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Serial rapist at large: Ottawa police

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News – Fears that a sexual predator is prowling the streets of Ottawa were con-fi rmed on Jan. 9 as Ottawa Police confi rmed three recent sexual assaults on women were linked.

Seven other attacks contain similarities to the other cases, but have not offi cially been linked to the same assailant.

The linked attacks took place between August, 2012 and October, 2013 – the fi rst near Greenbank Road and Banner Road, the second on a footpath between Lancaster and Erinbrook Crescent, and the third on Aldea Avenue at Lasalle Street. All attacks oc-curred at night.

The seven similar attacks took place across the city between March of 2013 and Jan. 5, 2014, the most recent attack being on Chapman Mills Drive in Barrhaven.

These attacks also took place in late eve-ning or early morning hours. Police discussed the investigation during a media conference at Ottawa Police Headquarters.

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Quite a showTalia Rancourt and Alex Gunther have a little fun at Skate Canada’s celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Figure Skating Championships at the Rink of Dreams on Jan. 11. The two were part of a show choreographed by Olympic bronze medallist Jeff rey Buttle which the group performed three times a day throughout the weekend event.

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Hunt Club prepares for a ‘Snow Blast’ of a good timeSabine [email protected]

News – Call it an offi cial winter welcome.

The Hunt Club Park Community Association is set to host its annual winter carnival.

Snow Blast is back in Elizabeth Manley Park on Jan. 18 after being on hiatus for several years. President Karin Pullin said the main reason for bringing it back is to reintroduce the association to the community.

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On the front page of the Jan. 9 issue of the Ottawa South News, a photo ran with mislead-ing and false informa-tion.

Credit should have been given to Shane Norup, a Riverside South resident, instead of to a Metroland re-porter.

Additionally, infor-

mation about where and when the photo was taken was incorrect, and should have stated the photo was taken in a Toronto neighbourhood on Dec. 26 instead of at Four Seasons Park in Ottawa on Jan. 6.

Metroland Media sincerely apologizes for these errors, and for any confusion or inconve-nience they may have caused the family and the community.

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The organization has a revamped executive this time around, she said, armed with a new focus on several portfolios such as community devel-opment fi les and event planning.

The event takes place between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

As Pullin explains, they’re excited for the community to see the event make a comeback.

“We’re pretty excited to be host-ing the carnival again after several years without a winter carnival in the neighbourhood at all,” she said.

“Hopefully it’ll also give the new-ly restarted community association a boost and let the neighbours know we exist again.”

This year’s event promises to be full of fun for the whole family in-cluding the main event, a hockey game between local fi re and police offi cers at 1 p.m. on the outdoor city rink at the park.

Other activities include horse and carriage rides, Kids Olympics, a pho-to booth, ice carving, campfi re and smores, ice carving, skating on the local outdoor rink, and a barbecue.

All of the events are free of charge with the exception of the horse and carriage rides and food which will have a nominal charge.

The Hunt Club Park Community Association was revitalized in No-vember 2013.

A sub-committee of the organi-zation’s 19 elected directors came together to organize the winter car-nival.

“This winter carnival is an excel-lent way to bring our community to-gether and to celebrate winter,” said Nancy Ferguson, a long-time resident who was involved in the inception of the event years ago.

“I’m happy to see the Snow Blast being revitalized.”

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Police Chief Charles Bor-deleau said OPS investigators, working with victims and OPP experts, found evidence to link three cases “to one unknown individual.”

“As part of the investiga-tion, an additional seven cases were identifi ed as presenting similarities, but have not been linked to this individual,” said Bordeleau.

“As we’ve investigated each of these cases, the Ottawa Po-lice Service has recognized its responsibility to keep the community informed, and we have strived to ensure residents remain aware of the assaults, and the developments in these cases, and reminded them of safety precautions.”

Bordeleau made it clear that

the criminal acts were not the fault of the victims, and ap-pealed to the public for help in identifying the suspect.

“Someone knows this indi-vidual – they may even suspect something already,” said Bor-deleau.

“Call us. We need (your) assistance to protect potential future victims and identify the individual responsible.”

The man wanted in the at-tacks is described as being pos-sibly of Middle Eastern descent, age 20 to 30, with short dark hair, slim to medium build, and standing 5’9” to 5’11” (175 to 180 centimetres). He was also described as having trimmed facial hair, thick eyebrows and a prominent nose.

Witnesses said the individu-al spoke English and possibly a foreign language, and seemed

to take care of his appearance, with a neat or fashionable wardrobe. In the most recent case, he was described as hav-ing a toned, athletic build, with broad shoulders.

“In the three linked cases, the victims were between the age of 18 and 30, (and) were all walking alone,” said Sgt. Rich-ard Dugal, OPS criminal opera-tions director.

“The three victims were choked during the attack. This individual may show a promi-nence for this type of behavior in his personal or intimate rela-tionships.”

The seven other cases were similar in that they involved sexual assaults on women walking alone at night, but can’t be directly linked to the same individual.

Two composite sketches of

the assailant, released to the public following those assaults, were on display at the briefi ng, and are available on the OPS website.

A grim-faced Bordeleau vowed the attacker would be caught.

“I have every confi dence in members of the police service and investigators that are work-ing on this fi le that we will apprehend the subject respon-sible…but that can’t be done alone,” he said, adding that all of the city’s patrol offi cers and even faculty at universities and colleges have been informed of the suspect’s appearance.

Anyone with information regarding the attacks can send the police tips by calling 613-221-6161, ext. 4774, or anony-mously by calling Crime Stop-pers at 613-233-8477.

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News - A new trades building is being pro-posed to complement a youth centre on Rus-sell Road.

An autobody and woodworking training fa-cility is being considered to be located on the grounds of the William E. Hay Centre, which, according to the Youth Services Bureau of Ot-tawa website, is a secure 40-bed residential facility for male youths involved in the justice system.

According to a report from NORR Limited Architects and Engineers, the architect on the fi le, the purpose of the site plan amendment is to add a new trades building to the site in support of the trades program already offered at the centre.

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The applicant seeks to construct a building with a total fl oor area of 379 square metres and a height of 8.75 metres.

They also look to have 15 new parking spaces added on site, for a total of 57 spaces.

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Some trees would require removal, mean-ing a new landscaping plan would have to be reconfi gured for the site.

A public meeting was held on Jan. 14 at 7 p.m. in Training Rooms 1 and 2 of the city’s public works building.

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When she is thirsty, the River-side South youngster asks for juice. When she sees someone, she says hello. She can count to 10 and knows the colours of the rainbow. She runs down the hallways of her school.

But it hasn’t been the easiest of journeys for Avery or for her par-ents, Michelle and Chris.

When she was two months old, Avery was diagnosed with “failure to thrive,”; meaning she wasn’t growing at the normal rate she should grow. In medical terminology, she was hy-potonic, meaning she had low-core body strength.

Due to this, she spent two months at CHEO being fed through the nose by a tube, with 10 medical depart-ments monitoring her progress as she underwent seven surgeries.

Back then, the future was uncer-tain for Avery, said Michelle.

But now, the future seems brighter for Avery thanks to the teachers and staff at the Ottawa Children’s Treat-ment Centre School.

Avery now attends junior kinder-garten, and is ready every morning at 7 a.m. to board the bus to school, which is located on the grounds of CHEO. She has a supportive older sister in six-year-old Madison, who spends much time running around the house with her.

But it was a completely different picture in the beginning.

“She was fl oppy and had no skin tone,” said Michelle.

When a pediatrician came to see Avery shortly before her diagno-sis, she knew there was something wrong, and told the family to head to the emergency room for immedi-ate care.

“That was Sept. 9 (2009),” said Michelle. “I’ll never forget that day.”

She was expected to stay at CHEO

for only four days, but it ended up being 39 days.

For the fi rst two years of her life, she would need to be fed with a tube through the abdomen, called a G-tube. She was unable to put any weight on her feet and couldn’t make a sound.

Breathing was just as diffi cult. “She had no strength to breathe

properly,” she said.A surgery was done to reconstruct

her airway.For those fi rst two years of her life,

professionals from the children’s treatment centre assisted her parents in providing them with resources and services which would prove to be helpful in the long run.

In the comforts of her own home, they provided Avery with occupa-tional therapy, recreational therapy, and access to a toy library, as well as a social worker and dietician.

The intensive and creative therapy included exercises such as turning her head from side to side, said Mi-chelle, and was required to be done at home because Avery was too med-ically fragile to be mobile.

“At this point, she was receiving the therapy needed to give her basic life skills,” she said.

Avery’s story is unique, said Mi-chelle, in that her condition was caught early and now is responding successfully to therapy and treat-ment.

It’s like a rebirth ... She is a fi ghter. She has that spirit in her. We’ve seen her fi ght to be here. She didn’t give up.MICHELLE QUINLAN

When her G-tube was removed, Avery began feeding herself. This was a milestone in her life, said Mi-chelle. The treatment centre sessions continued with a focus on physical therapy. At two-and-a-half, Avery took her fi rst steps, and then spent a year at the centre’s preschool in Kanata while continuing to see ther-apists.

Now, at the age of four, Avery is part of the junior kindergarten pro-gram at the Smyth Road site.

“She runs into that school,” she said. “She is so excited to be there. She knows everyone now.”

Diagnosed as “non-verbal”, Avery uses text therapy (cards with images) to communicate, and through speech therapy lessons can now say 40 to 50 words.

This would not have been pos-sible without the support and care of the staff at the children’s treatment centre, said Michelle.

“There are so many glorious mo-ments to look back on because of their support,” she said.

The centre also helped them steer through a complicated therapeutic process and introduced them to oth-er parents who were going through similar transitions.

Michelle joined the Moms’ Group, where mothers of treatment centre clients get together once a month to touch base and exchange stories, ideas, and tips.

A FIGHTER

Staff at the treatment centre has given Avery’s family new meaning of the word hope.

“They have such an incredible way of teaching,” she said.

“She turned heads as soon as they started therapy on her. We were thinking, ‘Maybe she will learn to just crawl’ when suddenly she starts walking.”

She remembers a set of stairs located in the therapy room where two years ago, it was a dream goal for Avery to climb them. Now, the youngster runs up and down them.

For Michelle, there aren’t enough words to express her thanks to the staff.

“How do you even begin to thank them?” she said.

Their daughter’s case is unique in the sense that she was diagnosed very early on, with subsequent ther-apy following, Michelle added.

“They’re all about community-based care,” she said.

The centre will support her until she’s 18 years old.

Michelle’s eyes well up at the strides her daughter has made.

“I honestly feel like I wouldn’t change a thing,” she said.

“The fact that you see the like-mindedness in the therapists, in the teachers at the school … nothing re-ally matters.”

“It’s like a rebirth (the physical and creative therapies). We saw it within weeks of her starting school. Sometimes we’ll be out and she’ll say something, and we’ll just stop. We know we have a long way to go, but she will still benefi t from the OCTC.”

“She’s a fi ghter. She has that spirit in her. Every parent is proud of their child. She chose to make the most out of this. We’ve seen her fi ght to be here. She didn’t give up.”

Michelle said the family will con-tinue to advocate on behalf of the centre.

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Well, it turns out that they’re not naming the whole of Lansd-owne Park after the TD Bank – just the stadium.

Some might call that good news, since the name Lansdowne has historical associations and we should keep as many them as we can.

Others might not be so sure, since the name Lansdowne has become associated in the minds of some with years of unpleasant controversy and months of unpleasant con-struction and traffi c.

Maybe it would have been smarter to name the whole of Lansdowne Park complex after something else – another bank, say, or an insurance company. Maybe one of the corporations that used to have its name on the arena where the Senators play would like to get back in the game.

Meanwhile, the name Frank Clair, a name with no unpleasant associations whatsoever, is going to disappear and in its place will be the name of a bank.

Clair might get a statue.Those with medium-long memories will

recall that it was a bit of a struggle to get Clair’s name on the stadium in the fi rst place. Although Clair won three Grey Cups as coach and two more as general manager of

Ottawa Rough Riders during the 1960s and 1970s, it was not until 1993 that the stadium then known as Lansdowne Park was renamed in Clair’s honour.

Now the stadium will honour a bank. It will be called TD Place. In case you’re inter-ested, a quick check with Mr. Google reveals that there are at least four other TD Places in the world – in St. John’s, Calgary, Boston and Bangkok.

There are no other Frank Clair Stadiums in the world.

Money, of course, is behind all this. TD Bank paid a hefty sum for the naming rights, just as Canadian Tire, and before that Scotiabank, and before that Corel, paid hefty naming rights for the naming rights to that hockey arena in Kanata beside the Queen-

sway. This continues a process all over the world in which names with local relevance are replaced, on stadiums, arenas and the-atres, with names that have only corporate relevance.

TD is banking, pardon the expression, on an outpouring of goodwill from the public. Every time they attend a football game, even every time they drive past, they will think to themselves: “Good old TD Bank! How great that they are bringing us football.”

Of course, in order for that goodwill to be achieved, TD Bank fi rst has to get past the stage where people try to drive past the sta-dium, are held up by construction, and think to themselves: “Curses on TD Bank! Frank Clair never caused traffi c jams like this.”

Every time a community gives up a local name and replaces it with a corporate name, it becomes less distinct. That’s as true in sports and entertainment as it is in retail. As a city gives up its names, it becomes less identifi able.

You can remember where Maple Leaf Gardens was, but do you have the same feel-ing about the Air Canada Centre? A baseball fan knows where Wrigley Field is, or Fenway Park, but can he tell you what city PNC Park is in?

That would be where the Pittsburgh Pirates play. They once played at Forbes Field, named after a war hero.

PNC is a bank, by the way.All is not lost. These things come and

go in cycles. Naming rights are not sold in perpetuity, and as we have seen, corporations sometimes tire of the thrill of having their names on sports venues. So another bank comes along and puts its name up in lights for a while.

Maybe it won’t last.One day, the banks may wake up to the

danger of losing their identity because all the arenas and stadiums sound like banks now. The answer is simple: start renaming the banks.

For a start, how about the Bank of Frank Clair?

CHARLES GORDON

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Among the many issues that will be raised in the municipal election campaign this year, a discussion about public consulta-tion is one that should be considered by

both candidates and voters.A consistent sticking point among members of

the public during almost every decision made by the city is the way in which consultation is conducted in Ottawa. Many feel the city fails to provide enough opportunity for the voices of residents to be heard, particularly on the bigger issues affecting specifi c communities across Ottawa. Others will contend the city doesn’t listen even when there is a chance to have a say.

It’s not an issue the city is avoiding. Earlier last year, a series of public sessions were held to ask people how consultation can be conducted better in the hopes of updating a strategy for Ottawa, some-thing that hadn’t been done since 2004.

Yet complaints persist. An issue might be one where the city decides on a course of action before consulting with residents, as was the case with the green space at 160 Lees Ave. where an LRT construction staging area was proposed. Another would be development proposals where no amount of opposition to a given project appears to alter any

plans whatsoever. Whatever the case may be, people have issues with their ability to participate in the governance of the city.

This poses a challenge for candidates, just as it does for the current municipal government. Whether efforts are being made to improve the consultation process or not, at the end of the day, if residents don’t feel as though they can affect decisions made in the city, something is broken. If the public faith in the system is failing, the system itself is failing to a certain extent. Nobody wants to see that happen.

The opportunity presented by the current circum-stances is that any candidate willing to talk honestly about public consultation will have the attention of a decent number of those who will vote this October.

Candidates must be wary however: although there is much work to be done to improve the way the city consults, there are limits. No amount of consultation would make everyone happy in the case of moving Transitway buses to Scott Street, for example. We shouldn’t beat ourselves over the head to achieve impossible standards.

The city should be committing to some form of continuous improvement of public consultation. This commitment needs to come from our leaders and there’s no better place to look for it than an election.

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It was 10 years ago that I fi rst met one of my best friends.

We met through work. A few weeks later, her boy-friend died. Just like that, he died.

He was 26 years old. He died on his birthday.

She’d known him his entire life. I didn’t know him at all.

I was in my twenties and I remember the words of people at the funeral, about what this young man had accomplished, about how important he had been to so many people, about the gaping loss his passing would leave in their lives.

I selfi shly wondered if peo-ple would say such nice things about me at my funeral.

Every day, we live as if we’ll live forever.

And then a young person dies.

This happened again re-cently.

It doesn’t matter if you know the person. You go to the funeral.

And before you get there, you have drinks with the young person’s friends; friends since high school; friends forever.

And they all have their hearts on their sleeves, and you do too.

And you share, like people share when a young person dies, when souls are struggling to understand and people are craving connections and loy-alty and absolution.

You share your doubts about your career ambitions, your prospects.

You learn about the “guy emergency” of one, who turned to a new friend when his career fell apart.

And you learn about the

failed pregnancies of another, who laments not trying earlier; you learn about the one who’s in a long-term relationship with someone who’s defi nitely “not the one.”

Every day we live as if we’ll live forever ... It doesn’t matter if you know the person. You go to the funeral ... And they all have their hearts on their sleeves, and you do too.BRYNNA LESLIE

And you joke about the canines who’ve become “the children” of others, who dare not state why they’re childless. And everybody cries.

They cry because the one that died was happy. They cry because the one that died was giving. They cry because the one that died was young and expecting to live forever -- or at least for the next 20 years. They cry because they miss her and because they wonder

if they can do her memory jus-tice.

When a young person dies, there is a profound sense that we are mortal; that this day could be our last

At the same time we’re pondering, “are we as giving, as fun, as unique, as grateful for life as the one that died?” Impossible, according to the eulogies.

Not by a long shot. We still complain about

weather, wonder if we’re mak-ing any kind of mark on our careers.

We still selfi shly question how much our own family and friends would notice our ab-sence if we died.

My friend, the one who lost her boyfriend 10 years ago, of-fered to write my eulogy and send it to me.

She was jokingly trying to tell me that, should I die today, of course my funeral would be marked by many.

Best friends are good like that – always willing to help you out with a vanity exer-cise.But I told her, no. I have enough inspiration to live bet-ter and be better, to value the moments, be grateful and reas-sess my priorities.

Because a young person has died.

When a young person dies

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News - When Gloucester-South Nepean Coun. Steve Desroches fi rst ran for election in 2006, residents were calling for renewal.

“People were tired of seeing the same faces around the council table for long periods at a time,” Desroches said. “So I made a commitment to residents and my family that I would only hold the position for two terms. I was upfront; it was never my inten-tion to become a career politician.”

Before being elected to offi ce, Desroches worked for Agri-Food Canada. He said he is considering a return to civil service, or perhaps go-ing into teaching.

“I won’t disappear, whatever I do,” he said. “I still fi rmly believe that good neighbours make good neigh-

bourhoods, so I will be involved in my community in some way.”

A proud hockey dad, Desroches said he hopes to get a conversation

started about a public-private part-nership to build a new arena in Riv-erside South.

“It’s worked well with the recre-ation centre in Barrhaven South and

worked well in Orléans. I would like to see a discussion about a P3 in the south end,” he said.

It was an uphill battle to learn about championing projects in his ward during his fi rst term, Desroches said of former mayor Larry O’Brien’s time at the helm.

“We had a very divided council and an embattled mayor, which often left a vacuum of leadership,” he said. “But in my second term I learned what it was like to work under a functional council that concentrated on improving the city.”

Desroches said he is proud of his acheivements as councillor.

“When I started Limebank Road was constantly voted one of the worst roads. Now we have seen marked im-provements,” Desroches said.

Another noted accomplishment is the Strandherd-Armstrong bridge.

“Despite the setbacks, we brought this project forward from the ashes,” he said. “I share residents’ frustra-tions with the delays, but I think we learned from the challenges and I think we are going to see the benefi t

of this for a long time.”Desroches said his ward has dou-

bled during his time as councillor. When asked if he would endorse

any of the four candidates – includ-ing his former offi ce staff member Michael Qaqish, Desroches said he wouldn’t make public comment.

“I would tell residents to do their research,” he said. “I will just be an-other voter trying to decide where to put my X on Oct. 27.”

Desroches said the candidates will have their work cut out for them.

“Residents are educated,” he said. “Platitudes like ‘zero means zero’ won’t work. You’ll have to have a concrete plan.”

Desroches says he won’t ‘disappear’Councillor plans to stay involved with community after term ends

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... I made a commitment to residents and my family that I would only hold the position for two termsCOUN. STEVE DESROCHES


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Twenty-eight year-old Michaël Falardeau thinks the south end needs an advocate for better transit and transportation infrastructure, so he’s vying for Gloucester-South Nepean councillor.

The seat is being vacated by two-term Coun. Steve Desroches, and Falardeau said Desroches “built the ward from zero,” but it’s time for new voices.

Having grown up in Barrie, Ont., Falardeau, who is bilingual, moved to Ottawa to study architecture at Algonquin College. He stayed here as he developed a career in land surveying and development. He cur-rently co-ordinates project execu-tion for Frecon Construction, which specializes in building institutional, commercial and industrial build-ings, including schools and city buildings.

He shares a Riverside South home with his wife, Jennifer Loveless.

Q: Why are you running for city council in Gloucester-South Nepean Ward?

A: The city has grown quickly … basically, Gloucester-South Nepean is the fastest-growing community in Ottawa and I don’t feel they’ve been respected in terms of budgetary guidelines or services.

I think there has been a great lack of leadership as council and as a whole. Steve Desroches has been very good in terms of counseling … However, we do need a more aggres-sive voice if we are going to get what we need to service this community.

Q: Detail your past political and civic activism, whether it’s volun-teering, campaigning, donations, lobbying or employment at any level of government or political party.

A: My political experience is go-ing to be very limited, especially (compared) to those who are running against me. My fi rst political expe-rience would be in high school. The

City of Barrie has a student mayor program … You’re 14 years old and you already understand the munici-pal processes.

Lobbying experience? None. We hired consultants to do the lobbying for us. Mine was strictly on the con-sultation and execution side – dis-cussing with city planners, discuss-ing with municipal councillors and

going to public consultations.I did volunteer once for a political

party in Quebec (Coalition Avenir Québec) in the last election … I only lasted a few weeks there because I didn’t agree with the candidates’ po-sitions or the party’s after learning more about it.

Q: How are you going to fund-raise for your campaign?

A: Getting out and talking to people … Friends and family tend to be the biggest backbone. Corporate (donations): I always welcome them. I know Ottawa has a great stigma against corporate and union dona-tions. I would submit: why not stay away from that stigma and see if we can work closer with the unions, de-velopers and corporations. What will infl uence my opinion of any project that comes forward is if it’s better for the community.

Q: Do you have any potential pecuniary interests or a fi nancial or family confl ict of interest?

A: I haven’t been under (Brigil’s) employment in quite a few years, but as an act of transparency, especially because the city is lacking some, I

would step away (from any projects they propose).

(Regarding Frecon’s business with the city), I feel there has to be a dis-tance between the executive branch of city hall, being council, and the execution side, being the staff. Staff is responsible for executing proj-ects and tendering building projects. Council has no say and no infl uence on … who bids on them.

Q: What do you think the biggest issue was in Gloucester-South Ne-pean Ward this term and how was it handled? What will be the big issue next term?

A: large issue that was handled well was the expansion of Limebank (Road).Transit and schools are still an issue here. Findlay Creek is still to have a school. The schools are over capacity … Riverside South is grossly under-serviced for educational purposes.

Transit: in 2006, the north-south (light rail) line was cancelled; how-ever, since the city has encouraged growth to go south, they should have maintained that line. Waiting another decade isn’t going to make that proj-ect any cheaper. Transit is a simple system: build it and they will come.

Other candidates currently reg-istered in Gloucester-South Nepean Ward are: Scott Hodge, Jason Kelly and Michael Qaqish.

Meet the candidates: Michaël FalardeauLand-development co-ordinator wants to step into vacant Gloucester-South Nepean seat

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News - Michael Qaqish, once executive assistant to outgoing Gloucester-South Ne-pean Coun. Steve Desroches, hopes to re-place his former boss.

The 28-year-old writes political col-umns that appear in the Hill Times and on iPolitics.ca and he hosts Chin Radio’s daily morning show. He has appeared as a political commentator on television and radio.

His community involvement includes membership in the Havenlea-Chapman Mills Community Association and work with the Barrhaven legion, including orga-nizing a fundraiser last year.

Qaqish was born in Toronto and moved to Ottawa to complete an honours bachelor of arts degree in psychology at Carleton University after living abroad in Jordan.

He is single and resides in Barrhaven-Chapman Mills.

Q: Why are you running for city council in Gloucester-South Nepean Ward?

A: I’ve worked for the Gloucester-South Nepean ward offi ce for four and a half years helping resolve various city issues and I care about the community I live in and I want to make it better … If (residents) want an ef-fect representative to do that and someone who can get things done at city hall, I think I can do that.

Q: Detail your past political and civic ac-tivism, whether it’s volunteering, campaign-ing, donations, lobbying or employment at any level of government or political party.

A: From ’08-12 (I worked) with Steve Desroches in the Gloucester-South Nepe-an ward offi ce. From 2012 until recently I

worked with (Capital Coun.) David Cher-nushenko.

I also worked for (Mayor Jim) Watson when he was a provincial minister in ’07 in the election … From eight to four I did constituency work in the Carling offi ce and after that we would go to the Carlington of-fi ce for the campaign.

I started volunteering on the Hill for (Liberal MP) Derek Lee from Scarborough-Rouge River. I also worked for seven weeks for (Liberal MP) Ruby Dhalla as a parlia-mentary assistant.

I was chair of communications for the Canadian-Lebanese Chamber of Com-merce, so working closely with business leaders in the community and helping them lobby government and meet with (federal, provincial and municipal) offi cials on a number of issues.

Q: How are you going to fundraise for your campaign?

A: I’m going to focus on family and

friends fi rst, but I also realize the way the system is right now, if you want to compete with your opponents, you have to be open to accepting donations from everyone. That said, I am going to try to limit the donations from corporations or developers and focus on family, friends and average voters. If elected, I do want to pursue changes to the way it works because I really think having development money or developers infl uence elections … is not a good thing.

Q: Do you have any potential pecuniary interests or a fi nancial or family confl ict of interest?

A: No. The only role where I may have been in confl ict was being an employee of the city and that’s why I resigned my posi-tion.

Q: What do you think the biggest issue was in Gloucester-South Nepean Ward this term and how was it handled? What will be the big issue next term?

A: The (Strandherd-Armstrong) bridge was a bit of a disappointment with the con-tractor going bankrupt, but the work is pro-gressing and it should be done before the term is up.

Some of the big issues moving forward are going to be transportation and transit related. If you’re in Findlay Creek or Riv-erside South, I think a lot of people are hoping to see fast-tracking of the timelines for the extension of the O-Train … People in Barrhaven want better transit and rail to be there before 2035 or whatever it is in Phase 2.

I think a lot of people want to see the widening of Prince of Wales (Drive).

Riverside South has been booming in the last little while and at some point they are going to need their own rec centre. I think that’s a priority and something we’ll cer-tainly try to push for.

Other candidates registered in Glouces-ter-South Nepean Ward include: Michael Falardeau, Scott Hodge and Jason Kelly.

Meet the candidates: Michael QaqishFormer member of councillor’s staff vies to fi ll vacant Gloucester-South Nepean seat

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The idea originates from a similar fundraising effort called Hood-ies for Hunger.

The company, Union Apparel, started in November of last year with a local Vancouver shelter. The company helped provide 460 meals to the homeless in the city. Now, company founder and ex-Ot-tawan Doug Crowe wants to expand the cause to his former home.

“I think it’s important to spread help locally,” Crowe said. “If you buy a hoodie, you help someone in Ottawa - it is about community.”

Crowe said the initiative is simple. When someone from the Ot-tawa area purchases a hoodie from Union Apparel, the company will donate a portion to the Ottawa Mission.

“It’s based on people’s location,” he said. Crowe added people could also indicate where they would like the meals to go, so if someone originally from Ottawa or the Ottawa area wishes to help out, they to can have that opportunity.

Shortly after starting up the company last May, Crowe and fellow founders Caleb Hansen and Henry Recinos decided this was their opportunity to build a company based on giving back to the com-munity.

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“We asked ourselves, ‘Why are we in business?’ ” Crowe said. “So we all wanted to give back so we thought, why not make chari-table projects part of the business.”

In the future Crowe said he would like to see this initiative expand even further to include other cities.

Crowe said he credits his charitable drive to his mother, who while he was growing up decided to become a foster mom.

“She has infl uenced me to do this,” he said. The idea to take the donations to Ottawa, again, Crowe credits

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Crowe contacted the mission and the rest, he said, is up to hoodie supporters in the city.

“Really it’s the customers who are making this happen,” Crowe said. “They are the ones who are really making the difference - who are buying these hoodies to help.”

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Orléans will host a mother of eight – soon to be nine – and a drag queen who volunteers

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The human library proj-ect has run at Ottawa library branches twice before, and will run at fi ve locations this year.

Last year, the east end saw the event hosted at the North Gloucester branch, and the Cumberland branch hosted the human library the year before.

It runs through a partnership with CBC in Ottawa. The proj-ect was originally started at a Copenhagen festival in 2000.

“We’ve been overwhelmed by the positive response,” said Dorothy Jeffreys, the Human Library spokesperson at the Ottawa Public Library. “People just really enjoy the concept and the opportunity to talk to people they wouldn’t talk to normally.”

Jeffreys said that all the slots have booked up with all of the books in past years. Last year, all the appopintments for the day with the 16 “books” at the Main branch booked up within the fi rst hour of the event.

They’re calling the new par-ticipants “new editions”, and this year have added a foster parent, a cartoonist, a Para-lympian and a person of Métis background at different loca-tions.

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This is the second year that Avalon resident Véronique Bergeron has participated, though she was featured at the Alta Vista branch last year.

Bergeron is a mother of eight, and is pregnant with her ninth child. She got invited to

join the project after being fea-tured on a parenting panel on CBC.

“It was fabulous. You don’t know who you’re going to meet, what their questions are going to be,” she said, adding it’s “very unpredictable.”

While program organizers stressed that the human books are allowed to decline ques-tions they don’t feel comfort-able with, Bergeron said some unexpected questions were fun.

“I had one person, a young lady, and our conversation was entirely on sexual ethics, con-traception and all that stuff,” she said.

“It takes you by surprise at the beginning because it’s very personal. But once you step into it, it’s like, well, if she wants to know.”

She said the questions cov-ered a wide range, from potty training and daily life, to ques-tions about her marriage.

Bergeron is one of the 37 participating human books in Ottawa. Other participants at different locations include a gambler, anarchist and street outreach worker.

The event will also run at the main, Carlingwood, Carp and Greenboro branches.

JENNA SPARKS

Véronique Bergeron, pictured with two of her eight children, will be a featured human book in the Ottawa Public Library’s upcoming Human Library project on Jan. 25.

Participants include drag queen, mother of eight

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The City’s Planning Department is hosting a public meeting for a development application on Monday, January 20th from 7-9pm in the Lion’s Hall of the Fred Barrett Arena, 3280 Leitrim Road. The property is located at the northern limit of the Leitrim Community with Leitrim Road to the north, Bank Street to the east, and the Hope Cemetery to the south.

The applicant is proposing the development of a fully serviced urban subdivision, which will include a mix of single detached family homes, townhouse homes and a mixed use block which can be developed for a commercial, an institutional and/or service uses or as a high density residential block. There are also lands reserved for a future school for the French Catholic School Board and for a neighbourhood park.

The application is consistent with the Leitrim Community Design Plan (CDP). The CDP serves to identify the growth in the area, including lands that are designated for future residential, commercial, and institutional development.

I would encourage residents interested in learning more about this development application to attend the public meeting. For more information on this planning file, please visit www.stevedesroches.ca.

Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge

Construction of the Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge is ongoing over the course of the winter months. Residents can expect to see the following work take place:

lighting) on the approaches;

as weather permits;

installation of fixtures;

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City engineers continue to work very closely with the contractor to ensure all opportunities to accelerate the work continue to be explored.

I am pleased that progress continues to be made over

conditions.

The planned completion date for the bridge is September 2014.

Pond Hockey Event for Kids in Riverside South

The Riverside South Community Association is hosting a special pond hockey fundraiser for children ages 7-12 on Saturday, January 25th at 8:30am on the ice rink at Spratt Park, 4191 Spratt Road, adjacent to Steve MacLean Public School. Kids will play 3 games throughout the day and receive pizza & hot chocolate as a part of the event registration. All Skill levels are welcome. All proceeds will go to a Riverside South family whose young child is battling Brain Cancer.

For more information, or to register your child for the event, please visit www.riversidesouth.org.

Coats for Kids at Goodfellow Cleaners

If you have old coats of any size that your children have outgrown, please consider dropping them off

Riverside South where they will clean and donate them to the Salvation Army’s Coats for Kids program. I would like to thank Charles Goodfellow for leading this initiative in giving back to those less fortunate.

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Ottawa, ON—Employers can now apply for Canada Summer Jobs 2014 funding, which will create thousands of job opportunities for students across the country.

Canada Summer Jobs helps students gain the skills and work experience they need to be successful now and in the future, while earning money for the upcoming school year.

Since 2007, the program has helped over 260 000 students. Canada Summer Jobs 2014 is expected to create approximately 35 000 jobs, while helping employers address skills shortages.

Last year, nearly 100 student jobs were created in Nepean-Carleton thanks to the Canada Summer Jobs initiative. One great example of how organizations have benefitted from the Canada Summer Jobs funding is the Watson’s Mill in Manotick. The Mill has made great use of the program for seven consecutive years now. Hiring local students allows for the Mill to employ students that are familiar with the historic landmark and improve the visitors’ unique experience. Watson’s Mill has been able to successfully attract local students through the Canada Summer Jobs funding, giving this non-profit organization the opportunity to help its community and local economy grow.

Funding will be available to not-for-profit organizations, public-sector employers and small businesses. Young people aged 15 to 30, who are full-time students and intend to return to school in the fall, can qualify for these job opportunities.

With over 1 million net new jobs since the end of the global recession - the best growth record among all G-7 countries -and overall tax burden at its lowest level in nearly 50 years, our Government continues to make the economy its number one priority.

By investing in youth, our Government is helping contribute to Canada’s economic growth and long-term prosperity. This is why we encourage employers to apply for funding and create jobs that will not only benefit students but communities and local economies as well.

The employer application period for Canada Summer Jobs has changed. Applications are now available at servicecanada.gc.ca/csj and must be submitted by January 31, 2014. These new timelines mean successful employers will be notified sooner and have more time to recruit students.

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News - A new agreement be-tween the Montfort Hospital and the French Catholic school board will see dozens of high school students receiving hands-on ex-perience in health sciences at the east-end facility.

The school board operates a specialized learning experience called the FOCUS program for students in grades 11 and 12. Partnering with companies, orga-nizations and professionals over the past seven years, the school board has been offering students the opportunity to receive hands-on experience in specifi c profes-sions for high school credits. The health care and medical tech-nologies program has used the hospital setting for students to complete a health science co-op. Over the years, program co-ordi-nator Chantale Rousseau held the in-class portion at the University of Ottawa and Cité collégiale.

Now the entire program will take place within the halls of the Montfort, something Rousseau and her former students say will

be a huge advantage. “To have everything in one

place will be great,” said student Domenique Labaky. “It has been

hard commuting between the university and the hospital. Es-pecially for some of the students who don’t know the area. To have

it all in the same place will defi -nitely help.”

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Montfort Hospital, French board expand programming for unique health class


Both Eric Gauthier and Domenique Labaky completed a unique health program through their school board, the French Catholic School board. Along with ten other classmates the two had the opportunity to learn about health sciences, nutrition, psychology and how the human body develops in a joint program at Montfort Hospital, the board, Cité collégiale and the University of Ottawa.

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Montfort reaching out to high school studentsContinued from page 23

The two partners announced students would now be able to spend their entire co-op place-ment and class time at the hospital. Members of the school board and the hospital signed the new agreement at the hospital on Jan. 8.

Hospital president Dr. Bernard Leduc said the partnership with the school board is a per-fect fi t.

“This agreement establishes a continuum of French-language education in Ontario,” Leduc said. “As a university teaching hospital, Montfort must encourage the training of future

health-care professionals and support educa-tion.”

Bernard Roy, director of education for the board, said the program not only addresses the need for students to receive practical experi-ence, it also helps promote both the franco-phone and bilingual workforce in the health profession.

Labaky said she was nervous about attend-ing the program, which took her away from familiarity.

“It was scary at fi rst because you don’t know anyone, but once you start it becomes really easy and now we are all like family,” she said.

Labaky and the other 11 students came from across the city to attend the specialized pro-gram. Orléans classmate Eric Gauthier said he wanted to get hands-on experience in the health profession to see if it was what he wanted to pursue.

“You get to learn all about biology and health in its setting,” he said. “You see science in a whole different way.”

Gauthier said the course has solidifi ed his desire to become a health-care professional, specifi cally one who works in the thick of it all -- the emergency room.

“There is just so much going on, and you

need to know so much, to become an emergen-tologist would be my dream,” Gauthier said.

Labaky said she is still uncertain about what she would like to be, but she does know that she wants to be working in health care.

“This has been a great stepping stone. You see fi rst hand what it takes,” Labaky said.

The school board offers 14 FOCUS pro-grams for grade 11 and 12 students and of-fers everything from law and security, educa-tion, music, television production, hospitality and construction. More information about the program is available on the board’s website at ecolecatholique.ca.


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The Music for Young Children® head office is currently looking for a Customer Service Associate to fill a maternity leave for a period of approximately 14 months. The Customer Service Associate is one of the first points of contact between our teachers and Music for Young Children. You are responsible for making a good first impression, which can impact the success of MYC for a long time. You must be friendly, professional and helpful to all visitors and callers. This position plays a key role in assisting all areas of our Corporate Head Office.

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President & CEO – January 2014Due to the pending retirement of the current President & CEO, the Perth & Smiths Falls District Hospital (the “Hospital”) is seeking a highly skilled, motivated individual to fill this challenging role.

The Perth and Smiths Falls District Hospital is a fully accredited acute care community hospital located on two state-of-the-art sites in the picturesque communities of Perth and Smiths Falls. The hospital delivers a broad range of primary and secondary services and programs such as emergency care, medicine, obstetrics, general and specialty surgical services, dialysis, as well as diagnostic imaging, laboratory and infection control services.

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PSFDH has strengthened its financial position while supporting its goals of providing excellent, high quality patient care and satisfaction in conjunction with ensuring the ongoing engagement of all staff and physicians. The new President & CEO will continue to develop relationships with the staff, physicians, volunteers, auxiliaries and foundations and work on strengthening relationships and partnerships with community groups and stakeholders.

You will have experience in the areas of clinical care, quality and risk management; possess a strong fiscal acumen to ensure the PSFDH’s financial health; and solid experience developing relationships with strategic partners. The ideal candidate will also have current senior hospital administration experience. These skills will be highly valued, as will your knowledge of and exposure to policy governance.

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Securing Your Retirement I understand the importance of having the right programs in place so that Canadians can prepare for their retirement. My colleagues and I know that Canadians have worked hard to earn their pensions and they deserve to know that when it comes time for retirement, those funds will be there for them. That is why we are working to ensure that this happens.

In October of this year, Premier Kathleen Wynne called on the federal government to enhance the Canada Pension Plan to ensure that Canadians can continue to count on this fund. We know that most Canadians do not have the luxury of depending on private pension plans or personal savings. We want to ensure that Canadians who have worked hard can expect to live out their retirement in dignity. We also want to ensure that when it comes time for retirement, our province and our retirees are prepared.

Premier Wynne took the lead on this initiative during a recent meeting with her provincial colleagues and is now working with her counterparts to ensure that the conversation about preparing Canadians for retirement continues.

Retirement income security for Ontarians is one of our fundamental priorities. We must ensure that Ontario has a reliable and responsible retirement income system, one that can evolve and respond to practical realities. Your Premier and Finance Minister, Charles Sousa will continue to apply pressure to the federal government to strengthen the Canada Pension Plan, and will also look at alternative measures to ensure that Canadians have peace of mind as they approach retirement.

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News - A Kanata mom is using her engineering exper-tise to help improve educa-tion for children with autism spectrum disorder, Asperger’s syndrome and attention defi -cit hyperactivity disorder.

Natasha D’Souza, who recently received a master’s in technology innovation management, said it was her experience as a mother of a son with special needs that prompted her to work out a system to help him learn so-cial skills.

“The medical system is very drug-based,” D’Souza said. “And that wasn’t for us.”

There are holes in the education system as well, D’Souza said, adding social skills simply aren’t taught anymore, due to dwindling resources and limited staff.

“The metrics are out of whack,” she said.

For example, the worker assigned to help her son mas-ter skills to keep in pace with

his classmates, spends time teaching him how to use scis-sors.

“Is that the best use of her time?” D’Souza asked.

So, a little more than a year ago, she decided to use her expertise as an engineer and the unique opportunity her hands-on program at Car-leton University offered to develop a product that would guide children and help them to learn social skills – some-thing often lacking in kids with autism and Asperger’s because they don’t know how to interpret facial expres-sions.

“I get a lot of notes home because he would smirk at the teacher when she was an-gry, but it’s because he didn’t understand the expression,” D’Souza said.

It’s that type of roadblock that inspired the creation of an app called Zeely’s Ad-ventures. Zeely is an alien who recently landed on earth and is looking to understand friendship. He is guided by his sidekick Obo.

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and engineers who helped D’Souza all had children with special needs, she said.

“They knew the value of balancing the learning part with making the game fun,” she said.

The game, which D’Souza hopes to launch on the Apple App Store before the end of January, was partially funded by the Ontario Brain Insti-tute.

Aside from offering an al-ternative to pill-based treat-ment of disorders, she hopes to change the conversation around support for special needs children.

“As a parent, you hope to give your child the best fu-ture possible, so you often have no more hobbies, be-cause you are shuffl ing kids two hours each way for a day camp to learn about social skills,” D’Souza said. “But whatever you do has to be consistent to work. Whatever the parent is doing has to be replicated at school.”

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Emerson’s lack of patience spoils the popcornThe corn popper hung

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blackened from use with a long steel handle.

Father said his grandfather made it, but Mother was rea-sonably sure she saw one just like in Scott’s hardware. It didn’t matter to us how it got to the farm in Northcote, it only mattered that we had it.

Nothing pleased me more on a cold winter’s night, always a Saturday, when Mother would tell Audrey to take down the popper and make up a batch of popcorn. Of course, that didn’t happen if it confl icted with the same night as the Saturday night house party.

Although we grew corn, it wasn’t from our crop that we got the kernels. At Briscoe’s General Store, there was a big bag, back near the bar-

rel of molasses and the coal-oil, which held bulk corn you could purchase by the pound.

A tin scoop sat on top of the kernels with paper bags piled on the counter, and for 10 cents you got enough corn to last half the winter.

My sister Audrey was the one to pop the corn.

That is until the night my brother Emerson said he thought it was high time he was allowed to do the job. Au-

drey didn’t mind giving it up, but I had serious doubts Emer-son, who said he knew a faster way to pop the corn, was up to the job.

It had been a long day, and Mother was in no mood to ar-gue, so she told Emerson to get down the wire basket and take the bag of corn out of the cupboard.

He dumped the amount needed into the wire basket, hooked it closed and moved

over to the Findlay Oval. You had to have a strong arm to not only shake the basket continu-ally over the hot stove lid, but to endure long minutes before the corn started to pop.

Emerson seemed to think the faster you scraped the bas-ket over the lid, the sooner the corn would start to pop. Au-drey had already put a soup bowl of butter on the back of the stove to melt. Popcorn was not good without a big splash of melted butter.

Well, we could see Em-erson was getting impatient. Audrey told him shaking the basket faster had nothing to do with getting the kernels to pop, it had everything to do with the heat of the stove. That gave Emerson an idea. If the lid wasn’t hot enough, then surely putting the basket right over the hot coals would do the trick.

He slid the lid off, and put the basket directly in the hole it left, a nearly right on top of the burning wood. Soon the corn was popping at a great rate, and Emerson was shak-ing the basket like his life de-pended on it.

Mother was watching from the end of the kitchen table, shaking her head. She was a fi rm believer in letting us learn from our mistakes, and there was no doubt in her mind Em-erson was in for a great les-son.

The popper was full to bursting, and Emerson raced over to the table to dump it into the big baking bowl. It was soon obvious that the only popcorn we could eat was sit-ting in the bottom of the bowl, because the bottom half of the basket was burnt to a crisp.

“Didn’t feel like popcorn anyway,” he said, surveying

the blackened kernels staring him in the face.

Father had wakened from the smell of the burning corn, shook his head, and promptly fell back to sleep. Mother told Emerson to scoop off the burnt kernels and take them out to the chicken coop. Nothing was wasted back in the 1930s, even burned popcorn. We divided what was edible, which wasn’t much. The next morning when I went out to gather eggs in the hen house, the burnt ker-nels were just where Emerson had fl ung them. Even the hens couldn’t eat them.

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Sensational talkOttawa Senators player Cory Conacher signs autographs af-ter giving a speech about living with type 1 diabetes at Carleton University on Dec. 20. The event drew more 100 adults and chil-dren with diabetes. Conacher, 24, was diagnosed with type 1 diabe-tes at the age of 8. With the use of an insulin pump and contin-ued glucose monitoring system Cory manages and controls his disease.

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Community - To cel-ebrate Family Literacy Day, the Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre and Rock the Arts are teaming up for an in-teractive puppet show and workshop to delight people of all ages on Jan. 20.

During Rock the Arts’ wildly popular Animal Adventure show, the crea-ture crew from the Kanata-

based puppet company head on a fi eld trip to the zoo, teaching the audience about how to protect the environment for animals and people alike. After the performance, attendees will have the opportunity to make their own sock puppets to take home.

“We’re trying to use the workshop to teach them how to use the puppets, then giving them the op-portunity to make a pup-pet,” said Sarah Argue,

founder of Rock the Arts. “This craft will allow them to take home puppetry and keep the passion going.”

Argue added that chil-dren will have the oppor-tunity to meet the creature crew after the performance and learn how the puppe-teers use their hands and voices to bring the puppets to life.

The free event will take place on Monday, Jan. 20, from 7 to 7:30 p.m., at the Kanata Recreation Com-plex, located at 100 Walter Baker Pl. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own socks for a puppet making workshop after the performance.

“Each year we try to do a family event. This year we choose to do the puppet show,” said Colleen Taylor,

children’s community de-veloper at the Western Ot-tawa Community Resource Centre. “They’re going to talk about how we can sup-port the environment.”

Family Literacy Day aims to promote an appre-ciation of lifelong learning and that learning can be fun, said Taylor.

“Learning doesn’t just happen sitting in school behind a desk,” she said. “Just about anything you do with children is a learn-ing opportunity for them … (and) if parents bring a sock, they can walk home with a puppet as well.”

Space is limited and advance registration is required by calling 613-591-3686 ext. 5. For more information on Rock the Arts, visit rockthearts.ca.

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News - Readers and learners al-ready call the Ottawa Public Li-brary home. This spring, the library is hoping to attract a new breed of patron to its Centrepointe branch: makers.

In what’s now an nearly empty storage room tucked next to the teen zone, the library is building a mod-ern fabrication centre as a space for people to learn – and put into action – skills that until recently were re-stricted to large manufacturers.

The makerspace will be the fi rst of its kind in Ottawa and follows a trend of libraries evolving to include hands-on learning centres and high-tech equipment.

The space won’t be open until late this spring, but it will boast a 3-D printer, video-editing equip-ment and a laser cutter, among other tools. At times, the makerspace would host workshops or training sessions, while at other times it would be open with supervision for people who want to tinker, said Ot-

tawa Public Library chief executive offi cer Danielle McDonald.

“It’s really about learning a dif-ferent way,” she said. “The library

should have a greater role in teach-ing and collaboration.”

In the last decade or so, a com-munity of “makers” has sprung up

who use new tools like three-di-mensional printers and laser cutters to produce anything from small art sculptures to missing parts to fi x ev-

eryday gadgets used in the home. “There is something that appeals

to people at a really profound level and that’s to make something with your own hands,” said Luc Lalande, a local maker who has become in-volved with advising the public li-brary as it develops its makerspace.

“It’s taking back control of mak-ing things – not just buying things and consuming things,” he said.

“It’s quite innovative for the li-brary to do something like this,” Lalande said.

“Institutions can be pretty resis-tant to change.”

Lalande says he wants to help out because he has a soft spot for re-engaging the community with the physical library.

“People are disengaged from the library,” he said. “Libraries are large and they’re community hubs,” he said. “It’s a place where people come to learn and not to be restrict-ed.” Another local maker, Jeff Ross, agreed.

“When you’re talking about the library … it’s open and acces-sible to the community, it’s a place where you learn new things and it’s a place to share knowledge and pass it along,” he said. “There is a natural affi nity (to the maker movement), I think.”

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Ottawa Public Library chief executive offi ce Danielle McDonald poses in the room at the Centrepointe branch that will soon be transformed into Ottawa’s fi rst true ‘makerspace:’ a centre for hands-on learning and fabrication.

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Pet owners can protect their animals from the cold this season by taking a few precautions:

and never be allowed to roam in the cold.

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hands-on learning with life-sized specialty animal manikins. Along with

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Ross has attended workshops on setting up makerspaces and has been involved with advising the li-brary on its project.

The movement has been growing in Ottawa, Ross said.

A Mini-Maker Faire started up in 2010 with a couple hundred enthu-siasts in attendance.

By 2013, the event had partnered with the Canadian Science and Technology Museum and attracted 4,000 people. Lalande is hoping the library’s makerspace leads to a proliferation of similar facilities in Ottawa.

There is already a similar con-cept at Art Engine, which operates workshops at Arts Court.

Ross also holds big dreams of starting up a community-based makerspace in Ottawa.

He sees the library’s involvement as a positive step because he thinks governments will need to be more involved in setting up or funding makerspaces if they are going to be sustainable learning centres.

BUILDING THE SPACE

The makerspace is a one-year pilot project is a partnership with the United States Embassy and its American Corners program, which usually involves setting up a section

of American material in foreign li-braries. Since Ottawa’s libraries al-ready have American content, Mc-Donald proposed the makerspace idea, and the embassy bought in.

The embassy will provide $58,000 to purchase equipment, tools, and computers and it will pay for room preparation and program-ming. The library will provide the space and funding for staff to man-age and oversee the activities and programs. As a result of the partner-ship, the makerspace will be called “Imagine Space – An American Corner.”

The makerspace initiative is an extension of the library’s campaign to understand how users want its services to evolve and what its role should be in the future.

Last year, people told the library that they want to learn by doing things during the “Imagine” pub-lic outreach campaign, McDonald said.

The library is continuing the dis-cussion with community stakehold-ers about what the makerspace will look like and how it will function.

“How it is going to look is all brand new,” McDonald said.

Programming in the space will focus on fabrication or prototyping; digital content creation; video, mu-sic, photo editing as well as gaming and app creation.

“Programming will be very com-

munity and customer driven, and we’re hoping to create a stage upon which local inventors, tinkerers and entrepreneurs can showcase their talents,” said Virginia Madon, a spokesperson for the library.

Staff at the library have been in-terested in makerspaces and have checked out a couple in the United States, including one in Chicago. But McDonald herself is still learn-ing about the concept, she said.

“At its basic level, it’s an environ-ment where you can come together and learn things,” she said.

“It’s learning through doing.”McDonald said that while all li-

brary programs are free, there might be a cost associated with using the makerspace due to the cost of ma-terials.

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Ice timeThe newly renamed Kanata Lasers continue to skate in their Stallions jerseys and will do so for the remainder of the CCHL season. Above, Ben Fanjoy, left, skates against the Nepean Raiders at the KRC on Jan. 7, a game the Raiders won 3-2 in a shootout. The Lasers are expected to don Edmonton Oilers-style jerseys – in blue, white and orange – at the start of the 2004-15 season.

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News - Ice sculptures, stew cook-offs and the opportunity to kiss a beaver -- is there a better way to celebrate Win-terlude downtown?

As the main sites for Otta-wa’s Winterlude Festival get ready for this year’s events, nearby communities have also signed on to offer a little winter festivities as well. Whether it’s to warm up, fi ll up or take on a challenge, Ottawa’s downtown business improvement areas each promise a good time.

“It’s a wonderful way to celebrate winter,” said Kath-erine Solomon, spokeswoman for the ByWard Market Busi-ness Improvement Area.

The market will host its 23rd annual charity fundraiser Winterlude Stew Cook-off on Feb. 7. The event invites the public to head down to the market with $10 in hand to eat all the stew they possible can.

“It’s a really fun lunch-time event where we raise hundreds of dollars for a local charity,”

Solomon said. Close to two dozen busi-

nesses participate in the event, offering varying different types of stew. Last year, Solomon said, the event raised $6,000 for two local charities - Have a Heart, Give Smart program and the Lowertown Communi-ty Resource Centre’s summer camp programs for children.

People are encouraged to vote for their favourite stew, with a new twist this year - the opportunity to vote all week-end long.

The event runs from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Nearby the market, the city’s Bytown Museum will host “Snow Much Fun at the Bytown Museum”, which will include the permanent exhibit, “Where Ottawa Began” as well as a youth-led tour of the museum.

KEEPING WARM

The museum will says it can be a great place to warm up between outdoor activities, as the organization will offer hot drinks and extended hours on weekends during the festival.

Another way to stay warm will be on Sparks Street.

Sparks Street BIA execu-tive director Les Gagne said businesses are excited to par-ticipate in the festival for the second year in a row, and will offer two distinctive reasons to walk down the historic street.

“We are working on the launch of two new traditions,” Gagne said.

The BIA will kick off Spir-its on Sparks - a pub crawl, where patrons can go to a number of participating pubs and restaurants on Sparks to have a taste of warm and cold featured beverages.

Spirits on Sparks will take place on Feb. 14-16, from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

The second event, Gagne said, is a play on the famous Newfoundland ceremony known as the “screech-in” where locals welcome non-Newfoundlanders the oppor-tunity to offi cially become a Newfoundlander. The cer-emony involves a shot of Newfoundland rum known as screech, a short recitation and the kissing of a cod.

The new Ottawa Sparks Street tradition is called “get nipped” and will offer patrons the opportunity to be offi cially “nipped” with a shot of Cana-dian whiskey, reciting a proc-lamation and sealing the deal by kissing one of Canada’s fa-vourite animals - a beaver.

Although it’s launching at the start of Winterlude, Gagne said getting “nipped” will be-come a year-long event, with different seasons using differ-ent types of whiskey to com-memorate different historical times on Sparks Street.

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Up fi rst is Canadian Fireball Whiskey.

“It was originally going to be ‘get shot,’ -- a play on Darcy McGee -- but we decided to make it get nipped, - which means taking a shot of whis-key,” Gagne said. “People can go into one of our bars, fi re back a shot of whisky, read a proclamation and kiss a beaver. This is going to be a new Sparks tradition.”

Anyone who manages to pass the test, Gagne said, will get a cer-tifi cate and a photo recognizing their achievement.

ICY CELEBRATIONS

The Downtown Rideau Business Improvement Area will also offer a warm alternative to the outdoor events. Businesses on Rideau will offer many different ways to stay warm, including mini fi lm mara-thons, theatrical options at the Ot-tawa Little Theatre, culinary options and jazz at the Ottawa Winter Jazz Festival in downtown Rideau Street pubs and bars on Feb. 14.

As it is during every Winterlude, Confederation Park will have its multitude of ice sculptures to view. But snow-related art will also be at abundance in the ByWard Mar-ket. Solomon said artworks made of snow will be on display along George Street sidewalks and other wider sidewalks in the market start-ing the fi rst weekend of the festival.

Along with three professional ice sculptures; Solomon said the BIA is welcoming local teams to try their hand at sculpting.

“This is a new addition to our Winterlude programming we thing will be fun,” she said. “We are really, really excited to expand our pro-gramming for the festival.”

OTHER DOWNTOWN WINTERLUDE EVENTS:

• WinterBrewed - A craft beer fes-tival will take place on Feb. 14-16 at city hall

• Icing-Deicing - Enriched Bread Artists, located on Gladstone Street, is hosting a special art event on week-ends during the festival where visi-tors are invited to imagine memories of previous Winterludes, contem-plate the disappearance of icebergs and experience the magic of icicles.

• Chocolate Lover’s Tour - A choc-olate-themed tour will take place on Feb. 1, 8, and 15 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. hosted by Stubbe Chocolates, 375 Dalhousie St. Winding through the ByWard Market, the tour will help people discover the many forms and tastes of chocolate. A reservation is required at cestboncooking.ca

• German-Canadian Graffi ti Jam - Presented by the German Embassy and organizers of House of PainT will create murals commemorating the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. German beets, mulled wine, hot chocolate and a traditional German sausage will be available. The event runs from noon to 8 p.m. at the German Embassy, 1 Waverly St.

• Creative Sundays - The Ottawa Art Gallery invites children, teen-agers and adults to come out every Sunday during the festival between 1 to 3 p.m. for free art activities.

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News - A new centre in south Kanata will offer crisis and psy-chiatric services, counselling and assessments for youth with mental health issues – without the barriers of wait-lists and need for government funding.

Stittsville resident Terri Storey, founder and president of Terrace Youth Residential Services Inc., was set to open the doors of the Terrace Youth Wellness Centre, located at 120 Terence Matthews Dr., on Jan. 15. The goal of the new centre is to provide the right services at the right time for youth and their families, she said.

“We have a lot of youth that are struggling with huge mental health issues,” she said. “Par-ents in our community, they don’t know where to go.”

Appointment wait times at facilities like the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario

can be up to 18 months long, and trying to navigate the sys-tem can often be frustrating and confusing especially for a fam-ily in crisis, said Storey.

The wellness centre can provide assessments, referrals and a roadmap for parents and youths struggling with suicidal thoughts, severe depression and other mental health issues, in a more timely fashion because it’s privately owned and operated.

“We have no wait times,” Storey said.

The Terrace Youth Wellness Centre will address the critical needs of families who are un-able to fi nd or unable to wait for public services, she said. A clin-ical team of professionals will work with youth and families to determine the best course of treatment, as well as support for parents and caregivers to navi-gate the mental health system.

“We’re telling all the kids to talk but there are no ser-vices (without wait-lists),” said

Storey. “We are looking to be innovative and creative like never before. We are promot-ing a conversation about mental health, to raise awareness and at the same time raise funds to provide services to youth who wouldn’t otherwise meet the criteria for services.”

Terrace Youth Residential Services also offers educational programs, as well as fi ve resi-

dential homes across Ottawa and the Valley for highly suicid-al youths and those with mental

health issues. The program also has a respite service for family and caregivers.

“It is a paid treatment – which I hate – but there is no funding out there,” said Storey. “Every system is trying to do its best.”

Her goal is to raise $325,000 to provide treatment beds to 24 youth over the course of a year. One bed costs more than $300 a day in the residential program, more than most parents can af-ford, she said. Her beds are usu-ally fi lled by requests from the Children’s Aid Society.

Storey is hosting #PassionateMinds, a fundrais-ing and networking event on Feb. 11 at Next restaurant in Stittsville. She said she’s hoping the evening will bring together entrepreneurs, industry leaders, visionaries and individuals “to connect with each other about what matters.”

“Let’s do something big for the youth in our community,

because making a difference is well within reach,” Storey said. “We get to provide services with every dollar we make.”

She said there are no grants out there to help youth get the treatments they need but she’s in talks with an insurance com-pany to allow people to make claims for mental health ser-vices.

Storey, who has a master’s degree in psychology, launched Terrace Youth Residential Ser-vices 18 years ago at the age of 24. After working as a counsel-lor in the public school board, she saw the need for more re-sources for youths with mental health issues. Her company now operates across the prov-ince and serves more than 150 youth every year.

For more information visit youthcare.ca. To speak with someone about a referral, call 613-831-1105 or email [email protected].

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Stittsville resident Terri Storey, left, founder and president of Terrace Youth Residential Services Inc., prepares to open the doors of the Terrace Youth Wellness Centre on Jan. 15, with Amelia Kiteley, clinical coordinator at the new centre.

New wellness centre aims to help youth without wait times$325,000 fundraising goal to provide two treatment beds for 24 youths over one-year period


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PARENTS PROMOTE EARLY FRENCH IMMERSION AT W.E. GOWLING

An energetic group of parents in the Carlington area have formed a group – Parents for Early French Immersion at W.E. Gowling Public School. The group will be presenting a delegation on January 21, 2014 at the Board’s Committee of the Whole meeting. For more information, go to www.gowling-efi.com. The group is also on Facebook and Twitter.

As the Trustee who represents this community and school, I will be bringing a motion to my fellow Trustees at the January 21 Committee of the Whole meeting as follows:

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Committee of the Whole.

To see the details of the delegation and my motion, please go the www.ocdsb.ca, go to Mark Your Calendar, and click on the January 21, 2014 public meeting.

IMPORTANT DATES AND CONSULTATIONS

Kindergarten Information Night-January 16, 2014, 6:30-8:30 pm (go to www.ocdsb.ca for further information)

Kindergarten Registration Week, January 27-31, 2014 (go to www.ocdsb.ca for further information)

The Ottawa School Transportation Authority (OSTA) has developed proposals on bell time changes for individual schools, to be effective September 2015. While that seems a long time into the future, OSTA is looking for input now. In the coming days, this information will be on the OSTA website at www.ottawaschoolbus.ca and on the Board website at www.ocdsb.ca At this point, affected schools in River Zone include Bayview, W.E. Gowling and Carleton Heights.

AT YOUR SERVICEMy first priorities are the students, parents, and schools in River Zone. I am always at your service. Please contact me at or call me at 613-851-4716.

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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. 20Garden soil demystifi ed – organic soil amendments for the urban gardener, sponsored by Gloucester Horticultural Society. Simon Neufeld, certi-fi ed crop advisor, will review what’s available to ensure that your vegetables are grown in a sustainable and healthy way. 4373 Generation Crt., 7:30 p.m. sharp. Free admission. Pre-registration recommended 613-749-8897.

Credit and loans in Canada: This workshop outlines what credit history is, why it is important, and how to build and maintain a strong credit history. In partnership with the Ottawa Community Loan Fund, this will take place between 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. at the Greenboro branch of the Ottawa Public Library, 363 Lorry Greenberg Dr. Register at www.biblioottawalibrary.ca.

Jan. 23Social assistance in Ontario. This program will provide an overview of fi nancial and employment assistance in Ot-tawa. Offered in partnership with Lebanese and Arab Social Services Agency of Ottawa, be-tween 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. at the Greenboro branch of the Ottawa Public Library, 363 Lorry Greenberg Dr. Register at www.biblioottawalibrary.ca.

Jan. 25Riverside South Community Association presents second annual “Pond” hockey tourna-ment for kids ages 7-12, from 8:30 a.m. at Spratt Park ice rink. Children to play three games throughout the day and receive a pizza and hot chocolate as part of the event registration. All skills levels welcome. Registration fee is $15. All proceeds from the event will go towards a River-side South family whose young child is battling brain cancer. Register by visiting www.riversidesouth.org. Spaces are

limited. The Sons of Scotland present Burns Night. Celebrate the anniversary of the world-fa-mous poet’s birth at the Delta Ottawa City Centre Hotel, 101 Lyon St., Ottawa. The event features a traditional Burns supper which includes haggis, ballroom and Scottish country dancing to the big band sound of the 7-Monterey; a cabaret show featuring Garth Hampson and Shawne Elizabeth and the Sons of Scotland Pipes and Drums. Cocktails: 6 p.m.; din-ner at 6:45 p.m. Tickets: $65. For reservations call 613-521-5625 or email: [email protected]. Semi-formal or highland attire.

St. Aidan’s invites you to Come In from the Cold and enjoy a “Hearty Winter Lunch” from noon to 2 p.m. Tickets are $12, available at the door and from the Church offi ce. Please phone 613-733-0102. St. Aidan’s Anglican Church, 934 Hamlet Road, (near Elmvale Acres Shopping Centre).

Jan. 26The Walk for Memories is Ottawa’s premier indoor fund-raising walk from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Carleton University Fieldhouse. The goal this year is $275,000. Funds raised stay in the community to help people living with demen-tia. To register, go to www.walkformemories.ca. For more information: www.alzheimer.ca/ottawa or contact [email protected] 613 523 4004 ext. 132.

Jan. 30Find your voice and build great communication skills. Whether you’re a professional student, stay-at-home parent or retiree, Toastmasters will give you the skills and confi dence you need to effectively express yourself in any situation. Sponsored by the Rideau Toastmasters. From 6:45 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. at the Greenboro branch of the

Ottawa Public Library, 363 Lorry Greenberg Dr. Register at www.biblioottawalibrary.ca.

Feb. 5Youth Zone Job Workshop at the Alta Vista branch of the Ottawa Public Library. Receive tips on what makes a dynamic resume and how to polish your interview skills. Bring in your resume for some one-on-one feedback from a City of Ottawa Youth Zone employment spe-cialist. No registration required. Drop-in program for 16-30 year olds. For more information, call the library at (613) 737-2837.

Feb. 14Vampire Academy release party at the Alta Vista branch of the Ottawa Public Library. Get pumped and test your guardian skills with games and trivia. Registration required. From 4:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. For more information, call the library at 613-737-2837.

Feb. 15The Snowy Day at the Alta Vista branch of the Ottawa Public Library. Join them for a fl urry of stories and crafts (for ages 3 to 7) from 2 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Registration required. For more information, call the library at 613-737-2837.

March 26Global Alliance International Foundation presents annual dinner and silent auction at Rideau Park United Church, 2203 Alta Vista Dr. Silent auc-tion viewing starts at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m., catered by Dave Smith. Ticket $35. Pro-ceeds benefi t Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre. Contact: [email protected], 613-890-4232.

OngoingBabytime: Stories, rhymes and songs for babies and a parent or caregiver, for ages 0 to 18 months, at the Alta Vista branch of the Ottawa Public Library.

Session1: Jan. 13 to Feb. 10, from 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. (no registration required). For more information, please contact the library at 613-890-4232.

Family Storytime: stories, rhymes, and songs for all ages and a parent or caregiver at the Alta Vista branch of the Ottawa Public Library. Session 1: Jan. 14 to Feb. 18, from 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. (No registration required). Please contact the library at 613-890-4232.

Toddlertime: stories, rhymes and songs for babies and a par-ent or caregiver, 18-36 months, at the Alta Vista branch of the Ottawa Public Library. Session 1: Wednesdays, Jan. 15 to Feb. 19 from 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. (No registration required). For more information on these events, please contact the library at 613-890-4232.

Strathcona LegionMondays: social euchre at 1 p.m., Wednesdays, social drop-in darts at 6:30 p.m. Friday dinner at 5:30 p.m. with entertainment at 7 p.m. (small cover). Tables available for $20. Call the branch at 613-236-1575 for more information on these events.

Ottawa Newcomers Club is designed to help women new to Ottawa or in a new life situ-ation acclimatize by enjoying the company of other women with similar interests. For more information, visit our website at www.ottawanewcomersclub.ca or call 613-860-0548.

The Gloucester South Seniors meet at 4550 Bank St., Leitrim for a full schedule of activities every week including contract bridge, carpet bowling, euchre, fi ve hundred, shuffl eboard and chess. Membership is $15 per year. The club is easily acces-sible by OC Transpo Route 144 and it offers free parking. For more information call 613-821-0414.



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6. Cooks in an oven 7. Amounts of time 8. Tooth caregiver 9. Spellbind 10. Solo opera piece 11. Audible exhales 12. Siddhartha author 14. Coach’s game area 17. Gross revenue 20. Toff 21. 1896 Italian defeat

(alt. sp.) 23. Auto fuel 25. A woven structure 26. Reveal a secret 27. Hawaiian geese 29. Brings into being 30. Displaced liquid 32. Frigid Zone 34. Newsman Rather

35. Prefix for inside 37. Short-billed rails 40. Sensory receptor 42. Egyptian temple ___-

Ombo 43. Challenges 47. Photograph (slang) 49. Declined gradually 50. Tilapia nilotica 52. One-edge sword 53. Wets 55. Small coins (French) 56. Twine together 57. The middle point 58. Sea eagle 59. Activist Parks 61. Humbug 65. Atomic #79

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