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Ottawa West - According to industry experts, there are over 33 physical problems that will come under scrutiny during a home inspection when your home is for sale. A new report has been prepared which identifi es the eleven most common of these problems, and what you should know about them before you list your home for sale. Whether you own an old home or a brand new one, there are a number of things that can fall short of requirements during a home inspection. If not identifi ed and dealt with, any of these 11 items could cost you dearly in terms of re-
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PLAYGROUND FOR ALLA group of parents are busy fundraising for a new primary play yard at Woodroffe Avenue Public School.
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Twenty-fi ve homes on Roman Avenue could be saved if city council decides to build a Transitway tunnel under Con-naught Park and avenue instead.
The city’s transportation committee was to vote on a report on Nov. 2 recommend-ing the city cancel its plans to expropriate homes along Roman Avenue, next to High-way 417.
City staff said the best idea is to revert
back to a plan dating to 1996 that involves constructing a 400-metre tunnel that would run under Connaught Avenue and a Na-tional Capital Commission-owned park, as well as an OC Transpo garage. In 2008, the city estimated it would cost $138 million to dig, construct and cover over the tunnel.
That was deemed too expensive, so the city began looking at taking over Roman Avenue and using the space for the western Transitway extension linking the current Queensway stop with a Transitway route recently opened between Pinecrest Avenue
and Bayshore Shopping Centre.City offi cials said they want a rapid tran-
sit corridor that can accommodate buses fi rst, and be converted to light rail in the future.
Paul Coma, a resident of Roman Avenue, said he doesn’t want to get too excited until the decision actually passes.
“I’m not getting my hopes up,” Coma said. “If it passes then I’ll get excited, but I’ve always been that way. I don’t know what will happen. It might not even pass.”
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HOOPING IT UP AT WICKEDLY WESTBOROHula hoop instructor Robyn Brehaut, left, and Amanda Jette-Knox of the Westboro Village Business Improvement Area give Dovercourt Recreation Centre mascot Dovercat a big hug during a zombie walk as part of the Wickedly Westboro festival on Saturday, Oct. 29.
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Even though their own chil-dren might be older and moved onto senior grades in a few years, a group of Woodroffe Av-enue Public School parents are making sure future generations of children can benefi t from an improved primary school yard.
“It’s important for our commu-nity,” said Josephine Dyrkton, mother of Grade 3 student Azad and senior kindergarten student Zara. “My son won’t benefi t from it, but my daughter might get to see it – and other kids going for-ward.”
Last year, the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board had to re-move a wooden play structure in the primary yard where children in Grades 1 through 3 spent their time at recess. The board’s main-tenance department deemed the structure unsafe. Anticipat-ing its removal for a few years, the school’s council has already raised $34,000 and received a grant of $1,000.
In December 2010, the school council formed a playground renewal committee to help push the project forward.
The committee includes par-
ents Dyrkton, Melinda Tan, Jean Byrne, Tara Finlay, Denise Wai, and three consultants Anne Win-dle, Jason Smalley and Wendy Hough.
In January, the committee surveyed students, parents and teachers to fi nd out what they would like to see in the play yard.
The survey showed that people wanted the whole yard re-done.
“It’s a big, expansive yard,” said Dyrkton. “There are a lot of kids who use it, and we have an opportunity to be creative.”
As part of the revitalizations, the committee wants to put a new play structure in the school yard. In addition, members want to have an outdoor classroom and turn some of the asphalt area into an artifi cial turf soc-cer fi eld.
Tan said the outdoor class-room would be a great addition to the play yard.
“One of the biggest issue is that kids in portables are stifl ing in warm weather,” said Tan, whose child Saer is in Grade 1. “It’s sort of a necessity, and it benefi ts them to learn outside, especially different subjects.”
The team also wants to develop the fi eld into a low mound with
play houses, trees, pathways and also create a garden with trees and picnic tables.
Byrne, one of the moms who has been helping drive the initia-tive, said the project might take a few years and they’re hoping to raise $345,000.
“I don’t know if we’re going to accomplish all parts of the plan, but whatever we accomplish is
for the community,” Byrne said.She added that the commit-
tee’s fi rst goal is to raise $100,000 by March 2012 so the new play structure can be installed before the next school year starts.
Dyrkton said members of the committee have been working hard to start fundraising initia-tives for the school yard immedi-ately.
“We thought we had more time, so Jean and everyone’s been working double time to get everything underway and start getting money in,” Dyrkton said.
The committee members said they’re open to corporate spon-sorship, but they’re also amazed at the amount of people who want to give as well.
Byrne said there are one set of twins who are now in Grade 1 who asked for playground dona-tions for their birthday, and do-nated $200 to the project.
Another student in Grade 5 also approached them and asked if he could put on a concert to raise money for the playground.
Also, the group has entered the Aviva Community Fund con-test for a chance to win $100,000 to $150,000 for the project. The contest funds the projects with the most votes, which can be done online at: www.avivacom-munityfund.org .
Dyrkton overall, they hope they can also get some commu-nity involvement.
“Getting the community in-volved and kids involved is fun-damental too,” she said. “Most parents like to know their kids are in a good playground.”
Photo by Kristy WallaceFrom left to right, Woodroffe Avenue Public School moms Jean Byrne, Melinda Tan, Tara Finlay and Josephine Dyrkton are busy fundraising for a new and improved playground for the school.
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Somerset Coun. Diane Holmes thinks the city might be unpre-pared to deal with an infl ux of new condos in the city’s urban core.
In Somerset Ward alone 3,600 units that have been given zon-ing and site-plan approvals. Buildings containing another 430 units have been given per-mission to start construction.
Condo booms in other cen-tral wards, such as Kitchissippi and Rideau-Vanier, add to those numbers.
“If we’re going to absorb an extra 4,000 people, that’s great, as long as we have the infrastruc-ture capacity,” Holmes said.
Right now, there is no one col-lecting that type of information, Holmes said. But she convinced the vice chairwoman of the planning committee, Barrhaven Coun. Jan Harder, to put forward a motion asking the city to study the effects of that level of inten-sifi cation in Somerset Ward.
“We’re not up on what’s really going through the planning de-partment, and we have no policy on investment,” Holmes said.
The city has been working on a policy to take advantage of a Planning Act tool that lets the city charge developers for near-
by perks, such as sidewalk up-grades and parks. But Ottawa’s “Section 37” policy, as it’s called, has been stalled as the city works with developers to iron out the details of how the calculations would work.
Meanwhile, the city set an intensifi cation target of 36 per cent, but demand for condos and a rush to get approvals before development charges kicked in August in Somerset Ward have pushed intensifi cation levels to 43.8 per cent downtown.
A new central library, a com-munity centre and parks are a few of the things Centretown needs in order to attract more families, Holmes said.
“We really need some fami-lies moving downtown,” Holmes said. She wants schools to stay open, and families will hesitate to move to areas that don’t have parks and other amenities.
“Without that sort of infra-structure for family support, it’s going to remain a singles area, which really limits this whole city’s development.”
Other cities have policies to attract families downtown, and that might be something Ottawa should look at, Holmes said.
City to study effect of condo ‘bubble’
This weekend marks the end of daylight time and Ottawa residents are reminded to turn their clocks back before they go to bed on Saturday, Nov. 5. The time offi cially gets turned back by one hour to standard time at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 6. Daylight time begins on the second Sunday in March and lasts until the fi rst Sunday in November. The start of daylight time was moved
back by three weeks while the end was moved forward by one week starting in 2006 when legis-lation was passed to that effect by Parliament to keep Canada’s time pattern consistent with that in the United States.
LAURA MUELLER
Ottawa’s planning process is broken, and 2012 is the year to fi x it.
That was the message Mayor Jim Watson delivered in his speech launching the city’s draft budget for the upcoming year.
Between his positive messag-es about the city’s investments, Watson struck a serious tone when speaking about growth and development.
“Our planning process is not working the way we need it to work,” he said. “Nobody is happy with the situation. Com-munities are frustrated. Indus-try is frustrated. Staff are frus-
trated.”Watson said there needs to be
“a renewed focus and energy to create a service culture in plan-ning.”
Developments are one of the most common issues residents and politicians spar over at city hall, but Watson said the days of developers and builders treating zoning and community design plans as “mere suggestions” are over.
The mayor put developers on notice that the urban design re-view panel, a group of indepen-dent experts that makes sugges-tions on major urban projects, is here to stay. The city plans to fi nalize updated guidelines for infi ll homes next year – a pro-
cess that started last fall.Hosting a planning summit
in 2012 will also set the stage to kick off the review for the 2014 offi cial plan update, as well as a refresh of two of the city’s ma-jor foundational documents: the transportation master plan and the infrastructure master plan.
The city also plans to create a “green express lane” for de-velopers whose building plans strive for greater environmen-tal sustainability.
Developers that include “bet-ter build” techniques, such as solar water heaters, solar pan-els, rainwater re-use, recycled materials and reduced waste will get their proposals fast-tracked.
Mayor vows to fi x broken planning process
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Scrapping annual and semes-ter passes and hiking the U-pass rate for university and college students are part of a plan to restructure OC Transpo fares in 2012.
Overall, transit fares would go up by 2.5 per cent next year, if the transit commission OKs the draft budget presented on Oct. 26.
Transit boss Alain Mercier said the new Presto passes ex-pected in the spring will do away with the need for annual passes, which were discounted as an incentive for people to front the cost of a year’s worth of passes to keep them out of the lengthy lines to top up monthly passes.
Annual passes only make up four per cent of the passes OC Transpo sells, Mercier said.
The new fare structure also scraps semester passes and makes the annual U-pass per-manent – along with a far hike. Those passes will cost univer-sity students $180 per semester ($360 per year), up from $290 for
the year in 2011-12.After a year of testing out
the U-pass, OC Transpo decided the increased rate will cover the cost of providing that pass, Mercier said. The U-pass is in-corporated into tuition for all university students – whether they use it or not.
The suggested fare for the new, fl at-rate rural Para Transpo ser-vice is $8.25 in the draft budget.
The draft budget also con-tains an extra $5.5 million to add 66,000 annual hours of service to keep pace with demand on the system. Diane Deans, tran-sit commission chair and coun-cillor for Gloucester-Southgate, said that money is needed to keep up with ridership growth – not to make up for cuts made this September to help save $20 million a year.
The number of buses in Otta-wa will go down next year – from 1,023 to 990 – but that’s because OC Transpo will have more large, high-capacity buses.
Some of those buses will be double deckers, but the city will have to wait a bit longer before those arrive. There were three
spots where overpasses were go-ing to have to be altered so the taller buses could fi t through, but the bus supplier designed a new, “low-profi le” double decker that will fi t.
But the process of designing a new type of bus is delaying pro-duction, so the double deckers won’t begin to arrive until later in 2012.
Next year will also mark the start of a project to add pass-ing tracks to the O-Train to in-crease service. Trains will run every eight minutes instead of every 15.
By the end of 2012, the city will also have 480 new park-and-ride spaces – 100 at the new Sco-tiabank Place park-and-ride and 380 at Trim Road.
LAURA MUELLER
The Ottawa Police Service had no trouble staying within the budget increase limit imposed on it by city council.
The police service introduced a draft budget for 2012 on Oct. 26 that would see an increase of $9.3 million over 2011. But with tax assessment expected to grow by $4.1 million, the police will only need an addition $5.2 million, or 2.5 per cent, to meet their budget goal. The increase amounts to about $13 per year for an average household, according to a police press release. The police expect to spend $270.3 million on the gross operating budget and $10.7 million on capital projects.
The process was much smooth-er than last year, when the police service was forced to cut $6 mil-lion from the draft budget after council decided to impose the 2.5 per cent increase limit.
The cutbacks also meant the police service will curb growth by only hiring offi cers to replace those who are retiring – not to grow the size of the service.
File photoOC Transpo plans to re-jig its fare structure – including elminating an-nual passes – in 2012 as it prepares to introduce Presto smart cards to replaces passes.
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Ottawa will be overhauling many more of its roads in 2012 in preparation for traffi c snarls that are expected dur-ing the construction of the city’s light rail system.
The city revealed its draft budget for next year on Oct. 26, and with it Mayor Jim Watson announced a new initiative called “Ottawa on the Move”: a $340-million program that will rebuild and resurface a lengthy list of roads across the city.
Much of that money is coming from new debt in order to keep the residential
tax-rate increase to 2.39 per cent – below the 2.5 per cent limit council imposed last year.
That translates to about an extra $75 per year for the average urban hom-eowner.
City treasurer Marian Simulik said the additional projects are needed to en-sure Ottawa’s roads can handle traffi c disruptions during the construction of the central LRT system starting in 2013, and to stimulate the economy.
Ottawa on the Move includes resurfac-ing more than 200 kilometres of roads between 2012 and 2014.
That includes more than 70 kilometres of bicycle lanes and paved shoulders – part of a large investment in cycling infrastructure. The city plans to spend $24 million on cycling infrastructure alone over the next three years – includ-ing a plan to connect Vanier through the downtown core to Westboro with an east-west “bikeway,” by “fi lling in criti-
cal missing links” in the bike-pathway network and using existing cycling fa-cilities such as the Corktown Bridge and new lanes and bridges.
West-end residents will be looking at more construction on Woodroffe Av-enue, as the city plans to reconstruct the road (and the water and sewer lines be-neath it) from Baseline Road to Highway 417. Woodroffe will also be resurfaced between Richmond Road and the Ottawa River Parkway.
Carlington will see a full rebuild of Admiral Avenue between Crerar and Anna avenues.
The city is also planning to repave Bayshore Drive between Richmond and Woodridge Avenue South, Carling Av-
enue from Corkstown Road to Bayshore, Dovercourt Avenue from Broadview Avenue to Churchill Avenue North and Crerar from Merivale Road to Fisher Avenue.
Baseline Road will also get new pave-ment between Merivale and Prince of Wales Drive (in three phases)
Traffi c cameras will be added to the intersection at Baseline and Fisher.
Pedestrians weren’t forgotten in the 2012 budget. After several years of only improving sidewalks when roads are re-built, the city will spend $4 million over the next three years on sidewalks alone. Fisher is set to get sidewalk repairs from Meadowlands Drive to Appleby Private.
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Now is your chance to tell the city how you want to see it spend your tax dollars. Participate in the following public con-sultation sessions for the 2012 budget:
• East: Tuesday, Nov.1, 7 to 9 p.m. Shenkman Arts Centre, Richcraft The-atre, 245 Centrum Blvd., Orleans
• West: Wednesday, Nov. 2, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.Holy Trinity Catholic High School,180 Katimavik Rd., Kanata
•South: Thursday, Nov. 3 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.Rideauview Community Centre, 4310 Shoreline Dr., Riverside South
•Central: Friday, Nov. 4 from 4 to 6 p.m. City Hall council chambers, 110 Laurier
Ave. W.Departmental budgets will also be de-
bated by the city’s standing committees. Anyone can make a fi ve-minute presen-tation at the following meetings, which begin at 9:30 a.m. at city hall: planning (Nov. 8), transportation (Nov. 10), library board (Nov. 14), environment (Nov. 15), transit commission (Nov. 16), community and protective services (Nov. 17), agricul-ture and rural affairs (Nov. 18), informa-tion technology subcommittee (Nov. 21), police services board (Nov. 28).
You can also send an email to the may-or’s offi ce: [email protected].
Council will vote on the fi nal budget on Nov. 30.
City allocates $12M for cycling in draft budgetLanes, paved shoulders part of $340M Ottawa
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IT’S TRICK-OR-TREAT TIME AT CITY HALLMayor Jim Watson was joined by city councillors Kathleen Hobbs and Shad Qadri at the fi fth annual Halloween party in support of the Ottawa Food Bank’s Baby Supply Cup-board at the city hall on Oct. 29. Hundreds of people lined up to donate non-perishable baby food, formula, diapers, wipes and other baby needs.
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A triangular-shaped platform on the corner of Richmond and Pinecrest roads was meant to help people crossing the danger-ous intersection
“It wasn’t a be-all, end-all, but it provided a sense of physical security,” said west-end resident Geoffrey Sharpe, who recently visited the construction site and was told the platform located at the right turning yield lane was being removed.
He said the platform, referred to as a pedestrian traffi c refuge, has been critical for pedestrian safety over the more than 20 years since it was placed there.
“What we have now is one of the most dangerous crossings in entire City of Ottawa,” said Sharpe.
Bay Ward Coun. Mark Tay-lor agrees that the intersection is dangerous, and said that be-tween 2006 and 2008 there were
eight collisions where a vehicle didn’t stop while turning right at the turn channel and hit a pe-destrian.
“(The right turn channel) acts like a slingshot and people go faster,” said Taylor.
Taylor said the city decided to rebuild the intersection and re-move the turn channel, as well as improve drainage so there aren’t any big puddles people try to avoid while walking across the street.
The city is also putting in pe-destrian countdown signals and audible signals, the councillor said..
“The purpose is to make it saf-er for folks crossing the street, and give them more time to do it,” Taylor said, adding that the new intersection would slow the traffi c more.
Sharpe said even before the pedestrian traffi c refuge was put in place, crossing the inter-section was still “ridiculous.”
“This is negligence in every
sense of the word,” Sharpe said. “(As a pedestrian at this inter-section), you feel like a piece of meat that two knives are trying to cut into. By removing the pedestrian traffi c refuge, we’re making something more dangerous for pedestrians that
was dangerous enough 22 years ago.”
He said even though the trian-gle is being removed, pedestri-ans can also still use the traffi c island in the middle when cross-ing from one end of Richmond Road to the other.
“The problem was that people were running across the chan-nel to the island,” Taylor said. “(The channel removal) makes for a longer distance (pedes-trians have to walk), but they won’t be walking across with cars shooting at them.”
Pinecrest intersectionmakeover to improve
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Photo by Kristy WallaceA right-turning lane at Richmond and Pinecrest roads has been removed, including a pedestrian traffi c refuge.
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Jaclyn Madill is carrying on Dovercourt Recreation Centre’s tradition of giving back to the community through its most recent fundraiser, Fit for Heart, which benefi ts the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
“A lot of our clients are inter-ested in fundraising opportuni-ties,” said Madill, who is the manager of health and fi tness at Dovercourt Recreation Cen-tre. “(The fundraiser) is a nice opportunity for them to get to know each other, and for them to give back to the community.”
Last week, the recreation cen-tre aimed to raise $2,500 for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. The centre has raised a total of $800, but Madill said they are still raising money.
Throughout the week between Oct. 24 and 30, Madill said there were three ways people could give back to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
First, she said Dovercourt ac-count holders were encouraged to do seven fi tness visits in seven days and raise pledges for this task. Unlimited access to all the
group fi tness classes and fi tness centre were given to Dovercourt clients.
She said the second way peo-ple could was just to donate, and their name would be added to the facility’s “heart wall.”
Finally, Dovercourt clients were also able to donate by reg-istering early for winter classes. The facility donated $2 from every registration to the cause, and this will continue until Nov. 22.
“It’s all basically a sneak pre-view,” said Madill. “Everything for the winter is available even before the publications are avail-able.”
Madill said she’s led the Fit for Heart fundraiser at previ-ous jobs, and said she hopes it becomes an annual event at Do-vercourt.
While Heart and Stroke month falls in February, Madill said Oc-tober seemed like a better month to do the fundraiser.
“Our busiest time of year is in October,” she said. “It suits our traffi c better to do it in the fall.”
For more information on Dovercourt’s activities and up-coming events, visit the website: www.dovercourt.org .
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From AVENUE on page 1He said he’ll be “ecstatic” if
the decision goes the residents’ way.
“This nonsense has been going on for close to 30 years,” he said, adding that if it doesn’t pass, the community will keep working to try and save the homes. “We’ll keep hammering at it.”
Bay Ward Coun. Mark Tay-lor said the issue has been one of the more important ones he wanted to address when elected last year.
“Of all the issues in the ward, this was the one we did an is-sue-specifi c canvass piece for,” Taylor said. “It means so much to people who live there. It’s not a question of dollars ... this is a question of quality of life.”
He added that if the issue passes, it will mean a lot to mem-bers of the community who had to hold off aspects of their life waiting for a decision.
“What it means is fi nally, af-ter 25 years, they can rest easy,” Taylor said. “They know their homes won’t be expropriated, their property values will return to normal, and it’s a big weight off their shoulders.”
Coma whichever way the situ-ation goes, he feels Taylor has been supportive of the commu-
nity – especially those living on Roman Avenue.
“He’s working hard,” said Coma.
Coma and his wife, Christine, have lived in their Roman Av-enue home since the 1970s and raised a family there.
In an interview with Ottawa This Week back in January, Christine said the home has meant a lot to her.
“A lot of people say it’s only a house,” she said. “But there are memories in this house, and in this neighbourhood.”
Coma said he will be at trans-portation committee on Nov. 2 to hear the outcome.
In the report, Taylor writes that the change will “end 25 years of stress and anxiety in this neighbourhood” and return the value of people’s homes to a normal market value.
Transportation committee’s decision took place after Ottawa This Week’s deadline, but fi nd out the results at: www.yourot-tawaregion.com .
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Photo by Kristy WallaceHouses on Roman Avenue could be spared from expropriation if transit committee approves a Transitway tunnel under Connaught Park and avenue.
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When someone gives us a new toy, it’s only natural to thank him. When someone gives millions of people new toys,
it’s only natural that the world thanks him. And that’s why you’re still read-ing, weeks after his death, tributes to the late Steve Jobs.
And who can say they’re not de-served? Although he didn’t accomplish it single-handedly, Jobs made comput-ing accessible to the average person. Be-fore the MacIntosh computer, you had to be a bit of a geek to function easily in the computer world. The Mac made that world more friendly, which is an impor-tant contribution, given the fact that the computer world is now the world.
Whether we like it or not. Many peo-ple don’t, but they’re stuck with it and having easy-to-use computers makes their lives more bearable.
However, it’s not the several genera-tions of Apple desktops and laptops that earned Steve Jobs the gratitude of millions. Those weren’t the toys he gave us. No, the inspiration for all those heartfelt tributes was the creation of the iPod and the iPhone.
Those two small devices were, predictably, snapped up by early adopt-ers and, less predictably, by just about
everyone else. You can measure how signifi cant that was by thinking back to the year before the invention of the iPod and what you were doing then.
That was the year 2000. Your music was probably on CDs. If you wanted to listen to music while you went for your morning run, you had to carry a bulky portable disc player or, if you were a bit behind, laboriously transfer those discs to tape cassettes to be played on your Walkman.
Or, if you were one of those perhaps fortunate people untouched by technol-ogy, you listened to your CDs (or phono-graph records) at home and listened to the birds when you went outside.
If someone had told you, in the year 2000, that you would, within the year, be loading your CDs into the computer and then transferring songs onto a device
the size of a deck of playing cards, you wouldn’t have believed it. Now millions do it.
What a toy!It’s not all good. The advent of the
iPod and digitized music generally has caused a crisis in the music industry and made it more diffi cult for many musicians to earn a living. Fixated on their shiny toys, most people don’t seem to notice.
The impact of the iPhone is more visible. You see it in people on the street who never look up, people in restaurants who never speak to their partners, people who seemingly talk to themselves in shopping centres. You hear it in electronic noises that echo in theatres.
The upside is that people are connect-ed at all times. They need never be out of touch. They can talk to their friends from a forest. They can settle every argument by Googling the answer from the tavern. The offi ce can contact them at the church. From anywhere, they can get directions to the nearest phone store, in case there’s something newer.
The benefi t to humanity is diffi cult to measure, but no one who has the toy is going to give it up, or stop looking for the next one.
When you think about it, both these devices, the iPod and the iPhone, are things the world could quite easily get along without. That could be said of most toys. But what can’t be said about most toys is that the world economy now seems to consist of more and more companies trying to invent and market similar gadgets.
This, in a world that should really be spending its resources bringing fresh water to billions who need it, eradi-cating diseases such as malaria and creating affordable housing in every country of the world. The world has many pressing needs and builds better phones. Toys are us. That’s probably not what Steve had in mind.
Just what the world needs – more toys
Budget a win for pedal power
Roads, transit, taxes, police: the introduc-tion of a city budget is a deluge of infor-mation about the way our representatives plan to spend our money this year.
But some things shine through brighter than others. Amongst the splashy additions of road projects and congratulatory back-patting over keeping the tax increase under 2.5 per cent, Mayor Jim Watson boasted about a pretty hefty infl ux of cash for cycling.
Compared to the $2.8 million per year for cycling included in this council’s fi rst budget for 2011, the city is now set to invest $24 million in cycling over the next three years – including $12.2 million in 2012.
“We will be working hard to fi ll the gaps in our cycling network to improve interconnections and safety so you can get where you are going by bike,” Watson said in his speech top council when the draft budget was tabled on Oct. 26.
From paving shoulders to fi nishing the Cham-pagne pathway and construction a pedestrian and cycling bridge over the Rideau River, the draft budget boasts a laundry list of projects to make getting around the city easier on two wheels.
It’s something cycling advocates say they are heartened to hear on the lips of politicians.
And unlike his predecessor, Larry O’Brien, Wat-son isn’t reticent to hop on a bike himself.
When it comes to city staff, politicians and the National Capital Commission, there was no outspoken supporter for cycling until a trip to Co-penhagen a couple of years ago, said Alex deVries, vice president of local advocacy group Citizens for Safe Cycling.
After that, “we could see very quickly a trans-formation on the part of politicians,” deVries said. “It’s not just the dollars, it’s in their willingness to make a bold statement like that.”
While the NCC and the city are often seen as being at loggerheads with each other, cycling is the one thing that appears to have brought them together.
City and NCC staff are working together on projects like the Wellington Street segregated bike lane, and there is even a working group that in-cludes community members and meets quarterly.
And if the budget is a refl ection of what people – especially politicians – are thinking about, it’s going to be a good year for cyclists.
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My eldest son was playing Lego in the basement the other day. He was putting an addition on his solid brick home.
“Is that built to new energy-effi ciency code standards?” I asked. He looked at me, blankly.
If you’re thinking about undertaking a major renovation or building a new home this year, this is a question you’ll want to ask yourself and your contractor: Will your renovation meet the stringent new energy-effi ciency standards outlined in the provincial and federal building codes?
In Ontario, the Energuide 80 standard, a complex energy-effi ciency ranking developed by National Resources Canada (NRCan) comes into effect on Dec. 31.
Once the upper echelon, “star” ranking of building, is now set to become the new baseline for building and renovating. It will force contractors to build to a 17 per cent higher energy-effi ciency rating than they are now.
Any province or territory that has not already addressed energy effi ciency in its code is also expected to adopt the Ener-guide 80 standard into law by this time next year. That’s because the federal code – which acts as a national guideline for binding provincial legislation – is under-going some mega-changes, which account for energy-effi ciency for the fi rst time.
“It’s the single biggest change we have ever introduced as an interim change in the national building code,” says Frank Lohmann, senior technical advisor on housing and small buildings at the
National Research Council of Canada (NRC).
The good news is that you don’t have to install solar panels on the roof or com-postable toilets to meet the new stan-dards. But you’ll have to be willing to fork out some extra cash for better insulation in basements, attics and walls, along with high-effi ciency heat recovery systems (HRVs), furnaces, windows and doors. In the long run, however, it’s expected you’ll see some hefty cost savings in your energy bill.
Raising the minimum standard bodes well for the future. In Ottawa, Corvinelli Homes just took home the grand prize for the second year in a row at the Housing Design Awards held by the Greater Ot-tawa Home Builders’ Association on Oct. 22. Cornivelli’s 1,388-foot-square bun-galow, called the Napoli, built far above Energuide 80 standard, is expected to cost less than $150 per month in monthly energy costs.
Company president John Cornivelli insists the added cost of building materi-als to bring the Napoli up to such a high level of effi ciency is about three per cent over current standards, proving “you don’t have to be a tree-hugger to use less energy.”
If you’re renovating this year or next, now’s the time to get your head around green building. As an added incentive, the federal government recently rein-troduced its popular EcoEnergy Retrofi t program. Until March 31, 2012, homeown-ers can have their houses inspected by an NRCan-certifi ed energy auditor and then undertake renovations to improve the energy-effi ciency of their homes. Grant-matching at the provincial level could help you save thousands of dollars toward window, furnace and insulation upgrades.
Kermit the Frog once said “it’s not easy being green,” but with today’s new build-ing standards and incentives, it’s about to get a whole lot easier.
THIS WEEK’S POLL QUESTIONWhat part of the 2012 draft budget has you most excited or outraged?
A) Plans to resurface more than 200 kilometres worth of roads by 2014.
B) Expanding the city’s system of cycling lanes and paved shoulders by 70 kilometres.
C) A commitment to fi x the planning system.
D) I’m angry that taxes are going up again.
LAST WEEK’S POLL SUMMARYOne year after being elected, what do you think is the most signifi cant achievement of the current city council?
A) Approving the construction of Ontario’s fi rst centrally-located segre-gated bike lane.
B) Reaching the fi rst negotiated contract with the city’s transit union since 2005.
C) Limiting the tax hike to 2.5 per cent.
D) Approving the city hall Rink of Dreams.
E) I think city council has yet to achieve anything worthy of praise.
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cent article on the “re-vamped” Clare Gardens (Clare Gardens a park designed for all generations, Sept. 1, 2011).
In it you refer to the space as having been called the “forgot-ten park.”
As a boy growing up in West-boro in the ’50s and ’60s I remem-ber when we used to call it “The Second Bush.” The “First Bush” closer to my home on Avondale Avenue was the vacant lot at the top of Athalone. It was then owned by the Hydro Utility. At present new homes are going up on that site.
One feature much appreci-ated by us youngsters was the total natural lay of the land in the Second Bush. It fl ooded in the spring so much so that some-times walking through it was impossible or life threatening (or so we then imagined). A de-tour down Tweedsmuir took lon-ger and was not as much fun.
My former father-in-law can remember in times of fl ooding, towing outhouses from neigh-bouring Tweedsmuir proper-ties (which backed on the bush). When the waters receded they left the structures high and lit-erally dry. Owners then had to get horse and wagon to retrieve their wayward structures. Be-fore the days of television this was all great fun.
Photo by Kristy Wallace
PITCHING IN AT THE PARKSandra Bowles and her daughters, Katie and Julia, took part in the Clare Gardens fall cleanup on Oct. 22. As part of the day, residents also planted more than 100 daffodils donated by Ritchie Feed and Seed.
MICHELLE NASH
A collaboration between a Canadian Idol judge and an Ot-tawa band has added up to a rockin’ benefi t concert to help raise money for prostate cancer research.
Rockin’ For The Boys will be held at the École secondaire catholique Béatrice-Desloges amphitheatre and will feature Canadian Idol judge Zack Wer-ner, who will accompany the Ottawa-based Blue Jacks for the concert on Nov. 5.
Werner met Blue Jack band member Ron Laframboise through social media a little over a year ago, and when Lafram-boise contacted Werner to do a benefi t concert he didn’t hesitate to say yes.
“As celebrities, we all have the responsibility to work in chari-table causes, breast cancer is a hugely publicized – prostate can-cer needs more (people) to advo-cate and to want to stand up and talk about it,” Werner said.
Werner has 20 years working in the music business, from be-ing in the band Thick As Thieves to working as management to go-ing back to his roots as a lawyer
at Sanderson Entertainment Law, the pre-eminent entertain-ment law fi rm in Canada.
He said he is looking forward to the concert, which he said promises to be a great time.
“It is going to be balls to the walls – full out rock and roll. One a gigantic rock party,” Wer-ner said.
He hopes this concert will shed some light on a type of cancer that men tend to shy away from speaking about or even going to the doctor to be checked out.
Joining Werner and Lafram-boise will be Werner’s longtime friend, Mike Dannkert, as well as the other bandmates, Mur-ray Soehn keyboards and Ralph Buch on drums.
Werner said they have been chatting about the songs they want to perform, but said he is looking forward to simply jam-ming with a bunch of great muscians – all for the benefi t of helping raise money for a good cause.
“I think it is going to be really fun event,” Werner added.
Tickets are $15. There will be prizes, including a guitar auto-graphed by Werner. For more information about the event, please email [email protected] .
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Clare Gardens, remembered
We had to walk through the bush twice daily on our way down to Champlain High School. This also involved running over CPR railroad tracks by Scott Street and sometimes through the CBC studio/garages on La-nark Avenue.
When cold weather caused a fl ash freeze after some mild weather we had an enormous skating rink.
The famous Ottawa Architect, Barry Hobin, grew up in the lovely angular house opposite the bush and I can not help but think that it was this vista that
gave him his appreciation of natural settings and sunlight.
I was actually sad when I saw the straight, raised and paved path installed in the park 20 years ago. Sanitized progress is not appreciated by everyone.
I have often thought of put-ting down some of my recollec-tions into a series of articles or a book. It sounds trite, but I think some of the newer residents would have a greater apprecia-tion of their present environ-ment if they knew from whence it sprang.
Michael Curry
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When Marcel Pronovost began sifting through his family history about 20 years ago, he came across an astonishing fi nd about an ancestor who dates back nine generations.
His distant great grandfather, a fur trader named Mathieu Rouillard, was a settler of New France and was the fi rst known European to be buried in Louisi-ana upon his death in 1702.
The Mechanicsville resident took his fi ndings and turned it into a book entitled Feu et Lieu – La vie tumultueuse de Ma-thieu Rouillard et de Jeanne Guillet. .
Now he’s translated the book into Eng-lish, with the title Hearth and Home. He hopes the move will expand the story’s readership, including to some of Rouil-lard’s countless descendants who live in western Canada and parts of the United States. Many of these descendants are under the name Pronovost, with various spellings, and Saint-Cyr.
“He traveled through North America searching for fur, and he had a very inter-esting life,” said Pronovost. “Most people at that time in New France either had the choice of agriculture or fur trading because it was the only way for them to make money.”
Researching an ancestor this far back was relatively easy, he said, because Rouillard was usually in and out of court since he was unable to pay back loans he was given.
Another way he found information was by looking at records of Rouillard’s fur trading trips.
“In Quebec, it’s much easier to go back,” Pronovost said. “(The archives) are very easy and well kept.”
While on a trading expedition in the Mississippi delta, Rouillard died in 1702 and is the fi rst known European buried in the state of Louisiana, 20 years before
the founding of New Orleans.Pronovost also documents information
he found on Jeanne Guillet, Rouillard’s wife, who kept the family together during her husband’s long expeditions.
“His wife was holding a tight ship when he was away,” said Pronovost, who added that he would like to write a sequel on Guillet.
There are also documents on her, be-cause she was in and out of courts fi ght-ing debts left behind by her husband after he died.
“She lived for 25 years after he died and she raised her family by herself. With a lot of hardship, she did very well. Two of his children became prominent in Que-bec and she did it all by herself.”
While the book looks at Pronovost’s an-cestors, he said Ottawa residents would be interested in the Ottawa River’s role in the fur trade, which is highlighted in the book.
“Everybody was coming through here before the construction of the railway,” he said.
“The Ottawa River was the main artery, and fur trading is so important in the his-tory of Canada. Without fur trading, we wouldn’t be here today.”
Even though his family records were more readily available because of court documents, Pronovost encourages people to look up their own family history.
He said the best way to fi nd this infor-mation is to interview older members of the family, and even visit Library and Ar-chives Canada which has a genealogical centre.
“It’s important to know where you come from,” he said. “Research your own family – you might fi nd something very interesting.”
Hearth and Home can be found at Col-lected Works on Wellington Street West, Perfect Books on Elgin St., Books on Beechwood, and Octopus Bookstore on Third Avenue.
Photo by Kristy WallaceMechanicsville author Marcel Pronovost has written a book about one his ancestors who played a signifi cant role in the fur trade.
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It was eight years ago on Oct. 31 that Max Keeping left the Ot-tawa Hospital’s Civic Campus, his prostate cancer treatment complete.
“Eight years later, I celebrate,” said Keeping to large audience at the Hampton Inn and Con-ference Centre, which hosted Ottawa’s fi rst-ever Wake Up Call breakfast. “The cancer has not returned, and everyone who’s a survivor should shout it from the rooftop.”
Prostate Cancer Canada, in partnership with Canadian Friends of the Hebrew Univer-sity of Jerusalem, Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada and The Ottawa Hospital Foun-dation, hosted the Wake Up Call Breakfast in support of prostate cancer research.
The event started in Toronto about nine years ago, and has expanded east and west over the years.
Ken Alger, district vice-presi-dent of TD Canada Trust, said the breakfast started at a time when prostate cancer was an is-sue that didn’t receive much at-tention.
“Research investment was low, public awareness was poor, and men were hiding from the facts,” Alger said. “Men didn’t like to talk about that kind of thing, and men were not getting tested annually. Because of late diagno-
sis, they had minimal chance of survival.”
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of prostate cancer researchers are growing steadily ... political interest is very much needed and appreciated, we’ve seen un-precedented media interest and public awareness is growing,” Alger said, citing “Movember”
as an example of an innovative campaign that’s grown over the years.
The breakfast also saw Dr. Chris Morash, medical director of The Ottawa Hospital prostate cancer assessment centre, re-ceive an award for his support locally.
“This is a major battle we’re fi ghting,” said Morash, adding that he recently saw a former patient’s obituary. “These are young, vibrant and active people. It was sad to see him go, and we’ll continue to battle on his behalf.”
Alger agreed that there is still a battle against prostate cancer to fi ght, even though there is more attention on it now than there was 10 years ago.
“Prostate cancer has not been beaten, but there is hope for to-morrow and that hope begins to-day,” said Alger.
Since its inception, the Wake Up Call Breakfast series has raised more than $1.9 million na-tionally for prostate cancer.
Another event in support of prostate cancer also took place at the Centrepointe Theatre in a fundraising concert called Piano for Prostate.
For more information, visit www.cfhu.org/piano .
Photo by Kristy WallaceMax Keeping hosted Ottawa’s fi rst-ever Wake Up Call Breakfast at the Hampton Inn on Tuesday, Nov. 1, which sought to raise awareness of prostate cancer.
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From soy-based products to recycled wood, the future of car construction materials is going in a more eco-friendly direction.
And on Oct. 17, Woodroffe High School students who are interested in pursuing a career in car manufacturing learned about environmentally-friendly prod-ucts starting to appear in cars.
Dave Rossy from Lincoln Heights Ford acted as the teacher, and intro-duced these sustainable options to the students.
“I enjoy doing these sessions with kids because I like their reactions, and I like being challenged,” he said.
Some of the more eco-friendly ways
that cars are being produced now, Rossy said, include chromium-free tanned in-terior leathers, soy-based foams for seat cushions, recycled resins for underbody systems, recycled yarn for fabric in the seats and suede fabrics made from pop bottles.
Some of the plastics used in today’s cars, for things like fl oor mats and interior trim pieces, are being pro-duced with corn. Wheat is another in-gredient that’s beginning to go into materials used for door handles and battery trays.
Students, ranging from Grades 9 to 12, were surprised to hear about the news ways cars are being produced now, and were given the chance to look at differ-ent eco-friendly materials.
“As far as materials and energy go, we
don’t think about the materials that go into vehicles,” said teacher Holly New-some. “We’re seeing how technology can solve a lot of problems we have and these are solutions.”
Rossy said the students are tomor-row’s leaders, and he hopes many of the students he talked to will go on to eco-friendly careers.
He predicted that when the students grow up and head into the working world, traditional cars will look more like “space ships” that are better on en-ergy and fuel.
“Whether it’s solar energy, whether it’s going to be hydrogen-powered cars, students will go into the fi eld and make them more dynamic and better,” Rossy said. “They won’t be the clunky cars we drive now.”
Woodroffe High School students learn about eco-friendly car parts
Photo by Kristy WallaceAisha El Hawz, 14, left, and Dorcas Lubangi, 14, look at different eco-friendly materials that are beginning to be put in cars.
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Carleton University’s quidditch team sailed through to the fi nals of the Cana-dian Quidditch Cup unbeaten, but failed to avoid a defeat against Canadian cham-pions McGill University.
McGill maintained its title as Canada’s top-ranked quidditch team after dominat-ing Canada’s fi rst-ever offi cial quidditch tournament. Carleton played host to the fi rst Canadian Quidditch Cup on Satur-day, Oct. 29, with teams from seven Cana-dian universities as well as one from the U.S., St. Lawrence University.
Originally a fi ctional sport from J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, quidditch was modifi ed into “ground quidditch” or “muggle quidditch” for play in the real world.
The sport is a fast-paced combina-tion of rugby, soccer and volleyball, and involves the prominent use of broom-sticks.
Matches are played between two teams of seven players riding broomsticks, using four balls and six elevated ring-shaped goals, three at each end of the quidditch fi eld.
“Three chasers on each team throw a volleyball back and forth between them-selves as they attempt to score on one of three goal hoops on the other side of the fi eld,” said Andrea Hill, founder and cap-tain of Carleton’s team.
Each goal is worth 10 points. The hoops are guarded by a keeper who acts as a goalie.
McGill defeated host Carleton in the fi nal by a score of 160-80 after what orga-nizers called a hard-fought game.
“Our team is quite strong, we are do-ing quite well,” said Hill.
The University of Ottawa placed third after falling 100-10 to Carleton University in the semifi nals.
St. Lawrence University walked away with the tournament’s sportsmanship award. Teams from Queen’s, McMaster, Ryerson and Toronto universities also participated.
“It’s been great so far, teams are having a lot of fun and (are) excited to be repre-senting Canada and to be helping foster the growth of quidditch in Canada,” said Hill.
The game, which is relatively new in Canada, is slowly taking universities across the country by storm, helping to explains the level of participation and standard of play.
“Quidditch in Canada is quite new and so it is really daunting for a lot of teams to think about competing with other teams,” said Hill.
Carleton’s quidditch team was founded last year and more than 60 students are now involved with the team.
“In general people are enjoying the game,” Hill said.
The real-life version of quidditch was
created by students at Middlebury Col-lege in Vermont in 2005. At the time it was played by a group of friends on Sun-day afternoons as an alternative to bocce ball.
Third-year Carleton student Kelly McKenzie said her team was using the tournament to prepare for the world championships, which will be held this month in New York.
Carleton falls to McGill in Canadian Quidditch Cup
Photo by Eddie RwemaMcGill University, shown in the dark shirts playing against the University of Toronto, remain the top ranked team in the country after winning the fi rst-ever Canadian Quidditch Cup, held at Carleton University on Saturday, Oct. 29.
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It was a happy homecoming for Ottawa natives Allan Brett and Joanna Brown, who swept into town on Saturday, Oct. 29 with their powerful Guelph Gry-phons to capture both the men’s and women’s team titles at the Ontario University Athletics cross country championships.
Hosted by the Ottawa Lions and University of Ottawa Gee-Gees at the Terry Fox Athletic Facility, it was Brown’s fi rst competition back in town after moving to Guelph to start her fi rst semester in September.
“I love being back in Ottawa,” says Brown. “There were so many people cheering me on. It’s great seeing everyone.”
For Brett, a fi fth-year senior who’s been an All-Canadian in all four of his seasons with the Gryphons, the wait was a bit lon-ger for a return to the Mooney’s Bay site where he hadn’t com-peting since graduating from Hillcrest High School in 2005.
“It’s always great to come back to the hometown crowd and my old stomping grounds,” says Brett, who had a couple fl ash-backs to his training with the Lions while racing at the OUAs. “We used to go up and down that hill about 10 times after pretty much every workout, so I was defi nitely used to it.”
It was a familiar sight for the local cross-country community to see Brown and Brett accepting champion medals. Brown earned OUA rookie-of-the-year honours in fi nishing 15th in the women’s fi ve-kilometre race, while Brett
helped complete Guelph’s sev-enth consecutive sweep of the women’s and men’s crowns with his seventh-place showing in the men’s 10-kilometre event.
“It doesn’t get old, that’s for sure,” says Brett, who will fi nish his master’s degree in bioengi-neering after his fi nal season of university eligibility. “Every
year the team is just as hungry as ever.”
Brown knew the quality of the Guelph program when she decided to move to the location of the triathlon high-perfor-mance training centre, but just how good the other athletes were still caught the former OFSAA cross-country champ a little off-
guard.“In high school, I was just
more fi t (than others),” says Brown, who’s loved getting back into cross-country although the surges and constant hills and corners contrast with her re-cent triathlon training. “It’s so humbling to train with these girls. They’re so driven, but at the same time, they know how to have so much fun.
“I’m not surprised that we won as a team, again.”
REBOUND FROM INJURY
Life in Guelph has been kinder to the Carp native than her last summer in the nation’s capital. The former Bytown Storm tri-athlete didn’t have an uninter-rupted two-week stretch in 2011 where she was able to do her regular amount of run training due to “freak injuries” that con-tinued to strike, such as stepping on a crabapple and dislocating a bone in her foot.
The fi nal blow came at the world junior triathlon champi-onships in Beijing where Brown crashed twice during the bike portion of the race and wound up placing sixth after winning a bronze medal the previous year.
But it’s been smooth sailing so far in Guelph since the All Saints Catholic High School grad got back into running a week after arriving at school with a cast on her wrist.
“It’s been awesome train-ing again,” says Brown, who switched from studying biomed-ical sciences to marketing and management in order to have a
schedule that allows her to take part in Olympic preparation camps with the likes of Paula Findlay and Simon Whitfi eld. “School is obviously important to me, but right now the prior-ity is athletics. And I want an Olympic gold medal, so that’s my focus.”
GEE-GEES FINISH MIDDLE OF PACK
The host Gee-Gees wound up 11th in the women’s event and 10th in the men’s competition with teams made up almost ex-clusively of Ottawa-raised ath-letes.
Although Clara Moore and Isabelle Kanz – who was the top Gee-Gees female in 43rd of 111 – were rookies, the Nepean and Garneau high school grads have trained in the same Lions group as third-year runner Julia Brit-ton for around four years.
That’s helped create a strong bond between the athletes that got together for a team dinner – and the prerequisite watching of the Say Yes to the Dress TV program – the night before the race even though they weren’t on the road.
“That’s one of the best parts of being on the team,” says Brit-ton, a Sir Robert Borden grad. “Everyone in our group is so positive and motivating and friendly.”
Justin Jakeman and Matt Vierula were the top male Gee-Gees in 44th and 57th place, while Guelph’s Andrew Nixon and Toronto’s Tamara Jewett were the men’s and women’s champions.
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Capital City FC’s fi rst season in the Canadian Soccer League stopped one goal short of the ul-timate dream as the Ottawa club fell 1-0 to Toronto Croatia on the road this past weekend in the championship fi nal.
“The players worked very hard,” said Capital City coach Shaun Harris, who believed his team was the better side overall in the deciding game. “The ball just didn’t go in the back of the net for us – everything but.”
Hayden Fitzwilliams scored the match’s lone goal before the 20-minute mark for Toronto Croatia, who withstood City’s second-half attack that included a prime opportunity by Andre Manders in the late stages.
Missing from the Ottawa line-up was Mahir Hadziresic, who’d turned into a major offensive weapon after joining the club
from overseas near the start of its 10-game unbeaten streak leading up to the fi nal.
“Something came up in train-ing this week and he wasn’t avail-able to the team,” said Harris, acknowledging that the forward who scored two goals in Capital City’s 5-0 semifi nal victory over the Serbian White Eagles could have made an impact in the fi nal. “We just didn’t feel he was fi t to play.”
The defeat in the champion-ship game put the wraps on Cap-ital City’s remarkable fi rst year in the 14-team CSL, where they went 15-4-7 to fi nish third in the regular season standings before knocking off the Montreal Im-pact Academy and the Serbian White Eagles in the playoffs.
“I don’t think anyone but may-be ourselves internally within the organization felt that we were going to be as good as we were,” said Harris, who thanked
club president Neil Malholtra, the club’s staff and the City of Ottawa for their help. “We worked very hard to get where we were. It is unfortunate we came up a goal short, but our players worked very hard and the organization supported us very well.”
Harris also commended the lo-cal fans who made the trip down to the provincial capital for the fi nal.
“We probably had more sup-porters than the team from To-ronto, so I thought that was ab-solutely terrifi c,” Harris said. “It showed an awful lot for our orga-nization for how far we’ve come in just seven months.”
Although “no one wants to lose a cup fi nal,” it wasn’t too diffi -cult for the club to fi nd the silver lining in the loss, knowing that if they were able to come within a goal of a title in year one that fi ve or 10 years down the road,
the possibilities are immense.“We’ve defi nitely set the bar
very, very high in our fi rst sea-son,” Harris added. “We’ll build
off this going forward and we’ll be a contender next year and hopefully bring a championship back to the city.”
Capital City run falls step short of big prize
File photoAndre Manders had one of Capital City FC’s best scoring opportunities in the fi nal, but Ottawa was kept off the scoreboard in a 1-0 loss to Toronto Croatia in the CSL championship game on Saturday, Oct. 29 in Toronto.
Photo by Dan PlouffeCarp’s Joanna Brown earned the OUA rookie-of-the-year award as she helped her Guelph Gryphons to the team title at the provincial university championships on Saturday, Oct. 29 at the Terry Fox Athletic Facility.
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WHO ARE WE?Metroland Media, Ottawa Division, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and Ontario’s most trusted and respected community media source. Our digital media division manages a network of leading community, specialty and vertical websites across Ontario, reaching over 6 million unique internet users every month.
THE OPPORTUNITYWe are looking for New Business Acquisition Sales Representatives to sell the com-pany’s fastest growing product - Deals4U.ca This innovative program promotes local businesses to local consumers through a special “daily deal.” You’ll use your knowledge of what’s great about our city to develop and grow the local market by securing com-mitments from the most desirable local households, businesses, and services including restaurants, spas, nightclubs, retailers, theaters, tourism venues, and more. This position off ers salary (commensurate with experience) and generous commissions based on revenue, sales targets and company goals
WHAT WE NEED YOU TO DO• Develop and cultivate leads using multiple sources including cold calling and door-to-
door prospecting• Continuously set up face-to-face meetings with qualifi ed prospects (15-20 appts. per
week) to present our marketing solutions• Generate compelling proposals for potential advertisers, demonstrating how our pro-
grams will meet their business needs • Explore and exhaust all possible leads to ensure that we don’t miss out on any oppor-
tunities• Maximize advertising revenues by acquiring prospect commitment• Address customer requests/concerns in a timely and appropriate manner, ensuring
superior client satisfaction at all times• Consistently meet and/or exceed monthly, quarterly and annual targets
ABOUT YOU• Proven track record as a hunter, exclusively focused on acquiring new clients and con-
verting new business leads• Previous sales experience, with preference given to those with digital advertising sales
experience• Top notch presentation/communication skills, with a natural ability to build positive
relationships with potential clients• Extensive knowledge of the local digital media/advertising landscape• Sound knowledge of sales and marketing practices• Highly skilled in all Microsoft Offi ce applications
STUFF THAT’S NOT ON A RESUME• Type-A personality, highly competitive, self-motivated and driven by results• A hunter mentality, with the confi dence and drive to excel at generating and closing
new business• Highly motivated by monetary incentives• Extremely ambitious with an outstanding work ethic and unprecedented drive for im-
mediate results• Energized by deadlines/pressure with a passion for exceeding targets• A believer in digital media, where it is today and where it’s going
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?• The opportunity to be part of a company at the cutting edge of the digital media industry• Ongoing development and opportunities for advancement• We’ve got your health in mind; you’ll get a comprehensive benefi ts package, including
3 weeks vacation and a group RRSP plan• The sky’s the limit; our uncapped commission plan provides unlimited earning potential• The opportunity to work with other talented and awesome people
Looking for your next career challenge? If so, Metroland Media Group is the place to be!
Interested candidates are requested to forward their resume, cover letter and salary expectations to [email protected].
Please reference “New Business Acquisition Representative” in the subject line.
Metroland is an equal opportunity employer.We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted. 30
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Job Posting
New Business AcquisitionSales Representative
WHO ARE WE?Metroland Media, Ottawa Division, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Torstar Corpora-tion and southern Ontario’s most trusted and respected community media source. Our digital media division, manages a network of leading community, specialty and vertical websites across Ontario reaching over 6 million unique internet users every month.
THE OPPORTUNITYAs we continue to expand our successful digital sales initiatives, we are currently seeking an energetic, talented and self-assured Manager of Digital Media to drive new business sales throughout the Ottawa region. We’re looking for a motivated leader who demonstrates a sense of urgency, without creating unnecessary chaos. The ideal candi-date will have strong management experience and a proven track record for attaining outstanding results through the motivation and development of a sales team. This role requires knowledge of the digital advertising space, the competitive landscape and a solutions oriented approach to selling.
WHAT WE NEED YOU TO DO• Manage and develop a team of “hunters” who are exclusively focused on generating
new business/clients• Utilize your expertise to maximize revenue and develop strategies to ensure superior
execution from your team • Consistently monitor team performance relative to targets and adjust plans
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improve as a result of your expert leadership • Work through obstacles/objections with your team members, while ensuring superior
customer satisfaction at all times• Ongoing reporting, tracking and forecasting
ABOUT YOU• A track record of successfully driving revenue, with a focus on acquiring new business• Previous experience in a sales leadership role, with preference given to with digital
advertising sales experience• Demonstrated ability to coach and develop successful “hunters” • Top notch presentation/communication skills, with a natural ability to build positive
relationships • Extensive knowledge of the local digital media/advertising landscape• Highly skilled in all Microsoft Offi ce applications, with expert knowledge of Excel
STUFF THAT’S NOT ON A RESUME• Type-A personality, highly competitive, self-motivated and driven by results• A confi dent and infl uential leader with the ability to motivate and inspire• Proactive and optimistic, with a “can do” attitude• Can be decisive and demonstrate timely decision making, often under complex and
demanding circumstances • Energized by deadlines/pressure with a passion for exceeding targets• A believer in digital media, where it is today and where it’s going
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?• The opportunity to be part of a company at the cutting edge of the digital media
industry; you’ll never get bored in our fast-paced, constantly evolving and challenging environment.
• We’ve got your health in mind; you’ll get a comprehensive benefi ts package, including 4 weeks vacation and a group RRSP plan
• The sky’s the limit; our uncapped commission plan provides unlimited earning poten-tial
• The opportunity to work with other talented and awesome people
Looking for your next career challenge? If so, Metroland Media Group is the place to be!
Interested candidates are requested to forward their resume, cover letter and salary expectations to [email protected]
Please reference “Manager, Digital Media” in the subject line.
Metroland is an equal opportunity employer.We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted. 3082
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• NOVEMBER 5-6In support of the Ottawa River-keeper, Margaret Chwialkowska is hosting the 5th annual art studio
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• NOVEMBER 7There will be a talk by award-win-ning author, singer songwriter and Ottawa Citizen Columnist Phil Jenkins at the Westboro Beach Community Association Annual General Meeting. Hear the story of Westboro. Admission is free and all are welcome. The meeting will take place at Churchill Seniors Centre, 345 Richmond Road, 7at 7 p.m. For more information visit: www.westboro-beach.org .
• NOVEMBER 11Fall Harvest Community Pot Luck and Concert, hosted by the Village International Mennonite Church, 206 Montreal Rd., with Canadian singer/songwriter Bryan Moyer Suderman. Bryan performs music for all ages. There will be a potluck from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Bryan will be perform-ing from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. There will be a suggested donation of $5 for
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• NOVEMBER 12Please join Villa Marconi for our 7th Annual craft and bake sale. There will be gift ideas for everyone! Funds raised by Villa Marconi will be donated to our residents’ council. If you would like to rent a table and sell baked goods or crafts, please call Antonietta at 613-727-6201 ext. 6660 for further details.
Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind’s Christmas bazaar and bake sale will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind is located at 4120 Rideau Valley Drive North, Manotick (between Barrhaven and Manotick, off Prince of Wales Drive). For further informa-tion about the bazaar and bake sale, or to donate items, please contact 613-692-7777.
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Friends of the Farm are hosting a craft and bake sale with an incred-ible selection of items to choose from, and don’t forget to pick up some delicious baked goods. The sale will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and admission is free. The event will be located at Building 72, C.E.F., east off Prince of Wales round-about. For more information, call 613-230-3276 or visit: www.friendsofthefarm.ca .
• NOVEMBER 14Please join us for the Caldwell Family Centre Seniors Centre Open House from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at 1485 Caldwell Avenue. All adults including seniors and caregivers are encouraged to come, enjoy refresh-ments and tell us what senior and adult programming you would like. Health education, drop-ins, social activities, fi nancial literacy, exercise groups and a community kitchen are a few of our ideas and we’d like to hear what you think. We hope to see you there!
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• NOVEMBER 19Food bazaar takes place at St. Stephen’s Presbyterian Church, located at 579 Parkdale Ave. from 9 a.m. to noon. There will be a deli, frozen foods, candy, baking, gift baskets, German food table and a coffee shop.
Come and enjoy an evening of cultural dances, spoken word, music and comedy with delicious ethnic fi nger foods for sale during intermis-sion at the Bronson Centre at 211 Bronson Ave. The evening starts at 6:30 p.m. and tickets are $25 for the early bird and $30 at the door. Pro-ceeds will support group activities for immigrant women and children. Tickets can be purchased online at: www.immigrantwomenservices.com , by calling 613-729-3145 or by email at: [email protected] . The event is hosted by Immigrant Women Services Ottawa (IWSO).
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Th at is $20,000 that can be saved by selling your home all on your own, which you can now easily do with a little bit of education and support.
By choosing from various fl at-fee options that include services such as web listing, open house support, and private sale consul-
tation, SolveProproperties.com assists home, business, and multi-unit owners with the result of saving them thousands of dollars in real estate commission fees.
As well, when you list with us, you will have the option to have your listing posted on the Ottawa MLS (Multiple Listings Services) that ensures that your listing will be seen by an internet audience in the thousands.
Founder, CEO, and President of SolvePro-properties.com, Alfonso Cuadra, knows that his biggest success in his 11 years of real estate experience was that he never used an agent.
“To me it was just common sense. After speaking with other home owners and investors, I quickly found out that what I was doing was very uncommon at the time.” Cuadra then decided to assist others home owners as well.
He went on to put together a winning team with a mission to put out the best, most helpful “sell by owner” website the world has ever seen.
SolveProproperties.com has yet to be launched and the company already has licensing agreements in 15 diff erent cities. In the Ottawa area alone, SolveProproperties.com has 40 diff erent listings.
We’re looking for partners
Sell your home your way and you can save as much as $17,000
Alfonso Cuadra - President/CEO, with his SolveProproperties.com team Adam Lantos
- COO, Phil Duarte - VP, Brooks Foater - CFO.
With the entrepreneurial spirit in mind, what SolveProproperties.com has created is a franchising model. As a result, they were able to enter 15 different cities before ever launching.
Entrepreneurs who want to come on board are welcome as either franchise owners or sales representatives. There is no experience required as Solve-Proproperties.com has designed a complete training program to help the franchise owners and sales representa-tives learn this new and fresh approach to Real Estate.
Launched in Ontario and Quebec (ImmoSolu.com) this year, SolvePro-properties.com plans to go Canada-wide in the fi rst quarter of 2012.
If you feel this opportunity is right for you, contact SolveProproperties.com directly at: 1-866-336-7229 or email [email protected].
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