whose children are dealing with fentanyl addiction.

The advisory programs are run by youth for youth in the community, with the help of NROCRC’s community de-velopers.

“We want residents to tell us what kind of services they want, rather than telling them we are setting up a basketball program or games night,” Wooley said. “Having their input makes the resources more effective.”

The April event will have Mayor Jim Watson as a guest speaker.

There will also be live and silent auctions. Wooley said January is when organizers really start buckling down and approach the community for auction items and spon-sorships.

Tickets for the event are $65 and are available for pur-chase now. To buy a ticket or donate items for the auction, contact Wooley at [email protected].

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PREVIOUS POLL SUMMARYWhat was your initial response to all the snow we’ve had recently?

A) I bundled up the kids and spent the day playing outside.

B) I took the day off and got some chores done inside.

C) I resigned myself to hours of shovelling and dreaming about summertime.

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Just after Christmas there was a great big snow. Other places got more of it than we did, but we got enough.

The Queensway was mushy and slow, on-ramps were slippery, arterial roads were tricky and residential streets were mostly unplowed.

The day after that snow, I was driving out of town. The side streets were fi ne. The Queensway was in beautiful shape. So was Highway 7, and it wasn’t as if any of the snow had melted. No, it had just been pushed aside and taken away.

“Well, of course,” I hear you say. “We know how to deal with snow.”

It’s something we always hear ourselves say-ing, often to friends in the U.S. who have lived through snowstorms that have crippled trans-portation and deprived thousands of power.

We know how to deal with snow, we say smugly. We also love to say it to our cousins in Toronto after they have had a diffi cult time with the weather. We don’t have to call out the army to clear the streets.

But what was apparent the day after that big snow on the dry and clear 417 is that it’s not we who know how to deal with snow. It’s the people who work for us, who drive that noisy, clunky equipment all day and through the middle of the night and into next day. They know how to deal with snow.

And, unlike people in many other walks of life, they don’t just do it when they feel like it. They do it when it’s needed and don’t stop until it’s done. The same goes for the private guys who clear the laneways, parking lots and

driveways of the city.There are more and more of those, as annual

warnings about the risks of shovelling are read by wary (certainly not lazy!) males of a certain age.

It’s a miracle what they all do. One day you think you’ll never be able to get where you want to get and the next day you forget that you even thought about it. You rarely hear those who live in Ottawa complain about the snow-plows. Not for long, anyway.

Deal with snow? We as individuals might play our little part. We get our cars out of the way, sometimes doing a little dance with the snowplows. We put snow tires on our cars so that we don’t get stranded and add to everyone else’s diffi culties. We stay home when urged to, take public transit when it makes more sense.

But it’s not we who get the snow off the streets and roads.

The people who do that not only perform a great service; they also enable our bragging about how we know how to deal with snow.

It’s a neat trick to convince ourselves we are hardy northern survivor types at the same time as we spend most of our time indoors and warm while others do the heavy lifting. That’s what Canadians do every winter and the accumulation of bragging rights adds to our national pride.

So it’s best not to question it too much. We do, in fact, go outside from time to time. We bundle up. We freeze in the car until it warms up. We wait in the cold for the bus. In colder parts of the country we even plug the car in overnight. And when we get where we are go-ing, when we get back indoors, we are exhila-rated by how cold it was and how we survived and we can’t stop talking about it.

Not everyone on Earth gets to do this. For example, people who live in warm weather climes, such as southern California, can’t, although they occasionally get to brag about brush fi res and earthquakes, thus avoiding the accusation that they are total weather wimps. I wonder if they say “we know how to deal with earthquakes”?

Our unique relationship with winter

The Presto payment system for the city’s buses and future light rail hasn’t

travelled a smooth road.The tap-and-go payment

cards look nifty and plenty of riders would like to give them a try, but they’re not quite ready for prime time, or rush hour for that matter.

Between Jan. 18 and Feb. 1, the city will hand out 10,000 free Presto cards.

Then on Feb. 1, the fi nal

test will begin. If the cards work as designed, you can expect to see Presto cards all over town within months.

Part of the reason some riders are looking forward to the cards is their advantage over the current monthly paper passes. Once Presto is up and running, riders will be able to share cards; some-thing that’s not allowed under the current system.

That means a parent can potentially come home

from work and hand the Presto card off to a child or other adult to use during the evening. Sounds good, but we need the Presto system to work before that comes true.

Presto cards are expected to deliver another advan-tage. They will make paper passes and eventually tickets obsolete at some point in the future, saving the cost of making, counting and then trashing the paper ones now in use.

City council decided Presto was the right package for Ottawa. Councillors voted to go with the system in part because it has been tested in the real world by Toronto’s transit system.

But then things went wrong. The city accepted that Ottawa should have a Presto system that ran on a new, untested software package and new display screens for drivers.

The software failed and

now, as we approach a rescheduled launch, OC Transpo’s drivers must undergo retraining because of the new interface screens.

While it sounds fair that Metrolinx – Presto’s parent – is paying for the retraining, every taxpayer should keep in mind that our provincial taxes help cover the cost of the duplicate training sessions provided by Metrolinx.

If this fi nal test of Presto fails, the city can walk away

from the contract as late as April. Of course that still means the city will have to start from scratch.

The mess has raised some big questions: why didn’t we buy an off-the-shelf system with hardware and software that had already been proven elsewhere and why is Ottawa stuck as the guinea pig for the new software?

As every transit user knows, they key to a good system is running on time.

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OPINIONOPINION Your Community Newspaper

A friend sent me an email recently. Within days of turning

over the calendar, she fi nds herself in the unenviable position of making a big deci-sion: do I pack in my home business and return to work full-time or do I continue the daily grind, working on ad hoc assignments, trying to make ends meet and being a dedicated mother-of-two at the same time?

Either way, she’s looking at a huge fi scal hit. Daycare for two pre-schoolers is cer-tain to set her back more than her mortgage (approximately $1,900 per month in Ottawa). If she stays home, she faces the prospect of a smaller and relatively unsteady income – not to mention the guilt that inevitably comes with shifting one’s focus back and forth constantly from children to work ventures.

Certainly, there’s no easy answer. A big part of the problem is the decision framework that exists in Canada, pitting career against family. Too often, the return-to-work decision tends to be an all-or-nothing venture. You either work full-time and put the kids in full-time care (if you can fi nd it and afford it) or you stay home full-time and risk setting your career back for an indefi nite period of time.

For those who would like to work, it becomes quickly evident that society doesn’t truly support working moth-ers, no matter how committed you may be to your career. In December, the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development released a study showing that women’s salaries continue to lag those of men, particularly after women have children.

Before children, women in OECD countries earn 17 per cent less than their male counterparts for the same position. After the birth of a child, a woman typically earns 22 per cent less than a man for the same work. The OECD report cites lack of affordable daycare options as one of the biggest deterrents to women increasing their work hours.

Even those who are able to fi nd daycare are frequently criticized for institutional-izing children at a young age – “throwing the baby out with the bath water,” as a couple of Quebec doctors pitched it a few years ago.

Those, like my friend, who would be quite happy to shelve or downshift their careers temporarily to get through the pre-school years discover relatively quickly that society doesn’t offer a lot of support for the stay-at-home or part-time-working parent either.

Women who choose to stay home for an extended mater-nity leave are often criticized for halting feminism in its tracks.

And there are few child-care options for the woman who would like to have the best of both worlds – work-ing part-time, or full-time during anti-social hours, for example.

Canada is among a hand-ful of OECD countries that has no national childcare strategy. But while the New

Democratic Party and other left-wing groups frequently advocate for a national standard in childcare, there is little discussion on how to help women – who continue to be the primary caregivers of young children – fi nd care solutions that would fi t the true complexity of their lives.

One of the biggest hurdles to the creation of a national childcare strategy is that most of us are only in the system for a handful of years. Once we get our kids into school, we stop thinking about childcare, let alone talking about it. And in an aging society, many of us come to see that our precious taxpayer dollars may be better spent on health care and home care for the elderly, rather than on kindergartens.

But it’s time to change the decision framework concern-ing mothers and work in this country. We need women to work in order to drive the economy.

We also need men and women to have children who will grow up, work, drive the economy and support our ag-ing population. Surely we can do better than we currently are as a society.

We can work to fi nd childcare solutions and build supports into our workplace policies that would allow men and women to make choices for their families without making it seem like one has to directly trade work time for family time or vice versa.

The all-or-nothing decisionBRYNNALESLIE

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It has been roughly two years since I have writ-ten for the EMC. Last you heard from me, I

was fi nishing my high school career. Now I am currently in my last year of the journalism program at St. Lawrence Col-lege in Cornwall, Ont.

Since the last time I was at the EMC, I have discovered that I still really want to go into the world of fashion. Even my fashion sense has changed a lot! I have become more involved with the Twit-ter world, learning more and about social media and most of all fashion. The number of

designers or magazine publi-cations that I follow is almost too much to bear. That being said, Jeanne Beker tweeted me once. I was the happiest person that day.

At college I am the go-to girl for all things fashion for our school newspaper. Every month, I have to go and fi nd a story on fashion, either within the school or in the surround-ing area. I have written other articles about various topics, but everyone can see that my strong suit really is fashion.

My skills have and are always improving. I had got-ten the chance to interview the dean at my campus. I was extremely nervous at the time

and was afraid that I would not be able to meet the chal-lenge.

Unfortunately, I will not be able to know right away what he thinks of the article because it is running in the January issue coming out soon at the campus, and while I’ll be here in Ottawa.

I’m so excited to see what this month will bring for me. I have missed interning with this paper and when my professor mentioned some-thing about internships, the EMC was the fi rst place I had thought of.

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EMC news - With the dawn of a new year, the Vanier Com-munity Association is resolv-ing to signifi cantly boost its membership to better engage with the entire community.

In the fall, the association announced it would like to double its membership by the time its annual general meet-ing rolls around in June. The board has taken every oppor-tunity to hand out member-ship forms at recent events in the community and as a result, membership has increased from 108 to 176.

Association president Mike Bulthuis said the membership growth has been really im-pressive and he credits mem-bership offi cer Rose Anne Leonard for all her hard work and determination.

“Rose Anne has done an incredible job, it’s fantastic,” he said. “We started off with only 108 and now the number

continues to grow.”As the number continues to

rise, Bulthuis added, reaching 216 is something he believes is quite possible.

“I think at this rate, we will pass that number too,” Bulthuis said.

Over the recent months, at-tendance at the association’s meetings has grown, including some non-Vanier individuals coming out in anticipation of moving to the neighbourhood in the future. Bulthuis said this is a great sign of the type of engagement the group aims to achieve.

“What is exciting to me is that the association is be-coming a space where resi-dents come together and talk about the neighbourhood,” he said. “Membership is free and we do that because the value of having people part of the conversation is the most important aspect of what we do.”

The association is reaching out to other established neigh-

bourhood groups, including condominium association boards or tenant associations to expand its engagement.

“We want everyone to come out and participate,” Bulthuis said.

He added the association would welcome any invitation to attend meetings of any of these other groups to provide information about the associa-tion.

Vanier Community Asso-ciation members must reside in Vanier, have a K1L postal code, or own property in the community. Forms are avail-able at every meeting of the association.

To join online, residents can visit raleonard.com/VCA_membership_map.htm or email the association at [email protected]. Residents are welcome at the monthly meetings, held every second Tuesday of each month at the Richelieu-Vanier Community Centre. The meetings start at 7 p.m.

Vanier association seeks to grow membership

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EMC news - Everybody loves vacation time and the break from the ordinary rou-tine. Students are no excep-tion.

However, for students, va-cation time can be detrimental to learning as school breaks are often when school mo-mentum and good habits be-gin to slip.

“While children should have fun with their time off, they shouldn’t take a complete break from learning,” says Dr. Nick Whitehead, the CEO and founder of Oxford Learning.

According to Dr. White-head, maintaining learning

momentum over spring break is especially important. “More than any other school-year break, the spring holidays are an important time to pay spe-cial attention to maintaining habits. This is the last stretch of the school year and fi nal report cards are not that far away.”

He adds that in the scope of the school year, spring break is a critical time for students; by not taking a break from learning, students can actually make academic gains rather than losing momentum.

Most students have proj-ects, essays, assignments, or

reading that can be worked on during this period. Even if due dates are weeks away, holidays are the perfect time to get a head start on school-work.

According to Dr. White-head, if students do not have assigned work, it is a good idea to spend at least an hour a day engaged in activities to keep their brains in learning mode.

By keeping the brain en-gaged over the school break—even in just an hour a day—students will stay mentally agile and motivated to learn.News Canada

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EMC news - The Old Ot-tawa South Community As-sociation is getting ready to release a community survey to gather resident input on the ways it can best serve the community.

The survey asks residents to envision how Old Ottawa South will change over the next 20 years and to express how they would like the as-sociation to respond to that change.

It is set be released on Jan. 15 and will gather opinions on a number of topics includ-ing how to improve program offerings, challenges in the community and things the as-sociation can do to help make the community better.

“We needed to have a bet-ter sense of what our future should be,” said Linda Han-cock, the association’s vice president, who helped pre-pare the survey.

“I think the questions will help us determine what the neighbourhood’s future could

look like.”Questions on the survey

include what residents feel is great about the neighbour-hood, key trends in society today that residents feel will be a factor in the future of Old Ottawa South and the oppor-tunities and challenges these trends will present.

It will also ask what im-provements can be made to the neighbourhood and what type of resources can be used to implement these improve-ments.

The respondents will be asked to list the fi ve most im-portant things the Old Ottawa South Community Associa-tion could do to make a par-ticular vision possible.

Hancock said this last question is one of the most important ones on the survey.

“If we keep hearing the same thing from many people, we will make it a priority and aim to address it,” she said.

The association has creat-ed a strategic planning com-mittee that will take all the information gathered by the survey and develop a strategic

framework to guide the group in the future.

“We expect by the fall of 2013, we will have a solid vi-sion, mission statement and goals to guide us towards our preferred future,” she said. “We will then take this to the next step of examining what we are currently doing and fi lling in any gaps that may exist within our current pro-grams and activities - thus, creating an operational plan to support our strategic plan.”

This is the fi rst time the group has sent out a commu-nity-wide survey, but Han-cock said the association has always been open to feedback from its residents.

A most recent example would be the expansion of the community centre’s After Four program to help serve families in the neighbour-hood better.

“Concerns about wait lists and families needed after school care were brought to our attention and the board worked quickly to expand the programming,” Hancock said. “What we hope to accomplish with the survey is to get a bet-ter understanding of other needs in the community.”

The group will seek demo-graphic information to have a better understanding of the

residents they aim to serve, but people responding to the the survey itself will remain anonymous.

The survey will be avail-able online by Jan. 15.

If residents have signed up on the association’s email list, they may receive an electron-

ic copy by email. Hard copies will be distributed through the association’s newspa-per, the Oscar, as well as at businesses located on Bank Street.

Residents have until April to fi ll out the form.

Hancock said the associa-

tion intends to host a commu-nity meeting in April to pres-ent preliminary results.

A full presentation will be held in May at the group’s an-nual general meeting, which will include a look at the 35 year history of the commu-nity.

Old Ottawa South sends out survey to residents

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The Old Ottawa South Community Association will be releasing a community survey mid-January to help the association better understand what the group can do for the neighbourhood.

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Under the direction of the Executive Director, the Director of Care oversees the management and delivery of quality care to clients and their families at Ottawa Hospice Services (The Hospice at May Court and Friends of Hospice Ottawa). The Director of Care is responsible for program development, planning and policy development, clinical care, quality assurance, risk management, financial and human resource management and staff/client education for the following programs: Home Support, Day Hospice, Residential Care and Family Support.

Position Requirements

Administration would be an asset.

or commitment to pursue.

hospice palliative care.

leadership, administration, supervision of staff, program development/evaluation, inventory control, risk management, health & safety.

PERSONAL SUPPORT WORKER (PSW)

to patients residing in the Hospice. Reports to the

replacement.

Under the direction and supervision of the Team Leader or Residential Coordinator or her designated replacement,

other members of the care team, including volunteers, provides care to patients residing in the Hospice and ensures a safe environment for patients and families and/or significant others.


strong asset

REGISTERED NURSE

care team in the day to day care of patients residing in the Hospice and their families and/or significant others.


Ontario

willingness to obtain

Position Type

evening or night shifts/week) basis.

For more information on the job postings, please visit:www.hospicemaycourt.com or www.friendsofhospiceottawa.ca

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS JANUARY 18, 2013Please send a cover letter and resume to:

Lisa Sullivan, Executive Director, The Hospice at May Court114 Cameron Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 0X1



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EMC news - Vanier is set to grow up.

After decades of having rules that view the neighbour-hood as its own pre-amal-gamation city, the land-use planning policy for the Mon-treal Road area is set to get an overhaul this spring.

The city hopes the updated policies will provide clarity to guide builders in redeveloping the area as a traditional main street, perhaps with some taller buildings and more resi-dential mixed in with ground-fl oor commercial space.

“These policies were writ-ten when Vanier was on its own as a city,” said Melanie Knight, the city planner in charge of the project. “It has all these policies that refer to Vanier as being its own mu-nicipality and having to pro-vide its own variety of land uses, so not being part of the larger city of Ottawa.”

Knight is rewriting and updating both the zoning and the offi cial plan for the area from Cummings Bridge to Cantin Street. The updated plans should be ready by May, Knight said.

The president of the Vanier Community Association said the initiative marks the start of an exciting year to set the stage for Vanier’s future.

“The context has changed,” said Mike Bulthius. “The pre-amalgamation site-specifi c policy was internally focused on the city of Vanier.

“Now, Vanier is a neigh-bourhood in the larger city.”

Bulthius hasn’t been deeply involved in the project yet; he sees it as simply an update but is excited about the chance to have a conversation about the future of Vanier.

“Montreal Road has been seen by many as the tradition-al heart of Vanier,” he said. “We know that commercial and retail are important, but maybe residential is important as well.”

Rideau-Vanier Coun. Ma-thieu Fleury said it’s the right time for an update as the Can-ada Lands Company prepares plans to redevelop 136 hect-ares of land at the former Ca-nadian Forces base in nearby Rockcliffe.

“We’re right at the right time to look at these things be-cause we know that the Rock-cliffe base redevelopment is soon to happen,” Fleury said. “We need to understand what Montreal Road functions as, what we want to get out of it and where we want to it go before that happens because we want it to be a viable street once that whole development happens.”

A public meeting for mem-bers of the community and

businesses will be held at the end of January, but a date has not been fi nalized.

RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS

One of the main concerns is

an unusual cap on the number of residential units that can be included in Montreal Road developments.

Under modern policies, the city simply tells developers they can put residential units

into their buildings as long as the zoning allows for it and they follow the other rules for the site, such as the building height limit or a requirement to have retail space on the ground fl oor, for instance.

But Vanier’s policies limit residential space to 30 per cent of the fl oor area of any development in the Montreal Road corridor, meaning de-velopers are limited if they wish to propose the kinds of ground-fl oor retail, multi-pur-pose condo buildings the city desires in the urban core.

“We want a mix of uses, but we won’t restrict the amount of residential (now),” Knight said.

The old Vanier rules also require new commercial de-velopments to be quite large, which encourages big-box stores instead of smaller spac-es for shops, restaurants and offi ces.

A possible redevelopment of the Eastview Shopping Centre at Montreal Road and North River Road will be an area of focus, Bulthius said.

“We all hear it’s supposed to happen in the next few years,” he said.

But with the existing limits on how many apartments or condos could be built into a new development at Eastview plaza, there isn’t a big push to reconstruct it. A new plan-ning vision might change that, Bulthius said.

UNUSUAL CHANGE

It’s a strange breed of plan-ning project, Knight said, and one unlike anything the city has undertaken since amalga-mation. Most areas that had outdated zoning have been tackled in other ways, such as through the creation commu-nity design plans for the area.

Old policies for other areas probably weren’t as antiquat-ed as Vanier’s, one of the only areas that has zoning so ar-chaic that it uses terminology

that can’t be found anywhere else on the city’s books.

The “site specifi c plan” for Vanier, drafted in 1987, most closely resembles what the city now calls a “secondary plan,” because site-specifi c plans no longer exist.

“It is a weird one,” Knight said.

While the zoning and of-fi cial plan update for Vanier might appear to represent a community design plan, Knight says it will be differ-ent.

Community design plans are much lengthier and more detailed and look at things like transportation studies and water and electricity servic-ing.

Those things aren’t an is-sue in Vanier – it already has capacity for intensifi ed devel-opment. And since it already has more-or-less the right zoning category, the project is more of a quick cleanup, Knight said.

She said she isn’t sure if the city considered going full-out with a community design plan.

“The policies are already written. They are already there. They just need to be up-dated,” Knight said.

“This is part of trying to get ahead of the curve.”

“The curve” is inevitable development pressure that is expected to seep into the area.

A large-scale redevelop-ment of the Wabano site and a smaller rebuild for the offi ces of the francophone teachers’ association will likely pave the way for more develop-ment in the area.

While the Vanier update isn’t technically part of the city’s massive Offi cial Plan update that will get underway in earnest this year,

Knight is speaking to col-leagues to ensure the zoning she writes up will fi t with the new overall land-use plan for Ottawa.

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EMC news - As the temper-ature falls well below freez-ing, winter programming is heating up for communities in Ottawa’s east end.

Community activity groups, community centres and com-munity associations all have a number of activities to keep families busy this winter.

In New Edinburgh, the start of 2013 welcomes both a new name and new line of programming for the Crichton Cultural Community Centre. Starting this month, the centre will be called the New Edin-burgh Community and Art Centre. Since moving out of its original site at 200 Crich-ton St. in late 2011, the centre has undergone a major trans-formation at New Edinburgh House, and a name change is just the latest part of that transformation.

“We think the new name is a more accurate representa-tion of what we do now, what we’re offering now, and where we’re going in the future.” said Paula Thompson, the board’s secretary.

The centre is preparing to launch a Friday night movie festival, which begins on Jan. 25 with An Evening of Local Cinema. The entry fee is a suggested donation of $5.

The centre is also now of-fering more children’s pro-

gramming, including infant massage instruction, intro-duction to world music, mar-tial arts classes and a family drumming circle.

For adults there is introduc-tion to acting, introduction to playing ukulele, French for beginners and intermediates, art for seniors, seniors’ lunch and social, mixed media arts and a friendly bridge and eu-chre drop in program.

A complete listing of all the winter programs is avail-able on the centre’s website at www.crichtonccc.ca.

The Community Activities Group in Old Ottawa East’s winter program is also now available online at www.ot-tawaeastcag.ca. Among the new programs is a free new parent course to help new mothers and fathers handle their new bundles of joy in a happy, healthy environment. Registration is required.

Family nutrition courses, March break and after school activities are also available for residents to sign up. Mom and Me Bootcamp and zumba classes will offer free babysit-ting.

In Old Ottawa South, the Brewer Pool re-opened on Jan. 2 for swimming and aquatic classes and activites after an extended maintenance period. Registration for aquatic pro-grams has started and is avail-able online at ottawa.ca, by phone at 613-580-2588.

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The New Edinburgh House will launch a number of new programs this winter, including a Friday movie night. Last year, celebrating its first year in a new location, the community centre held a March break clown camp.

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EMC news - Vowing he has “unfinished business” at Queen’s Park, former Bay Ward councillor Alex Cullen is hoping to return there as a member of the New Demo-cratic Party.

Cullen revealed on Dec. 31 that he intends to stand for the provincial NDP nomination in Ottawa Centre. The 2010 mayoral candidate had a brief stint in provincial politics for another party – the Liber-als – in the riding of Ottawa West-Nepean. But he said the dismal state of affairs in the provincial government spurred him to seek a return to political life and he chose the most likely place to succeed.

“Ottawa Centre is a strong riding for the NDP,” he said.

It’s also a community he knows well, despite spending most of his time in politics at the regional, municipal and provincial levels representing areas to the west of downtown Ottawa.

Cullen lived in Ottawa Cen-tre for a time and his children attended school in the riding.

A decade of debate in coun-cil chambers also acquainted him with the issues facing the city’s downtown core, Cullen said.

Cullen began his public life as a school trustee and served as a regional and city councillor in the 1990s before running in a byelection in Ot-tawa West-Nepean for the

Liberal party in 1997. After a short time as an MPP, he lost favour with the party and its new leader, Dalton McGuinty, and lost the Liberal nomina-tion to fellow city councillor Rick Chiarelli, who continues to represent College Ward.

Cullen sat as an indepen-dent, but left the seat – and the party – behind when he said McGuinty “issued an ultima-tum that couldn’t be met.”

Cullen then joined the NDP, lost the next election and returned to city council before making a failed run at the mayor’s seat during the 2010 municipal election. When he withdrew from the mayoral race late in the cam-paign and attempted to return as Bay ward’s representative, it was too late for him to gain momentum and he lost to now-councillor Mark Taylor. He has since been working as an assistant to NDP MP Mike Sullivan on Parliament Hill.

McGuinty’s messy legacy, including recent strife be-tween the provincial gov-ernment and public teachers unions, sparked Cullen to re-turn to politics.

“These are the wrong so-lutions to deal with the prob-lems the province is facing,” Cullen said.

The NDP’s “more bal-anced” approach is a better fit for his political leanings, Cul-len said, and it has become a “force to be reckoned with” in Ontario politics.

See CULLEN, page 16

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Former Bay councillor Alex Cullen, right, is seen with his wife, Theresa Kavavagh, on Oct. 26, 2010 after his defeat in the last municipal election.

Former city councillor seeks return to politicsFormer Bay councillor and mayoral candidate Alex Cullen to seek Ontario NDP nomination



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NAIDOO OUT

The New Democratic Par-ty has a strong presence in Ottawa Centre, which is held federally by NDP MP Paul Dewar. The NDP has long looked for a provincial coun-terpart to challenge the Liber-als, now represented by MPP Yasir Naqvi.

Naqvi’s seat was chal-lenged by Anil Naidoo of the NDP in the last provincial election in 2011, but Naqvi bested Naidoo with 46.8 per cent of the vote to Naidoo’s 29.1 per cent.

Naidoo won’t run this time around, he wrote in an email. He said “family consider-ations” will prevent him from running again in a potential spring election that could be

triggered after a leadership convention for the provincial Liberals sparked by Premier Dalton McGuinty’s surprise decision to step down.

Naidoo said he won’t en-dorse an individual candidate in the Ottawa Centre nomina-tion race and that he looks forward to “future opportuni-ties to serve our community.”

CONTESTED RACE

Cullen isn’t the only con-tender considering a run for the Ottawa Centre NDP, ac-cording to the riding asso-ciation. Michael Wisemen, spokesperson for the Ontario NDP Ottawa Centre riding association, says there are two or three other people se-riously considering running for the nomination.

Those contenders haven’t

made their intentions public yet.

A nomination meeting is likely to be held at the end of February, Wiseman said. A specific date has not been set.

“With everything currently happening at Queen’s Park and the fact that we are in a minority government situa-tion, it is prudent that we as a riding association have a dy-namite candidate in place for a possible provincial election that could occur sooner rather than later,” Wiseman wrote in an email.

The riding association’s members are ready for a possible election, Wiseman wrote, adding that it is an ex-citing time for the party after Catherine Fife’s recent bye-lection victory in Kitchener-Waterloo.

Cullen bids for NDP nomination

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EMC news - In some Afri-can countries an insecticide-treated mosquito net can be the difference between life and death.

A contest started by TV host Rick Mercer aims to spread the word so that vol-unteers can spread the nets to help people in danger of con-tracting malaria.

Students in Algonquin College’s police foundations program are hoping to make a difference with their fundrais-ing campaign called Spread the Net. The campaign is part of Mercer’s larger Spread the Net campaign which chal-lenges students across the country to raise money for the initiative. The school that raises the most money will have Rick Mercer come to campus and film part of his CBC TV show.

For the first week of the winter term – Jan. 7 to 11 – students were out in the halls of the college selling lollipops to raise money.

At the launch of the cam-paign on Jan. 4 the fundrais-ing total was already at an unofficial $2,000.

“It has grown really fast,” said David Carlucci, the stu-

dent chair of the fundraising campaign.

“It was an idea a few of us in the program had a few weeks ago and already I was speaking before 500 people.”

Aside from the sweets, Carlucci said students and staff would participate in a Spread the Net Walkathon on Jan. 31.

The fundraising goal is $15,000 before the campaign ends on Feb. 28.

“It should be fun, there will be people walking with nets covering them,” he said. “We hope to get a lot of pledges.”

According to the World Health Organization, every minute a child dies from ma-laria.

Globally an estimated 655,000 people die from the disease, 91 per cent of those deaths take place in Africa.

Insecticide-treated nets can reduce malaria deaths in children by 20 per cent.

Since 2000, eight African countries have experienced a 50 per cent decrease in ma-laria cases.

“It seems so simple, but a small thing like a net can make a really big difference,” Carlucci said.

For more about the con-test or to pledge Algonquin’s team, visit goo.gl/EVyVp.

Algonquin students fight malaria

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Students at Algonquin are reaching out to fight malaria. David Carlucci, the student chair of Algonquin College’s Spread the Net fundraising campaign to fight malaria in Africa, is pictured at the college’s launch of the campaign on Jan. 4.

EMC news - For parents, recognizing that their child might be struggling in school is not always easy. According to the education experts at Oxford learning, there are five main signs to watch for:

• Children making com-ments such as: “the teacher picks on me”, “do I have to go to school today?”, or “this as-signment is pointless.”

• Daily homework not being completed.

• Assignments and projects missed completely or submit-ted late.

• Poor test scores and poor grades on projects and assign-ments.

• Disinterest in school and school-related activities.

Oxford learning founder and CEO, Dr. Nick Whitehead, says that not all of these signs of school trouble have to hap-pen at the same time, but when one or more happens frequent-ly, things may be getting off track.News Canada

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•James Naismith invented basketball in 1891.

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•Canada’s “Maple Leaf” flag was first flown on February 15, 1965.

•Terry Fox inspired millions of Canadians during his 1980 cross-country run to raise money and awareness for cancer research.

•Canada est un terme dérivé du mot iroquois kanata, qui signifie « village » ou « colonie ».

•James Naismith a inventé le basketball en 1891.

•Les couleurs officielles du Canada – le rouge et le blanc – ont été proclamées par le roi George V en 1921.

•Le drapeau arborant la feuille d’érable a été hissé pour la première fois le 15 février 1965.

•Terry Fox a inspiré des millions de Canadiens et de Canadiennes lors de son marathon transcanadien en 1980 en vue de collecter des fonds pour la recherche sur le cancer et de sensibiliser la population à cet égard.

O Canada! Our home and native landTrue patriot love in all thy sons command.

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Green Bins Love Evergreens: Recycling Your Christmas Tree and Evergreen Boughs

Christmas trees are collected each week with your regular organics materials. Please remove all decorations and plastic wrapping, and place the tree and evergreen boughs at your curb side on collection day.

Registration Open for Winter Recreation Programs and Classes

Winter recreation program registration is underway with most classes beginning this month. The City’s online guide, available at Ottawa.ca, will help you browse through hundreds of classes to find the perfect one for you or your family.

The City offers a variety of classes and activities, both indoors and out, during the winter months. Sign up for skating, skiing, snowshoeing or winter walks. It is an excellent opportunity to have fun with your friends outdoors.

If you feel like staying indoors, we have hundreds of classes and activities in our gyms, fitness centres, halls, arenas, swimming pools and arts studios. Why not try pottery, martial arts, yoga, ballroom dancing, painting, basketball, Tai Chi, indoor cycling, dog obedience, strength training, or guitar lessons – there is something for everyone.

You can register online at ottawa.ca, by telephone at 613-580-2588, or in-person at any recreation or cultural facility during regular business hours.

Reminder: Overnight Parking Restrictions

Just a reminder that you can sign up for the City’s Winter Parking e-Alerts or Twitter notifications to be in the know about snow. You will receive notification each time an overnight parking restriction is in effect, if the restriction continues over more than one night and when the restriction has been lifted. The service is free and you can unsubscribe at anytime. You can sign up today at www.ottawa.ca.

Winter overnight parking regulations are in effect throughout the city until April 1, 2013. There is no parking on city streets between 1:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. when 7 cm or more is forecast by Environment Canada in the Ottawa area. This includes any forecast for a range of snow of more than 7 cm (for example, 5 to 10 cm). Vehicles that remain parked on the street during an overnight parking restriction will be ticketed and could be fined. On-street parking permit holders are exempt from this restriction.

Ottawa Light Rail Transit – Moving Forward

Ottawa’s Light Rail Transit (LRT) project received unanimous approval from City Council on December 19, 2012. Council endorsed the selection of the Rideau Transit Group, a consortium of world-leading engineering firms, to design, build, finance and maintain the City’s LRT line from Tunney’s Pasture to Blair Station. The 12.5 kilometre project includes 13 rail stations and is the backbone of Ottawa’s new rail and rapid bus public transit system.

Construction of the Confederation Line, the biggest capital project in the City’s history, is expected to start in late February 2013, when the Rideau Transit Group will begin widening Highway 417 between Nicholas Street at the 417/174 split. The construction schedule will see the project substantially complete by the end of 2017 and in service by 2018. The Rideau Transit Group has agreed to a fixed price contract of $2.1 billion, which will be partially funded by the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario.

I encourage you to explore Rideau Transit Group’s designs for the Confederation Line and the project’s construction schedule on the LRT website at confederationline.ca.

Your Strong Voice at City Hall

As always, I appreciate hearing from you and encourage you to keep in touch with me as it allows me to serve you better. It is an honour and a privilege being your strong voice at City Hall.

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EMC news - Chris Kush-neriuk has put his hockey ca-reer on pause, but his friends and teammates have switched to fast-forward to raise funds for the Gloucester-raised player.

Kushneriuk, who just had his 26th birthday on Christ-mas Eve, was playing with the Wheeling Nailers of the East Coast Hockey League when he found out late last season he had cancer.

In order to receive the best care from doctors most famil-iar with the complicated treat-ment he’s receiving, Kush-neriuk is undergoing treat-ment in Indianapolis.

He’s getting treatment for his testicular cancer from some of the best doctors in the world, including those who worked with Lance Arm-strong, said Kushneriuk’s girl-friend, Christiane Lalonde.

“They’re recognized world-wide,” Lalonde said. “He’s in very good hands.”

But without medical insur-

ance, top care comes at a steep price. He’s looking at about $250,000 to cover the cost of treatment.

“It’s very expensive and it all happened so fast,” Lalonde said. “But there’s no price on life.”

She said that he started his treatment in December and it is expected to last until about early February.

Growing up in Gloucester, Kushneriuk attended Colonel By Secondary School and played junior A hockey for both the Orléans Blues and Kanata Stallions.

He went on to graduate from Robert Morris Univer-sity, where he was the 2010 team captain and 2009-10 stu-dent athlete of the year for the school.

It means that the tight-knit hockey community – both at his alma matter and in his hometown – have quickly or-ganized to help raise funds for Kushneriuk, with the motto Krush Cancer attached to fundraisers.

FUNDRAISING GAME

In his hometown, friends, family and teammates have been quick to organize mul-tiple fundraisers.

Lalonde planned one at her work, and another at the Heart and Crown pub. His friends organized another night out in benefit of the cause at the Great Canadian Cabin bar downtown.

But on Dec. 28, support-ers were able to raise at least $6,000 with a charity hockey game featuring NHL, univer-sity, OHL and junior A play-ers. The players taking the ice at the Minto arena included Claude Giroux, Erik Gud-branson, Marc Methot, Eric Condra and Grant Clitsome.

Many of the athletes are a part of Apex Sport Manage-ment, which organized the event. Dan Bittle, a partner at Apex, said he works with a number of players who grew up playing with Kushneriuk.

“We put the word out to our players and it grew. It was a pretty neat thing to see guys step up,” Bittle said. “We were impressed by the calibre of the athletes.”

Minto donated ice time and about 600 tickets were sold. There was also a silent auction and 50/50 draw, and a donation from bar sales for the night.

“Given the nature of his illness, it’s something that af-fects everybody,” Bittle said. “The hockey community in Ottawa … really is a band of brothers.

“The hockey world is just so small. Everyone came to-gether to help and it was a great night.”

Lalonde said Kushneriuk has been surprised how much money teammates both in the States and in Canada have been able to raise towards his treatment.

“He’s very happy and grateful for all the support, he

appreciates everything,” she said. “He’s very blessed with everything going on.”

While they have raised a significant amount, there is still a long ways to go before the full cost of his treatment will be covered. For more information or to donate to-wards Kushneriuk’s treatment in Indianapolis, visit www.chriskushneriuk.org.

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EMC news - What started as a friendly football game between some South Carleton friends has morphed into an annual tradition lasting a quarter century.

On the first day of 1988, four Aughey brothers from Manotick and three broth-ers and a sister from the Park family in North Gower orga-nized a New Years Day foot-ball game.

The families, with a few friends and neighbours thrown in, faced off at a North Gower field to “start the year off right,” said Darin Aughey, who has continued to organize the game ever since.

He said the game was sim-ply an effort to get outside and do something active on the first day of the new year.

Then 16, Aughey and his brothers had no idea the Aughey-Park Bowl would take on a life of its own.

“It was more or less ring-ing in the new year with some athletic endeavour and a fun, family event,” Aughey said.

The same year, Aughey be-gan working at the Lonestar restaurant at Fisher and Base-line Roads in Nepean. He’s celebrating his 25th year there as well, now as the restaurant’s general manager.

Aughey said his time at Lonestar is intricately con-nected to the annual football game. For one thing, the res-taurant was founded by two former Ottawa Rough Riders players, Val Belcher and Lar-ry Brune.

Aughey also recruited sev-eral of his colleagues to par-ticipate and some have now been playing for more than a decade.

The New Years Day game moved to Minto Field at the Nepean Sportsplex in the ear-ly 1990s.

Over the years the teams have morphed into community teams that include members of the Aughey and Parks family as well as in-laws, colleagues, neighbours and friends.

Some friends and col-leagues have played longer than family; Aughey said one of his employees has played for at least 16 years. Every

year about six Aughey and Park family members partici-pate. In 25 years, Aughey has only missed one game, be-cause he was in Europe play-ing hockey.

The two-hand touch game kicks off at noon and usu-ally lasts about two hours. It’s played in all types of weather. Some years - like this year -

the game has been played in several feet of snow. Other years, temperatures have dropped below -30 C.

“Those years we didn’t play the full two hours,” Aughey said.

While it’s billed a fun, fam-ily event - kids are welcome on the field, too - Aughey said there’s definitely an element of

competition. They keep score, and they’ve kept track of wins and losses over the years. He said it’s hard to say whether the Aughey or Park family has won more games because the teams have included so many other members.

In honour of the 25th an-niversary, Aughey invited all alumni to play this year and

24 people came out. “It’s the fun-loving aspect

of it, it’s the camaraderie,” Aughey said.

And after 25 years, there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight.

“We’re stoked for next year,” Aughey said. “There’s already talk and chatter about next year’s game.”

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EMC lifestyle - No one minded the winter back in the ’30S.

The colder the better. When the temperature

dipped below 30 degrees, we knew the Bonnechere would be frozen solid, and it was safe to put on the skates. We kids were happy.

My three brothers and Audrey had real skates, but mine were hateful bobs, the two bladed kind that were as dull as dishwater, which I had to use until the day my teacher arrived at the rink behind the Northcote School with a pair of black, blade skates for me.

It didn’t bother me a bit that they were miles too big for me.

Mother simply stuffed the toes with Father’s wool socks, and I was ready to hit the ice!

Once the Bonnechere was ready, the boys, which always included the Thoms from the next farm, began the job of cleaning off the river.

There were no fancy shov-els back then. Father had nailed a piece of heavy tin to a board, and that worked perfectly.

It was impossible to avoid cracks and bits of ice stick-

ing up out of the frozen river, but there was enough of a surface cleared that a dozen of us could skate at the same time.

Surviving many winters, and summers too, was the lean-to Father made to shelter us when we wanted a rest.

It was made of several boards nailed to a couple two-by-fours and propped against a cluster of cedars which had been cleared of their lower branches.

Two small nail kegs held a plank so we could sit down under the lean-to.

At the time, I doubted there was a better place to skate in all of Renfrew County!

Of course, I never went very far from the house with-out a lunch.

So always, as well as tot-ing down my skates to the river, I carried a brown pa-per bag with a sandwich or two, and perhaps a cookie as well.

I had to guard this bag as if it were money from the bank, since I learned one day that when I went to have my snack, all that was left was a bit of wax paper scrunched up inside.

No one admitted to the dastardly deed, but I strongly suspected my brother Emer-son, and do to this day!

The Thoms were big strap-ping boys, like my two older brothers, and they pretty well took over the ice.

They played hockey, dominating most of the ice surface, and we girls were relegated to a small corner of the Bonnechere.

There was no net for the goal, simply two blocks of wood about five feet apart at either end of the cleaned off surface.

My youngest brother Earl, the smallest of all the boys, was always the goalie, which he didn’t relish one bit.

He wanted to SKATE! He

accomplished this by letting so many goals in that he had to be replaced. Earl was no dummy!

Of course, there was no money for a puck. But by the time winter had really settled in, and everything was fro-zen solid, horse buns were perfect substitutes.

There was always a little pile of them sitting at one end of the cleaned off Bon-nechere, so that when one split apart, another one was always at the ready.

I shuddered when I saw my brothers, with a pitch fork, sift through the manure pile at the back door of the barn until they found just the right size and shape to use in their hockey games!

Fun on the Bonnechere went all Sunday afternoon. And when it came close to the time we had to head back to do the chores, we went to the lean-to and took off our skates, and trudged home.

We always left enough time between skating and the chores to allow us the treat either Mother or Aunt Bertha Thom had ready for us.

With Mother it was hot chocolate and ginger cook-ies!

But at Aunt Bertha’s, it was hot chocolate and cup-

cakes! It’s hard not to re-member the wonderful smell of those cupcakes as soon as we walked into the Thoms’ kitchen door.

There was nothing fancy about our rink on the Bon-nechere.

There was nothing fancy about the skates we wore... my brothers and sister’s coming from a shoemaker’s store in Renfrew, traded for a few chickens and some of Mother’s sticky buns.

It was a time when we made do with what we had. I don’t think we ever had a real hockey puck.

The horse buns suited just fine. And long before Frisbees were invented, in the wintertime, when every-thing had frozen solid, there was nothing better to hurl through the air, than a solid “cow chip.”

I never liked to be on the receiving end of one, but my brothers never tired of hurl-ing them at each other, the greatest fun coming when one broke in mid air over someone’s head!

Winter was a time of great frivolity. When the day came to a close, and with our outer clothes draped over the wood box beside the Findlay Oval to dry, our cheeks would be crimson, and often I could barely keep my eyes open to eat my supper.

And I would look around the table, laden with food, all produced on our own farm, and I would think, I was just about the luckiest little girl in all of Renfrew County.

Nothing like skating on the frozen Bonnechere to turn cheeks crimson

EMC news - The Ottawa Drowning Prevention Coali-tion wants to remind residents that when the temperatures go down awareness of the dan-gers of being on or around ice and open water needs to go up.

When water begins to freeze on rivers, lakes, the Rideau Canal and other open bodies of water it may look solid but is often still danger-ous. If you want to go out onto the ice, remember the thick-ness should be:

• 15 centimetres for walk-ing or skating alone.

• 20 cm for skating parties or games.

• 25 cm for snowmobiles. • 35 cm for fishing huts.Before venturing onto the

ice, check the Lifesaving So-ciety’s guidelines for staying safe. When in doubt, simply stay away from the ice, period. As a guideline, clear blue ice is usually the strongest; white opaque or snow ice is half as strong as blue ice. Grey ice is unsafe. The greyness indicates the presence of water.

Last winter, Ottawa fire services, working in close co-ordination with Ottawa para-medics and Ottawa police, responded to 49 calls for help from persons in distress, lost or feared drowned.

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ing trouble maintaining a healthy body weight?

You are not alone. Almost two-thirds of Canadians are either overweight or obese. Finding appealing and ef-fective ways to achieve and maintain a healthy weight is very important, especially this time of year when New Year’s resolutions start to take flight.

Being overweight can in-crease the risk of developing chronic diseases such as, heart disease, diabetes and cancer.

Carrying excess weight can put stress on joints causing pain and making it difficult to enjoy daily activities. Eating more fruits and vegetables, including fresh mushrooms, is a tasty way to help you keep your weight in check.

Fresh mushrooms can help:

CoNtrol Your Appetite

• Fresh mushrooms are considered a low glycemic food because they contain very little carbohydrate. That means that they do not raise blood-sugar levels as much as carbohydrate-rich foods, such as bread.

• Studies have shown that low-glycemic foods may help control appetite longer than those with a high-glycemic index.

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• Fresh mushrooms are a perfect choice for reduced cal-orie diets as they have a high water content, are low in fat and contain some fibre: three factors that help keep you

feeling full with fewer calo-ries. Researchers have found that people who eat satisfying portions of foods that have less calories have greater suc-cess at weight loss and main-tenance.

Boost the FlAvours

• Mushrooms add a boost of flavour to foods, without adding extra fat, calories or sodium.

Fresh mushrooms, shiita-kes in particular, have a subtle savoury quality called umami that rounds out other flavours and adds taste satisfaction. This is why your steaks, pas-tas and pizzas often taste bet-ter with mushrooms.

Recipes are available at www.mushrooms.ca.

EMC lifestyle - Discover the mild flavour of tender veal. This high-quality pro-tein is an excellent source of iron, zinc and vitamin B12. It’s leaner and lower in satu-rated fat than pork, chicken and beef.

Mediterranean food flavors are famous worldwide -- olive oil, garlic, onions and mush-rooms, tomatoes, olives and, of course, wine. When veal is added and served over garlic mashed potatoes, the result is nothing short of fantastic!

Preparation time: 30 min-utes. Cooking time: 30 to 35 minutes. Servings: six.

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Vitello Toscana:• 30 ml (2 tbsp) each olive oil and butter

• 2 medium onions, sliced• 30 ml (2 tbsp) all-purpose flour• 5 ml (1 tsp) salt• 1 ml (1/4 tsp) freshly ground pepper• 6 veal chops• 125 ml (1/2 cup) dry white wine• 500 ml (2 cups) sliced mushrooms• 500 ml (2 cups) stewed tomatoes• 1 lemon, sliced

Garlic Mashed Potatoes• 3 large potatoes, peeled and cut into small pieces• 4 cloves garlic, sliced• 60 ml (1/4 cup) milk• 15 ml (1 tbsp) butter• 1 ml (1/4 tsp) salt• Pinch freshly ground pepper• Sliced pimiento-stuffed olives

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In large non-stick skillet, heat 1 tbsp. (15 ml) each of the oil and butter over me-dium-high heat. Add onions and cook for five minutes un-til softened; remove.

Combine flour, salt and pepper and coat the veal chops in the mixture. Add the remaining oil and butter to skillet; brown the chops on both sides. Add the cooked onions, wine, mushrooms, tomatoes and lemon slices. Cover and cook on medium heat for 15 minutes until veal is tender. Serve over the gar-lic mashed potatoes.

Cook potatoes and garlic in boiling water 15 minutes un-til tender; drain well. Mash and beat in milk, butter, salt and pepper.

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The announcement was made in Nepean on Dec. 30 and came into effect on Jan. 1.

“This new grant will ease the financial pressure on par-ents struggling to cope with the death or disappearance of a child, said Kellie Leitch of Human Resources and Skills Development.

The new grant will provide assistance to eligible parents who suffer a loss of income as they take time away from work to cope with the death or disap-pearance of a child as a result of a probable Criminal Code offence.

This new grant is expected to support about 1,000 families each year.

It will provide $350 per week in income support for up to 35 weeks.

“Our organization is very pleased with this grant which will benefit victims of crime,” said Sharon Rosenfeldt, presi-

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“We are grateful for the commitment the government has shown in responding to the needs of victims of crime.”

In addition, through the Helping Families in Need Act,

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• Tax-free savings account: using a TFSA is a smart way to save on tax. Generally, the interest, dividends, and capital gains earned on investments in a TFSA are not taxed—not when they are held in the ac-count or when they are with-drawn.

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• Family caregivers: If you have a dependant with a physi-cal or mental impairment, you could be eligible for an addi-tional $2,000 this year with the new family caregiver amount.

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• Seniors: If you receive in-come from a pension, you can split up to 50 per cent of eligi-ble pension income with your spouse or common-law partner to reduce the taxes that you pay. You may also be eligible to claim the age amount, medi-cal expenses, and the disability amount.

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EMC news – The Progres-sive Conservatives are vowing to bring in U.S.-style right-to-work legislation if the party wins the next election, but an economics expert at Carleton University says that would lead to lower wages for all Ontario workers, usher in la-bour chaos and further dam-age the economy.

A party white paper was re-leased recently to gauge voter feedback. While not a series of campaign promises, it is considered the direction lead-er Tim Hudak and the party intends to go and sweeping changes to strip unions of power reside at its core.

“It’s time for Ontario to re-examine outdated workplace rules that date back to the 1940s and adapt them to the much more fl exible require-ments of today’s employees,” reads the Paths to Prosperity: Flexible Labour Markets. “We must realize that labour fl ex-ibility and more opportunities for workers are essential to re-taining and attracting the very best talent to our province.”

The white paper goes on to say a series of government policies favour union leaders over employees and their em-ployers in ways that reduce opportunities for individual workers and are obstacles to economic growth.

“Union leaders have be-come so powerful that many employees in effect have two bosses, their actual employer and the people who run their union,” reads the white paper. “Mandatory union member-ship, forced paycheque con-tributions, closed tendering for government contracts and the artifi cial restriction on the number of our youth able to enter the skilled trades – these are not policies that foster the open, innovative economy Ontario needs.”

U.S. President Barak Obama recently commented on states - such as the one-time union powerhouse Mich-igan - enacting right-to-work legislation. He called it “right to work for less” legislation.

It’s a phrase Justin Paulson, assistant professor of sociol-ogy and political economy at Carleton University, said ac-curately captures what hap-pens in those regions. Ala-

bama and the 23 other states with right-to-work have the lowest wages in the U.S. When workers are divided they are more vulnerable, he said.

“Encouraging employees to opt out of paying dues substantially weakens any union’s ability to negotiate on behalf of all of its members,” said Paulson. “The result is almost always weaker unions and lower wages. This is un-controversial; the lowest in the U.S. are in right-to-work states and while right-to-work proponents claim that this is somehow offset by the cre-ation of more jobs, the dynam-ics behind employment and unemployment are far more complicated than whether or not strong unions exist.”

Paulson said a “fl exible” workforce – the ability to fi re workers and restructure al-most at will – only sometimes increases profi ts. He said the idea that cheap labour always equals high profi t is “rather sophomoric.” It might have an effect in the short term, but it doesn’t account for other vari-ables and doesn’t hold for all industries, he said.

The assumption in the Pro-gressive Conservatives’ argu-ment is that corporations don’t like unions. Paulson said that is far from always the case; that unions reduce employee turnover, add experience, and bring other benefi ts.

A well-paid workforce usu-ally means fewer social prob-lems that require government intervention; intervention that requires taxes from corpora-tions.

He added that the bulk of investors are from within a given region. There are not many outside investors con-sidering a move to Ontario. So to discard labour laws that have worked for 70 years in the hope of attracting outside entrepreneurs isn’t a wise de-cision, he said.

“For all the rhetoric of companies being able to pick up and move to the most at-tractive locales, it’s mostly smoke-and-mirrors, just as the outcries about outsourc-ing in the 1990s were pretty much red herrings,” Paulson said. “Most companies, and certainly most factory opera-tions, are not able to move. And there are all sorts of fac-tors at play – unionization is

just one among a great many – in choosing where to es-tablish a new business opera-tion.”

Paulson joins a growing list of economists and oth-ers, along with groups like the right-leaning Interna-tional Monetary Fund, who say taking an austerity ap-proach hasn’t fi xed problems in Europe, and likely won’t improve the stalled situation in places like Ontario. He said cutting back the size of gov-ernment might be ideological-ly appealing to some, but it is the opposite of what needs to happen to grow an economy.

“You can’t get out of a stagnant economy by auster-ity,” Paulson said. “You have to grow your way out of defi -cit; if the goal is to eliminate a defi cit.”

AUSTERITY NEEDED

Carleton Mississippi Mills MPP Jack MacLaren said austerity measures are the only way to go; that the pri-vate sector in this province has taken a hit to the tune of some 60,000 jobs and now it is the public sector’s turn.

“Everybody in our society is going to have to shoulder the burden,” he said, adding that high taxes are collected to pay for an educated, healthy workforce, but that the time has come for Ontario to com-pete with other jurisdictions.

“We are living beyond our means,” MacLaren said. “We haven’t paid the true costs of government as we’ve gone along. And now it’s come home to roost.”

He said unions served a purpose in the past, but that individuals can negotiate wages on their own or move to another province that will appreciate their skills.

MacLaren dismisses the notion that government can have a hand in shaping and growing an economy. The best it can do is clear up red tape for the private sector, he said. His universal statement is that the private sector does a better job, every time. He even downplays taxpayers’ investment in his own salary.

“As someone in the public sector, I’m a burden on soci-ety,” MacLaren said. “If gov-ernment is smaller with fewer workers, we’ll tax you less.”

MacLaren is on board with his party’s plan to enact right-to-work legislation. He espe-cially holds that lower busi-ness taxes will attract more investors, which in turn will create more jobs, which in turn will drive wages up.

Paulson doesn’t buy that line of argument.

“It won’t work. The whole right-to-work strikes me as a straight union-busting tactic. It serves an ideological func-tion, but that’s it,” he said. “The idea that it would bring up wages is ridiculous. It’s just not mainstream econom-ics.”

He said austerity measures – cutting government jobs, re-ducing wages, failing to add stimulus - puts an economy into a recessionary tailspin

or, at best, a kind of stagfl a-tion. Ontario, with some of the lowest corporate taxes in North America, would benefi t from raising them, according to Paulson.

UNION VIOLENCE

Paulson’s fear is that if Ontario continues to go after unions – much like the Lib-erals did with teachers – it will embolden the more radi-cal left-wingers in the union movement.

For the last 30 years or so, moderate union leaders have won the support of the ma-jority with steady increases in pay. Should that fall away, the moderates’ grip on union workers would slip.

Few remember how wild-

cat strikes, vandalism, even all out rioting and violence, happened with some frequen-cy in North America, he said. Business suffered, workers suffered, all agreed laws re-specting workers were needed in order to benefi t the whole, he said.

Would dismantling labour laws and taking away Charter and union rights mean a re-turn of the radical left?

“I think you should have concerns,” Paulson said, pointing to last year’s student uprisings in Quebec and else-where.

He said these things are unpredictable, but it could get a whole lot worse if gov-ernments insist on eliminat-ing defi cits rather than grow economies.

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Carleton Mississippi Mills MPP Jack MacLaren says austerity measures are needed to fi x Ontario’s economy. The MPP supports party leader Tim Hudak’s vow to bring in U.S.-style right to work legislation if the Conservatives win the next provincial election.

Right-to-work would lead to labour chaos: economics expert


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EMC news - It’s time for the dancers to step in.

The annual Grand Masters fi ddle camp held in Manotick every August will welcome step dancers for the fi rst time this summer in an effort to expand its student base.

The fi ve-day camp has been held at the RCMP camp near the Long Island Locks

in Manotick for 17 years, of-fering fi ddling and fi ddle ac-companiment lessons for all ages and skill levels.

Camp co-ordinator Ron Bourque said step dance was a natural progression for the camp.

“A lot of the younger fi d-dlers also step dance or they’d like to learn, and they’ve been asking if we’d be able to pro-vide that,” Bourque said. “It’s something new so we thought

we’d give it a shot this year.”He said step dance fi ts per-

fectly with fi ddle music cul-ture. Kingston-based fi ddle instructor Kelly Trottier will double as the step dance in-structor this summer.

Bourque said the dance addition is also in response to declining participation from fi ddlers over the past decade.

“Registration has been pretty steady but we’re not as high as we’ve been before,”

he said. “We have different age groups that we attract, from eight to 80 years old, so we like to try to accommo-date all the different levels.”

It’s not clear how many classes will be offered for step dancers of various lev-els; Bourque said it will de-pend on the level of interest. He said this summer’s camp will likely offer beginner and intermediate sessions.

The camp runs from Aug.

18 to 22 and is open to all ages. It attracts students and teachers from across the country. Instructors from across Canada will bring their own regional fi ddling styles, allowing students to get a taste of old-time, Mé-tis, Cape Breton, bluegrass, Ottawa Valley, West Coast and Acadian styles. For more information about the camp and registration fees, visit canadiangrandmasters.ca.

The early-bird registration deadline is Feb. 28.

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EMC news - A small group of volunteers is working hard to see Metcalfe’s main street transformed by this spring.

The Metcalfe Community Association’s mural project for Victoria Street is already underway, and the association is now looking to add deco-rative light fixtures and some new signs in the village core as well.

The association needs about $6,000 to install solar-powered street lamps and several cut metal village signs on either side of the mural.

The three-metre lamps would be similar to those on 8th Line Road, and would tie the two main roads together, said mural co-ordinator Kelly Fekete.

They would be able to hold planters, banners or other dec-orations to spruce up the vil-lage core, she said.

Fekete said the association also wants to install cut metal signs such as large Ms on ei-ther side of the mural, which will be installed for three sea-sons of the year along Victoria Street’s concrete bridge walls that cross the Cassidy munici-pal drain. Fekete said the asso-ciation has already had some support from local businesses, and will begin applying for grants early in 2013.

She hopes everything can

be completed for the spring, when the mural is scheduled for completion.

“If you don’t do things they tend to get put off, so we’d like to reveal it all together,” Fekete said. “It’s going to look really nice.”

Local artist Jen Wyn-gaarden already has the mural underway, with the heavy duty plywood boards primed and ready to receive her rendition of Metcalfe’s history.

It features the Metcalfe Fair ferris wheel, a brass band that played on the streets of Met-calfe in the early 1900s, as well as cows and barns to tie in the area’s rich farming history.

In order to fit the long, thin wall that flanks the bridge in Metcalfe’s downtown, the mu-ral is designed to stand 76 cen-timetres high and between six and 12 metres long.

The association raised about $200 this spring and summer

from a donation jar at Mike’s Variety store to put toward the art supplies, which Fekete bought and delivered to Wyn-gaarden as soon as possible. Clarmo Auto Repair, the Met-calfe Agricultural Society, and the Osgoode Township Muse-um and Historical Society also donated to the cause.

While Wyngaarden has no formal training, she is no stranger to large mural projects like this one. Several years ago

her family lived in Mexico for a year, and since she couldn’t formally work she filled her time providing murals for lo-cal schools and churches. Her biggest mural ran the length of a school, and featured images of kids playing. Wyngaarden said she doesn’t mind painting on wood boards.

“I’ll pretty much paint on anything I can get my hands on,” she said.

Fekete said she is aware that

the business community has already done a lot to support the project, and the association is counting on grants to make up the majority of their fund-raising for the project.

“Our business base is really small and we can only count on them so many times,” she said.

“We are just kind of hoping to put the idea out there, the idea that we’re going to need a little more assistance.”

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EMC news - For Cassidy Magee, donating unwanted pennies just makes cents.

The 12-year-old St. Mark High School student spent her Christmas holiday collect-ing pennies and other small change to support the Os-goode Township Care Centre, which is currently running its largest fundraising campaign since the centre opened in the 1980s.

Aunts, uncles, cousins and friends contributed to Magee’s neatly decorated jar over the busy visiting season, and on Dec. 28 she and her grandmother delivered $82.75 to the long-term care facility on Snake Island Road.

“It’s hard work but I know they’ll put it to good use,” Magee said.

“It makes me feel good because I know I’m helping people.”

Magee decided to help the care centre’s campaign be-cause her grandmother Gwen Magee sits on the centre’s fundraising committee. She told Cassidy about the cen-tre’s ongoing penny drive and other fundraising initiatives.

“I thought it would be a good way to help the com-munity,” Magee said.

Her mother, Jenn Magee, said it’s no surprise that Cas-sidy wanted to take it on.

“If there’s something to be done she likes to be in there helping,” she said.

Despite the recent dona-tion, Magee is far from fin-ished her fundraising. The care centre wants to raise $100,000 by March, and Ma-gee said she is determined to help them hit that goal.

“I want to raise at least $100, but I think I can do that,” she said.

The care centre was built 26 years ago and is home to 100 residents, most of them long-time Osgoode Township community members.

The centre is hoping to raise $500,000 over the next few years to tackle a num-ber of home renovations, including replacing the roof and buying a government-required back-up generator. All of the furniture needs to be replaced, and many rooms need new flooring. Special hi-lo beds are also needed for many rooms.

The fundraising campaign began in October with the penny drive and a new giving tree in the lobby. Co-ordina-tor Wendy Hill said the cam-paign hit $50,000 in Decem-ber. S

he wants to pass the $100,000 mark by March. That goal will be greatly aided by the centre’s next fundraising event on Feb. 1, a beer tasting and music night at Stanley’s Farm.

Penny donation goes a long way for Osgoode care centre

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Osgoode resident Cassidy Magee shows off her jar of pennies and other small coins, which she collected over the holidays for the Osgoode Township Care Centre. She raised $82.75, but hopes to continue collecting until March.


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Join ABC Ottawa and parents fromvarious OCDSB gifted centres for

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Local events and happenings over the coming weeks — free to non-profit organizations Fax: 613-224-3330, E-mail: [email protected]

Jan. 12By the Book, a used bookstore and cafe operated by the Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Association is holding its monthly half-price book sale from 10 a.m to 4 p.m, at 363 Lorry Greenberg Dr. Drop by for great buys on hundreds of books (most under $2).

Jan. 16A free public meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 16 at Memo-rial Hall of McKay United Church on the topic of Minto’s development plans for the MacKay-Beechwood fire site will begin at 7 p.m. The event is hosted by the New Edin-burgh Community Alliance (NECA). This will not be the official

public consultation on the project as hosted by the city, but rather an information ses-sion hosted by NECA, where Minto representatives will be invited to give an overview of the plans in their current state, and members of the public will have the opportunity to discuss aspects of the project and to offer comments.

Heritage Ottawa presents a free public lecture on the topic of: adding contemporary layers to historic districts. This event will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Ottawa Public Library Auditorium, 120 Metcalfe St. at the corner of Laurier Avenue West. This lecture will be in English. Details are available by email at [email protected], calling 613-230-8841 or by going online at www.heritage ottawa.org

Jan. 20 The Community Activities Group in Old Ottawa East

will hold its Winter Party in the Park at Brantwood Park at 39 Onslow Cres. on Jan. 20 from 1 to 4 p.m. There will be a sleigh ride, skating, hockey, snowshoeing, food, and fun. The event is free.

Jan. 27Family Literacy Day at the Ottawa Public Library, Cen-trepointe branch at 101 Cen-trepointe on Sunday, January 27 from 2-3 p.m. Children’s entertainer, Tante Caroline, will share songs and stories in French and English for all the family to enjoy. This event is free and no registration is required.

Feb. 6Heritage Ottawa presents its eighth-annual Bob and Mary Anne Phillips Memorial Lecture. The guest speaker is Charlotte Gray (Does Heritage Pull History Out Of Shape?) and the free event takes place on Wednesday, Feb. 6, at 7 p.m. at the Ottawa Public Library Auditorium,

120 Metcalfe St. at the corner of Laurier Avenue West. The lecture will be in English. Info: [email protected] or 613-230-8841. www.heritageottawa.org.

Mar. 20Heritage Ottawa presents a free public lecture on the topic of Rediscovering Lowertown. This events takes place on Wednesday, March 20, at 7 p.m. at the Ottawa Public Li-brary auditorium 120 Metcalfe St. at the corner of Laurier Avenue West. The lecture will be in English. Questions are welcome in either official lan-guage. Info: [email protected] or 613-230-8841, www.heritageottawa.org.

OngoingGloucester South Seniors on 4550 Bank St., offers a full schedule of activities every week, including contract bridge, carpet bowling, euchre, five hundred, shuffle-board and chess. Membership is $15 per year. The club is easily accessible by OC-Transpo route number144.

Volunteers are needed to maintain the ice surface at the two community rinks in Find-lay Creek this winter. There will be a rink at Butterfly Park, similar to years past, and a permanent boarded rink at the new Diamond Jubilee Park. If there are no volunteers to help out, there are unfortunately no rinks for the community to use. For more information, email [email protected].

Ottawa Newcomers’ Club invites women new to Ottawa to join activities and meet

some new friends. Activities include: bridge, Scrabble, walks, luncheons and dinners, book club, Ottawa sights/events, travel cafe and craft and chat. Please check out our website at: www.ottawanewcomers-club.ca. For more information call 613-860-0548 or email [email protected].

The Ottawa Good Food Box is a non-profit program to buy fresh fruits and vegetables once a month. The cost for a small box is $10, medium box $15, and $20 for a large box. Boxes also contain a newslet-ter with nutritional informa-tion, recipes and cooking tips. For details and to order please call the distribution site Kanata Community Christian Reformed Church, 46 Castle-frank Rd. 613-831-7458 or 613-860-6767 and check the website at ottawagoodfood-box.ca.

Mondays:Looking to learn conversa-tional Spanish? Improve your Spanish speaking skills with Los Amigos Toastmasters. The group meets at Tunney’s Pasture Mondays from 4:55 to 6:30 p.m. For more information, contact Carole at 613-761-6537 or visit www.amigos-tm.ca.

The Ottawa Pub Dart League plays from October to April at various venues in the city. If you are interested in joining or venue sponsorship, please visit www.theopdl.ca.

Discover the unique thrill of singing four-part harmony with a group of fun-loving women who enjoy making music together. Regular rehearsals on Monday nights from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at Orléans United Church, 1111 Orléans Blvd. For information call Muriel Gidley at 613-590-0260 or visit www.bytown-beat.com.

TuesdaysThe Hogs Back 50+ Club meets every Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the front room of the Boys and Girls Club, 1463 Prince of Wales Dr. at Meadowlands and Hogs Back. Bring a bag lunch or come for cards, crafts, friendly chatter and camaraderie. Drop in and check it out. For more information call Shirley at 613-225-8089.

The TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) group meets every Tuesday at the Barrhaven United Church at 3013 Jockvale Rd. Check out our website at www.tops.org. Established in 1948 to champion weight-loss sup-port and success. Call Susan at 613-838-5357 or email at [email protected].


Living Well Beyond CancerA self-management program for cancer survivors and caregivers

Living Well Beyond Cancer coaches post-treatment survivors and caregivers on how to:

�� deal with the emotional, physical and social aspects of living with and beyond cancer

�� manage symptoms, treatment side effects and medications

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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20Aries, you may have to work a little harder to get what you want, but the results will be worth it. Focus your attention on making a name for yourself in the business sector.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21There is no stopping you when you have a goal in mind, Taurus. Although you may be ambitious, just be mindful of other people in your path as you go.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21Be honest with your feelings this week, Gemini. Someone close to you is interested in learning more about the way you operate. This could strengthen a friendship.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22Don’t bite off more than you can chew, Cancer. Otherwise you could be left with a long to-do list and not enough energy to get the job done. Consider paring down tasks.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23Leo, although you may have rest and recreation on the brain, celestial forces are pushing you in the opposite direction. Busy days are ahead, so rest later.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22You have put too much effort into something to abandon your plans now, Virgo. Rethink quitting early on. Maybe a friend can carry you over the finish line.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23Surround yourself with lots of friends when you cannot have family near, Libra. This will help keep feelings of loneliness from creeping in during quiet moments.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22Scorpio, you may need to concede to a difference of opinion this week when you simply cannot resolve something amicably. Redirect attention on a craft or pastime.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21Sagittarius, sometimes you tend to be brutally honest with others. While honesty is an admirable trait, this week you may need to censor what you say to avoid hurt feelings.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20Taking a circuitous route will land you at the finish a little behind others, Capricorn. But you will get to the end nevertheless. Trust your instincts with this one.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18Aquarius, you probably won’t be able to rest your mind until you square away all of your finances and make a budget for the new year. Take on the job this week.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20Introspection leads you on a mini-quest to find a creative outlet, Pisces. Play to your strengths and some ideas will surface.


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