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Nepean girl gets gift of sight

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Nepean-Carleton MPP Pierre Poilievre, left, pictured with Barrhaven Legion president Ed Schelenz and RCMP Superinten-dent Greg Peters presented the plan for a Barrhaven cenotaph at the legion’s annual general meeting on March 19.

Poilievre presents plans for Barrhaven cenotaphJennifer [email protected]

EMC news - Thanks to land donated by the RCMP, Barrhaven is one step closer to getting its own cenotaph.

Nepean-Carleton MPP Pierre Poilievre presented a plan for a new cenotaph at the RCMP headquarters on Leiken Drive dur-ing the Legion’s annual meeting on March 19.

The site would include an existing statue for fallen Mounties. The cenotaph would sit outside the RCMP headquarters security fence. Access would be public and there would be 3,000 parking space available for

Remembrance Day. “It’s everything we are looking for,” Gus

Estes, legionnaire of member of the plan-ning committee said.

Poilievre said the site would be dubbed the “Garden of Heroes.”

Poilievre has committed to one fund-raiser per year and to help the legion obtain a matching grant from the federal grant for community memorials.

“Last year, I sat down with RCMP Su-perintendent Greg Peters and successfully convinced the national police force to pro-vide land at the RCMP Headquarters for the cenotaph in honour of Barrhaven and South Nepean Veterans,” said Poilievre. “This

means that the largest obstacle for creating Barrhaven’s cenotaph, fi nding affordable space, has been overcome.”

Because the land belongs to Minto, that makes the project eligible for matching fed-eral funding, Poilievre said.

The Legion would be responsible for construction and maintenance of the ceno-taph, but the RCMP will work with them on the design and allow the Legion to use their charitable fund.

“That way the Legion will be able to of-fer tax receipts for the donations,” Poilievre said.

Peters, who lives in Barrhaven, said he was excited to begin work on the project.

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EMC news - A fundraiser has given a Nepean girl the gift of sight.

Emma-Rose Gibson, 8, was born with Demorsier syndrome, a condition doc-tors thought had left her completely blind until the family discovered she could see shadows and track ob-jects with her eyes.

“We eventually had to go to a surgeon in Toronto to prove she had sight,” Emma-Rose’s mother Jen-nifer-Anne said.

Emma Rose, a vivacious third grader who soaked up the attention from a bowl-ing alley full of well wish-ers, was well able to explain the condition that affects her sight.

“It’s called optic nerve hypoplasia,” she said.

Her eyesight is 20:400; normal eyesight is 20:20. Emma-Rose has to do home-work with her face pressed two centimeters from the page, but the family found a solution in the form of elec-tronic glasses. eSight Corp makes the glasses, but they have a price tag of $10,000.

“It was heartbreaking to take them away after she tried them on,” Jenni-fer-Anne said, adding her daughter could see her par-ents’ faces clearly for the fi rst time.

That’s when Jennifer-Anne decided to throw a fundraiser and ask the com-munity to help out.

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And help out they did.Merivale Bowling Lanes

was packed on March 24 with friends and well wishers who dug into their pockets to help a little girl see.

“Still in shock over today’s

amazing turnout and success,” Jennifer-Anne wrote on the event’s Facebook page.

Thank you everyone for your unbelievable support. I honestly cannot put into words how touched we are.”

Aside from bowlers, local shops donated items to be

sold during a live auction. The Nepean Kiwanis Club

donated $500 purchase the glasses.

Knoxdale-Merivale Coun. Keith Egli called for bidders.

“We are happy to be here to help,” he said of himself and some council colleagues.

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Emma-Rose Gibson will be able to see thanks to a fundraiser that paid for special electronic glasses.

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President John Flook presents Emma-Rose and her mother Jenni-fer with the cheque to assist in the purchase of the special glasses. From left, Coun. Keith Egli, Kiwan-ian Wayne Crutchlow, Jennifer-Anne Gibson, Emma-Rose Gibson, Kiwanian Rob Mirabelli, Kiwanian John Flook and Kiwanian Gord Clark.

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EMC News - Underdog candidate David Bertschi an-nounced his resignation from the federal Liberal leadership race at a press conference March 21.

The decision was reached after his campaign staff, “real-ized there was a lack of sup-port needed to win the nomi-

nation,” said Leo Bourdon, director of communications for Bertschi’s campaign.

Bertschi becomes the third candidate to drop out after George Takach and MP Marc Garneau called it quits earlier this month. There are now six candidates left in the running.

Although Takach and Gar-neau put their support behind MP Justin Trudeau, Bertschi will not make an endorsement,

preferring to let the supporters of the party decide, said Bour-don.

The Ottawa-based human rights lawyer, who unsuccess-fully ran as the Liberal Party’s candidate for the Ottawa-Or-leans riding in the last federal election, has dealt with ques-tions about his campaign after his campaign manager and fi -nancial agent quit earlier this month.

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In less than 20 years, the number of seniors in Ottawa will double. In that time, there will be more seniors than children under the age of 15 for the first time in our city’s history.

This means even more seniors will be taking transit, visiting libraries and registering for recreation programs. It also means that our city will enjoy the priceless benefits of the skills and knowledge that come with older adults who volunteer their time in community activities.

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EMC news – Mandia Nantsios knows what she wants and isn’t afraid to work hard to get it.

The 16-year-old Barrhaven resi-dent left March 23 to do a tour of television and radio stations in Win-nipeg, Vancouver, Edmonton and Saskatoon before performing live on YTV on April 8.

The pop singer got her start on the stages of Kiwanis competitions when she was just six – once nab-bing eight trophies at the Quebec-Ontario Youth Musical Festival.

“I won in every category I com-peted in,” Nantsios said. “The com-petition gives you something to strive for.”

Nantsios’ mother, Margaret, says she is the musical equivalent of a hockey mom, as the family toured around fi rst the province and now Canada and the U.S. pursuing her daughter’s passion.

“She has been to Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta and Toronto a number of times to work on her vid-eo,” Margaret said. “But she really loves it.”

Now the Canterbury High School student is promoting her newest single “One Last Time,” a pop song about a recurring breakup.

It was penned by James Fauntle-roy, who has written for the likes of Beyoncé, Rihanna and Justin Tim-berlake.

It’s Nantsios’ second single, fol-lowing her debut Never Again, which was released on iTunes last July.

While Nantsios said she is rela-tively new to song writing, she en-joys the chance to express herself.

“It’s a bit like having a diary,” she said. “And it’s tough to choose which one you are going to release fi rst as a single, but I knew it (One Last Time) was the one.”

While its easy to guess at her pop and R and B tastes, Nantsios said she likes getting the classical training at Canterbury – where she learned to play the piano.

She buses to Canterbury from Ce-darview Middle School every morn-ing. A small sacrifi ce to be able to

hone her craft. All the travelling, voice coaching

and writing leaves little time for a social life, but Nantsios says careful schedul-ing helps her to maintain a good balance.

Once this round of promo-tion and trav-elling is done, Nantsios said she plans to re-lease another single and hopes to soon begin work on a full-length album. But for now, she is taking things

one step at a time.For more on Nantsios’ background

visit www.mandianantsios.com.


Barrhaven resident Mandia Nantsios is all set to start promotion for her newest single One Last Time.

Barrhaven teen aims for the starsMandia Natsios starts promotion of new single


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EMC news - The city is cracking down on messy dona-tion bins that appear to be col-lecting clothes for charity, but are actually run by businesses.

Bins on private property will have to display whether the operator is a registered char-ity, (along with the registration number), a non-profi t organiza-tion or a for-profi t business.

The sign will also have to dis-play contact information for the operator, as well as the pickup schedule.

There will also be rules to en-sure the property owner keeps the area surrounding the bin clean and debris free.

“This is a very good, made-in-Ottawa solution to a prob-lem,” said Kanata South Coun. Allan Hubley, who asked the city to tackle the issue. “We’re getting what I wanted out of this, which is residents having the in-formation so they can make an informed decision about where to donate, and also for property owners before they make a deci-sion to take a box. These people will have to tell them upfront where the clothes are going.”

Other Ontario municipali-ties, including Hamilton, have

expressed interest in following Ottawa’s lead in regulating do-nation bins.

Last spring, city council de-cided it would only allow bins on city property if the operator is a registered charitable opera-tion. They are required to get a licence agreement from the city.

Hubley began his campaign to tackle the issue in the fi rst year of his term in 2011. At that time, the Jubilee Donations bins – especially one at Jack Char-ron Arena – were of particular concern to his residents, Hubley said, because they are not emp-tied regularly and it’s not clear if Jubilee is a registered charity.

Hubley said he called the phone number listed on the box and determined that Jubilee is a storage company.

“This is like storage wars. They are coming and taking these clothes, putting them in storage lockers and auctioning them off for their own profi t. There is no benefi t to the com-munity,” he said.

Bags of clothes that are left to pile up around the untended donation boxes are sometimes torn open.

“So it becomes a burden on the employees of the city to have to clean this thing up,”

Hubley said.The bins sometimes attract

thieves who try to break into them, according to the city re-port. There are also issues with bins blocking sightlines and creating safety hazards for traf-fi c or undesirable activity.

There are benefi ts to the bins, a city report says. They divert unwanted clothes from landfi lls and they some-

times assist charitable efforts.Sending city staff to remove bins that aren’t allowed could ramp up city staff costs so it’s not rec-ommended. While it could be offset by the fee associated with donation-bin licences, there are also issues of perceived interfer-ence, the staff report says.

The new bylaw will come into effect June 3 if it gets coun-cil’s approval this week.

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EMC news - Charlie Ahee has been playing poker since he was fi ve.

But the Nepean man was dealt a great hand thanks to a national Poker Stars tournament.

On March 9, he came out on top in the free roll. The last of fi ve Canadian tournaments that were free to enter.

All players start a standard poker tournament with the same amount of chips. As play goes on, the compulsory blinds and antes increase at regular intervals, and when a player loses all of their chips, they are out of the tournament. The last player standing is declared the winner, and is rewarded with the biggest portion of the prize pool. The rest of the prize pool is distributed between a set number of players, depending on how many people entered the event.

“They have been great to me,” Ahee said of PokerStars.net – the organization that hosted

the tournament.To win a trip to see the Montreal Canadiens

play the Buffalo Sabres at the Bell Centre on March 23, Ahee beat out 919 other players in four hours.

He went to Montreal for the March 23 game and then stayed on to March 24 to watch the All-Star classic in a private box.

The icing on the cake was a suite at the Sher-aton and spending money for the weekend.

“My family is so excited,” Ahee said. Ahee, who works for A Farm Boy in Kanata,

said he was given a loadable Visa Card for on-line poker by a co-worker for Christmas.

“I paid him back his $25 and am now up to about $100,” he said.

Ahee, loves hockey, having played for the Nepean then getting picked to play on a team that represented Canada in the former Czecho-slovakia at the age of 19.

“I was really lucky to be picked for that. It’s a great sport,” Ahee said.

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EMC news - The closure of Gow’s restau-rant in Bells Corners is like the end of an era.

The restaurant had been Northside Road for nearly 30 years.

“It was the second one my parents opened,” Ken Gow said.

But now that his parents are 75, they are no longer able to operate the restaurant.

But an apartment complex would allow the family to stay in the community they have called home for decades and hopefully provide a service to the community, Gow said.

“We are creating a place for them to down-size, and we think there are other people in the community who will want to stay, but may have trouble maintaining their homes,” he said.

The apartment complex would have 22 units and be four storeys with an elevator – the units would be mostly two-bedroom plus den suites.

College Coun. said some residents were concerned that there was no zoning hearing, but the property was originally zoned for resi-dential.

“The restaurant was operating under a non-conforming use exemption,” Chiarelli said. “There was a zoning hearing, but it happened under the City of Nepean some time ago.”

To complete the building, Gow will only have to get a variance for the number of park-ing spaces – he wants to have two less visi-tor spaces than currently allowed. He also will need a variance to change the frontage of the building from its Northside Road address. All the changes would be the city’s committee of adjustment.

At the beginning of March, Gow had already reserved four of the 22 units.

“The residential vacancy rate is very low in Bells Corners,” Chiarelli said. “I will miss go-ing to Gow’s, but I think this is fi lling a need in the community.”

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A close shaveDomenic Morabito, who moved his barber to the Beaverbrook Mall in Kanata from the Lynwood Plaza more than 30 years ago shaved his beard on March 23 to raise money for cancer research. His daughter Vicky Busa, left and son, Nick are pictured cutting away some of the beard.


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Last week it was revealed that there are now two apps to tell you when your bus will arrive. Apparently one was not enough and someone felt the

need to come up with a better one.This is the way our economy works

nowadays. Most of the time and energy available to our inventors, entrepreneurs and marketers is now spent developing things for phones. Some of them are useful, some of them are just fun. Yet just about the time we get comfortable with them, our inventors, entrepreneurs and marketers come up with new phones. Our old ones are obsolete.

The entire economy stands or falls on this stuff now and we might as well get used to it. Sure, some people think that what we need is more factories, better crops, better vaccines, more alternate sources of energy, improved schools and hospitals. Never mind. What we get is bet-ter phones.

And more apps for them. There is an app that works like a fl ashlight, which is pretty useful, and I have musician friends whose phones contain the chord progressions for hundreds of tunes. But there is also an app that allows you to use hypnotherapy to improve

your golf game, an app that allows you to construct imaginary road networks, an app that helps you to manage your wine cellar and an app that will tell you how long your battery will last.

Thousands more apps are in existence, mil-lions more are on the way and we can’t stop them. Besides, the economy would crumble if we did and there may not be an app to save it yet.

So we might as well go with the fl ow and begin to search for new apps that will make our city life more bearable.

What more can our phones do for us? (Don’t say “enable us to make telephone calls,” because that’s such an outdated con-cept.)

Let’s start with the snowplow app. It

would tell you when the city plows are ap-proaching your street, so that you can move your car. The bolder among you might use the app to tell you when to stand by the curb imploring the operator not to leave the mountain of snow at the end of your driveway.

In the spring, an app can tell you when the spiders are invading your barbecue. In summer, the mosquito app can tell you when it’s safe to go outside. When fall comes, the maple tree app will tell you when the last leaf is about to fall and you can fi nally go out and rake.

Now it’s true that you could discover these things just by going outside and looking around, but where’s the fun in that when you can do it on your phone?

Don’t forget the one that shows how long you will be on hold when you’re trying to phone the phone company.

More serious phone apps are just awaiting development Just think how useful it would be if an app told you when the next condo will arrive. If you are one of those who think that condos are even worse than spiders in the barbecue, the app would give you time to organize and put you in immediate touch with city council so that condo construction can

be stopped. Never mind, for the moment, that condo builders have an app that puts them in immediate touch with the Ontario Municipal Board so that city council’s decision can be overturned.

A good traffi c app would be helpful, to give you the information you now get from the radio. This tells you about a traffi c jam that is no longer a traffi c jam by the time you get to it. The app will warn of traffi c jams that are expected next Wednesday and, when you are stuck in one anyway, enable you to manage your wine cellar while you wait.

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Hosting a venting session

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Last weekend, the city hosted a roundtable discussing managing climate change by curbing greenhouse gas emissions.

A laudable goal, but we can’t help won-der if it isn’t also simply an exercise in “fuel-tility.”

The fi rst topic of the meeting was discussing the most effective strategies for the city to reduce greenhouse gases.

The fi rst and really only answer to effectively lower the nation’s carbon footprint is to lobby the federal and provincial government – really the only bodies with the power to act as effective agents of change.

Did the city really need to spend taxpayers money on an environmental venting session, before writing a letter to the provincial and federal ministries – as well as assorted MPs and MPPs?

We’re not suggesting that individuals, munici-palities, companies and other assorted organiza-tions and NGOs can’t make a difference – but any effective change will require the concerted effort of cities, provinces and ultimately nations.

Ottawa’s proper role in the discussion is to work with other municipalities to pressure the federal and provincial governments to address

the problem.The greenhouse gas roundtable was set up

following months of pressure from a loosely con-nected group of activists who have been mounting a campaign using Twitter and other social media.

Activists were pressing the city to meet its com-mittment to come up with a new climate-change action plan that included clear greenhouse gas reduction targets and a timetable for that plan.

The question remains, what kind of actions can the city unilaterally take in reducing greenhouse gas emissions that can’t be easily overturned by the provincial and federal government – especially if these actions are ones that lie outside munici-palities purview.

The City of Ottawa did not need to shell out money and waste time hosting a meeting that ultimately will result in another letter-writing campaign and perhaps small changes to building design requirements, city vehicle fl eets or waste-management practices.

The city’s time would be better spent holding a forum discussing its trash collection policy or the need to address the municipality’s aging infra-structure problem.

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B) The ones that are safe and inexpensive to restore should be saved.

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Kettle Island plan not a bridge to health

Canada is fat. No, I don’t mean phat, as in “cool.” Although we’re that as well, on occasion.

Canadians are fat, as in large-waisted. And about a quarter of us are really fat, as in obese. One quarter! According to researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, if we keep going the way we are, the obesity numbers will double by 2030, which means every second one of us will be shopping in the plus-sizes section.

This is not a vanity issue. Obesity affects everything, including public health, the economy and mental well-being. People that are obese are more likely to suffer from stroke, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and depression. As a result, obesity affects workplace productivity, per-sonal relationships and it’s proving to be a huge drain on our tax dollars. Imagine half of us being in this con-dition in less than 20 years.

The answers are complex. There are many things contributing to the obesity epidemic: what we eat, our working conditions, the amount of time we spend in front of screens. But another key contributor is just starting to receive some mainstream attention -- where we live.

A number of studies over the past two decades have linked higher rates of obesity to the urban lifestyle. Over-reliance on cars, urban sprawl, longer commutes and lack of access to green space are proven deterrents to active lifestyles. Green space, in particular, is essential to keeping our waistlines trim.

So while obesity obviously falls under the purview of public health and food regulators, it’s also an issue to be carefully considered by urban

planners.Ottawa’s overweight and obesity

statistics are on par with the national average. This is surprising in a way because I always consider Ottawa to be a relatively green city. We have a number of vast public parks, a relatively sophisticated (and ever-improving) bike-lane system and we’re all within spitting distance of Gatineau Park.

But as the city goes forward to think about tackling obesity in a complex way, it must consider how to incorporate even more green into that plan.

It’s one of the reasons the Kettle Island Bridge – currently one of three potential commuter routes under consideration by the National Capital Commission – is inherently fl awed. The plan – if it were to go forward – would see a bridge built east of downtown, with the goal of diverting three thousand cars twice daily, plus transport trucks away from the urban core. Instead, the NCC feels that heavy traffi c cutting through a vast and unique green area surrounding the Rockcliffe and Avia-tion Parkways is a positive solution.

In the interest of full disclosure, I happen to live in one of the neigh-bourhoods that would be affected by the bridge. And you know, one of the reasons I was surprised to discover that Ottawa’s as fat as the rest of the country is because I don’t see that many fat people here. We’re a pretty

active community. The day of the most recent snowstorm, I saw two of my neighbours decked out for winter and cycling to work. Come spring, anyone walking through our neigh-bourhood would think people are home all day because of the number of cars parked in the driveway.

But no: People are actually active-ly commuting. I think I’ve written before about my friend a few doors down who jogs the six kilometres home from work each day. I’d need three hands to count the number of bicycle commuters.

Even the retirees in my neigh-bourhood are out daily walking, run-ning, cross-country skiing – not only does this mean they’re not sitting at home getting fat, but they’re also not feeling isolated and depressed, two further benefi ts of protecting green space.

So as the NCC continues its de-liberations, the impact on the health of our communities needs to be one of the top considerations. After all, unless we are content to look like the characters in the fi lm WALL-E with-in the next 17 years, urban planners need to increase and protect green space – not slash through it with another conduit for motor vehicles.

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As the winter season draws to a close and the outdoor rinks have slowly melted away, many Barrhaven families will have fond memories of their time spent in pursuit of one of Canada’s favourite past-times – learning to skate or playing hockey with friends, on an out-door rink. In our community we are fortunate to have several of these rinks – but how many people realize just what it takes to keep these rinks operating? We see the boards being put up by the City of Ottawa workers and then we wait in anticipa-tion for the ice surface to magi-cally appear. Or does it? What does it take to maintain a com-munity rink? It takes countless hours of hard work by dedicat-ed volunteers. It’s an operation that requires people to shovel, to fl ood, to clear, to turn on and off the lights and to supervise the heated change rooms where we can comfortably change into our skates. It requires people to work early in the morning after a night of blowing snow, and it

requires late nights of fl ooding in bitterly cold weather, when most people are curled up on the couch relaxing at home. Above all, it takes a leader – someone who selfl essly de-votes their time to making sure that there is a team of workers who show up for shifts on time, who shovel, fl ood and clean the surface, from the moment the temperature drops in late December, to the fi rst thaw in late February. Maintaining an outdoor rink is a big job and requires people with a huge sense of commitment and com-munity spirit to make sure it’s done right.Mr. Fred Kendall, is one such community leader.

For the past 12 years, during the wee hours of the morning, or the late hours of the evening; on weekdays, weekends and even holidays, Fred could be found at the rink. He wasn’t always alone – his outgoing, friendly manner and his hearty Newfoundland sense of hu-mour, helped him assemble a trusty group of dedicated vol-unteers who would regularly muster up the energy on a bit-

terly cold day to go to the rink, because Fred was counting on them. Fred was the driv-ing force - the man behind the snowblower; the man who organized the volunteers, re-cruited the student supervisors and who took great personal satisfaction in making sure that the ice was always ready.

After his 12 years of service, Fred has announced his inten-tion to hang up his snow shovel and step down as the organizer of the volunteer team. He plans to give his back a well-deserved rest and spend some of his new free time with his family.

I hope you will join me in expressing gratitude to Fred, and to all of the volunteers who help to make our community a wonderful place to live. And, I would also like to issue a chal-lenge to anyone who would like to follow in Fred’s footsteps. If you would like to help continue the tradition of providing kids and their families with a great place to have fun and enjoy a Canadian outdoor experience, please consider volunteering next year.

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These savings come, in part, from many of our popular tax credits. The Child Tax Benefit, for example, provides tax relief of over $300 per child under the age of 18 for the 2012 tax year. Additionally, the Children’s Fitness Tax Credit, an idea that I presented to the Prime Minister in 2006, and the Children’s Arts Tax Credit, each save families $75 per child under 16 for activities like soccer, hockey and ballet.

New this tax year is our Government’s Family Caregiver Tax Credit, which provides financial relief for those families caring for their elderly or disabled relatives. The Child Disability Benefit for low and moderate income families has also been increased and extended to permit broader eligibility.

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EMC news - Const. Karla Santos always thought big when it came to fi ghting brain cancer.

“She always said, ‘Imagine there was a cure,’” said her sister-in-law, Leah Harding. “She would do anything to help someone in need.”

Santos passed away in June, but her hus-band, Adam Collins, and his siblings are keeping the fi ght alive for her with the Imag-ine Gala, which will be held April 6 at the National Arts Centre, a fundraiser for the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada.

Harding is one of the four siblings, includ-ing Adam, Tim Collins and Sara Mormul, who are planning the event. Last year Hard-ing, Mormum and Tim organized the Fight for Karla to raise money for the family while Santos was in the hospital. Held at the Ne-pean Sportsplex, over 500 people came out in support.

Despite the four siblings living in different areas – Harding near Navan, Tim in Kings-ton, Mormul in Peterborough – they put long distance phone bills aside and got busy plan-ning an event for Santos and Adam, both Ot-tawa police offi cers.

“It was huge, it blew our minds. Now Adam wants to pay it forward and give back to the Brain Tumour Foundation,” Harding said. “There really aren’t a lot of treatment options.”

Santos was a police offi cer who worked out of the Elgin Street Station and had al-ready fought brain cancer twice before being diagnosed for a third time shortly after the birth of her second daughter, Ainsley.

She was hospitalized in February 2012,

about eight months after Aisnley’s birth, and stayed in the hospital until June 22 of this past summer, when she passed away.

Her daughters Ainsley, now 2, and Ella, 5, will be at the event start of the event, but will later be tucked in bed by relatives, as the all-evening soiree will be a late night.

It will have a three-course dinner, silent auction, live music and dancing.

The silent auction includes signed Cold-play and Dallas Green of City and Colour albums.

Both bands were some of Santos’ favou-rites, and the ones she would respond to in the hospital, even after she lost her ability to speak and most of her motor skills.

The usually still Santos would move, or look over at her husband when the songs came on, Harding said. At a recent Coldplay concert, lead singer Chris Martin dedicated a song to Santos and Adam.

Other aspects of her will be incorporated into the gala, from her love of live music and social events, to decorating with tulips, her favourite fl ower, and stars, which she loved.

“That’s what she is now,” Harding said. “A star in the sky.”

There are 250 tickets for sale for the Imag-ine Gala, with a portion already sold.

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The Canadian Forces Chaplain Services Military Chapel Sunday Services

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Pastor Rev. Kelly GrahamOffice: 613-692-4228 www.knoxmanotick.ca

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Tel: (613) 276-5481; (613) 440-54811893 Baseline Rd., Ottawa (2nd Floor)

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Prayer Circle Tuesday at 11:30Rev. James Murray

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Libraries bursting at the seams with held itemsLaura [email protected]

EMC news - The library is grappling with the problem of truant readers who put items on hold and never pick them up.

Minor changes to the cir-culation policy at the Ottawa Public Library sparked a de-bate and led the library board to send staff back to the draw-ing board on March 18.

The board shot down library staff’s proposal to remove lim-its on the number of audio-visual items such as CDs and DVDs that a library user can have checked out at once.

The idea is a way to get around challenges that arise from people putting large numbers of those items on hold and checking them out in sequence. That leads to de-lays for other customers and it means items are out of circula-tion for long periods as they’re being processed, said Jenni-fer Stirling, the division-wide manager of service and inno-vation for the library.

“Our circulation is being impacted by our own policy,” she said.

Barrhaven Coun. Jan Hard-er, the board’s chairwoman, said the number of holds is increasing and it is becoming a problem at the library.

“The hold business is tak-ing up huge real estate in our libraries,” she said, adding that

some branches have maxed out the amount of space they have available to store items that people put on hold.

“I think this is a bigger is-sue,” she added.

But the problems are caused by a small number of guilty parties, said board member Christine Langlois.

Library board member Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson said the issue could have been solved another way: by putting a limit on the num-ber of items a person can put on hold at one time or adding a fi ne for people who don’t pick up held items when they be-come available, she said.

“I worry about this,” Wilkinson said of the staff proposal to remove check-out limits. “Somebody could take out 200 … It makes them un-available for others.”

Board member Danielle Lussier-Meek was also con-cerned because she anticipated people who rack up expensive late fi nes if they had too many materials checked out at one time.

“It’s unreasonable to have no limits,” Lussier-Meek said. “There could be abuse of the system.”

That shouldn’t be a prob-lem because the library alerts people before the return date and it is easy to renew items to extend the due date, staff said. At the end of the day, li-brary users are responsible for

their own accounts.Library staff agreed to come

back with a different set of rec-ommendations in May relating to the issue of holds and cir-

culation limits on audio-visual materials.

Two other changes did get the library board’s approval: the addition of a $5 per hour

fi ne (up to $30) if people keep iPads in branches for longer than their two-hour loan pe-riod and a new $10-per-day fi ne (up to $50) for reference

materials.New iPads were introduced

at the North Gloucester, Rose-mount and Ruth E. Dickinson branches last year.

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The Ottawa Public Library is looking at how to encourage people to pick up items they put on hold, especially CDs and DVDs.


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EMC news - It was a girls day out on March 24.

More than 200 girls from across the Ottawa region converged on Sco-tiabank Place for the ninth annual Girls HockeyFest.

The girls – aged seven to 12 – practiced off and on-ice skill train-ing with members of the University of Ottawa and Carleton women’s hockey teams.

The workshop is offered to girls in novice, atom and peewee lev-els.

The girls also heard from Cassie Campbell-Pascall and Sami Jo Small – both of whom are two-time Olympic gold medalists.

Campbell-Pascall called Scotia-bank the hockey bank, thanks to their support of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League. The Clarkson cup – named after former Governor General Adrienne Clarkson – was on display at Scotiabank during the HockeyFest.

“Boston wanted to take the cup home with them, but it had to come here fi rst,” Small said.

Small, who turned down a job in Silicone Valley to play hockey in Toronto, said the sport has given her lifelong friends.

“I wouldn’t change it for any-thing,” Small, who served as goalie with Team Canada in Nagano and Salt Lake City.

Campbell-Pascall was the captain of the Canadian women’s hockey team and has received 21 medals in national, international and Olympic competitions – 17 of those medals were gold.

She said the fi rst year she played hockey her teammates didn’t even know she was a girl until the swim-ming party at the end of the year.

“I had short hair and I had my helmet on all the time, so when I showed up in my bathing suit, ev-eryone was like ‘Cass, what are you doing?’” Campbell-Pascall said.

She said in all her years of play-ing since then, she has gained friends for life and learned to be passionate about her goals.

“Girls can have people lead them away from their goals, by telling you that it’s not something women do,” Campbell-Pascall said. “But hockey teaches girls to respect others, and more importantly, to respect them-selves.”

Jana Masiewich, a manager with Scotiabank said the bank wants to promote women’s hockey because of the values team sports instill in young women.

Olympians join in for Girls HockeyFest


One girl takes a tumble during a stick-handling drill at the Girls HockeyFest held at Scotiabank Place on March 24. More than 200 girls who play at the novice, atom and peewee levels got a chance to hit the ice with Olympians Cassie Campbell-Pascall and Sami Jo Small.


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Well the first official week of Spring has passed! With the warmer weather coming, I wanted to tell you all about some spring activities that will be going on. There are two fundraisers that are planned to raise money for the wonderful Mattamy Homes Canada Day in Barrhaven. The first is on Saturday March 30th, and promises to be a night of great laughs with a dinner and stand-up comedy show provided by Absolute Comedy. Enjoy 90 minutes with three fabulous comedians featuring David Pryd and Josh Williams at the Barrhaven Legion, 3500 Fallowfield Road. This dinner and show is only $25 and tickets are still available! Cocktails will begin at 6:00 pm, followed by dinner at 6:30 pm and then the hilarious show will start at 8:00 pm. Don’t miss out on this night of great laughs. Call Darrell at 613-298-9119 or visit canadadaybarrhaven.ca to get your tickets now before they sell out.

The second fundraiser planned for Mattamy Homes Canada Day in Barrhaven takes place on Thursday, April 18th. Canada Day in Barrhaven and the Royal Canadian Legion, Barrhaven Branch 641 presents the First Annual Barrhaven Night at the Races taking place at the Rideau Carleton Raceway (4837 Albion Road).This fun night includes all-you-can-eat 100 item buffet dinner, return bus transportation from the Barrhaven Legion, $15 in vouchers and a complimentary race program. Tickets are only $40 and are available at the Barrhaven Legion or you can call Darrell at 613-298-9119.

You don’t want to miss out on these two great nights, so hurry and get your tickets before they sell out!

Spring Cleaning the CapitalCleaning the Capital is celebrating its 20th year. Since the program’s inception, over 856,000 volunteers have participated in 13,100 cleanup projects throughout the city. As a result, an estimated 1.48M kilograms of waste has been removed from our public spaces by individuals, student groups, community associations, businesses, friends and families to name a few. This is fantastic news and we should all keep up our hard work. Show your community pride and take part in this spring’s city wide cleanup campaign! Join your friends, coworkers and neighbours and cleanup public property where you live, work or play. Be proud of our beautiful city! Together, we can keep Ottawa clean, green, graffiti and litter-free!

Registration for Cleaning the Capital is already open. Register your litter pickup or graffiti removal project before April 15th to become eligible to win an early bird prize donated by our generous sponsors. Starting April 15th and ending May 15th it is our spring cleaning the capital campaign with April 26-28th being the capital cleanup weekend. After you have finished your cleanup project, please submit your online cleanup report. Submit it by May 31st and your team will be entered in a draw to win prizes donated by our sponsors. You will need your registration code to access your cleanup report. For more information on Cleaning the Capital, please visit Ottawa.ca or call 3-1-1.

Update:Some of you have been asking when Highbury Park, connecting Longfields to Greenbank Road will open. The answer is not until the Greenbank Road widening is complete so not this year. Greenbank Road work is a massive project with the need to build an underpass at the VIA track being the largest piece of that work. The Highbury connection will have to be lowered as part of that and turn lanes etc will be necessary on Greenbank. The construction of the widening to four lanes on Greenbank is going to cause a great deal of traffic upheaval and opening Highbury would only exacerbate the situation.

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EMC news - Spring was barely in the air on March 22, let along summer, but Westfest organizers were all looking for-ward to three special days in June.

Westfest, Westboro Village’s “festival of music, art and life,” returns from June 6 to 9 for its 10th year with a large lineup of musical acts, street performers, vendors and activities.

Details on the lineup and sponsors were given by founder and artistic director Elaina Mar-tin at a launch event held Fri-day morning at the Clocktower Brewpub on Richmond Road.

“This is a big deal. I’ve been thinking about the 10th anniver-sary of this festival since about the fi fth anniversary,” said Mar-tin.

This year the lineup includes: Jane Siberry, Holly McNarland, Elliot Brood, Skydiggers, Fifty-men, Amanda Rheaume, along with many more diverse Cana-dian acts. Resident DJ Lakes District will be providing music between each act on all nights of the festival.

Many of the acts are return-

ing favourites from past years.“I‘m really, really proud of

this,” said Martin. “For our 10-year anniversary, being able to do a retrospective of the last 10 years like this is really fun, for one, but it is also like a little re-union.”

Headlining and supporting musical acts will again take to the Domicile main stage, which brought with it more seating space when it moved to the grassy area by Byron and Kirkwood Avenues two years ago.

More than just a one-stop music festival, Westfest boats 10 blocks of food, perform-ers and activities, as the whole Westboro strip (closed to traffi c) gets in on the action. Among the family-friendly satellite activi-ties are the Dovercourt Funzo-ne, Scotiabank Kidzone, Megan Mormon’s Ottawa Super Bingo, the Avenues Garage Band Al-ley and the cheekily-named BF Vacuums “This won’t suck community stage”.

Information on the festival can be found at www.westfest.ca.

Ottawa mayor Jim Watson was on hand at the launch to present Martin with a certifi cate

for her efforts in building the festival.

“She is amazing,” Watson told the crowd. “When this festival started 10 years ago … they had 20,000 people in one night. Now it has expanded (to) four nights (with) so much great Canadian entertainment. I’m very, very proud of this festival. You built it up, working with the BIA, the city and the merchants and the private sector.”

Martin began by thanking the long list of sponsors who keep the festival afl oat.

“I can’t go on about our sponsors enough. As some of you know or may not know, the budget for this festival is just under a million dollars. It’s completely, 100 per cent fund-ed by sponsorship … Without them, this festival wouldn’t be free and without them, this fes-tival wouldn’t be.”

Multiple Westboro-based businesses are among the names of Westfest’s sponsors, joining larger sponsors like the Govern-ment of Canada, Scotiabank, Minto and the CBC.

Westfest marks 10th year with biggest bash yet

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Ottawa mayor Jim Watson presents Westfest founder, pro-ducer and artistic director Elaina Martin with a certifi cate marking 10 years of the popular and growing music and arts festival. Westfest launched their 2013 lineup on March 22 at the Clocktower Brewpub in Westboro.


Hopping into springRoss’ Your Independent Grocer hosted an Easter breakfast on March 23 to raise money for the Barrhaven Food Cupboard. For donations, residents could enjoy breakfast, arts and crafts and a visit from the Easter Bunny himself.

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EMC news - Valérie’s Flutter Founda-tion was chosen by the Algonquin College public relations program for this year’s student fundraising campaign.

Valérie Goneau was a University of Ot-tawa engineering student from Orléans who passed away from cancer at 20-years-old in June 2011. Her family formed Valé-rie’s Flutter Foundation to raise funds for research in types of rare cancer.

The students have been working with Éric Goneau, Valérie’s brother and presi-dent of the foundation, to put on the Flutter As One campaign.

“We picked the Flutter Fund because we could relate to Éric and his sister,” said public relations student Mélanie Richer. “They’re a really good charity, but they’re small – so we can help them grow.”

Early in the school year, public relations students pitched different campaigns to the class. One group pitched Valérie’s Flutter Foundation, and brought Éric in to speak to the class about the work done in his sister’s memory. The class voted, and launched the Flutter As One campaign this spring, with events running from April 1 to 12.

Richer’s group, made up of seven public relations students, is organizing the Spring Classic ball hockey tournament – one of the nine events running in the spring. It will be hosted on April 7, with the four on four tournament played in parking lots nine and 12 at Algonquin College.

Teams entering the hockey tournament will each pay $100, split between fi ve to eight players per team. Players will also re-ceive tickets to the tournament after party, being held in the Byward Market at Tequila Jacks on April 11.

The event is aimed at a younger de-mographic, targeting those the same age as Valérie, and many students in the pro-

gram.“We’re going to have different levels of

talent, so even to come out and witness it as a fan will be fun,” Richer said.

The Flutter As One campaign includes the ball hockey tournament, a beer tast-ing, a day at Funhaven and used children’s clothing fundraiser. All the events are raising money for the foundation, which

donates money to the Ottawa Hospital Re-search Institute.

“It’s fantastic that Valérie’s Flutter Foun-dation was chosen by them,” said Chris Goneau, Valérie and Éric’s dad. “We’re just thrilled to partner with them on this.”

To register for the Spring Classic or to get more information on other Flutter As One events, visit www.fl utterasone.com.

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Leslie Johnson throws the ball to launch the Flutter As One’s Spring Classic event, with her Algonquin College public relations group mates pose with her at the col-lege. The group will be running one of the nine events for the Flutter On campaign for Valérie’s Flutter Foundation, a ball hockey tournament on April 6.

Algonquin students raising money for Valérie’s Flutter FundPublic relations program supports fund for rare cancer research


EMC news - Brynn McLennan is a little lighter in her step. The Barrhaven resident will be hosting a spring so-cial at Algonquin College’s Restaurant International on April 13.

McLennan was diagnosed with a condition called fasio acapulo humeral muscular dystrophy after near-ly a year of questions. She started to get tired and her right shoulder blade began to extend. What she didn’t know was that the disease that was making her tired was also destroying the muscles that held her shoulder in place. The disease destroys the protein in the muscles, eventually causing them to scar over and become use-less. Symptoms can range from one eye being slightly open in sleep to being forced to use a wheelchair. In McLennan’s case, a lot of damage has been done to her lower back and hips, she has a very distinct walk that mimics that of a woman in her third trimester of pregnan-cy. Life was a constant journey of working smart to make sure minor physical tasks didn’t completely exhaust her.But in 2010 she found something to stem the tide.

Twice a year, McLennan travels to the U.S. for a treatment using placenta stem cells that helps her to outrun the advance of the disease.She attends a clinic in Santa Monica, California twice yearly, where they use AdiStem - a technology from Australia that uses liposuction to remove dead, atrophied cells and replace them. So far, she has had four treat-ments and is amazed with the results.

Thanks to the $20,000 treatments, McLennan was able to help her mother stain her deck this summer – something that wouldn’t have been possible before she began treatments.

“I just have so much energy now,” she said. “I am de-veloping muscle memory I didn’t know I had.”

But to be able to maintain the treatments and fi ght back against the disease, she has to go to the community for help.

Stem Cells For Brynn, the group that McLennan wants to someday turn into a charity to help other people who can’t afford treatment, hosts two events annually to help fund her medical costs and travel expenses.

The party kicks off at Algonquin at 5:30 p.m. on April 13 with a DJ and dancing. The four-course dinner is served at 7 p.m. There will also be silent and live auc-tions. Tickets are $125.

For more information on the event and McLennan’s treatments visit www.stemcellsforbrynn.com.

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Tasty treat tainted by dark discoveryFinding clean snow in the yard at

the farm was almost impossible. This caused a great concern for

Mother. At this time of year, we fi ve children begged for toffee-on-snow as the sap poured from the trees, and that meant hauling in a roaster of spotlessly clean snow.

As well as the boiling-down in the big fl at pan in the bush, Mother would boil big pots of sap in the kitchen fi lling the house with sweet heavy steam.

Each night we children begged for tof-fee-on-snow, but often Mother would say it was a Saturday night treat and we went to bed out of sorts that we have been deprived of one of our favourite treats.

Each night that we were allowed this indulgence Everett or Audrey, being the two oldest in the family, would be sent out for a roast pan of snow. Mother kept sending them farther and farther afi eld for clean snow.

Father said she would soon have us go-ing across the river to Admaston, which of course was an exaggeration.

But Mother was fastidious about any-thing that came within a country mile of our mouths and using a roast pan of snow where the livestock had trod was out of the question. So either Everett or Audrey was given the task of fi nding clean snow for the toffee – Emerson couldn’t be trusted to go beyond the barn yard.

That night it was dark as pitch outside. It had been a heavy snow for late March. Mother said we would be staying home.

No church party had been planned and no one had offered their home for a game of cards, so we had a rare Saturday night at home without a house full of neighbours.

It was a perfect night for toffee-on-snow.Audrey would carry the lantern and Ev-

erett the roast pan and the big soup ladle, ready to bring in the freshly fallen snow.

Mother had put a small pot of already boiled syrup on the front lid of the Findlay Oval and it was fair jumping by the time the clean snow was brought into the house, just perfect to pour out on the snow for a feed of sticky toffee.

Although Mother always trusted Audrey or Everett to go well away from the barn yard, that night she took a big spoon and dragged it through the roaster of snow, just to be on the safe side. Well, what happened next was something like you would see in a picture show in Renfrew.

There, buried in the pan of snow, was something that proved they hadn’t gone far enough. Mother stared at the black lump, which wasn’t big enough to fi ll a teaspoon, but big enough to send her into a fi t. Father, used to Mother’s obsession with cleanliness, never took his eyes off the Family Herald and Weekly Star that he was reading by the oven door.

She demanded to know where the snow came from, and both Audrey and Everett vowed it came from the farthest reaches of the yard where no livestock ever went. Well, that didn’t satisfy Mother. Even though she had no idea what the black lump was, she knew it had spoiled the en-

tire roaster of snow. Audrey said she would get rid of it and that the rest of the roaster was perfectly clean. Well, she might as well have told Mother the lump was just a raisin. Mother was having no part of her story.

“Dump it out, Audrey,” Mother said. “Goodness knows what else is in the roaster. There’ll be no toffee tonight.”

Well, did that cause an uproar. Emerson accused Everett and Audrey of getting the snow from behind the cow byre where we dumped the manure, Everett took a handful of the snow out of the roaster and fl ung it at Emerson, who paid him back by throwing his gum rubber at him, hitting him square in the face. Audrey was ready to stomp off upstairs.

Mother ordered her back to the table and she was told to scrub the roaster with hot water and lye soap, even though the teeny bit of black came no where near touching the pan. The commotion in the kitchen was like something you’d see in a movie.

Father got off the rocking chair, folded the Family Herald and Weekly Star, tapped his pipe into the stove and he could be heard muttering about the crazy family he was living with – “A man can’t even read the paper in peace.”

While he was heading for the bedroom off the kitchen, he added, “Hauling snow in the house, throwing it around like it was nothing. Washing a perfectly clean pan, I tell you the whole house is going straight to hell in a basket,” which was a saying Father hauled out every time something came up that riled him.

That night he was as riled as I had seen him in a long time.

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EMC news – A small group of protests from the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, known as ACORN Ottawa, took to Preston Street to launch their campaign to have Ontario’s minimum wage in-creased to $14 an hour, March 21.

“Hey-hey, ho-ho, poverty wages have got to go, $10.25 is way too low,” was chanted by protestors as some drivers showed their approval for the “honk to raise the minimum wage” sign. The group of about 20, braving the snow and wind outside the provincial Ministry of Labour offi ces, took turns ad-dressing those gathered.

Event organizer Nadia Wil-lard explained that 534,000 workers in Ontario make mini-mum wage, nearly one out of ten workers.

“The three-year freeze on minimum wage has effectively lowered their income by seven per cent,” she said, referring to the provincial government’s de-cision to freeze minimum wage

in 2011.“This will help everyone

in our community from small business people to workers and families if the minimum wage is increased,” said Willard. “You shouldn’t have to be going to the food bank if you’re working full-time.”

Megan Holliday, a mini-mum wage worker and ACORN member, shared her experience working at the current minimum wage, an experience that eventu-ally led her to move back in with her parents.

Most of those in attendance were members of ACORN, but Sean McKenny, president of the Ottawa and District Labour Council was also in attendance.

“If a person could live a month making what is currently our minimum wage, they would see how diffi cult it is,” said McK-enny after the event.

“Everything is going up yet you still have folks that are stuck in that minimum wage, they don’t have the benefi t of any kind of collective agreement or any kind of contract with the employer … they’re working for that minimum wage, no benefi ts,

it’s really the bare minimum,” he said.

Naqvi defended the govern-ment’s position in a release sent to the Ottawa East News.

“Our government increased the minimum wage almost 50 per cent since 2003. It was only fair after being frozen for nine

years under previous govern-ments,” Naqvi said in the state-ment. “We recognize that there is more to do,” he stated, point-ing to future discussions with business, labour and community groups as a means to determine an appropriate minimum wage in the future.

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EMC news - Software develop-ers from Nepean and Barrhaven beat the city by a year by putting a digital board displaying bus times at a Cen-tretown coffee shop.

If Ryan Androsoff of Nepean and Sean Kibbee of Barrhaven are suc-cessful in expanding their company, Beyond 2.0, and putting more boards in Ottawa businesses, they will also be the fi rst entrepreneurs to build a business based on the city’s open data program.

The display is located in a Treats coffee shop at the corner of Albert and Kent streets in the business dis-trict.

“It occurred to us if you’re sitting in a coffee shop, it would be great if you could look over at the wall and fi nd out when the next bus is com-ing, especially in an Ottawa winter so you don’t have to wait in the cold,” Androsoff said. “Sean and I are both transit users and we both deal with that in our daily commutes.”

It’s a win-win situation for the cof-fee shop, said owner Adib El-Khoury. People come in to check out the bus times and buy a coffee while the wait inside in the warmth, he said.

Nepean resident John Scanlon said the display board is one of the rea-sons he chooses to come to the Treats

shop.“I quite like it,” he said. “It lets

me know if I have to scarf down my food.”

The city began making data streams on everything from the city’s cycling network to fl u-clinic times and loca-tions freely available in 2010. GPS locations for OC Transpo buses came along last year and hobbyist develop-ers released a number of mobile ap-plications and websites that use the

information to let riders know when their next bus will arrive.

Kibbee was one of those develop-ers, and along with his friend, Andro-soff, wondered if there might be an opportunity for savvy entrepreneurs such as themselves to build a busi-ness – and maybe an entire segment of the local economy – around mak-ing open data useful to people.

The duo began talking about the idea last fall, but really got down

to work in January, Androsoff said. With the building blocks of Kibbee’s OCBusTracker.com website, Beyond 2.0 created the display board proto-type in about six weeks.

The city is likely a year or more away from putting similar displays into transit stations, said Beacon Hill-Cyrville Coun. Tim Tierney, who sits on the transit commission and heads up its subcommittee on technology.

Tierney applauded Androsoff and Kibbee’s work and said he hopes to see more businesses spring out of the city’s open data venture.

“I’m very, very supportive and happy,” Tierney said. “I encourage other entrepreneurs and businesses o get involved in this and start putting boards up all over the place if they want.

There is little chance of Beyond 2.0 actually partnering with the city to offer the display boards in transit stations or on city property because the city has already chosen a com-pany to do that.

Part of the reason is that there are many hoops to jump through when it comes to doing something for the city, include stakeholder engagement and bilingualism requirements, Tier-ney said. In that way, it’s not a com-petition, he added – companies like Beyond 2.0 can meet a need for busi-nesses, while the city can focus on its own transit stations and buildings.

That type of collaboration is the spirit of the open data movement, Androsoff said.

Androsoff and Kibbee plan to en-ter their innovation into an open-data contest the city is currently running called Apps 4 Ottawa.

If the test board at the Treats cof-fee shop is successful, Beyond 2.0 would look at adding bus arrival time boards at other businesses that are in-terested.

Adding the bus-location capability to existing digital displays in places like doctors’ offi ces is another possi-bility, Androsoff said. Business own-ers can head to www.beyond20.ca to fi ll out a pre-registration form if they would like to be considered as a lo-cation for future bus arrival boards in the coming months.

Eventually, the pair could look at other open data streams offered by the city, province, federal govern-ment or even international agencies, Androsoff said.

“The opportunities are limitless,” he said.

Other companies have tried to make a go of a similar venture in other cities, but Androsoff hasn’t found anyone who successfully built a company around the concept. Still, with digital technology and Wi-Fi becoming more affordable, building a business around data is now a real possibility, Androsoff said.

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EMC news - The Union du Canada building on Dalhou-sie might be an iconic part of Lowertown’s skyline, but it’s not an attractive part, the city’s new heritage committee says.

The committee, which is made up of four councillors and three members of the public, supported a renovation to update the 1960s-era tower at the corner of York Street by adding four fl oors and con-verting it into a hotel.

The project is a good exam-ple of the adaptive re-use of an existing building in the heri-tage district, and the changes are warranted because the 11-storey offi ce tower doesn’t relate to the other heritage buildings in the area.

Since it’s already out of place among the early 19th-century low-rise buildings that dominate the ByWard Mar-ket, it might as well become taller and more attractive, city heritage staff recommended. The committee unanimously agreed.

“It clearly is out of scale and not sympathetic to the neighbours … we wouldn’t approve it today,” said Leo (Sandy) Smallwood, a public member of the committee. “It has now developed as part of the context of the neighbour-hood.”

Changing the building and ensuring it continues to be used will “strengthen the story of Lowertown,” said Barrhaven Coun. Jan Harder, chairwoman of the built heri-tage subcommittee.

The decision must still receive the approval of the planning committee and city council.

But community members are bemoaning the loss of a piece of Lowertown’s franco-phone heritage. The building and its predecessor at 325 Dal-housie St. were the home of the local francophone move-

ment for almost 150 years, said Lowertown Community Association president Marc Aubin in a press release.

“This organization, started as a mutual aid society, was involved in the francophone community’s struggles to protect its linguistic and edu-cational rights and to resist

the assimilation of French-Canadians in Ontario,” Aubin wrote.

A heritage assessment of the building that was included as part of the heritage con-servation district for the area in the early 1990s rated the Union du Canada building as having little to no heritage

value. That review was con-ducted more than 20 years ago, said Lowertown Com-munity Association member Mario Gasperetti, when there was a different understanding of “heritage value.”

“I fear that council seems to be making decisions based on a very old document that

might not refl ect current ideas about architecture,” he told the committee on March 20.

Indeed, heritage staff and councillors noted that Ottawa recently designated an entire district of buildings from the same era in the east-end Bri-arcliffe neighbourhood, mak-ing the city one of, if not the

fi rst in Canada to recognize an entire district of mid-century buildings as “heritage.”

Katherine Grechuta from Fotenn, a planning consultant who represents the developer, Claridge, said the heritage im-pact study the developer had to conduct found changing the building would not impact the rest of the heritage district in the ByWard Market, so Clar-idge wants to convert it to have “a more modern response to the exterior.”

Grechuta said the conver-sion will make the tall build-ing fi t in more harmoniously with the streetscape.

The city is requiring Clar-idge to install a plaque in-side the lobby describing the building’s heritage.

Kitchissippi Coun. Kath-erine Hobbs, who sits on the committee, worried that the changes would eradicate an element of the building that architectural experts consider to be an artistic achievement: the angled windows.

The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, among others, wrote to councillors urging them to consider re-specting the work of Laure Major, an artist who created two murals in the lobby of the building, and who also col-laborated with the architect, Louis Lapierre, to create the unique pattern of the refl ective windows.

Jim Burghout of Claridge said the windows are in bad shape and must be replaced anyway, but the angled pat-tern doesn’t lend itself to the building’s use as a hotel, so the angled pattern won’t be replicated.

The project also includes a neighbouring condo tower that will be debated separately at an upcoming planning com-mittee meeting.

The local councillor, Ma-thieu Fleury, was unable to comment on the plans because he has a confl ict of interest due to his father’s employ-ment with Claridge.

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EMC news – As part of the federal government’s effort to recognize the 200th anniver-sary of the War of 1812, two artists unveiled their monu-ment concepts for public viewing last week.

Residents were invited into the National Capital Com-mission’s Elgin Street offi ces on March 20 to cast a criti-cal eye on the designs, which were chosen as fi nalists by a jury of fi ne arts, heritage and landscape architecture ex-perts.

The War of 1812 monu-ment design process is being led by the NCC in partnership with Canadian Heritage.

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The two fi nalists in the federal government’s War of 1812 Monument competition are seen during an open house at the offi ces of the NCC on March 20. Artists Adrienne Alison and Brian Cooley were on hand to explain their concepts, while public feedback was recorded for the fi nal judging process.

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EMC sports - The Carleton Ravens men’s basketball team joined their fellow students in the university’s food court on March 20 to celebrate the team’s record-breaking ninth na-tional championship.

Rodney the Raven and the Ra-ven’s Rhythm, Carleton’s mascot and cheerleading squad, were on hand to pump up the cafeteria full of students before speakers took the stage.

“When you watch this Carleton basketball team play, you marvel at what they’ve been able to ac-complish,” said Lee Versage, host from the Team 1200, referring to the team’s 50-point margin of vic-tory.

“We want to make sure we cel-ebrate it properly,” he said, before introducing the University President Roseann O’Reilly Runte.

“The Carleton team that we’re celebrating today has a huge vic-tory, they are our ambassadors and the symbol of what we all are at Carleton … we can all be truly

proud of them,” said Runte, who then read a poem written for the team before Versage introduced the players.

“They are not only great players but dedicated students,” said Runte, who stuck around after the offi cial celebration to speak with those in at-tendance.

“It’s a great feeling, knowing the amount of work that was put in over the season,” said forward Dan Penner, who will be returning to his hometown of Winnipeg next school year to pursue a master’s degree in city planning at the University of Manitoba.

The Ravens men’s basketball team earned their record-breaking ninth champion ship, March 10, by beating the Lakehead Thunder-wolves with an impressive score of 92-42.

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The Carleton’s men’s basketball team joined fellow students to celebrate their record-breaking ninth CIS championship. University President Roseann O’Reilly Runte and Lee Versage from the Team 1200 spoke before the players were introduced.

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Saturday, April 20,20136:00 pm to 12:00 am

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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]

March 30The Second Annual Easter Wishes Craft Show, has free admission Saturday, March 30 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Walter Baker Sports Centre, 100 Malvern Dr.The event is a fundraiser to support-ing Canadian Breast Cancer Founda-tion via CIBC Run for the Cure, Pam’s Boob Crew Team.The craft show will feature amazing and unique crafters and vendors.The Cake Walk ruffl e with delicious and gorgeous cakes, cupcake, cake pops and more will close at 2:00 There will be a photo booth at $10/2 pictures by Tripp Photography.

Through April 4Trinity Memorial Art Gallery presents “Inner Peace”, a twelve painting exhibition by artist Wendy Russell. The gallery is located at 1099 Maitland Avenue. Gallery hours are Monday to Thursday, 9am - 12pm and 1pm - 3pm. Admission is free. For more information visit www.trinityunitedottawa.ca or call 613-225-3627.

April 9Explore a better way with eco-friendly “Terra 20” on from 9:15 to 11 a.m. at 225 McClellan Road, Nepean (Arlington Woods Hall). $5 per person, $2 fi rst timer. Includes light refreshments, door prizes, childcare and Ottawa’s own Daphne Dykhuizen as guest speaker and singer. Reservations essential at 613-721-1257 or 613-829-2063. Hosted by Ottawa West Christian Women’s Connection.

April 10Making Beautiful Plant Marriages: Beautiful plant combinations are a

result of careful planning. Suzanne Patry of Whitehouse Perennials and David Priest, creator of GardenAway, a free website for gardeners, will look at colour, texture, form and other factors that work together to create effective plant combinations.Barrhaven Garden Club , February 13, 7:30 p.m. at Larkin House, 76 Larkin Drive, Barrhaven.Non-members - $3.00. Info: 613-825-4257

Christian Women’s Central Club invites you to a “Spring Dessert Buf-fet”. Feature: Bowring – “Spring Splendor” from Carlingwood Shop-ping Centre. Music: Talented Vocal-ist Sonja Milsom Speaker: Carolina Vadala, Kingston, ON “Finding Security In An Insecure World”. $6 and fi rst timers $2, 1 p.m., St. Paul’s Church, 971 Woodroffe. RSVP: 613-692-6290. All women welcome

April 13RVHEA 23rd Annual Home Educa-tors’ Conference8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Kanata Baptist

Church (465 Hazeldean Road) Keynote speaker is Andrew Pudewa from The Institute for Excellence in Writing. Seminars on a variety of topics will benefi t individuals consid-ering homeschooling as an alterna-tive, those new to homeschooling, and seasoned homeschoolers. Large vendor hall hosts Eastern Ontario’s largest exhibition of homeschool re-sources. For information visit www.rvhea.org

Through April 17If you have recently lost a partner, you may fi nd cooking for one as an adjustment. The easy, delicious, and healthy recipes demonstrated in Mike’s Kitchen will help you get back to taking care of yourself. The group will meet weekly from March 6 to April 17, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at St. Michael and All Angels Anglican Church, 2112 Bel-Air Dr.. Call 613-224-0526 to register.

April 18Join IODE- Wom-

en Who Make a DifferenceIODE Walter Baker Chapter will meet April 18th at 1 p.m at 453 Park-dale Avenue (between Foster Street and Gladstone Avenue). Women of all ages are invited to attend and learn about volunteer work. For more information, please visit our website at iodewalterbaker.weebly.com or call Alia at 613-864-6779.

April 20 Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind and Rideau Valley Conservation Foundation host a truckload sale of pre-ordered rain barrels on Saturday, April 20th at Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind, 4120 Rideau Valley Dr. N., from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Rain barrels must be ordered in advance for $55 each and funds raised will support both organizations. All orders must be placed online in advance at www.rainbarrel.ca/guidedogs or by calling 613-692-7777.

Through May 13Know a teen with a passion for writ-ing? Get them to join, Write On!, the Nepean Centrepointe library branch writing club for teens from 5 to 6 p.m. Drop-in event. Ages 12 and up. For more information call 613-580-2424, ext. 41470. Mondays once a month: Feb. 11, March 11, April 8, May 13.

MondaysThe Ottawa Pub Dart League plays from October to April at various venues in the city.. Please visit www.theopdl.ca.

Discover the unique thrill of singing four-part harmony with a group of fun-loving women who enjoy mak-ing music together. Regular rehears-als 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.bytownbeat.com.


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BARRHAVEN $289,900This awesome 3 bedroom 3 bath Olympia built townhouse shows like a dream! Tile foyer and hardwood on both levels. Gorgeous open concept living room and dining room greet you. Lovely kitchen with plenty of cabinets and eating area. Beautiful curved staircase. Upper level features 3 bedrooms and full bath. Fully finished lower level has a rec room, full bathroom and laundry room. Fully fenced yard with shed. New roof done in 2012.

BARRHAVEN $399,500This lovely Tartan built home is sure to please everyone! Slate tile in foyer. Hardwood flooring in the combo living/dining rooms. Sunny kitchen with slate tile flooring and stainless steel appliances. Family room has cozy gas fireplace. Master bedroom is large with walk-in closet and 4 pc ensuite. Finished lower level with home theatre room, 2 pc bath, laundry room and 4th bedroom. Fully fenced backyard with heated above ground pool. Home is located on a corner lot!

STONEBRIDGE $319,900Bright 3 bedroom 3 bath home! Gleaming upgraded, dark, hardwood floors greet you from the upgraded tiled and spacious foyer. Living room has a gas fireplace. Kitchen upgrades include granite countertops, ceramic tile, marble backsplash, birch cabinets and stainless steel appliances. Master bedroom has a walk-in closet, 4 pc ensuite with separate shower and soaker tub. Upgraded carpet underpad and doors. Nicely finished lower level laundry room with countertop.

HALF MOON BAY $361,990Spectacular 3 bedroom home with front porch. This home features tiled entryway and hardwood flooring on the main level. Spacious, bright living room with corner fireplace. Separate dining room. Sunny kitchen with eating area, breakfast bar, updated maple cabinets and stainless steel appliances. Large master bedroom with walk-in closet and 4 pc ensuite. Two other spacious bedrooms with a full bathroom. Put this home on your list!

BARRHAVEN $537,900Exceptional 4 bedroom Tartan built home! This home has a beautiful entry with soaring ceiling to above. Lovely curved staircase. Formal living and dining rooms. Tile and hardwood on main level. Bright and sunny gourmet kitchen with island and eating area. Family room has gas fireplace. Large master with walk-in closet and 4 pc ensuite with corner tub. Beautifully finished lower level with rec room, office/den and 2 pc bath. Fully fenced yard.

BARRHAVEN $534,900Stunning 5 bedroom, 4 bath home features gleaming hardwood and tile flooring on main level, gourmet kitchen with island and family room with gas fireplace. Lovely, spacious living/dining rooms. Curved staircase leads to expansive second floor with impressive master bedroom, 4 pc ensuite plus 4 other bedrooms. Convenient 2nd floor laundry. Lower level is fully finished with rec room, 4 pc bath and den. Backyard has heated salt water inground pool, hot tub and patio. Shows like new!

STONEBRIDGE $319,500Beautiful 2 bedroom + loft townhome. Features hardwood throughout, ceramic in foyer and bathrooms. Upgraded kitchen with breakfast bar and maple cabinetry. Appliances and window coverings are included. Living room has gas fireplace. Large master bedroom with walk-in closet and shared upgraded 3 pc bath with walk-in shower, 2nd bedroom + loft. Huge deck in backyard. A must see home!

BARRHAVEN $484,900You’ll love this 2,600 sq.ft. 4 bedroom home with front porch! Tile entryway, gleaming hardwood floors on main level. The living/dining room is a combination. Bright kitchen with island/breakfast bar, plenty of maple cabinets and eating area. Family room which opens to above has gas fireplace. Main level laundry room and den. Master bedroom is spacious with walk-in closet and 5 pc ensuite. Fully fenced yard. This home is sure to please!

STONEBRIDGE $639,900Full brick Monarch built bungalow can only be described as “elegant”. The vaulted ceiling in the living room only adds to the bright, open feel of this home. Features gleaming hardwood, ceramic tile and carpeting. Gorgeous kitchen with eating area overlooks the living room with fireplace. The eating area opens out to the lovely 2-tier deck and yard. Master bedroom with 5 pc ensuite. Spacious fully finished lower level.

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