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PLACID PONDAfter struggling with rowdy swimmers, raucous parties and virulent vandalism, the monitor pilot project fi nally brought peace to a Rockcliffe Park pond.
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OUT OF THE DARKNESSThe fi nal installment of Metroland Media’s three-part series on youth suicide examines community resources.
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MICHELLE NASH
A new green initiative in Vanier is mak-ing waves as the Really Really Free Market gets ready for their third swap meet of the year.
The market is organized by volunteers of Full Circles, an Ottawa recycling group, in an effort to reduce the city’s ecological foot-
print and the fl ea market-like event takes place on Oct. 1 at the corner of Montreal Road and Begin Street.
The non-profi t organization’s goal is to re-duce the amount of useful items that wind up in the trash can. Part of how they man-age to reuse is through their free markets.
“It is all about sustainability of good re-usable items,” said Kelly Wilson, the Full Circles event organizer. “And it is amazing
at how many people come out.”Wilson has been working with Full Cir-
cles for a year-and-a-half and created this free market event because she wanted to do something that will make a difference.
“We can all make a difference together and it can make a huge difference to the amount of things that are thrown out and end up in landfi lls,” Wilson said.
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Recycling swap meet all about sustainability
Photo by Michelle Nash
STILL LOOKING GOOD AFTER FOUR YEARSTogether for Vanier’s working group on beautifi cation celebrated their fourth anniversary on Sept. 20. The group has had a successful year which included park makeovers and boosting their membership to 214 residents who volunteer hundreds of hours of their time cleaning up the neighbourhood.
PET SHOP PUZZLECity councillors are torn over a proposed bylaw change that would bar pet shops selling any cats and dogs not up for adoption at the Humane Society.
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MICHELLE NASH
A little bit of hard work paid off this summer for Rockcliffe Park resi-dents when it came to the pond prob-lems the community had been ex-periencing at the Caldwell-Carver Conservation Area.
“We are happy to report that a little bit of deterrence goes a long way and made a huge difference,” said Brian Dickson, president of the Rockcliffe Park Resi-dents Association.
The problems at the pond have been going on for 25 years, Dickson said, the same length of time he’s been living near the conservation designated area.
However, problems at the pond reached the boiling point a few years ago after the city cut pond monitors out of the budget.
Prior to 2007, the city budget allocated $25,000 to pay for monitors at the con-servation area in the summer months. The monitors kept watch at the pond to deter rowdy individuals swimming after
hours, drinking and vandalism in the area, swimming after hours.
Last year alone there were more than 160 visits to the Caldwell-Carver pond by city bylaw offi cers
This summer, Rockcliffe Park Resi-dents Association decided to take the matter into their own hands and with a $10,000 grant provided by the city, the association were able to hire pond moni-tors.
Dickson said resident Marilyn Blat-tel, who took up the volunteer job of organizing and taking care of the moni-tors, was the key component to why this year’s pilot project was such a success.
“Marilyn stayed home every day in the summer in case the monitors need-ed her, she put in a lot of time and the association really thanks her,” Dickson said at the association’s monthly board meeting on Sept. 21.
Three pond monitors started in June to help keep a handle on the misuse of the area.
A successful solution this year, Dick-son would still like to see a permanent
fi x.“We really need stable, long-term
funding for this pond,” Dickson said. Rideau-Rockcliffe Coun. Peter Clark
too would like to secure long term fund-ing for the pond.
“I would like to see the money rein-stated,” Clark said.
Rockcliffe Park pond monitor project a huge success
File photo The new monitors at the pond in Caldwell-Carver Conservation Area started June 18 for the summer swimming months. Funded through a grant program from the city, Rock-cliffe Park Residents Association said having monitors at the pond kept the number of calls to 311 and residents concerns about safety down.
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Youth have been using the city pool at Optimiste Park for skateboarding to the dismay of area resident, however, with no where else to go the children are left with few options.
This, compounded with destruction to property, is why the community is look-ing to build a skate park.
As residents on the working group on beautifi cation in Vanier continue to work hard at cleaning up their streets and parks, some residents have become con-cerned about the young children, around the ages of 10 to 14, who have been going to the park after school to skate.
The most recent concern raised has been the use of a picnic table in the park as a skateboard ramp, which left the table in pieces. Elaine Léger, vice-presi-dent of the Vanier Community Associa-tion and head of the parks committee said the need for a place for the children to go has come to a head.
“They want a skate park – that is the bottom line,” Léger said.
Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury attended the beautifi cation meeting on Sept. 20 where residents voiced their concerns about the children and the loss of the picnic table. Residents questioned whether they should remove the picnic tables, to remove the temptation for the children who use them improperly.
“You have to be careful, the challenge is once you remove it, it is like a tree, you remove it you lose it,” Fleury said.
Fleury and his offi ce are looking into the matter to see if there were any better solutions.
Léger indicated the community asso-
ciation is looking into the potential of building a skate park for the children in Vanier, but the planning is just in the be-ginning stages.
“A resident came to one of our (beau-tifi cation) meetings last year with a pe-tition put forward by some of the kids, with at least a dozen signatures request-ing a skate park in Vanier,” Léger said.
Since then, the association has been tentatively looking into the idea, with Léger meeting with a city architect to discuss designs and locations.
“This is something kids from 10 to 25 have said they want,” Léger said.
The architect informed Léger of a few important details, namely that a skate park needs to have a lot of room, with lights for safety, and be far enough away from homes so it doesn’t disrupt resi-dents.
Léger said the location which they be-lieve to be the best candidate is Riverain Park.
“This park seems to be the best place, there is a lot of space and it is far enough away from homes,” Léger said.
The next step for the community as-sociation is to fi nd the funds to build a park. Barre Campbell, spokesman for the city, said the cost of a skate park can vary depending on size, design and types of components used. A large, profession-ally designed skate park with poured concrete like the one in Centrepointe can cost from $400,000 to $600,000. Com-munity-sized skate parks, made out of asphalt and movable components have starting costs of $150,000 and up, depend-ing on their size and type of components used.
Léger said she will be seeking help from to Fleury’s offi ce with the project.
Wanted: a permanent home for Vanier skateboarders
File photoSome youth in Vanier have been misusing the park at Optimiste Park for skateboarding, and the Vanier Community Association is hopes to have a permanent skate park built to solve the problem.
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For parents of school-age chil-dren and students at Ontario’s colleges and universities, pro-vincial spending on education will always be a key issue.
And that focus is ramped up come election time. Which party will cut, which will spend more, expand services or cut fees?
Current students and their parents may look at the short-term implications of the parties’ policies, but all Ontario resi-dents should take a close look at proposals for our schools.
Beyond the tax bill to educate future generations, the quality of that education has ramifi cations that can only be measured in de-cades, not the four-year term of a governing party. While spend-ing on roads or hospitals may deliver improvements we can see in a year, education spending provides its payoff over the long term.
In the past few years we’ve seen the McGuinty government roll out full-day kindergarten in Ontario schools, the fi rst such program in North America. To-day there are more than 50,000 children at school for the full day instead of the former half-day. By September 2014, full-day kin-dergarten will be available in all provincially-funded elementary schools in the province.
The Progressive Conservatives didn’t support the full-day legis-lation, but have accepted that the process can’t be scrapped now that it’s underway and parents are counting on it.
Nepean-Carleton PC MPP Lisa MacLeod said the full-day sys-tem “can be improved upon.”
“We need to make sure all of the kinks are worked out,” Ma-cLeod said.
The New Democrats support full-day kindergarten, but have expressed concerns about the lengthy implementation period.
Ottawa South NDP candidate Wali Farah, who has a masters in education from the University of Ottawa, said the full-day plan caused problems as it was rolled out.
“The classes are overfl owing with kids; more than was expect-ed,” Farah said.
He said the effects have also been felt in daycare centres, which lost many of their older children to kindergarten. He said an NDP government would invest $250 million over the next two years to stabilize the day care system so fees don’t increase be-yond parents’ ability to pay.
Liberal MPP Bob Chiarelli is seeking re-election in Ottawa West-Nepean. He said the PCs were “dead set against full-day kindergarten” when the Liber-als brought forth legislation to establish the program.
“Education is the single most important investment we can make,” Chiarelli said. “There
have been a few bumps in the road (establishing full-day kin-dergarten), but the basic pro-gram rolled out very well, and parents like it.”
FROM JK TO GRADE 12
During the election campaign, PC leader Tim Hudak has listed education and health care spend-ing as two budget items a Tory government would not cut. Ma-cLeod said
The Tories have pledged to increase spending on junior kin-dergarten to Grade 12 education by $2 billion before the end of a fi rst term if they form a govern-ment after the Oct. 6 election.
The Liberals have increased spending on education since coming to power. They point to the previous Harris-Eves PC government as the route Ontar-ians want to avoid. When the Progressive Conservatives held a majority at Queen’s Park from 1995 to 2003, there were spending cuts that forced school boards to close schools.
Chiarelli said funding for Ottawa’s schools is up by more than 50 per cent since the Liber-als came to power, and that the party is committed to investing as needs increase.
Over the last eight years, many class sizes have been re-duced, with 97 per cent of pri-mary classes holding 23 kids or less. There have been costs both in increased workforce and the need for more classrooms.
New Democratic Party leader Andrea Horwath has suggested Ontario’s schools are becoming “two-tier” because of funding disparities. She says the need to fundraise for important educa-tional events means some stu-
dents get fewer or poorer learn-ing opportunities. Under an NDP government, each school would receive a $4,000 annual grant for clubs, sports teams and special events, and extra fees would be banned.
Farah said the current fund-ing formula for schools looks strictly at the number of stu-dents in a school.
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Tuition fees at Ontario’s uni-versities and colleges may be the most tangible education issue in this election, in part because the costs are out-of-pocket, instead of being part of a provincial budget line.
The Liberal government froze tuition during its fi rst two years in power. Student assistance has been increased, including an an-nual $150 grant for textbooks per student.
The Liberals also created a grant system for lower-income families and now promise to expand the system so more stu-dents can receive post-secondary undergraduate tuition grants of 30 per cent. Unlike student loans, the grant money does not have to be repaid.
During the McGuinty years, the party says 200,000 new post-secondary spaces have been cre-ated, and the party’s platform says another 60,000 will be add-ed.
Horwath has promised to freeze tuition for four years and to remove the provincial interest students pay on education loans.
Hudak matches the Liberal pledge to create up to 60,000 post-secondary spaces in the com-ing years, and suggests colleges and universities could compete for the new spaces. The Tories would also increase the student loan limits so more children can attend college or university.
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Requiring pet shops to sell cats and dogs from shelters isn’t a good idea for Ottawa, accord-ing to the chair of the city’s community and protective ser-vices committee.
The proposal, which came from the Ottawa Human Soci-ety’s executive director Bruce Roney the day Toronto passed a similar bylaw, could lead to some “bruised feelings” be-tween the city and the humane society, said Bay Coun. Mark Taylor.
That’s because the animal welfare group went public with the idea instead of discussing it with the city fi rst, he said. And it’s happening only a few
months after the humane soci-ety supported the city’s effort to re-jig bylaws that govern pet stores.
The idea of trying to ban pup-py-mill dogs from pet stores and promote adoption of unwanted pets came up during those dis-cussions in May, Taylor said, and all parties agreed it wasn’t a good fi t for Ottawa.
But on Sept. 22, Roney sent a letter to city council – and the media – asking Ottawa to follow Toronto’s lead.
“Ottawa council has shown itself to be considerably more progressive and forward-think-ing than Toronto’s. Please dem-onstrate this by acting now for the animals and by a bylaw in Ottawa,” Roney wrote.
“So I’m a little shocked (the
humane society) took that tact,” Taylor said. “Rather than coming to us as a part-ner with a concern, they just launched it out there onto the Internet.”
Roney was not available for an interview last week, but Tay-lor said he spoke to Roney after the letter was sent and the hu-mane society’s reasoning was that there was now a precedent for such a bylaw in Ontario.
When it was considered in Ot-tawa in May, no other city had a similar bylaw.
Of the 13 licensed pet stores in Ottawa, eight sell cats and dogs and only four sell privately bred animals. The other four al-ready source their animals from shelters, Taylor said, so passing a bylaw like Toronto’s wouldn’t
make much of an impact in Ot-tawa.
“I don’t think it’s going to do anything to tackle the prob-lem,” he said, adding that most puppy-mill dogs are sold online – something the city can’t regu-late.
Although Taylor counts him-self as a protector of animals, he said efforts would be bet-ter spent lobbying the federal government to strengthen the criminal code to place harsher punishments on offenders who mistreat animals.
But other councillors were open to the idea of exploring a bylaw like Toronto’s.
Orleans Coun. Bob Montette said the community and pro-tective services committee and council should be having a dis-
cussion about the issue.“Four stores is probably four
too many,” said Monette, who supports the sale of shelter ani-mals or pets produced through registered breeders.
“I would be open to having that discussion and looking at other options,” Monette said.
But he said he won’t be the one to push the agenda at coun-cil (Monette doesn’t sit on the community and protective ser-vices committee).
“There will probably be an inquiry to staff, and there are other councillors who are inter-ested in this,” he said.
Kitchissippi Coun. Katherine Hobbs, who is rumoured to be interested in pushing the agen-da on this issue, was unavail-able for comment.
Pet-shop license push divides council members
Ontario’s political parties try to out-school one another
File photosFrom top: Ottawa West-Nepean Liberal candidate Bob Chiarelli, Ottawa South NDP candidate Wali Farah and Nepean-Carleton PC candidate Lisa MacLeod.
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Tap-and-go Presto cards are on track to replace OC Transpo passes by next spring and they won’t require users to have pho-to ID.
As the city gears up to roll out the Presto system, which will al-low riders to “fi ll up” their pass cards like a gift card, the transit
commission decided that a pho-to identifying the passholder won’t be part of the new Presto pass.
That will allow bus riders to transfer their pass for use by another rider – something that’s currently not possible.
The cards will work in a couple of ways. They can hold a cash balance like a gift card that could be used to pay for in-dividual trips, or users can pay one fee for unlimited monthly or annual rides.
OC Transpo expects the cards, which are simply tapped on a reader on the bus or O-Train, will speed up boarding and
make it easier for people to buy passes, cutting down on admin-istrative costs for OC Transpo.
But a Sept. 21 report to the city’s transit commission says the system won’t be “fully real-ized” if photo ID is required.
Needing a photo would elimi-nate the benefi ts of putting fare payment online, which is in-tended to eliminate large lines at OC Transpo service centres.
A city report says that allow-ing people to transfer passes within a fare category (ie. stu-dents, adults and seniors) would attract more riders to the ser-vice.
Some of those additional rid-
ers would be using another per-son’s pass, but the report says allowing transferable passes would also hook some of those pass-borrowers in as new OC Transpo customers, because they would be attracted to the improved customer service.
There is a cost associated with pass sharing, however. An inde-pendent analysis of the impact found that the city could lose be-tween $170,000 and $2.6 million from lost pass revenue.
OC Transpo has also crunched the numbers and anticipates a $1.5 million revenue loss, but the report states that “... the real fi gure will likely be much less
– closer to the point of revenue neutrality.”
That’s because the Presto cards will reduce costs associat-ed with administration, as well as counterfeit passes.
Not to mention, photo IDs would make it diffi cult to inte-grate the Presto system with the rest of the Metrolinx program in southern Ontario, accord-ing to the report. The province is giving Ottawa $7 million to-wards the program.
Post-secondary student U-passes and cash fares are the only fares that won’t be accom-modated under the new Presto card.
No photo ID needed for new OC Transpo Presto cardsNew tap-and-go passes coming
next spring
LAURA MUELLER
OC Transpo is blowing through its 2011 fuel budget thanks in part to hybrid buses that aren’t saving as much fuel as anticipated.
Ottawa’s “operating environ-ment” is translating into a $1-mil-lion pressure on OC Transpo’s fuel budget.
The recent addition of 80 hy-brid buses are only “marginally better” than regular diesel bus-es, OC Transpo’s head of main-tenance, Larry Atkinson, told the city’s transit commission on Sept. 21.
Heavy, overloaded buses and the addition of 60-foot accessible buses with bike racks is a con-tributing factor to the tune of $1.6 million, according to a city report.
The price of diesel fuel isn’t helping, and keeping buses parked outside idling, among other things, will cost just under a million dollars this year.
The picture for 2012 is even bleaker. OC Transpo anticipates it will face a $7.5 million addi-tional pressure on fuel costs next year. The transit authority’s fuel budget has been trimmed by $6 million in each of the last two years, with a budget of $37 mil-lion in 2011.
The solution is complex. In the short term, it involves in-forming bus drivers about the effects of idling when a bus isn’t in service, and refreshing op-erators on effi cient cold-weather operations. In the long term, OC Transpo is looking at a new fuel management system, improved traffi c light integration and oth-er bus modifi cations.
Hybrids not proving curefor fuel woes
LAURA MUELLER
Buses are getting crowded as more people use public transit, and many aren’t thrilled with the outcomes of the Sept. 4 route “optimization,” according to councillors.
Suburban councillors in par-ticular said their offi ce phones have been lighting up with resi-dents complaining about subpar service since the massive chang-es went into effect after Labour Day.
“I have many, many people – not just a few – who are now going back to their cars,” said Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson.
The overcrowding crush comes every fall when students and workers return from sum-mer vacations, OC Transpo head Alain Mercier told commission-ers during a Sept. 21 transit com-mission meeting.
And there are simply more people riding the bus, he said.
There was a 6.3 per cent rise in OC Transpo ridership this Au-
gust compared to last year.The transit authority had its
highest level of annual rider-ship ever in 2010 with 99.3 mil-lion trips.
Overcrowding is especially ap-parent in the downtown section of the Transitway, which is set to be replaced by light rail in 2018.
The street network is almost hitting its capacity for the num-ber of buses it can handle at rush hour, which is about 180. That’s about the same as last year, Mer-cier said.
That led to delays of up to 20 minutes on some routes in the fi rst week of the route changes, mainly those leaving the down-town core.
Still, Mercier told councillors that only seven per cent of riders had negative comments when surveyed by “mystery shoppers” aboard buses after the changes took effect.
The Sept. 4 route changes, aimed at trimming $20 million from OC Transpo’s annual oper-ating budget, have gone “as best as we believe it could have been,” Mercier said.
File photoOC Transpo is making a few tweaks to add larger buses to some routes
Overcrowding, complaints spur bus route changes
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Ashbury alumni and Rockcliffe Park residents are hoping to reignite the Ash-bury Cadet Corps presence for children aged 12 to 14 east of the Rideau River.
Working as a satellite operation from the Orleans Royal Canadian Cadets troop, the new Rockcliffe Park Cadet Troop has been named the “Rowley Troop” in hon-our of Major General Roger Rowley and his brother, Lieutenant John Rowley.
Rockcliffe Park resident and Ashbury College alumus Jeffrey Mierins indicat-ed he would like children in the east end to have a chance to take part in Army Cadets.
“It will be a great benefi t for the com-munity and it is resurrecting the history and tradition of Ashbury College that we want to offer to all the surrounding com-munities,” Mierins said.
The Army Cadets is a free program run through the Canadian government and the newest troop is available for all interested youth in the Vanier, New Ed-inburgh, Lindenlea, Manor Park, Lower-town and Overbrook areas.
The Royal Canadian Army Cadets is the oldest running youth program in Canada. Since the 1800s it has been of-fered to Canadian boys aged 12 – 18 year-olds. Girls started joining the program in 1975. Although prevented to join by law in the beginning, girls were always
said to have participated in the pro-gram.
Mierins daughter has signed up for the new troop.
“She is excited about it and looking forward to it and I am excited for her for the opportunity, it is fantastic,” he said.
So far, the troop has close to 20 children signed up.
Although he never joined, Mierins said it is one opportunity he wished he could have had.
“It is a good program to help teach you how to become a better citizen and to teach people good lifestyle and good hab-its,” Mierins said. “There are cadet drills which give you discipline and grooming and lots of other activities.”
One aspect that the cadets encourages is philanthropy, through such activities as fundraising, community clean ups and bottle drives – some of which will qualify as high school credit for volun-teer service.
For Ashbury College, that was the main reason the school wanted to take part in making a new troop possible east of the Rideau River.
“It wasn’t a diffi cult decision, the im-portance of programs like the cadets programs, it is all about responsible citizenship, one of the core values of our school,” said Tam Mathews, Ash-bury College’s headmaster. “What we wanted this to be, and why we said yes, is because this program is for the com-munity and it promotes community in-volvement.”
There are camps like musical camps and orienteering camps during the summer that are paid for by the govern-ment.
Royal Canadian Dragoons, Orleans corps, agreed to help Ashbury reinstate the corps in the Rockcliffe Park village.
The fi rst offi cial meeting of the new ca-det troop is Oct. 3. After that, the group will meet every Monday between 6:15 – 9 p.m.
Mierins said any one who is interested in joining or checking out what Army Cadets are all about, to come out. The troop Parents can also call 613-841-8092 for more information.
Cadet troop makes a new home at Ashbury
Submitted photoThese army cadets, Amanda Jones, left, Alix Voorthuyzen, Mashael Saleh, Kelsey Barrett, Lucas Mayo and David Hood climbed Mount Everest on a Cadets Expedition in 2010. A new cadet troop has started up in Rockcliffe Park.
MICHELLE NASH
The Lindenlea community is grabbing their blankets, hot chocolate and tele-scopes to do some stargazing this week-end.
The annual event had close to 50 people show up last year at the Lindenlea Com-munity Centre and organizer Maggie Knaus found the evening exceeded the community’s expectations.
“Last year, we saw the moon, Jupi-ter and star clusters,” Knaus said. “We are hoping to have our stargazing eve-ning this Saturday night if the skies are clear.”
Three astronomers from the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada will be coming out to help point out planets and stars.
The event will be held on Oct. 1 and Knaus said if the skies do not cooperate than there will be a rain date for Oct. 2.
Lindenlea set for stargazing
Submitted photoLindenlea residents will be looking to the heavens this weekend as the community gath-ers for its annual stargazing event on Oct. 1.
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GEOFF DAVIES AND LAURA MUELLER
When 17-year-old William Ross realized he couldn’t hold back from harming himself, he ran downstairs and asked
his mother to drive him to CHEO.Jesse Graham told six people he was
thinking about killing himself, says Shelly, Jesse’s mother, but he never spoke to a professional about his demons. The people Jesse told kept it to themselves.
Today, William is recovering. Jesse took his own life last summer.
It’s a cruel twist of fate that the stories of these two young men, who faced such similar inner struggles, ended so differ-ently.
As is the case for many teens strug-gling with mental health challenges, it often comes down to knowing how to access the resources they need.
William, who went through counsel-ling when he was 12, knew. Jesse didn’t.
That’s why the fi rst point of contact for most suicidal teens is the hospital emer-gency room, or a visit from the police, says Dr. Kim Sogge, chief of psychology professional practice at the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group.
“It’s a real dilemma for families,” she says.
Sogge says mental health professionals and agencies in Ontario and Ottawa need to do a better job of educating families and making them aware of the resources available to them.
Ben Leikin of Ottawa Public Health couldn’t agree more.
He is one of the partners involved with the Community Suicide Prevention Network.
The network arose as a result of the growing awareness of suicide that fol-lowed the high-profi le suicide of 14-year-old Ottawa resident Daron Richardson last fall. The aim is to co-ordinate re-sources by bringing together the execu-tive directors and decision makers from a range of service providers.
After several months of meetings and consultations, the network decided the most pressing issue facing the mental health fi eld in Ottawa is ensuring people are aware of the resources available and how to access them.
Leikin pointed out there are a lot of big issues that need to be addressed, like decreasing the stigma that still sur-rounds these issues, and creating a media awareness campaign to get the message out. But “bigger than those things, or a
big important piece of that, is still how to navigate the system,” Leikin says. “So that’s going to be what we tackle.”
The network will be creating “naviga-tion maps” to guide both youth and par-ents through the mental-health system.
“It will go into a bit more detail of how to navigate yourself through the system. It will … provide information about how one could work through it to get the ap-propriate services,” Leikin says.
Sogge says although awareness about
mental health is improving, funding isn’t following suit.
But Ottawa Public Health is trying to do its part. The city added $300,000 into its budget starting in 2011 aimed at add-ing suicide-prevention programming for parents and to provide funding to allow the Youth Services Bureau’s downtown crisis drop-in centre to be open for an extra day each week (that announcement is coming next month).
It’s a big step that marks Ottawa Public Health’s entry into the mental health fi eld, Leikin says.
“We’re new to this in the sense that we’ve just started to make these strong connections in the mental-health area,” he says. “Whereas before Ottawa Public Health was an expert and a leader on various health topics, now mental health is becoming one of them, which is really exciting for us.”
The focus for the programs, which could start as soon as January, will be on youth in grades 7 and 8 – the “transition years,” says Nicole Frappier, who is also with Ottawa Public Health.
But Ottawa Public Health wants to make suicide part of the dialog with par-ents starting right at pre-natal classes, Frappier says.
It’s an especially pressing issue in Ottawa, where eight per cent of youth have seriously considered trying to kill themselves. That is a signifi cantly higher rate than the rest of Ontario, a city report notes.
It’s the type of programming that offi cials hope will make a difference to families like the Grahams.
Now with several courses under her belt, Shelly Graham is learning more about suicide so she does know what to do.
Education is key for everyone, includ-ing parents, she says. One day, when she’s ready, she hopes to share her knowl-edge in classrooms.
What’s most important, she has learned, is to reach out to people suffer-ing. Though it may be uncomfortable, making the effort to break through could save a person, and spare the web of people who love them.
“There’s a real shame that comes with suicide. We will not be ashamed,” says Shelly. “Jesse was an awesome guy and we are going to talk about him. He was loved. Shame is what immobilizes you and it’s what keeps people suffering in silence. “And there’s been enough suffer-ing in silence.”
Finding a way through the mental health system
BLAIR EDWARDS
The biggest item on the wish list of Ted Charette, co-ordinator of Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa Mobile Crisis and Intake
Services, is Canada adopting a national suicide prevention strategy.
Canada is the only G-8 country without a national suicide prevention strategy.
The Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention is working on preparing a national suicide prevention strategy.
“I think it’s starting to gain some weight and some support around the families,” says Charette.
“We’ve had a blueprint for many, many years,” says Rene Ouimet, a direc-tor of the Canadian Mental Health As-sociation and a member of the Canadian Association of Suicide Prevention.
Canada needs a body to co-ordinate suicide prevention programs across the country, said Ouiment.
“We keep lobbying,” she said.The Canadian Association of Suicide
Prevention released a suicide preven-tion strategy in 2004.
The objectives of the strategy include:Promote awareness across the coun-try that suicide and suicidal behav-iour is everyone’s problem and is preventable.Increase the number of employers and volunteer groups that have sui-cide prevention, intervention and post-intervention programs.Promote understanding that “break-ing the silence surrounding suicide increases realistic opportunities to save lives and to reduce suffering.Launch an anti-stigma campaign.Reduce the availability and lethal-
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“The only way we’re going to prevent suicide is to talk about it openly and directly,” said Ouimet.
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Part 3: Mental health professionals and agencies work together for better community awareness
OUT OF THE DARKNESS A series about youth suicide
WorkshopsThe Canadian Mental Health
Association offers a series of suicide prevention training workshops in Ottawa:
SafeTALK: a three-hour course for people over the age of 15 to help identify persons with thoughts of suicide and connect them to suicide fi rst aid resources. The cost is $40 to $60 to take the course.Applied Suicide Interven-tion Skills Training (ASIST): a two-day program offered 20 times a year in Ottawa that teaches suicide fi rst-aid skills to anyone who may come into contact with a person at risk, using the most widely-used suicide intervention model in the world. The cost is $180 to take the course. More than 1,000 people take the course every year.
For more information call 613-737-7791.
Ottawa school boards have their own ASIST trainers.
Connecting with resources
A new website, www.emen-talhealth.ca, is making it easier for people to connect with the mental-health services that are appropriate for them.
In addition to having a direc-tory, it is like a Google search for mental health services, said Ben Leikin, mental health project of-fi cer for Ottawa Public Health.
“So if you want to search something like ‘psychologist for a 14-year-old,’ it will bring up private practise psychologists as well as some programs that ex-ists for free. It indicates right on it is there is a fee, if it’s bilingual and where it’s located,” Leikin said.
The search also brings up news articles and useful links.
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A recent minor sensation was the revelation that someone has ranked Ottawa the eighth-worst-dressed city in the world. The
newspapers were full of it.The ranking was done by the website
MSN Travel and, to be fair, our city was in good company. Among the cities considered to dress worse than Ottawa were San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, Vancouver (the yoga pants), Maui (the Hawaiian shirts) and Orlando (the Disney costumes).
Nevertheless, it still hurts, doesn’t it? You get up in the morning, put on your best blue suit and matching blue tie, then turn on the Internet and fi nd that very suit and that very tie used to illustrate an article on Ottawa’s bad fashion sense.
“As a city populated by suit-and-tie civil servants, there is zero audacity to be different and nary a fashion effort is made,” says the article. “Everyone looks like they’re frozen in the 1980s. Men sport the same boring navy suits that hang like shapeless curtains across their shoulders, women choose sensible shoes, sedate co-lours and are unremarkably respectable, and everyone is just so matchy matchy.”
Well, how seriously should we take this? Not at all. For one thing, the picture
is obviously a fake – the guy in the suit is not wearing I.D. tags around his neck.
For another thing, there is more to life than how you look. How you eat, for example, and how you fi sh.
For a third thing, not caring about how you dress shows an absence of vanity, vanity being a terrible thing. Also, not caring how you dress saves you a lot of money.
That being the case, Ottawa should, logically, place high on the list of Cities That You Don’t Have to Spend a Lot of Money to Live In.
But, for a fourth thing, who says we look so bad? Who makes these rules? People on the Internet, that’s who.
The rules are very arbitrary, and pos-sibly wrong. Suppose you walked down the street in Maui and you weren’t wear-
ing a Hawaiian shirt. People might point at you and snicker. Suppose you showed up in Orlando not wearing sandals and Bermuda shorts. People would think you were an undercover police offi cer.
Guys in Seattle are being attacked now for wearing the same fl annel shirts that made the city cutting edge a few years ago.
A fashion sense has to be a fl exible thing and people in Ottawa are doing the best they can under diffi cult circum-stances.
It used to be much easier. You wore your suit and tie every day, sometimes changing your tie. Then the idea of ca-sual Fridays arrived. For a while that was OK: it just meant suit, no tie, or tie, no jacket. Then it became sports shirts and different kinds of pants.
More complicated. To make matters worse, there was the shifting nature of the work week. Not everybody worked Monday to Friday. So, if you had Fri-day off, did that make Thursday casual Thursday? Even if you were the only one in the place without a tie on?
You can bet the folks at MSN Travel weren’t thinking a lot about these factors.
Not everyone in the city is hostile to the idea that we could dress better. For
example, owners of clothing stores – sur-prise! In a newspaper interview, one sug-gested that younger Ottawans are making an attempt to improve.
“It’s people that have at the same time, adopted some of that casual dress code, but they’re trying to make that the best that they can,” he said. “It’s a little better than wearing Dockers and a golf shirt to go to work.”
Wait a second: Are you saying Dockers and golf shirts are bad? And the Hawai-ian shirt is out too? So much to learn, and so little time.
Anyway, how much effort can we be expected to make when we know we have to hang the I.D. tags over it?
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Research your pet purchase
In the wake of one of the largest puppy-mill rescues in recent history, a proposal to get Ottawa to ban the inhumanely bred dogs at local pet stores is getting a lot of attention.
As it should. The conditions of more than 500 dogs were forced to live in at an Outaouais puppy mill highlighted the need for renewed animal-protection laws.
But is strengthening a city bylaw really going to accomplish that goal?
Pet shops aren’t the fi rst stop for most people looking to buy a new pet.
Besides breeders, shelters and pet shops, clas-sifi ed ads and the Internet are two of the most common places to look for a new pet and unfor-tunately, that’s how many puppy-mill breeders sell their animals, which are often sick and mistreated.
There is not much the city can do to prevent that.
While one suffering dog is one too many, an Ottawa bylaw would only have an impact on fewer than a handful of stores that sell dogs in this city.
There are only four pet stores that don’t get
animals from the humane society, according to Coun. Mark Taylor, chair of the city’s commu-nity and protective services committee.
What is needed, he says, are strong regula-tions – and penalties – at the provincial and federal levels.
In Ontario in 2005, the province added a hefty fi ne of up to $50,000 for puppy mill operators who break the Ontario Society for the Preven-tion of Cruelty to Animals Act.
Federally, Canada’s animal cruelty law dates to the original criminal code from 1892. The fi nes were increased in 2008, but anti-animal cruelty advocates want the defi nition of “abuse” strengthened.
In the meantime, prospective puppy parents can do their part: don’t buy from a breeder unless you are allowed to contact references and see the conditions in which the animal was raised.
Why not rescue an unwanted dog by adopt-ing from a shelter such as the Ottawa Humane Society?
The best way to put a stop to puppy mills is to stop buying from them.
Who says Ottawa doesn’t look good?CHARLES GORDON
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Just a few days until voting day. Mark Oct. 6 on your calendars.
Meanwhile, in the absence of any civics education for
kindergarteners, I decided to take matters into my own hands.
I gathered the children around af-ter dinner to explain the importance of voting in provincial elections. This is the government, after all, that dictates what healthcare, education and social services will look like.
I began with an overview of taxa-tion. I explained to my boys – as they fi ddled with Spiderman fi gures and tried to feign interest – that each time Mommy and Daddy get paid, the government takes a portion of our earnings, puts it into the collective pot, and uses it to pay for essential services like healthcare, education and social services; so that we don’t have to pay out-of-pocket each time we go to the hospital.
I continued with an overview of the four main party ideologies: Liberals tax more, but believe gov-ernment should level the playing fi eld; Progressive Conservatives tax less, but think government should be smaller and not pay for as much stuff; The NDP wants to tax and spend, and prefers the collective over the individual; the Green Party is fi scally conservative and socially progressive, so they’re all about fi nd-ing cheap ways to pay for the stuff
everyone wants.They seemed to be getting in, but a
recap was in order. “OK, kids; so every time Mommy
and Daddy get paid, the government takes a bit of money and puts it in a big pot. What’s this called?”
My six-year-old: “Liberal?” I snorted my tea. (That didn’t go
the way I had anticipated.)I tried again, putting on a serious
face: “How do people choose which party to vote for?”
Six-year-old: “Well, I think they pick a sign colour that they like the best; maybe the one that goes with their fl owers?”
Five-year-old: “No, I think they pick their favourite colour. So Ollie, you pick orange and I’ll pick blue. Can we get one each, Mommy?”
Mom: “No.”It really wasn’t going the way I
had anticipated. I tried a different approach.
Mom: “If you want the govern-ment to pay for most things – like
hospitals, schools and social services – which party might you vote for?”
Five-year-old: SUPERMAN!! (Ran-dom)
Six-year-old: “Um, it really de-pends what colour the sign is.”
Running out of patience, I realized it was time for a fi nal recap before putting the issue to bed.
Mom: “The Progressive Conserva-tive candidate came to the door on Sunday, remember?”
Kids (collective): “Yes.”Mom: “And he told me that their
party leader believes that people should keep more money and fi gure out how to spend it on their own; but he said that government would stop running some services. Do you think this is a good policy?”
Six-year-old: “Can we read Star Wars now?”
Mom: “In a minute. Just tell me who the premier of Ontario is and we’ll start reading.”
Six-year-old: “Samuel de Champ-lain? Well, at least, he was the Father of New France.”
Perhaps we’ll have better luck in fi ve years.
In the meantime, don’t forget to vote. I encourage you to read the party platforms online.
If you don’t have time, perhaps it’s best to go with your favourite colour. (Just remember, the ballots aren’t colour coded.)
Civics and superheroesTHIS WEEK’S POLL QUESTIONWould you support a city bylaw requiring pet shops to sell animals from shelters?
A) Yes. Puppy mills are cruel and the city should do its part to make it diffi cult to sell animals bred in those conditions.
B) No. animal cruelty issues are better left to the provincial and federal governments.
C) Yes. Even if it won’t make a big dent in the practise of selling improperly raised animals, it sends a message.
D) No. It’s just another layer of red tape for small business owners.
LAST WEEK’S POLL SUMMARYDo all-candidates debates play an important role in determining how you vote?
A) Yes. It’s the best way to hear about the local issues directly from the candidates.
B) No. I get enough at my door, with all the canvassers and literature, to make a decision.
C) I only pay attention to what the leaders are saying – that’s where the real decisions are made.
D) I could care less. None of the candidates have anything valuable to say anyway.
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A downtown hotel became a site for superhero-style adven-ture when 84 people signed up to rappel off the roof of the 18-sto-rey building to support children and youth with physical disabili-ties on Monday, Sept. 26.
Organized by Easter Seals, the event hoped to raise more than $125,000.
“I am optimistic we will reach
that goal by the end of the day,” said Krystal Walters, Ontario East development manager for Easter Seals.
Each participant who took the plunge was required to raise a minimum of $1,500 in dona-tions.
Easter Seals assists families of children with physical dis-abilities with the purchase of costly mobility equipment such as walkers, wheelchairs, porch lifts and ramps, as well as com-
munication devices and bathing equipment.
“The money we raise will stay in Ontario to support children and youth with physical disabili-ties and to help children move around,” said Walters.
Spectators and supporters gathered on Sparks Street to cheer the brave participants as they took the plunge down the side of the hotel.
Federal employee Ann Gedwin Nepomuceno was among the
fi rst people to rappel off the roof. She described the experience as great, but admitted to being a bit nervous.
“It felt great raising money to support a good cause,” said Nepomuceno. “I am not going to lie, it was a bit terrifying, but at the end when I started going down the wall it didn’t scare me anymore.”
For 52-year-old Vijay Abroy, who was participating in the event for the second time, it is
always nervous once you are on the 18th fl oor, but once you start going down, it feels relaxing.
“It is a very good thing to do and I am happy to do it anytime again,” said Abroy.
Taking place at locations across Canada since 2005, the Easter Sears Drop has had more than 3,000 individual partici-pants raising more than $4.79 million. This is the second time Ottawa has hosted the event.
“These people here realize they have made a profound dif-ference and make an impact in the lives of the kids that we sup-port,” she said.
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It’s seven years and counting since the last time a team from within Ottawa city limits won a Central Canada Hockey League championship.
Cornwall, Pembroke and Brockville have all been a step ahead of the Eastern Ontario Jr. ‘A’ pack in recent years, and it’s not a coincidence that those franchis-es have excelled, say the general manag-ers from Ottawa clubs, who face a set of inherent challenges compared to their counterparts in the smaller towns.
Lower revenue is the fi rst item that jumps to mind for city GMs.
“They’re the only show in town,” notes Peter Goulet of the Nepean Raid-ers, whose club was the last to buck the trend with its 2004 league title. “All the city teams, we’ve got NHL teams here, the 67’s, six or seven (CCHL) teams with about 40 or 50 kilometres between each other, and we have so many minor hock-ey league teams.”
That makes it diffi cult to recruit spon-sors and build a large following and at-mosphere at games, he explains.
“Nobody’s paying players, but a team like Pembroke that gets 1,000 fans a game are probably carrying 18 or 19 billets,” Goulet adds. “When you don’t have gate
revenue coming in, it’s hard to justify having that many billets because that’s expensive.”
The luxury to hand-pick talent from across the country, pay transfer fees to other clubs, and cover expenses to host out-of-towners is not something that oc-curs as easily for Ottawa teams with low-er budgets.
“You have to build your team a differ-ent way,” says Cumberland Grads GM Paul Flindall. “We have to have strong scouting staff to bring guys in. We don’t have the privilege to just go out and buy a guy, (and then send the player back home if he’s not good enough). If I’m bringing in a guy from Newfoundland, they’re staying. We’re pretty sold on keeping them.”
The three dominant clubs from the towns also have coaching or management staff that do their hockey jobs full-time, notes Paul Jennings, general manager of the Gloucester Rangers. Maintaining a day job on top of hockey responsibilities is a demand that often proves to be too much to handle – three of the fi ve clubs inside the city (Kanata, Gloucester and Ottawa) had coaches resign for family-related reasons in recent months.
“You put your 40-60 hours into your day job, and then you’re looking at another 40-60 hours to be a head coach and gener-al manager in this league,” explains Otta-wa Jr. Senators interim general manager Darren Graff, who was handed that role unexpectedly when Peter Ambroziak left before the start of the season. “You have to be really prepared to put in that kind of time to put a winning product on the ice. It is hard.”
Jennings adds that his club also strug-gles to get daily ice time – a contrast to the town clubs that can jump on essen-tially whenever they please.
“All the Jr. A teams, I think, have been pushing the city to get more and more ice to compete with those guys,” says Jennings, noting that the team gathers at the Thurston Road Family Physio centre for dryland training on Tuesdays instead of practicing because previous Rang-ers owners gave up the ice time. “Once it gets scooped up, the city has a policy
that you don’t it get it back until it’s emp-ty. It’s been a constant battle to pick up the scraps and get it back into our pro-gram.”
That can hurt when it comes to de-veloping consistency over the season, Jennings says. However, there are some advantages the city clubs enjoy, such as having universities and colleges avail-able locally for older players that aren’t in the smaller towns.
And no matter the hurdles off the ice, the GMs note that city clubs usually still
manage to hold their own in any given game on the ice.
“At the end of the day, building a good hockey team is about building relation-ships – the more people you know in the game, the more tips you get and the more players you’ll fi nd out about,” Gou-let adds. “I put 93,000 kilometres on my car last year scouting and recruiting and I hope it pays off. There are defi nitely some challenges, but it’s just a matter of getting out there and putting the work in.”
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part in helping organize the events and Wilson said the fi rst market had more than 3,400 kilograms of reusable items. The market gets underway at 8:30 a.m. and runs until 2 p.m.
People who wish to drop off items for the market can do so once it opens and are free to do so throughout the day.
The market is also an opportunity for homeowners to drop off their unwanted electronic items.
The market’s Vanier location, Wilson added, is a convenient location for any-one across Ottawa to get to.
“We want people to be encouraged to want to do it, pick up and continue with the concept. It is not exclusive to Vanier at all,” Wilson said.
Full Circles has been trying to per-
suade the city recognize the organiza-tion on their waste management recy-cling list as an alternative option for getting rid of items.
Mayor Jim Watson and Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury have both been invited to the event with hopes they will see how successful the concept can be.
When it comes to promoting the re-use of old items, Wilson has no plans of stopping anytime and she dreams of opening free stores in all the community centres in Ottawa like Biker’s Church in Vanier, which throws monthly free store swap meets.
“I think the community centre is a better option, people can come and go all year, but the bi-annual market will carry on too,” Wilson said. “Why should all this go to the garbage?”
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Photo by Matthew Jay Lower ticket revenues from smaller gates is one of the challenges faced by clubs such as the Ottawa Jr. Senators that operate in-side the city, unlike league powerhouses based in smaller towns like Cornwall.
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• Reform health care delivery to ensure access by re-prioritizing funding
• Improve care available to seniors: better home care options, transitional care, assisted living and long-term care and create case managers at the family clinic level
HEALTH CARE
• Cut emergency wait times in half, scrap the LHINs, reduce fees
• Invest more in frontline care by capping hospital CEO pay and reducing money spent on consultants
• Double the caregiver tax credit
• Scrap the LHINs
• Increase health spending by $6 billion during fi rst term in offi ce
• Expand long term care by adding 5,000 new beds
• Create a family caregiver leave program, allowing up to eight weeks of job-protected time away
• Double the children’s activity tax credit to $100 per child
THE ISSUESElection
How do each of the four major parties fi elding candidates inthe Oct. 6 election stack up on some of the big issues facing Ontario? Here’s a snapshot of what the Green, Liberal, New Democratic and Progressive Conservative platforms have to offer.
• Doubling the length of bachelor of education programs
• Make the 30 per cent tuition grants available to lower income
students available to the middle class as well
EDUCATION
• Freeze tuition for 2012-2013 while maintaining university and college budgets; index tuition increases to rate of infl ation from 2013-2015
• Increase spending on K-12 by $2 billion by end of fi rst term, root out waste
• Create 200,000 apprenticeship spaces over four years
• Reduce school reliance on parent fees and fundraising by setting aside $20 million per year to be allocated to parent councils as a per capita grant
• Eliminate interest on the provincial portion of student loans
• Allow families to reduce taxable income through income sharing
• Lower income taxes by fi ve per cent on the fi rst $75,000 of taxable income
ECONOMY/TAXES
• Lower income taxes on families and local businesses
• Expand training, certifi cation programs in green building, biomedical technology, renewable energy and sustainable transportation sectors
• Remove HST from gasoline by one percentage point per year
• Will make the temporary input tax credit restrictions permanent,
meaning corporations won’t be allowed to write off taxes on expenses like entertainment and dining
• Eliminate the defi cit by 2017-2018 fi scal year
• Create incentives to help triple the number of successful start-up companies in the next fi ve years• Remove the HST from hydro,
home heating bills
• End mandatory time-of-use electricity pricing
ENERGY
• Reinstate and expand the home energy savings program
• Require local participation in energy projects, support small-scale and community based projects
• Remove the HST from electricity, home heating bills
• Offer rebates of up to $5,000 for energy effi cient home retrofi ts
• Replace all coal-fi red power plants with clean energy in three years
• Continue feed-in tariff program to increase amount of electricity generated by renewable sources
• Work with municipalities, non-profi ts and developers to identify opportunities to create affordable housing
• Implement the Building Together plan, focusing on improving public transit
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS
• Give more cities and towns access to gas tax revenue
• Invest more than $35 million over three years to improve infrastructure
• Build 14,000 new affordable housing units over the next four years
• Share the cost of operating transit with municipalities in exchange for a four-year transit fare freeze
• Invest in new transit projects and systems
• Support transit and provide incentives for ride-sharing, creating more high-occupancy vehicle lanes and tax credits for transit users
Green Party
Liberal Party
New Democratic Party
Progressive Conservative Party
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P R O F E S S I O N A L TRUCK DRIVERS- Westcan Group of Companies has open-ings for SEASONAL ROTATIONAL AND FULL TIME professional truck drivers to join our teams in Edmonton, Lloydminster, Saska-toon and Moose Jaw. P R O F E S S I O N A L TRUCK DRIVERS: Mini-mum 2 years’ AZ expe-rience, B-train experience/Extended trailer length experi-ence. liquid/ dry bulk product experience is an asset, Clean driv-ing/criminal record, Pre-access medical/ drug testing. Paid travel provided to/from em-ployment location, Good Operations Bo-nus and more! Candi-dates for all positions APPLY ONLINE AT: www.westcanbulk.ca under the “Join out Team” section. Alterna-tively, phone Toll-Free 1 - 8 8 8 - W B T - H I R E (928-4473) for further details. Committed to the principles of Em-ployment Equity.
Sat. Oct. 8 ** 10:00 a.m. Village Green Golf Course
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DRIVERS
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MARRIAGES
WEDDINGS, BAPTISMS & Funerals, location of your choice. Also available small weddings, my home, week-days. The Rev. Alan Galli-chan. 613-726-0400.
HUNTING
HUNTER SAFETY Ca-nadian Firearms Course. Courses and exams held throughout the year. Free course if you organize a group, exams available. Wen-da Cochran, 613-256-2409.
HUNTER SAFETY CA-NADIAN FIREARMS COURSE, Arnprior. October 14th, 15th , 16h. Wenda Co-chran 613-256-2409
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Interested candidates may submit their resumes to:OZ Optics 219 Westbrook Road, Ottawa, ON K0A 1L0
Attention: Human Resources or by fax to 613-831-2151 or by e-mailto [email protected] For more information, visit www.ozoptics.com
Or drop resume off at the OZ Optics Reception Desk
OZ Optics is currently seeking to fi ll the
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The successful applicant will lead the design and process implementation for high power fi ber optic components for use with fi ber lasers. The product manager will build prototype components, create processes for working with high power fi ber components, train engineering and assembly staff , and evaluate and troubleshoot products. The product manager will work closely with customers and sales staff to ensure that customers receive the best solutions for their applications. The applicant can expect to work with a diverse range of products and applications and be challenged with new requirements on a regular basis. The applicant must have extensive experience with working with Large Mode Area (LMA) fi bers, including fusion splicing LMA fi bers, building mode fi eld adapters, and mode stripping LMA fi bers. Experience with Photonic crystal fi bers and polarization maintaining fi bers is an asset. The applicant should also have experience with free space optics for high power applications, including lenses, optical isolators and fi lters.
Manufacturing Manager – Fiber Optic Sensor
The successful candidate will be responsible for design and development, production, sales of Fiber Optic Sensor line. Will be responsible for management of Fiber Optic Sensor projects such as BOTDA, BOTDR, OTDR, etc.University degree in Optics or Physics or Electronic Engineering; must have minimum 5 years experience in working with fi ber optic sensors.
Manufacturing Manager – Fiber Optic Optoelectronic
PackagingWill be responsible for design, development, production, sales of fi ber optic optoelectronic packaging; of devices like laser/photodiodes. Will be responsible for managing of products like hermetic feedthroughs, tapered
fi bers, etc.University degree in Optics or Physics or Electronic Engineering; must have a minimum of 5 years experience in Opto Electronic Packaging.
ReceptionistWill be responsible for managing all incoming calls through the main telephone console. This position is the focal point for all visitors/guests of OZ Optics and the front line contact for all customers, potential customers, suppliers and business associates. Will perform other administrative duties on a daily basis.Secondary School Diploma. At least 1 year experience in answering switchboard for company with 100+ employees.
CustodianTypical Duties: Dusting, sweeping, mopping, scrubbing fl oors. Carpet cleaning. Cleaning of washrooms. Removal of garbage. Snow and General ground maintenance.Skills: Ability to work independently in a fast paced, environment. Attention to details. Knowledge of chemicals and equipment related to profession.Required Qualifi cations: ‘G’ class drivers license along with a clean driving record. Minimum 3 years of building/company cleaning experience; Sound knowledge of all cleaning duties and responsibilities; Good interpersonal communication and organizational skills.
Network Systems Engineer/Administrator
To assist with network planning, design, implementation, administration and help desk support. University/College diploma in Computer Science with more then 4 years hands-on work experience required.Candidates must have experience with following environment; Windows 2000/2003/2008 Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, Remote Desktop Services, Citrix. Implementation of Group Policy, Application Program Deployment, Data Backups, Disaster Recovery.MCSE and CCNA Certifi cation is a plus.
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TECHNICAL SUPPORT ANALYST
Ezipin Canada is seeking an energetic, self-motivated technical support analyst with 1 to 2 years experience for their Ottawa office.Requisite skills in-clude: Knowledge of computer H/W and S/W systems (PC sys-tems, servers, Lan diag-nostic), computer operating systems (Windows, LINUX), Microsoft standard of-fice applications (Word, Excel, Power-Point, Outlook); Ex-perience with problem diagnostics, info analysis, training and development tech-niques and trouble-shooting computer system problems. Re-sponsibilities: H/W and S/W testing, moni-toring servers, provide support to corporate clients, level 2 custom-er support, local net-work and firewall support, PBX configura-tion and maintenance and product design and development. Requisite attrib-utes: Work well un-der pressure, organized, resourceful, punctual, patient and the ability to think logi-cally and analyze complex problems. This is a permanent, full-time position with extensive benefits. Fluency in English is mandatory, French an asset.Please send resumes to [email protected] or fax to 613-831-6678.
PERSONALS
ALWAYS THE SIN-GLE ONE AT EVERY PARTY and social gatherings? Misty River Introductions can help you find a life partner. www.mistyriverint r o s . c o m (613)-257-3531
Are you troubled by someone’s drinking?We can help.Al-Anon/Alateen Fami-ly Groups613-860-3431
APARTMENTSFOR RENT
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HELP WANTED
APARTMENTSFOR RENT
NEWLY RENOVATED One plus bedroom, up-stairs apt, downtown Arnprior. Washer/dry-er in unit, secure build-ing with intercom, parking spot, heat and hydro extra, $725 month, first/last 613-302-1669
MORTGAGES& LOANS
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FIREWOOD
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FIREWOOD
ALL CLEAN, DRY, SPLIT HARDWOOD - READY TO BURN. $120/FACE CORD (tax incl.), (approx. 4’x8’x16”). reliable prompt free delivery to Nepean, Kanata, Stitts-ville, Richmond, Mano-tick. 1/2 orders available 613-223-7974.
FIREWOOD FOR SALE. Early Bird Spe-cial. All Hardwood.613-839-1485
MIXED HARDWOOD - dried 1 year. $100/face cord. Free delivery to most area’s. 613-229-4004
HOUSESFOR RENT
GREAT LOCATION. (OTTAWA) Huge 3 bedroom looks like 4 bedroom + family room, sunny finished basement, 3.5 baths, fully fenced + Deck & central A/C, 6 appli-ances, all windows cur-tained, garage, large driveway. Available anytime in Sept or Oct. JUST $1400/MONTH. Call 613-315-9103
KANATA RENTAL TOWNHOMES
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HOUSESFOR RENT
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Rent To OwnBreathtaking 3br home, 3 bath, Hard-wood on main level, large fenced yard, finished basement. A/C. A few steps from schools, close to shopping & bus routes MOVE RIGHT IN! All credit levels OK. 24 hr message 613-627-3841
BINGO
KANATA LEGION BINGO, Sundays, 1:00pm. 70 Hines Road. For info, 613-592-5417.
KANATA-HAZELDEAN LION’S CLUB BINGO. Dick Brule Community Centre, 170 Castle-frank Road, Kanata. Every Monday, 7:00pm.
BINGO
STITTSVILLE LEGION HALL, Main St, every Wed, 6:45 p.m.
WESTBORO LEGION
BRANCH 480389 Richmond, Rd. Ot-tawa. BINGO every Wednesday at 6:45p.m. Door and canteen open at 5 : 0 0 p . m 613-725-2778
SERVICES
BASEMENT RENO-VATIONS, upgrades, ceramic, laminate, wood flooring. Please contact Ric at:[email protected] 613-831-5555.Better Business Bureau. Seniors discount.
CARPENTRY, REPAIRS, Rec Rooms, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates, 25 years experience. 613-832-2540
CERTIFIED MASON10yrs exp., Chimney Repair & Restoration, cultured stone, parging, repointing. Brick, block & stone. Small/big job specialist. Free esti-mates. Work guaran-teed. 613-250-0290.
MELVIN’SINTERIORPAINTING
Professional Work. Reasonable Rates. Honest . Clean. Free Estimates. References. 613-831-2569 Home 613-355-7938 Cell. NO JOB TOO SMALL
SERVICES
DRYWALL-INSTALLER TAPING & REPAIRS. Framing, electrical, full custom basement reno-vations. Installation & stippled ceiling repairs. 25 years experience. Workmanship guaran-teed. Chris, 613-839-5571 or 613-724-7376
SEND A LOAD to the dump, cheap. Clean up clutter, garage sale leftovers or leaf and yard waste. 613-256-4613
WOMANPAINTER
Quality paint, interior/exterior. Wallpapering.
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FREE 120 PAGE CATALOGUE from Halfords. Butcher sup-plies, leather & craft supplies and animal control products. 1-800-353-7864 or email: [email protected] or visit our Wed Store: www.halfordsmailorder.com
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LYONS FAMILY TURKEY FARM LTD.
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Don’t settle for second or third best! Call 613-688-0653.or pre-apply atwww.fi rststudentcanada.comWe are an equal opportunity employer.
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Experiencedresidential house cleaner part/full
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AVAILABLEDue to management restructuring, and promotions from within our dealership, we require an experienced manager for our busy, successful collision centre.This person must be an ambitious, customer focused, insurer friendly individual, able to lead a skilled team and obtain quality results.
Apply in confi dence, with resumé and references to:
Shawn JamiesonFixed Operations Manager
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Email: [email protected]
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GENERAL HELPER $14/hrQualifi cations: - Able to get to job site - Good physical condition - Some experience in construction is an asset
LEAD TEAM $12/hr+ BONUS Job description:Target marketing to generate estimate leads for CBHP Windows and Doors. Door to door visits in key areas of the city with the staff teamQualifi cations: - Outgoing personality - Good physical condition
Positions need to be fi lled immediately. Students welcomed. Please send resume to
[email protected] or call 613.691.0469 for more information.
Canadian Built Home ProductsSpecializing in Windows and Doors ...is growing and hiring!
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MUSIC, DANCEINSTRUCTIONS
PIANO LESSONS, teacher with over ten years experience in Crystal Beach, special-izing in beginner stu-dents of all ages is accepting new students. I teach all elements of music education and teach all styles of mu-sic. Please contact, Britt at (613) 255-7309, or by email at [email protected]
MUSIC, DANCEINSTRUCTIONS
WORLD CLASS DRUM-MER (of Five Man Elec-trical Band) is now accepting students. Pri-vate lessons, limited en-rollment, free consultation. Call Steve, 613-831-5029.www.stevehollingworth.ca
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We welcome submissions of upcoming com-munity, non-profi t events. Please email events to [email protected] by 4:30 p.m. Friday.
• OCTOBER 1Reserve a space for Riverside Churches’ annual parking lot garage sale. The sale will take
place from 9 a.m. to noon in the parking lot of Riverside Churches, located at 3191 Riverside Drive. Rent a space now for only $25. Call 613-733-7735 or 613-731-1646 to reserve.
‘Cleaning the Capital’ - Overbrook Clean Up – will be held on Oct. 1 at the Overbrook Com-munity Centre from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. This is an opportunity for families and volunteers to keep our Overbrook neighbourhood beauti-ful. We thank Tim Hortons for supplying the refreshments and the City of Ottawa support for materials. Please join us!
St. Timothy’s Presbyterian Church at 2400 Alta Vista Dr. will have its used fall and winter clothing sale including home baking, books, toys, dishes and small fl ea market items. The event runs from 8:30 a.m. to noon.
• OCTOBER 2Heritage Ottawa Walking Tour of the Village of Rockcliffe Park Oct 2 2:00 p.m. $10. Meet at Lisgar Road and Princess Avenue. Learn about the history of the village and the role the MacKay and Keefer families had in determin-ing its layout and the design of many of its homes. Tour given by Martha Edmond, author of Rockcliffe Park: A History of the Village. For more information please call 613-230-8841 or go to www.heritageottawa.org.
• OCTOBER 7The Glebe High School Reunion – Class of 1981 (give or take a few years) will take place at 7 p.m. at Tucsons on Bank Street at Hunt Club. For more information, fi nd us on Facebook at Glebe Reunion or email at glebe1981@hotmail.
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• OCTOBER 8-10The Friends of the Farm are hosting a Fine Art Exhibition and Sale with amazing pieces of art by nine artists working in a variety of medi-ums. The event is juried and runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Building 72, Central Experimental Farm. For more information call 613-230-3276 or visit: www.friendsofthefarm.ca .
• OCTOBER 22The Woodroffe United Church Bazaar 2011 takes place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 207 Wood-roffe Ave. Items for sale include china, bake table, books, silent auction, toys, fl ea market, jewelry, used furniture and much more.
Capital Crime Writers and the Ottawa Public Library present ‘A Day to Kill’.Ottawa’s top mystery writers will be gathering for a full day of panels and readings by celebrity guests at the Main branch of the Ottawa Public Library, 120 Metcalfe Street. The event runs from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and includes a complemen-tary lunch. To pre-register, send an e-mail to: [email protected] .
• NOVEMBER 4-6Visit six distinguished homes in Ottawa deco-rated for the holidays as part of Homes for the Holidays 9th annual Charity House Tour to support The Hospice at May Court. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Ticket booklets are $35 and are on sale as of Sept. 9. For ticket booklet sale locations or to buy online, visit: www.hospicemaycourt.com or call 613-260-2906 ext. 232.
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MANAGER OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISMReporting to the Director of Economic Development, this position is responsible for the economic, community and tourism development initiatives as well as the overall administration and the management of the Economic Development Department, including annual budget, implementation of the 2011-2013 Economic Development Action Plan and development of new socio-economic development initiatives throughout the community and making recommendations to the Director of Economic Development on matters pertaining to the operations of the Department.
The ideal candidate will have a degree or college diploma in economic development, tourism or management combined with six to ten years of related work experience in a municipal economic development setting or an equivalent combination of education, training or experience. Related work experience includes demonstrated competencies in problem solving, analytical skills, effective communication skills, strong organizational skills, superior customer facilitation skills and good budget and people management abilities.
The Town of Smiths Falls provides a competitive compensation and benefi ts package. To explore this challenging opportunity further, qualifi ed applicants are invited to submit a confi dential resume to: Human Resources The Corporation of the Town of Smiths Falls 77 Beckwith Street, North P.O. Box 695 Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada K7A 4T6 Fax: 613-283-4764 Email: KMskelly@smithsfall. caThe closing date for this recruitment is Friday, Oct. 14, 2011 at 12:00 p.m. Personal information is being collected under the authority of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Privacy Act and will be used for employment assessment purposes only.
The Corporation of the Town of Smiths Falls is a progressive separated municipality with the population of approximately 8,800 within the County of Lanark in eastern Ontario. Located at the Heart of the Rideau Canal the Province of Ontario’s only UNESCO World Heritage site, Sensational Smiths Falls is just a short distance from Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto, Ontario as well as the United States, Canada border. The Town provides a mix of urban and recreational lifestyles offering a high quality of life for its residents. We have the following exciting opportunity for a dedicated, customer service, and results oriented person.
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Amica at Westboro ParkA Wellness & Vitality™ Residence
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Come and enjoy all the things you love about Fall … the crispness in the air, a
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you to join us as we host a complimentary afternoon to celebrate some of Fall’s
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Let this season of colourful changes inspire you to visit your neighbourhood
Amica retirement residence and experience our active lifestyle first hand. There’s
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