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opens in Nepean
JENNIFER MCINTOSH
Ottawa’s furry friends were joined by some top dogs at the of-fi cial opening of the new Ottawa Humane Society building on West Hunt Club Road on July 6.
Prime Minister Stephen Harp-er and his wife Laureen, joined Ottawa West-Nepean MP John Baird for the offi cial opening of the new $12-million facility.
The 3,600-square-metre build-ing replaces the aging site on Champagne Avenue.
The new building houses a three-season cat porch, an in-house vet clinic and the adoption centre.
The cages of old have been re-placed with gleaming glass rooms with their own drainage, to make cleaning easier, and there are classrooms to accommodate obe-dience training sessions.
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Year 29, Issue 28 July 14, 2011 | 36 Pages www.yourottawaregion.com
PROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITY OF NEPEAN
ON YOUR MARKSThe Ottawa Lions run over com-petition at the junior nationals in Winnipeg. 9
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BEST FOOT FORWARDNepean City earned a well-deserved medal for their efforts in the U10 division at this past weekend’s Gloucester International Soccer Tournament as they won four games en route to the championship fi nal where they lost on a golden goal with just moments left in extra time.
Qualicum fi ghts to keep parkJENNIFER MCINTOSH
The three options being con-sidered by the National Capital Commission for the Greenbelt master plan all leave a Nepean park under concrete, accord-ing to Qualicum-Graham Park Community Association presi-dent Scott Pegrum.
His association is looking to
put a halt on plans to change the designation of Valley Stream Park, located just east of the Queensway Carleton Hospital along Richmond Road.
Consultants have given the public three options to consider – all of which include change the designation of Valley Stream Park to urban land.
The NCC is currently review-ing their Greenbelt master plan
for the fi rst time since 1996. The review looks at existing Green-belt land, possible further ac-quisitions and sites that may be suited for other uses.
“Right now you can build compatible uses like kiosks, but that’s nothing like what could happen if they change the des-ignation,” Pegrum said.
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CANOE FOR TWOWhat may be the world’s longest portage rolls through the city. 16
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TAKE A LOOKA Metroland Special Report on our aging infrastructure begins this week. 10
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An Algonquin College planning pro-cess aimed at improving services for stu-dents and enhancing programs with high enrollment numbers is well on its way.
A year ago, a special committee of the college’s board of governors came to-gether to come up with a strategic plan.
The report recommended the phase out of a number of programs with low enrollment numbers and the investment in various new programs.
It also sought to evaluate things like academic services to defi ne their role and measure satisfaction levels and out-come.
Dean of academic development and chair of the strategic steering commit-tee Marguerite Donohue said that it has been a busy year.
“Most of the programs we have identi-fi ed for phase out have been phased out,” she said, adding that the enhanced pro-grams have started to increase their stu-
dent numbers through additional winter intakes.
The report, which initially recom-mended the phase out of programs like: e-publishing, corporate security, English as a Second Language, police founda-tions intensive and horticulture, was developed after months of consultation with students, staff, employers and the general public.
SOME PHASE OUTS
The programs targeted for phase out had low enrollment numbers and high cost to student ratios. The college iden-tifi ed some 28 programs and planned to include another 27 offerings to meet the needs of employers.
“As opposed to something that has been done to people, it’s a process very much done by the people involved,” Donohue said.
The key goals of the program were to: • Continually develop the college to en-
sure learning is the priority• All members of the college communi-
ty must be committed to student success• To focus on relevant, high-quality
programs and services and to continu-ally improve.
• For things like Academic Services, that has meant clearly identifying the roles and then coming up with ways to measure the quality of the service.
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Pegrum, who is on the public advisory board to the NCC as part of the review process, said that he knew about the possibility of the change before the plans were made available to the public.
“I knew it was important to have the community speak out about that,” he said.
Pegrum has knocked on doors in the area and has managed to get nearly 300 hard-copy signatures, in addition to the nearly 1,000 signatures from an online petition at www.PetitionOnline.com/QGP-CANCC/petition.html
SOCCER, TENNIS
The park is currently home to Lynwood Centen-nials Soccer Club, a tennis court and space for ulti-mate Frisbee.
Pegrum said the park also provides a necessary buffer between the community and the Queensway Carleton Hospital.
“We worked with the hospital by putting trees in there,” he said, adding that with ambulances and car traffi c going into the hospital 24/7, “the green-ery lessens the impact.”
While the plans do concern him, Pegrum said he had a chance to talk with one of the consultants and found them to be receptive.
“That’s why I think it’s important to get public support and show through the petition how op-posed residents are to this,” he said.
The NCC has held a series of public consulta-tions on the proposed plans and will be making a recommendation to the commission’s board of di-rectors in November.
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Public consultations coming: NCC
Photo by Jennifer McIntosh
GOING GREENVolunteer Meghann Darroch and student community with the Nepean Rideau, Osgoode Community Resource Centre (NRO-CRC) Samantha McCaffrey roots work in the NROCRC plot and the Nepean Allotment Gardens on July 6.
College reports on upcoming changesDonohue said she was im-
pressed by the continual support of the college community.
“More students than ever be-fore are seeking a college educa-tion, bringing with them the spe-cifi c expectations of service and technological integration,” she said. “This project is expanding our culture of continuous im-provement to meet this demand and deliver on those expecta-tions.”
Algonquin responds to demand by adding spaces to some programs while
phasing out others
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A proposal to give ward councillors more control over traffi c calming in their communities has left councillors divided.
From speed bumps to stop signs and turning restrictions, traffi c calming mea-sures are the concern communities bring to their councillors more than anything else… and the number of complaints is on the rise, according to a city report.
Whether it is a request for a new restric-tion, or a plea to remove one that is already in place, councillors face an uphill battle through red tape if they want to tackle the issue for their residents.
Innes Ward Coun. Rainer Bloess was the fi rst to suggest the city revise its pro-cess to give each councillor more control over making decisions about traffi c calm-ing within their own wards.
The idea would put $30,000 into the hands of each councillor each year to deal with local traffi c issues.
After a great deal of debate on the mat-ter during a June 29 meeting, the city’s transportation committee agreed to have staff look at that possibility.
“We’ve bogged ourselves down with red tape… and then when we get to it, we don’t have the money to get it done,” Bloess said. “Some of use are starting to say let’s untie that … process.”
But not everyone was on Bloess’s side. Several committee members, including fi rst-term councillors David Chernush-enko (Capital), Katherine Hobbs (Kitchis-sippi) and Mathieu Fleury (Rideau-Vani-er), didn’t think it was such a great idea to leave traffi c management issues in the hands of councillors.
Chernushenko said the change would add more “political temptation” for coun-
cillors to say “yes” to all community re-quests, regardless of the greater good.
“We already fi nd ourselves as an arbi-ter or referee. A process is useful; a rigor is useful,” he said. “I’m not – and I don’t expect to become – a traffi c management engineer.”
John Maconi, the city’s general manag-er of public works, said the intent of the changes would be to give councillors more control, but only if the issue is very local-ized to a neighbourhood within the ward.
“Larger (transportation) network is-sues would be addressed at a higher level,” Manconi said, meaning city transporta-tion experts would have to study the larger ramifi cations of any changes.
Bloess said he was surprised that coun-cillors were not willing to take on the ex-tra accountability of being responsible for local traffi c-calming solutions.
“I’m surprised that anyone would run away from making that decision in their own ward,” Bloess said.
That made sense to a few councillors, in-cluding Kanata North’s Marianne Wilkin-son, who said she has been told there is a 20-year waiting list for speed-bump re-quests.
Gloucester-Southgate Coun. Diane Deans said the proposal makes sense in some ways, but wanted to send it back to city staff for “further refi nement” on a few issues.
“For me, part of the issue is that not every traffi c calming issue is a local ward issue,” Deans said. “The implications ex-tend beyond the boundaries of the ward.”
The transportation committee agreed with Deans’ concern and asked that city staff include more information on the cri-teria for situations where a traffi c study is warranted and the ward councillor would not have the power to make the decision.
Councillors mull control over traffi c calming
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KNIGHTS RULEThe Nepean Knights tyke lacrosse team celebrates its second successive tournament championship last week and will host 53 teams from across Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick this weekend. For details visit www.knightslacrosse.ca
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“This project is so important and long overdue for the animals and the commu-nity,” Humane society executive director Bruce Roney said in a press release.
The funding for the facility came from the federal government’s infrastructure stimulus fund. The federal portion of the funding was $3.6 million.
“The Ottawa Humane Society plays an important role in our community,” Baird said. “This new facility will help the OHS
continue to protect the welfare of Otta-wa’s animals.”
The building was constructed with en-vironmentally-friendly features such as passive solar heating and renewable con-struction materials.
OHS recently celebrated the building with their jail-or-bail style fundraiser called In the Dog House, which helped to raise $75,000.
The funds were allocated to the chari-ty’s groundbreaking campaign, aimed at paying off the building.
New home brighter, larger
Submitted photoPrime Minister Stephen Harper was among those on hand as the Ottawa Humane Society opened the doors to a new home on Hunt Club Road in Nepean on July 6.
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2nd ANNUAL ARNPRIOR WHITE PINE FESTIVAL August 27 and 28, 2011 www.arnpriorwhitepinefestival.cawww.arnpriorwhitepinefestival.ca
The following is a partial listing of events planned for this year’s Arnprior White Pine Festival.
Changes may be made in regards to eventssuch as times & locations.
Please check our web site for all events and updates.
www.arnpriorwhitepinefestival.cawww.arnpriorwhitepinefestival.caFor info email [email protected]
Friday, August 26Friday, August 26There will be a fi shing derby starting Friday evening & continues until Saturday evening, sponsored by Ottawa Valley Muskie Club. (Ottawa River & Madawaska River)
Saturday, August 27 (Downtown)Saturday, August 27 (Downtown)7:30 a.m. – 11:30 Breakfast @ Arnprior LegionA Lob ball tournament will be held all day @ theMacLean Ball Diamonds9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Vendors set up9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. O’Brien Theatre fi lm festival fi lm Movies from the 20’s to present $2.00 chg.10:00 a.m. – 11:00 OPP Golden Helmets: Precision riding, John St. N11:00 a.m. – 11:50 Junk Yard Symphony, John St. N.12:00 a.m. – Midnight: Beer garden, sponsored by Arnprior Optimist. $5.00 cover charge.12:00 a.m. –1:30 p.m. Karaoke, by All 4 One Entertainment. Giant Tiger Stage.2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Jake Differ will present music for children entertainment. Jake was nominated for a Juno award and has a Canadian Children’s Award. Giant Tiger Stage4:00 p.m. – 4:50 p.m. Missed them the fi rst time? Junk Yard Symphony, John Street North8:00 p.m. – Midnight: Country Music Show & Dance featuring The Countrymen who are celebrating 50th Anniversary of the band. They will have 4 special guests with them. Make sure you bring your lawn chairs and dancing shoes. On stage at Giant Tiger parking lot.
Once again the Giant Tiger Train will be touring downtown all day Saturday. All the rides you want. Donations appreciated, for this and all other events.
Sunday, August 28 (Robert Simpson Park)Sunday, August 28 (Robert Simpson Park)8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Arnprior Lions Club Pancake Breakfast @ The Masonic Lodge on James St.8:00 a.m. – 4:00 pm Classis Car & ½ Ton Truck Show. Up to and including 1969. There will be awards, Dash plaques, etc Registration fee $5:00 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. O’Brien Theatre Film Festival continues up-town $2:00 entry fee.10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Arnprior River of Life Christian Fellowship Band will be playing on the Gazebo & yes “ELVIS” will be In The Park!!!!11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. as per Sat Jake Differ will be on the Gazebo.1:00 p.m. – 2:00 pm Arnprior Line Dancer’s will be dancing up a storm on the Gazebo.2:15 p.m. - ??? The Funk Blues Band, “To Be Determined” will be on the Gazebo. A can’t miss for all you Blue’s Fans. Again Lawn chairs should be brought along.
DRAGON BOATS will be racing on the Ottawa River at various times. These are the same style, that are at the big races each year in Ottawa. As well as per Sat there will be numerous food vendors on site.
There will be numerous food vendors for both days at the festival.Should be able to satisfy everyone’s taste buds.
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O’Brien Theatre, Arnprior BIA, Giant Tiger.Reid Bros, Lorne’s Electric, Logs End.
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Ottawa residents will have a chance to voice their views on the future of the city’s light rail before the council votes on the implementation of the recently revised project at a special meeting on July 14.
Last week, Mayor Jim Watson an-nounced changes to the city’s pro-posed LRT plan to keep the project in line with the $2.1 billion budget.
The new plan would involve mov-ing the proposed tunnel section one block to the north, running under Queen Street, rather than beneath Albert Street. The depth of the tunnel would also be reduced, moving from the originally proposed depth of 12 storeys to four storeys, reducing both the cost and risk of the project.
“This makes more sense and it is cost effective,” said Watson.
According to Watson, going down
12 storeys would involve too many es-calators, making the project problem-atic from both a safety and customer friendliness point of view.
“The plan released today proposes a new alignment and a more practical tunnel that makes a lot more sense,” Watson said in a statement. “The re-sulting product – the fi rst phase of our light rail transit system – will be a signifi cant improvement and it will be less costly than the previous plan.”
The change is the result of a city council directive to re-evaluate the project and benefi tted from months of engineering evaluation that began late last year.
The new alignment, for the most part, will follow the Queen and Ride-au Street right-of-way through the downtown, avoiding the need for deep tunneling under buildings and limit-ing the amount of money required to acquire subterranean rights, Watson said.
“I am determined with my council colleagues, to deliver light rail in a fi nancially sustainable manner,” Wat-son said.
The mayor noted the city is cur-rently coping with a downtown tran-sit bottleneck that sees transit grind
to a halt during rush hour, a problem that will only get worse over time.
According to a city staff report, transit ridership per capita in Ottawa is already among the highest of any comparable city in North America, a trend that is likely to continue.
“Moving ahead with light rail saves money when measured against the alternatives of attempting to push more buses through the downtown, while also greatly increasing capacity to accommodate projected ridership increases,” Watson said.
Once light rail and the downtown tunnel are in place, the number of buses travelling through the down-town core will be cut in half, taking at least 2,000 buses off downtown streets per day.
It is anticipated that LRT would also cut down on the number of ve-hicles in the core, as many people will opt to use the more effi cient mode of transit.
When the project gets underway next, Watson said it would generate close to 20,000 person hours of em-ployment and $3 billion in related eco-nomic activity during the construc-tion period alone. The city hopes to have the project completed by 2018.
Mayor unveils changes to downtown LRT tunnel plans
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Deprivation is not my idea of my vacation,” a neighbour said fl atly when I asked if she’d like to join us for a camping week-
end in Gatineau Park.I was sympathetic. After all, sleeping
on the hard ground, often in the cold, kids wetting their sleeping bags after one too many marshmallows, black fl ies swarming around, in and under hair, having to run through the woods to get to an outhouse that smells like a pig barn. What’s to love?
And after a week of running around gathering dry food for the occasion, not-quite meeting deadlines, and pur-chasing oversized bathing suits (ugh), I wasn’t sure I wanted to go either. Not to mention the fact that my husband, who’s normally pretty well behaved, had been drowning our broken dining tent in French-Catholic blasphemy all week long.
“Maybe we shouldn’t go,” I ventured, as my spouse said something about Holy Communion, which I deemed to be out of place in the conversation. “Maybe it’s too much work. Maybe we should just stay here and go for a picnic one day.”
But he insisted. I could see in his eyes the look that said, “if we don’t go, you’ll
spend the whole weekend on your com-puter and you’ll be utterly miserable by the end and you’ll blame everyone else for your misery.” True.
Because, for me, well, there’s just something about camping.
“It’s the only time I can truly relax,” said a friend of ours one weekend around the campfi re. He’s a renovations contractor who built his own house ten years ago. Like the gardener’s garden, his house is never truly fi nished, and he spends all his spare time throughout the winter putting trim on windows and caulking the sink.
I totally get it. At home, regardless of whether you “work” there or not, and there’s always something to be done. But when you’re camping, well, there’s the ability to just relax and shut out the
world. No housework, no phone calls, no emails, no clocks. We wake up with the birds and take the day at the pace that works. We eat when we’re hungry and nap when we’re sleepy. In between, we swim and hike and read and play ball. Sounds glorious, doesn’t it?
I know what you’re thinking: But what if it rains? What if one of the kids drinks wonky lake water and has diar-rhea? What if a tick bites me and I get Lyme disease?
I can assure you that the latter two have never happened. And rain? Well, sometimes it rains.
Last Labour Day weekend, for ex-ample, we decided to tempt fate and the weather man and head out for four nights to Lac Philippe. Friends that were meant to join us dared not brave the stormy forecast. But annual tradi-tion – the fact that my husband and I had fi rst met there nine years earlier on Labour Day Weekend-- dictated that we go, regardless of the weather.
The fi rst two days, in fact, we had glo-rious sunshine and an empty beach to ourselves. We walked through the lovely artisan town of Wakefi eld, took in some live music by local folk singer Lindsay Ferguson at the market, and stopped
by the tiny library to pick up a stack of used magazines in the foyer. The next two days, it was pretty much constant downpour.
Not to have our spirits dampened, we decided to make the most of it.
While my beloved husband and chil-dren hooked worms onto fi shing rods, I kicked back in my zero gravity chair in the dining tent and read archival copies of Harrowsmith Country Life Magazine. It’s one of the only times I can remem-ber that I hadn’t a care in the world. And you know what? They were two of the happiest days of my life.
Charles Gordon will return Aug. 18.
COLUMN
The deprivation vacation
With a report to city council last week outlining the implementation of the proposed light rail transit project, an idea that has been little more than
a series of a conceptual drawings and dense reports for the past six years moved perceptibly closer to becoming reality.
While the new proposal for the downtown tunnel section of the LRT raises several ques-tions, such as why wasn’t the shallower Queen Street route considered all along if it is indeed the best option, what this report signifi es is that mass transit in Ottawa will be taking a big step forward by 2018.
As with the expansion of the existing O-Train system announced late last month, the accep-tance of a realistic LRT plan by city council will see Ottawa move closer to the standard of transit enjoyed by residents of other North American cities of similar size.
But we cannot afford to stand back and ad-mire these achievements, as impressive as they might be.
According to the report, transit ridership is expected to increase by 64 per cent by 2031,
based on population and employment growth of 30 per cent during the same period. That growth will see 18,000 people per direction fl owing through the downtown core during peak hours.
The Tunney’s Pasture to Blair Road light rail system will presumably accommodate that growth, but with a signifi cant portion of the trips passing through downtown originating in places like Kanata, Barrhaven and Orleans, the path to reducing traffi c congestion beyond Al-bert and Slater streets does not end with a 12.5 kilometre system.
City council must begin the process of inves-tigating how the rest of the city can effi ciently be incorporated into Ottawa’s fl edgling rail system sooner, not later. There are options that deserve serious consideration from our elected offi cials, such as commuter rail and interpro-vincial links. Another delay similar to the past six years of indecision and doubt cannot be repeated.
The loyal commuters who contribute to Ot-tawa having among the highest transit ridership rates per capita in North America deserve no less.
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DAN PLOUFFE
Winnipeg may have welcomed back their NHL hockey team, but it was sev-eral Ottawa Lions athletes that turned on the jets for last weekend’s Canadian junior track-and-fi eld championships at the University of Manitoba.
The Lions brought back one gold, two silver and four bronze medals to their Terry Fox Athletic Facility home, plus a couple of pairs of relay gold and silver.
University of Ottawa hurdler Ash-lea Maddex was the lone individual golden girl, capturing the women’s 100-metre hurdles by a commanding margin in 13.88 seconds. The Rockland native was one of three Lions athletes to hit minimum qualifying standards at the meet to be selected for the Ca-nadian team that will compete in the Pan American Junior Championships between July 22 and 24 in Miramar, Fla.
Just missing the Pan Am boat was recent Lisgar Collegiate Institute grad Julia Stille, who nonetheless capped a standout season with her silver medal fi nish in the women’s triple jump.
“At the beginning of the season, I really wanted to make junior Pan Ams,” says Stille, who leapt 12.26 me-tres on her fi nal attempt to vault past Lions teammate and bronze medallist Krista Dillon. “Unfortunately I didn’t – I was off by 14 centimetres – but I’ve been jumping really consistently over 12 metres, which was kind of my goal at the beginning, so things have worked out well.
“Last year I came third so I obvi-ously wanted to improve on that. I jumped well too, so I’m happy.”
Although her jump at junior nation-als was offi cially listed as wind-aided in the 35 C weather, Stille surpassed the distance she jumped en route to a fourth-place fi nish at the senior-level Canadian championships in June, as well as her provincial high school gold medal-winning performance. Stille is a Nepean resident who was part of Lisgar’s gifted program.
Stille will have one more crack at the under-20 championships next year (unlike Ehrhardt), although she en-joyed this year’s competition in par-ticular because the Lions sent a large athlete contingent of around two doz-en athletes to Winnipeg.
“It’s nice having a big, supportive
team,” Stille says. “When I’m com-peting, it’s great because I’m in the infi eld so I get to watch everyone else compete. It’s fun to cheer them on when I’m right there.”
University of Ottawa student Devin Biocchi and Immaculata High School student Denray Jean-Jacques repli-cated Stille and Dillon’s 2-3 feat with silver and bronze medal wins in the men’s 400 metres.
Biocchi, who also placed fi fth in the 200 metres, dipped under the 48-sec-ond Pan Am qualifying standard with a 47.87 clocking, while Jean-Jacques just missed the mark at 48.23.
Mohamed Souleiman, who attended
Gisele-Lalonde and Louis-Riel high schools, posted a Pan Am qualifying time of 1:51.73 to win bronze in the men’s 800 metres, while Franco-Ouest student Emma Galbraith came oh-so-close in the women’s 800 metres, miss-ing the standard by .04 seconds and a place on the podium by .01 with her fourth-place fi nish in 2:11.04.
Glebe Collegiate Institute grad Em-ery Terrell rounded out the individual medal haul with a bronze in the wom-en’s heptathlon, while the Lions took gold in the women’s 4-by-100 metre re-lay and the men’s 4-by-400 metre, and silver in the men’s 4-by-100 metre and women’s 4-by-400 metre.
File photoThe stopwatch wasn’t kind to Ottawa Lions 800-metre runner Emma Galbraith this past weekend at the Canadian junior track-and-fi eld championships in Winnipeg. The Franco-Ouest high school student missed the podium by .01 seconds and was .04 seconds away from a time that would have qualifi ed her for the Pan American junior championships.
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DANIEL NUGENT-BOWMAN
The Nepean Raiders will be without their top point-getter when they open-ing the 2011-12 Central Canada Hockey League (CCHL) season on Sept. 9.
Brent Norris, who led the Raiders with 41 goals, 34 assists and 75 points last season, has decided to play for the Cedar Rapids (Iowa) RoughRiders of the United States Hockey League.
Norris, 18, has committed to enrol at Providence College in September 2012 and could have suited up for the Raid-ers for one more season.
He was a CCHL third-team all-star in 2010-11.
The centreman missed the Raiders’ entire opening-round series against the Brockville Braves last season due to injury. Nepean lost the matchup in seven games.
The news of Norris’s southern
departure comes in conjuncture with that of Kanata Stallions’ Kyle Rankin.
The 18-year-old left-winger isn’t committed to play for Princeton Uni-versity until 2012-13, but has opted to play in the United States Hockey League for the Sioux Falls (South Da-kota) Stampede instead.
The pair played together on the Otta-wa Senators AAA minor midget team in 2008-09 before joining the CCHL.
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Ontario commmuni-ties are spending un-precedented time and money on how to pay
for fi xes to our crumbling infra-structure, the roads, water sys-tems, schools and other public buildings that underpin daily life.
Funds are in short supply to repair, upgrade or rebuild ag-ing facilities, despite billions of dollars in stimulus funds in the last few years. From the Ottawa region to Metro Toronto to the near north, the pressure comes at a time when many communi-ties are already experiencing budget problems.
Ottawa’s public infrastruc-ture assets are valued at $14 billion. Those assets depreci-ate at a rate of over $200 mil-lion per year. Council has allocated about $30 million for infrastructure renewal in 2011. The city says it should be spending more than twice that amount for repair and re-placement but doesn’t have the funds.
And although Ontario and federal funding will continue, exactly how these programs will be run is not yet clear. NDP Leader Jack Layton and other
opposition politicians say they worry the senior, cash-strapped governments will place a lower priority on municipal infra-structure now.
By the province’s own es-timates, there is $100 billion worth of unrepaired or unbuilt infrastructure in Ontario, with no funds available to fi x or build it. That infrastructure gap can be seen more clearly every day in roadway sinkholes, fl ooded storm systems and deteriorat-ing public buildings.
Ontario communities are struggling without success to meet their infrastructure needs, despite several years of stimulus funding. While the
$3.4-billion infrastructure pro-gram created jobs and helped kick-start the economy, even Ontario Infrastructure Minis-ter Bob Chiarelli concedes the stimulus programs made only a “dent.”
“I think it will be a long time before it will be easy, but collec-tively, we need to do it smarter,” Chiarelli acknowledged.
A Metroland Special Report shows Ontario communities increasingly are borrowing and going into debt – some for the fi rst time in decades – to deal with a worsening situa-tion. Long-term needs are over-whelming.
Just last week, the City of
Ottawa decided to borrow $200 million for capital projects.
Metroland surveyed munici-palities for data on everything from the amount of money re-ceived from the federal govern-ment and Queen’s Park to long-term infrastructure needs. (See chart.)
More than half have intro-duced a tax or levy specifi cally to help pay for infrastructure projects (Ottawa introduced such a levy in 2006 but aban-doned it by the third year, which happened to be an elec-tion year);
More than half measure their expected capital costs over the next decade in billions of dol-
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lars, including York at $8 billion by 2020 (fi gures for Ottawa were unavailable because the city’s long-range fi nancial plan was up for review this year, but the capital portion was delayed);
Three-quarters report they are currently short at least $160 million for future infrastruc-ture repairs and upgrades;
Mississauga, which hasn’t had to borrow since 1978, proj-ects $446 million in debt over the next 10 years. Brampton, debt free at the moment, ex-pects to start incurring debt as early as 2012;
Almost half are carrying debt loads in excess of $600 per resident.
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A METROLAND MEDIA SPECIAL REPORT
If Ontario was your house, it would be on the verge of falling apart. The roof needs reshingling, the electrical system is ailing and the furnace is on its last legs. Forget about the fact the bathroom hasn’t been redone since the 1970s. You’ve taken loans and are maxing out credit cards to pay for just part of what needs to be done. A Metroland Special Report shows that’s the situation for Ontario municipalities as they struggle to fi x our crumbling infrastructure – the roads, buildings, water and sewer systems that underpin our daily life.
The First in a Three-Part SeriesHow to fi x our crumbling infrastructure
Recent Infrastructure Spending
Provincewide spending on 1,400 municipal projects from all three levels of government totalled about $3.4 billion over the last two years.
This included the $1.85 bil-lion (split between Ontario and Ottawa) doled out in On-tario through the Infrastruc-ture Stimulus Fund (ISF). Other investments included $408 mil-lion through the Communities Component of the Building Canada Fund and the Recre-ational Infrastructure Canada (RINC) fund that allowed for $500 million of renovations at hockey arenas and other rec-reational facilities across the country.
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The consequences are signifi -cant.
In Wainfl eet, more than 1,000 homes are entering the sixth year of a boil water advisory after Niagara Region decided against the $120-million cost of connecting the community to Port Colborne’s water system;
To close the local infrastruc-ture gap, every Toronto resident would have to pay more than $1,000 extra on their property tax bill. In Prince Edward County and in Perth, the fi gure is closer to $2,000;
In Hamilton, roads that are supposed to be resurfaced with-in 35 years are now on a 110-year cycle;
Sinkholes are more common, opening huge gaps in roadways when broken underground pipes collapse or the surface gives out;
Severe weather and crumbling storm systems make certain old-er neighbourhoods across On-tario more vulnerable to base-ment fl ooding;
In Durham, traffi c on a badly deteriorating heritage bridge has been curtailed until the $800,000 in required funding is found;
In Huntsville, where more than $100 million fl owed in fund-ing for the G8 summit and feder-al-provincial stimulus, no assis-tance was available to renovate several small community halls to make them handicapped ac-
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cessible.Part of the problem is that re-
cent government stimulus funds went to “shovel ready” projects, rather than those most in need of attention, says Saeed Mirza, professor emeritus of engineer-ing at McGill University.
“The stimulus (program) was to create jobs, not to spend mon-ey where we needed,” he said. “Our infrastructure is in very dire straits and we need to act urgently.”
The balance of Ontario’s infra-structure is now of an age where it needs replacement or repair. About 60 per cent of buildings, roads, water and other systems are more than 50 years old. Al-most a third of the province’s infrastructure is more than 90 years old.
Guelph is a good example of what that means. About 40 per cent of the city’s $1.3 billion worth of infrastructure is at the end of its life cycle now.
Almost every community has a Centennial building of some kind, a library or an arena, built in a massive construction boom during Canada’s 1967 celebra-tions. About 2,500 such build-ings are now in need of – but not funded for – repairs.
“There are really harsh, stark realities coming soon,” said Pat Vanini, executive director of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario.
A METROLAND MEDIA SPECIAL REPORT
LAURA MUELLER
In the last term of council, the City of Ottawa did attempt to take action regarding its growing infrastructure debt – but it didn’t last. Council imposed a levy in 2006 that would add money to a reserve fund dedicated to tackling infrastructure renewal. At a two per cent increase over and above property tax increases each year, the additional fee didn’t last.
“We stayed true to our prin-ciples for one year, and by the second year we had watered it down and by the third year we abandoned that principle,” said Innes Ward Coun. Rainer Bloess, who championed an attempt to reintroduce the levy in the fi nal year of the last council’s term.
After the fi rst year it was slashed to one per cent, and by the third year of the term – with another election approaching – the levy was axed entirely.
“If bridges are falling down or roads are crumbling, what does it take to fi x them?” Bloess said. “We know that if you don’t in-vest in your infrastructure at the right time – in maintaining infra-structure – you are going to pay way more down the line.”
The city’s approach is to do only what it can afford – and that’s the wrong answer, Bloess said.
“Affordability is obviously an issue,” he said. “But the real issue should be: What do you need to do to maintain your infrastructure? What is it going to cost you?”
Bloess said he doesn’t think this new council has the appe-tite to approach infrastructure renewal that way, but the debate still needs to happen.
That debate may take place in the fall, when city councillors will discuss a long-range fi nan-cial plan, including a plan for city-funded capital projects. The report was supposed to be done by late spring, but it’s taking longer to identify exactly what Ottawa’s needs are for capital in-frastructure.
The city’s last long-range fi -nancial plan, which ended this year, stated: “It is imperative that a strategy be developed that will ensure that our assets are protected and maintained at the lowest long-term cost to our tax-payers.”
On average, Ottawa spends about 35 per cent of what it should be spending on infra-structure renewal.
Tackling Ottawa’s growing debt
NEXT WEEK: The growing gap
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JENNIFER MCINTOSH
The clock is ticking for orga-nizers of the 16th annual Easter Seals Regatta Weekend in Ot-tawa.
The event – which is planned for the weekend of July 15 and 16 – will be held at the Nepean Sailing Club, 3259 Carling Ave.
With kids like Andrew and Matthew Maynard in mind, the regatta weekend will start off with the Friday night Rock the Dock fundraiser auction at 6:30 p.m.
Andrew and Matthew are 12-year-old Barrhaven twins with varying degrees of cerebral palsy. The boys have been Eas-ter Seals ambassadors for the last two fundraising campaigns and they regularly speak at local schools.
Krystal Wallace, a develop-ment manager for Easter Seals Ontario, said that this year’s fundraising goal is $55,000.
“Last year we managed to raise just under that … so I am confi dent we can reach our goal,” she said.
The money goes to provide fi nancial support for families of children living with disabili-ties. Be it chair lifts, wheelchair,
ramps or other medical equip-ment, Wallace said it’s all about improving mobility and quality of life.
Andrew requires a wheelchair and the family is hoping to get a chair lift to take him up to his bedroom. The lift would cost ap-proximately $20,000.
Easter Seals also offers trips to summer camps in eastern Ontario, one called Merrywood, near Perth, Ont., and another one in Kingston.
The 10-day stays allotted to the children in the program are an opportunity for the them to have fun and for the parents to get some respite. The camps have one councillor for every two children because of the high needs of the campers and there are nurses on site.
The camps will receive some of the funds raised during the weekend at the Nepean Sail-ing Club, making it possible for more children to have a summer vacation next year.
SCHEDULE
Following Friday evening’s Rock the Dock party, the events take to the water.
On Saturday, swimmers will get up bright and early at 8:30
a.m. for the Bushtukah Bring on the Bay three-kilometre open-water swim.
The swim is in its fourth year and Wallace said it is consid-ered one of the best open-water swims in the region.
Dozens of volunteers take their boats out to posted spots along the course, providing direction and support to the swimmers.
Later on Saturday, boaters are also asked to register to take an Easter Seals family out for the Fuller Family Fleet Salute, fol-lowed by a barbecue at the yacht club.
Wallace said the one weekend represents possibly the largest fundraiser for Easter Seals On-tario each year, and planning is done year round.
“We wouldn’t be able to have nearly the same amount of suc-cess without our community sponsors and volunteers,” she said.
Following the water events on Saturday there will be a luau and dinner accompanied by tunes from the Richer and Rose Band. Tickets for the luau can be purchased at nsc.ca/web2/easterseals/luau
All events are open to the pub-lic. Swimmers are asked to reg-ister at www.bringonthebay.com
File photoSwimmers at the start of the course during last year’s Bushtukah Bring on the Bay three-kilometre swim from the Nepean Sailing Club docks to the Britannia Yacht Club.
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The plants are in bloom along Stillwater Creek and the fi sh are swimming.
Three Bells Corners businesses – Myers Volkswagen, Ottawa Fastener Supply Ltd. and Turpin AutoWorld – partnered with the Rideau Valley Conservation Author-ity (RVCA) to help clean up and improve 250 metres of the Creek’s shoreline this spring.
The health of the creek faces many chal-lenges, including encroachment, channel-ization and pollution.
The RVCA’s shoreline stewardship pro-gram manager Andrea Klymko said that 25 people turned in mid-May out to clean up garbage and plant tree and shrubs to maintain the shoreline and prevent ero-sion.
The clean up was done as part of the making shorelines natural project, which aims to improve the water quality of City of Ottawa creeks and streams.
“It also draws attention to the fact that these waterways are viable wildlife habi-tats that deserve care and protection,” Klymko said. “Our hats are off to the part-ner businesses that supported this shore-line naturalization project.”
More than 1,000 native trees and shrubs were planted along the creek, which is home to 24 different species of fi sh.
The project – which also included work at Mud Creek and Black Rapids – was giv-en funding last fall through by Environ-ment Canada.
The waterways were identifi ed by the City Stream Watch program at RVCA.
Klymko said the team took to the neigh-bourhoods surrounding Stillwater Creek, Mud Creek and Black Rapids to fi nd vol-unteers for the cleanup.
“Streams and creeks are really impor-tant to the overall health of our communi-ties,” she said.
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Volunteers improve health of Stillwater Creek
Bells Corners volunteers and businesses turn out to clean up Stillwater Creek .
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The Kitching brothers’ sum-mer vacation has taken a little twist.
Jeff and Frank Kitching have decided to take a canoe across the country to raise awareness and funds for amyotrophic lat-eral sclerosis (ALS) research.
The pair lost their father Wayne to the disease in 2008.
The portage idea, Frank said, came from a story about an Irish man who bet that he could travel around the country with a bar fridge. The two had been thinking about a way to honour their father in the years since he passed and the concept seemed to fi t.
“But we fi gured a canoe was more Canadian,” Frank said.
It is possibly the longest por-tage in history.
Jeff said it was a kind of por-tage, but they were cheating.
“We are using people’s cars and we don’t want the canoe to touch the water anywhere but in the Atlantic and Pacifi c oceans,” he said.
Frank, a project manager with Nepean-based Internation-al Safety Research, was thank-ful to his company for giving him the time off to have this ad-venture and honour his father’s memory.
“They have been very gener-ous,” he said.
Kitching even visited his work with a pit stop at the Colonnade Road offi ce on July 11 for a fund-raising barbecue.
In the months leading up the trip, developed the website, blog, Twitter and Facebook page to promote their cause.
“I also contacted all of the provincial ALS Societies to let them know what we were do-ing and we attended local ALS
walks in Ottawa and Sudbury prior to leaving,” the Kanata resident said.
Jeff was responsible for book-ing the campsites and hunting down rides for the brothers and their canoe during the month-long odyssey.
ALS – also known as Lou Geh-rig’s disease – is a degenerative disease that slowly paralyzes the patient as the brain loses the ability to control muscles. According to the ALS Society of Canada, of those diagnosed with ALS, 80 per cent die within two to fi ve years, unable to breathe or swallow.
Approximately 2,500 to 3,000 people are currently living with ALS in Canada.
The canoe is dubbed 42 Canoe because the departure marks the 42nd month since their fa-ther’s death. Also, Frank was 42 when his father died and Jeff is currently 42.
Jeff, a teacher from Edmon-ton, said that the trip has been going about as expected.
July 4 was a long day, with the pair having to hitchhike after their ferry ride to Nova Scotia from Newfoundland.
“We were lucky and got a cou-ple of rides,” Jeff said.
One kind soul gave the broth-ers a ride to the larger highway with the canoe and another person ferried them and their stuff all the way from Baddeck, N.S. to Halifax – a 351-kilometre drive.
As they make their way across the country, people are encourage to make donations, which Frank said will either go to their provincial ALS societies that help families and people liv-ing with ALS, or to the national branch, which directs funds to research.
The white canoe will return layered in purple writing at the
end of the trip with sponsors and volunteers signing it along the way.
The tour will end in Victoria
on July 31 – a day before what would have been their father’s birthday.
Jeff said the brothers planned
to stay an extra day to toast their dad.
To follow the trip, visit 42ca-noe.ca
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Brothers take canoe across the country to raise funds for ALS Society of Canada
Daniel Nugent-Bowman photoJohn Dowd, Frank Kitching and Jeff Kitching stand beside their canoe outside of the International Safety Research offi ce in Nepean on July 11. The two brothers decided to canoe across the country to raise aware-ness and funds for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) research after they lost their father, Wayne, to the disease in 2008. Dowd drove the pair from Montreal to Ottawa.
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Simon Cowell, the acerbic former American Idol judge, might not be ap-pearing at the Carlingwood Shopping Centre this summer, but Eldon Fox said Ottawa residents will still catch a glimpse of the city’s talent at Kiwanis Idol – a sim-ilar competition that’s meant to discover local talent.
“There wasn’t really a local contest for anybody in Ottawa,” said Eldon Fox, the Kiwanis Idol organizer. “There was noth-ing for the kids to get on stage and show what they have.”
That’s why Fox created the competition eight years ago, which allows youth age 13 to 21 to show their music talent.
This summer, there will be a round of auditions held at the Carlingwood Shop-ping Centre where visitors will be able to see the performances.
“Last year we had it at city hall. For fi ve years it was in council chambers,” Fox said. “This year we decided to put it more into the public and get a bigger au-dience. It works out much better even for the judges and they get feedback from the audience.”
Fox admitted that out of the 100 to 200 people who audition, there are some who might not be the most talented singers.
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“They tell them in a nice way to get a vo-cal coach, or get some training,” Fox said. “It’s a helpful process they go through.”
He added that some participants will keep trying and many re-enter them-selves in the competition – some have even won.
Fox stressed that those who want to participate should practice and remain dedicated in order to win the competi-tion.
“A lot (of participants) think they can practice at home for an hour,” he said. “Come prepared and make sure you know the song frontwards and backwards.”
Fox said he wanted to introduce the contest because it’s a positive experience for young people – and, a good opportu-nity for them to get noticed.
Some have even signed record deals with major companies like Sony and Uni-versal.
“I think it’s a real good thing for the community and the kids,” Fox said. “It’s a real good step for them to get used to be-ing on stage.”
He said visitors to the Carlingwood Shopping Centre will be surprised at how much talent there is among Ottawa’s youth.
See ‘Idol’ page 18
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“We usually get the top in the city trying out,” said Fox.
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Aboriginal students came to Algonquin College from July 3 to 7 on a quest to fi nd their dreams.
The 25 youth, ranging in age from 12 to 17, came to the college for the fourth an-nual Dream Quest summer camp.
The camp gave the kids a taste of what it’s like to go to college in the city with ca-reers samplers in areas like home decor, auto mechanics, web design and culinary arts.
In the evenings, the kids got to explore the nation’s capital with trips to Bluesfest and Victoria Island.
“We really try to give them an authen-tic college experience,” said Miranda Huron, a student success specialist with the college. “They take OC Transpo buses and eat at the cafeteria.”
The general consensus of the kids was that the food was delicious and they would defi nitely come back next year.
“I really like when we got to go to (Vic-toria) Island and see how other tribes live,” said 15-year-old Kahonwine Adams, who hails from the Akwesasne reserve near Cornwall, Ont.
Kahonwine tried the “decor by you” course in interior decorating and got to design her own room.
See ‘Youth’ page 21
Photo by Jennifer McIntoshAboriginal youth from across the province came to Algonquin for Dream Quest. It’s a fi ve-day experience for students aged 12 to 17 years of age to get a sample of college life. Pictured at the college’s Mami-dosewin Aboriginal Student Centre on July 7, the kids are getting ready to play a la-crosse game.
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Kahonwine said that she plans on go-ing to college or university when she is older, to become a marine biologist.
“Where I am, I am always surrounded by the river,” she said. “I am in the water 24/7.”
Both the organizers and attendees agreed that everyone got along well.
“When I came here, everyone was like a friend you just hadn’t met yet,” Kahon-wine said.
Kateri Amikons, a 14-year-old from
Golden Lake, Ont. – about two hours west of Ottawa – said she would come back next year to try out the culinary arts pro-gram.
“Everything was better than I expect-ed,” she said.
The students live in residence for the fi ve days they are in Ottawa and the pro-gram is run by college staff and students from various disciplines.
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There were plenty of top-notch players headed for university careers on display at the Gloucester International Soccer Tournament, but leave it to two teams from the youngest group to produce one of the most entertaining matches of this past weekend’s event.
If not for the diminutive stature of some players, it would have been hard to tell that the West Ottawa and Nepean City combatants in one division fi nal were in fact playing for the under-10 crown. Both top tier teams put on a display of disci-pline and determination – not to men-tion soccer skills – that belied their age as West Ottawa pulled out an exciting 3-2 victory in extra time.
“I’m overjoyed. The boys played re-ally hard all weekend,” said West Ottawa coach Jeff Holmes. “(Nepean City) is an excellent team, and it’s only fi tting that it went down to the last 30 seconds of over-time.”
Owen McKee got to play the hero’s role in the championship match as he scored the golden goal to end it, as well as the equalizer that came in the dying moments of regulation to force the extra session.
Bruce Coltart opened the game’s scor-ing for West Ottawa before Nepean City responded with markers by Willem Brandt and Cameron Brown to hold a 2-1 lead in the battle between squads that were both undefeated in four matches leading up to the fi nal.
“It could have gone either way for sure,” said Nepean City manager Steve Brown, who passed on kudos to the
team’s coaches and the club for placing a real emphasis on creating a family atmosphere through soccer. “There’s always a winner and a loser and some-times it kind of hurts to lose, but the boys are not sad about it or hanging their heads because it was a good game, we played well and we had a solid tour-nament.
“And we play this team in our regular season, so hopefully we get our revenge then.”
For West Ottawa, the Gloucester com-petition provided a little bit of redemp-tion since they didn’t win a single game in their fi rst tournament of the season.
“They’ve been working hard and learn-ing,” explained Holmes, identifying his players’ patience on the ball and their teamwork as big keys to success. “Every game they got better and better and this is the culmination of it. I’m so proud of the way they’re working.”
Fifteen division champions were crowned from the 92 teams that took part in the 31st edition of the Gloucester boys’ tournament, held at the Hornets Nest as well as Potvin fi elds.
“It was perfect soccer weather,” added Holmes, whose team is headed to Niagara Falls for a competition next month. “The organizers here are great. It’s a fabulous tournament and we’ll defi nitely be back next year.”
While most entrants came from On-tario and Quebec, one team from Arsenal (England) gave the tournament a bit of international fl air while also fl exing its overseas muscles in outscoring their pre-liminary-round opponents 15-3 in the U15 Tier 1 competition.
Photo by Dan Plouffe Nepean City earned a well-deserved medal for their efforts in the U10 division at this past weekend’s Gloucester International Soccer Tournament as they won four games en route to the championship fi nal where they lost on a golden goal with just moments left in extra time.
Golden goal ends classic at Gloucester tourney
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Not-for-profi t organizations will now have the opportunity to take advantage of low-interest loans for expansion, thanks to changes to Infrastructure On-tario’s loan program.
Infrastructure Minister and Ottawa West-Nepean MPP Bob Chiarelli an-nounced on July 11 that $10 billion would be made available to community health, sports and recreational organizations.
“This is an important step in provid-ing needed and necessary infrastructure that supports people who are the most vulnerable in our communities,” Laurel Broten, minister of Children and Youth Services said in a press release.
The extension of the low-interest loan program – long used by municipalities for things like the building of new hos-pitals, schools and transit projects – will be available for organizations such the YMCA-YWCA.
“Infrastructure is the foundation of our economy and quality of life,” Chi-arelli said in a press release. “Investing in our roads, water systems and public buildings creates jobs, strengthens our province and makes living in Ontario better.”
Since the program was started in 2003, the province has built 18 new hospitals
and 400 new schools. They have also in-vested in Ottawa’s light rail transit and built or rebuilt 5,500 kilometres of road.
Ontario’s new infrastructure plan – called Building Together – will see $35 billion invested over the next three years.
Subbmitted photoAllison Fisher, Executive Director, Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health with Yasir Naqvi, MPP for Ottawa Centre, Bob Chi-arelli, MPP for Ottawa West-Nepean, Min-ister of Infrastructure and Deirdre Speers, acting CEO, YMCA-YWCA National Capi-tal Region during the announcement of the expansion of the Infrastructure Ontar-io loan program to eligible not-for-profi t organizations on July 11.
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Metroland Media currently has an opening for a Regional Human Resources Manager supporting the Ottawa region. Reporting to the Director, Human Resources, the incumbent will be responsible for providing expert Human Resources consultation to the Region ensuring all Human Resources needs are successfully met. Consulting with the regional businesses, the primary responsibility of this role is to provide guidance and consulting to ensure that business practices are promoted and supported by HR practices.
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Employee Engagement - further develop a learning culture through eff ective succession planning, objective setting, performance development, talent review & development planning as well as one-on-one coaching
Employee Relations – Coach Managers & employees through eff ective listening, counseling, being supportive & making appropriate recommendations in accordance with company policies, government legislation & the requirements of the business unit.
Labour relations – provide guidance and support to the management team on collective agreement interpretation & administration. Lead the grievance & arbitration process & assist in collective bargaining. Maintain a strong labour relations climate.
Ensure legal compliance is met with respect to all relevant employment and contractual legislation.
Facilitate learning & development by organizing and/or conducting training sessions and workshops.
Promote excellence within the HR function with respect to performance management, compensation planning, benefi ts administration, health & safety and WSIB, STD/LTD claims management.
• Manage the recruitment & selection and on-boarding process to ensure the recruitment of top talent in a timely, cost-eff ect manner.
• Participate in Corporate HR Initiatives and projects as assigned.
Skills & Experience:
University degree or equivalent education in Human Resources
CHRP designation or working towards
Minimum 3-5 years management experience
Previous labour relations experience
Proven leadership and strategic thinking
Demonstrated track record of innovation and continuous
improvement
Strong communication skills both written and verbal
Strong Interpersonal skills
Strong project and time management skills;
Managerial courage & political savvy
Results-oriented with the ability to think and learn on the fl y.
Interested candidates should forward their resumes onor before July 29th, 2011 to Nancy Gour:
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This is a challenging role that requires an enthusiastic and energetic individual who is a self starter with strong communication, organizational, computer and problem solving skills. Experience is not necessary as on-the-job training will be provided for the right candidate.
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Some of the things you’ll enjoy about working as part of the sales team at Metroland:• Being part of Metroland’s adventure in the online and offl ine world• Working in a fast paced innovative working environment• Advising clients on cutting edge technologies and industry trends• Becoming an expert in the Web, publishing, and delivery• Self-directed earnings potential
In this position, you will be called upon to:• Identify and discuss advertising needs with prospective customers• Understand and promote METROLAND MEDIA products and services
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Requirements:• A can-do attitude with a drive for success• Good Internet skills - SEO/SEM knowledge is an asset • The desire to earn the income you want based on sales results• Excellent communication skills• Media experience is an asset, but not required.
Metroland Media attributes its success and winning culture to its dedicated employees. We are committed to off ering you a best-in-class total rewards package, ongoing growth and development opportunities, plus a dynamic and innovative working environment.
Forward your resume in confi dence to Nancy Gour ([email protected]) by July 30, 2011.
We thank all applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
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Position Available: Production Artist, Temporary Full-time, entry levelSummaryOttawa Region’s production team is looking for an enthusiastic computer-savvy graphic designer.Production artists primarily work closely with the sales department to cre-ate ads for print in any of our 15 community newspaper publications.
Please note that hours are shift work with three 12 hour shifts, one 8 hour day and one day off per week, Monday – Friday with no weekend work.
ResponsibilitiesDuties and Responsibilities: Retrieve digital fi les from email, ftp and network fi leservers. Work closely with advertising sales reps to elicit requirements. Produce ads using InDesign/Illustrator. Prefl ight incoming artwork using Pitstop and Acrobat Pro for correct specifi cations. Check fi nal newspaper pages for ads assembled into them and page completeness. Send press-ready PDF page fi les via network fi leservers. Various page, fi le and spreadsheet handling for shipment to third parties. Be responsible for ensuring all fi les are sent on time and procedures are followed. Design and layout newspaper special section pages. Work with regular newspaper pages using InDesign.
Competencies, Skills and Experience Skilled in Adobe Creative Suite 2 in a PC environment, MAC experience desirable. Skilled in digital fi le retrieval and manipulation. Able to work under tight deadlines. Organized, good phone manner, ability to multitask. Familiar with PDF technology, retrieving and sending fi les electronically, working on a network. Creative design skills for newsprint advertisements. Flexible and adaptable. Newspaper publishing background preferred.
Interested candidates should forward their resume to the attention of Mark Saunders at [email protected] by no later than Thursday, July 28, 2011.
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call 613-221-6235..
ONGOINGVolunteers are needed in recreation. If you can play the piano, paint, sing, craft, cook or bake, volunteer at the Villa Marconi. Orienta-tion and training are provided. For more information or to apply, call Antonietta (613) 727-6201 ext. 6660 or [email protected].
ONGOINGGarden Volunteers required. If you like to garden and have a few hours of spare time a week, the Friends of the Central Experimental Farm need your help. Garden-ers are needed for the Ornamental gardens, Arboretum,& Shelterbelt garden teams. Each team meets weekday mornings, on a weekly basis over the summer. For more information:www.friendsofthefarm.ca/volunteers, or call 613-230-3276.
UNTIL JULY 31Kelly Funeral Homes is asking the commu-nity to remember those people who are less fortunate than ourselves. Last year with the community’s assistance we helped to stock the pantry at the Shepherds of Good Hope. This summer we are asking again for your help during our annual Summer Food Drive. During the month of July, drop off your non perishable food at any Kelly Funeral Home location. Items needed are: tuna fi sh, canned meat, canned spaghetti or dry pasta, canned fruit & vegetables, baby food or formula, rice, hearty soups, dry bean, powdered milk, cereal/oatmeal, granola bars, peanut butter, coffee or tea.
JULY 16 TO 17The fi rst round of the 2011 Kiwanis Idol audi-tions will take place at Carlingwood Shop-ping Centre from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This is the eighth year for the Kiwanis Community Event for local singers, ages 13-21. Audition forms at www.kiwanisidol.org. For more info, call Eldon Fox at 613-831-9900.
JULY 20Nepean Concert Band performs every other Wednesday at Andrew Haydon Park.
JULY 22Presented by the Ottawa Fury Hockey Team and The Jenna Swinwood Team, Re/max Af-fi liates Realty Ltd, the 3rd Annual Fury Golf Tournament will raise funds for Starlight Children’s Foundation in Ottawa. Lunch at 12:00, donated by Adam’s Apple Café. Cedar-hill Golf and Country Club. Shot gun start at 1:00 p.m, great prizes, Live 88.5 on site
AUG 7Friends of the Farm will host a lovely Classic tea served on the lawns of the Arboretum. Bring a patio chair and listen to live music. Enter the best hat contest and don period costume (optional). Location: Bldg 72, C.E.F., east off Prince of Wales traffi c circle. Call 613-230-3276 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Admission FREE, Formal Tea $6
AUG 13 AND 14The second round of the 2011 Kiwanis Idol auditions will take place at Carlingwood Shopping Centre from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This is the eighth year for the Kiwanis Community Event for local singers, ages 13-21. Audition forms at www.kiwanisidol.org. For more info, call Eldon Fox at 613-831-9900.
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uto/2011 Elantra Touring L 5-Speed/2011 Tucson L 5-speed/2011 Santa Fe 2.4L GL 6-speed/2011 Veracruz G
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ST). Registration, insurance, PPSA
and license fees are excluded. D
elivery and destination charge includes freight, P.D.E., dealer adm
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uto/2011 Elantra Touring L 5-Speed/2011 Tucson L 5-speed/2011 Santa Fe 2.4L GL 6-speed/2011 Veracruz G
L FWD
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n: 2011 Accent
GL 3D
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egistration, insurance, PPSA and license fees are excluded.
‡Purchase or lease a 2011 Accent/2011 Elantra Touring/2011 Sonata/2011 Tucson/2011 Santa Fe/2011 Veracruz m
odel during July 2011 and you will receive a preferred price Petro-C
anada Gas C
ard valid for $0.30 per litre savings on each litre of gas up to a total of 750/750/750/900/900/900 Litres. Based on Energuide com
bined fuel consumption rating for the 2011 A
ccent L 3D
r 5-speed (6.7L/100km)/2011 Elantra Touring L 5-speed (7.7L/100km
)/2011 Sonata GL 6-speed (7.8L/100km
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L 6-speed (9.0L/100km)/2011 Veracruz G
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(10.8L/100km) at 15,400km
/year [yearly average driving distance (Transport Canada’s Provincial Light Vehicle Fleet Statistics, 2009)]. This card is valid only at
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odels. �Fuel consum
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license. ∆See your dealer for eligible vehicles and full details of the G
raduate Rebate Program
. ◊Accent 7 year/120,000 km
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News
STAFFThe City of Ottawa will bor-
row $200 million to help cover the cost of projects in the com-ing year.
Approved at the July 7 de-benture committee meeting,
the borrowing means the city’s total debt has risen to nearly $1 billion.
The debenture committee was set up in January 2010 to issue debentures, which are similar to bonds. The debentures have been issued as two separate
tranches, the fi rst valued at $150 million with a 31-year term and a second worth $50 million, which has been issued for a 15-year term.
Some of the money will be used to:
• Buy 226 buses.
• Expand the sewer network in multiple locations.
• Complete the Strandherd-Armstrong bridge.
• Extend Strandherd Drive in Barrhaven eastward to Prince of Wales Drive and the new Strandherd-Armstrong bridge.
City almost $1 billion in debt
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