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Photo by Diane SawchukTaking a break from all the excitement at the 11th annual Mayor’s Christmas Cel-ebration to enjoy some Beavertails were (back row, left to right) Grace Goldberg, 10, Kennedy Reid of Orléans, 10, nine-year-old Amelia Carney, (front row, left to right) nine-year-old Adriana Sorgerbrock, seven-year-old Keira McCrorie of Orlé-ans and eight-year-old Claire Goldberg. The Mayor’s Christmas Celebration was held Dec. 10 at the Aberdeen Pavilion at Lansdowne Park.
Hospital holds grand opening for new centreBy Janice [email protected]
EMC News – Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) and CHEO celebrat-ed the grand opening of the Centre for Practice-Changing Research on Dec. 14.
The recently completed two-story facility that will become fully operational in February, will house more than 300 multi-disciplinary clinicians and staff facilitating major collaborations.
“Clinical methods are com-mon no matter the specializa-tion. This facility will give clinicians and staff an oppor-tunity to share best practices,” said Dr. Martin Osmond, CEO and Scientific Director for CHEO Research Institute. “Some of the first projects will centre around improving treatments for infectious dis-eases and asthma common to children in Ottawa. As well as nursing research in pain control in infants.”
According to Dr. Os-mond it was clinicians who more and more wanted a centre where they could collaborate and expand their research.
“It came from the ground up, so it’s great so see the project go full circle and benefit those who wanted it most,” he said.
University of Ottawa medical researchers will be incorporated in future initiatives as the build-ing is connected to all three institutions at the Smyth Road academic health sciences centre.
“The Centre for Practice-Changing Research will en-able clinicians and research-ers at The Ottawa Hospital, CHEO and the University of Ottawa to work together to design clinical studies that can answer the most pressing questions we have about how best to provide health care,” said Dr. Duncan Stewart, CEO and Scientific Director of the OHRI. “This kind of
independent, academic re-search is essential for improv-ing patient care and increasing efficiency at The Ottawa Hospital and CHEO, as well as at other hospitals across the country.”
According to Dr. Stew-art the centre cost $24 mil-lion. Contributions from CHEO foundation’s Big Steps fundraiser campaign, Ot-tawa Hospital and the federal government were acknowledged.
Dr. Shawn Aaron, lung dis-ease researcher and clinician for the OHRI, shared his very personal story about how in-novative research directly im-pacts patients.
During his wife’s bout with breast cancer, patient oriented cancer therapy based on her ge-nealogy reduced her chance of reoccurrence by half.
He also shared that peo-ple diagnosed with Cys-tic Fibrosis usually have a life expectancy of two years, but with nonstop effort developing a variety of treat-ments, life expectancy has improved by 45 years
“We are keeping people alive and healthy,” Aaron add-ed. “Without clinical research we stay stagnant.”
Special guest speaker Wally Speckert shared his story about living with cystic fibrosis and how clinical re-search has extended his life expectancy. He said through-out his treatments he used to have to take 60 pills per meal and often suffered from stomachaches.
He recently suffered from a serious bacterial infection that would have taken his life if it weren’t for an option to take a newly developed treatment.
He proudly announced he is 51, and living well, only having to take three pills per meal, a vast improvement and sincerely thanked the clinicians and staff.
Orléans chamber names local brokerage New Business of YearBy Phil [email protected]
EMC News – For Paul Rushforth, it’s about much more than selling houses.
And even though his new brokerage, Paul Rushforth Real Estate, was recently recognized by the Orléans Chamber of Commerce as be-ing a tremendous asset to the local business community, Rushforth and his team are determined to maintain their focus on giving back to the people who are the foundation of their continued success.
“I’m in a fortunate posi-tion where I am able to help a lot of people,” Rushforth told the EMC. “That’s why I want to step up our community focus.”
Among the many initia-tives Rushforth and his team have already lent their sup-port to are United Way Otta-wa, the Orléans Cumberland
Resource Center, the Orleans Parade of Lights, Best Tools for Schools and the Ottawa Food Bank. In the coming year, the brokerage plans to extend its efforts to include a brokerage-wide initiative to raise awareness and funds for mental health through new programs such as Sell a Home – Help a Friend and the Paul Rushforth Real Es-tate Do It For Daron Golf Tournament.
The goal is to raise more than $150,000 for mental health programs within the lo-cal community.
“The golf tournament will take place in July while my team will also be looking to contribute $100,000 toward mental health programs from a portion of their sales com-missions,” Rushforth said.
Mental health is an issue Rushforth feels strongly about and something he believes
needs to be addressed.“I understand how many
people struggle with depres-sion and addiction problems – it’s a major problem in this city and around the world,” Rushforth noted. “It’s defi-nitely an issue that hits close to home for a lot of people. That’s why we’re looking to do our best to raise a massive amount of money for mental health and Do It For Daron.”
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Photo by Janice ThiessenOttawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) and CHEO celebrated the grand open-ing of the Centre for Practice-Changing Research on Dec. 14. From left are: Dr. Jack Kitts, CEO The Ottawa Hospital; Charles Ofori-Attah, chair of the CHEO Foun-dation Big Steps Campaign; Wally Speckert, patient representative with cystic fibrosis; Dr. Martin Osmond, CEO CHEO Foundation; Dr. Duncan Stewart, CEO Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; Dr. Dean Fergusson, director clinical epide-miology program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; Yasir Naqvi, MPP, Ottawa Centre; Dr. Shawn Aaron, lung disease researcher, The Ottawa Hospital and Dr. Amy Plint, emergency medicine researcher, CHEO.
“Thank you from not only the bottom of my heart but from my lungs as well,” he noted.
The Centre for Practice-Changing Research is a part of federal government efforts to strengthen the healthcare industry as Senator Kelvin Ogilvie, chair of the Health Research Caucus explained. “Through a culture of knowl-edge and innovation patient orientated research will be accomplished and reach patient’s bedsides.”
He said the centre’s aims are in step with reviewed goals of the 2004 Health Ac-cord and that through efficient research innovative treat-ments will “benefit the lives of all Canadians.”
Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi spoke on behalf of the
Liberal Party and the Premiere sharing positive thoughts on the potential impact the centre will have on patients.
“Healthcare is the highest cost item on the provincial budget, we need to find ways of reducing the cost of health-care through innovation,” Naqvi remarked.
The centre will house clini-cians and researchers working in areas such as pregnancy and newborn health, kidney disease, lung disease, infec-tious disease, cardiovascular disease and blood diseases. It will also house experts who can help design and admin-ister clinical trials, analyze data, disseminate results, pro-mote health-care changes and ensure that patient privacy is protected.
Previously, many of these individuals were scat-tered in sub-standard loca-tions throughout the hospital
campus, including in a porta-ble. By bringing them togeth-er, the new Centre will serve as a hub for clinical research and for research support services that will be avail-able to clinicians throughout The Ottawa Hospital and CHEO.
“The new Centre for Prac-tice-Changing Research will play a key role, not only in enhancing patient care and in-novation and CHEO and The Ottawa Hospital, but also in helping us recruit and retain the best and brightest clini-cians, many of whom want to conduct independent re-search,” said Dr. Osmond. “It is exciting that our best clini-cal researchers will now be located side-by-side in this environment which promotes collaboration, innovation and excellence in research aimed at improving patient outcomes.”
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“Early on, I learned what real estate is all about and that is the branding. I always promoted myself first.”
Rushforth has also been able to reach widespread audi-ences through his radio broad-cast “Open House the Real Estate and Mortgage Show” and his television show “All For Nothing.”
Rushforth’s ongoing suc-cess soon led to him no lon-ger needing any brand but his own, resulting in his decision to ultimately launch his own brokerage.
“Realtors often believe that real estate is all about sales, but it is actually about three things – lead genera-tion, lead conversion and lead servicing.”
Today, Rushforth has more than 20 people who work for him, including 12 real estate agents. The team has sold close to 450 homes in 2011.
“Opening the brokerage was a huge transition – dif-ferent equipment, new soft-ware, lots of overhead, but
I had incredible people in place,” he continued. “It defi-nitely wasn’t easy, but it was something I had to do.”
In recognition of Rush-forth’s success and contri-butions, last month the Or-leans Chamber of Commerce awarded Paul Rushforth Real Estate with its New Busi-ness of the Year Award and
Rushforth himself with its Business Person of the Year Award. The brokerage was also a finalist in the New Busi-ness of the Year category at the Ottawa Business Awards.
“It was a huge honour to be recognized by the chamber,” Rushforth said. “It is definite-ly a huge accomplishment for me and my team.”
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Submitted photoPaul Rushforth Real Estate was recently crowned New Business of the Year while Rushforth himself was named Business Person of the Year by the Orlé-ans Chamber of Commerce. Pictured (left to right) are Paul Rushforth, Rhonda Rushforth, Jocelyne White and Sara Orr.
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EMC News – For newcom-ers to Canada, finding solid employment can be a dif-ficult task – a problem often compounded by a shortage of applicable skills.
However, landing a job is a multi-faceted undertak-ing. Not only does the ap-plicant have to possess the necessary prerequisites, they also have to know how to sell themselves through their resumes and interview behaviour.
The Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa is helping new Ca-nadians take that step with confidence through their new Immigrant Youth Employ-ment Program. A partnership between the YSB’s Commu-nity Services unit and Em-ployment Services unit, the program offers workshops to participants so that they can learn resume development, perform interview role-play-ing, receive labour market
information and gain job maintenance skill sets.
The program, which began teaching its first group of participants this past summer, enlists com-munity resources on the side to provide them with job placements.
“It’s a three year program we will be offering,” said or-ganizer Shukria Samantar. “It is structured into three groups of five sessions each – work-shops – for immigrant youth as well as refugees looking for a job. It provides them with an opportunity to gain info on how to look for a job in Canada.”
The program is geared to-wards youth aged 15 to 24 years old who are not cur-rently employed, but who may be attending school. The first workshop serves as an orientation for participants – an introduction to Cana-dian cultures and customs to aid interaction with potential employers.
“After orientation we help match their interests to skills and knowledge, and review what they need to know,” said Samantar. “It’s basically career orientation.”
The new initiative was made possible by a grant from the United Way Fund; YSB hopes to expand the program to accommodate four groups of participants by March. Continuously looking for new recruits and commu-nity partners (participants can join up anytime), the YSB hopes to expand its contacts to offer more volunteer op-portunities in the private sector.
Anyone eligible to par-ticipate in the program can contact Samantar at 613-241-7788 ext. 410, or e-mail [email protected]
Workshops are offered at 1355 Bank Street (Billings Bridge Mall), a central loca-tion chosen for easy access via transit from all ends of the cities.
Plasco agreement framework approved
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EMC News – City coun-cil recently approved a framework for a long-term waste handling agreement with Plasco and delegated authority to the city man-ager and the city solicitor to execute the arrange-ment.
The agreement will place the City on the cut-ting edge of residential waste management by adding a fourth R – recov-er – to the environmental regime of reduce, reuse and recycle.
Council’s approval of the framework also marks the next logical step in an innovative eco-nomic development ini-tiative that has seen the city help to incubate, test, and gain regulatory ap-proval for a Clean-Tech system that has the poten-tial to revolutionize waste management.
Under the agreement, all financial and business risk associated with the launch of a new technol-ogy is Plasco’s and the city stands to gain substantially if Plasco proves to be suc-cessful in the North Amer-ican market.
Plasco’s technology converts residential waste that can’t be reused or re-cycled to gas, which is then burned to create elec-tricity with low emissions. Under the framework, the city will send 109,500 tons of residential solid waste to Plasco for processing, creating a net 18 mega-watts of power per year and extending the life of the City Trail Road land-fill by 28 years from 2042 to 2070.
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Jim Watson, Mayor110 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa ON K1P 1J1Tel: 613-580-2496 • Fax: 613-580-2509
At the end of November, City Council adopted Budget 2012, which restricts the annual tax increase to 2.39% - the lowest rate in 5 years.
Some other highlights include:
• A reduction in staff: 47 full time equivalent positions at the City will be cut for the first time in 8 years.
• Recreation fees continue to be frozen to ensure families have the opportunity to enjoy sports and leisure time together.
• $14 million towards housing and homelessness initiatives to help the most vulnerable in our society
Something we are particularly proud of in this budget is Ottawa on the Move, the largest infrastructure project in our city’s history. Through Ottawa on the Move we will invest $340 million over the next three years to fix up our roads, sidewalks, bike paths, sewers and culverts. This is a formidable undertaking; a bold initiative to rehabilitate and revitalize Ottawa’s transportation network for our commuters, cyclists and pedestrians.
Ottawa on the Move will help ensure the long term sustainability of our city, while paying immediate dividends, which is especially important as we prepare to host the country for the nation’s 150th anniversary
But of course these are the holidays and what’s really on your mind is spending Christmas with family and close friends. And like you, I feel this is a special time to give back to the community and am continually impressed by the generosity and goodwill of our residents.
Whether it’s the OC Transpo Food Drive or our annual Mayor’s Christmas Celebration, people in this city are always ready to donate to those less fortunate. Together we raised tens of thousands of pounds of food for families who need it, and that’s something we can all be proud of.
Finally, many of you will be attending one or many Christmas parties in the coming weeks and it’s important to make smart choices in how we get to and from these events. Enjoy yourselves, but be responsible and plan ahead. You can take a cab, OC Transpo or organize safe travel with Operation Red Nose.
I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
By Jim Watson
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Special event will raise awareness about artsBy Janice [email protected]
EMC News – Entrepre-neur Jewne Johnson has had enough.
She said millions of dollars in funding cuts to arts indus-try have been handed down by the Conservative govern-ment and feels these cuts have prevented the newest gen-eration of children the chance to express themselves cre-atively within public school academic program.
Therefore, Johnson, along with her team, will be hosting Art Child, Jan. 28 at 12 noon at Carleton University. The event will feature live music performances from Jay Vado, The Riot Police, Maya Either from Maya School of Music. As well as an arts and crafts kids corner, a Slaysh fashion show and more.
The event is just one of many ways Johnson is try-ing to bring awareness to the Ottawa arts community and to reiterate the importance of arts programs for kids. Johnson is a performance teacher and event coordina-tor. She founded In Da In-dustry and hosts her radio show Fundamentally Sound on 93.1 CKCU the Carleton University radio station.
“The ultimate goal is to provide activities that are no longer readily available with-in the school system,” she said. “Dance, creative writ-ing, painting and acting work-shops and classes are all being slowly eliminated. We would like to provide an opportunity to continue artistic expression outside of the classroom. Arts programs are important be-cause it give kids the oppor-tunity to broaden their imagi-nation and to express them-selves in a new way within their eight hour day. We want to encourage creative outlets of expression through paint-ing, poetry, design, music and other art forms.”
According to Johnson, the arts industry is fi nancially vi-able and can provide a way for Canadians to honour their country.
“I grew up with arts pro-grams in school but the next generation hasn’t had the same experiences,” she said. “It’s always the fi rst thing to go. I don’ think it’s fair.”
Art Child is already un-derway with Johnson and her team working steady to make sure it goes off without a hitch.
“We are all working really hard like- double time to get
all together. We all really love the arts and instead of talking about it, we’re actually doing something.”
Johnson wants to encour-age local schools to attend and for local businesses to get in-volved in the logistics to help support the community event.
“I want to bring awareness to cuts in the arts. It took time, dedication, creativity and an opportunity for expression (for me to be successful in the arts). Many of those av-enues of expression are being eliminated due to fi nancial cut backs and lack of funds in our society’s art programs. This is your opportunity to help put a stop to the progres-sive suffocation of talent in children today.”
CKCU FM 93.1 is the ma-jor sponsor of Art Child. In 1975, CKCU-FM became the fi rst campus based commu-nity radio station in Canada. CKCU has continued to be a pioneer in community broad-casting, licenced by the CRTC as a community-based radio station and is a registered charity.
To get involved and for more information call John-son by Jan. 6, 2012 at 613-875-6651 or email [email protected].
Photo by Diane SawchukThree-year-old Dion Cutler enjoys a turn on the carousel at the Mayor’s Christ-mas Celebration at the Aberdeen Pavilion. The 11th annual event was held at Lansdowne Park on Saturday, Dec. 10.
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Submitted photoMembers of the Orléans Photo Club embark on one of their regular outings.
Orléans Photo Club a popular pastime for area residentsBy Phil [email protected]
EMC News – A picture’s worth a thousand words.
But, for members of the Orleans Photo Club, a picture can be worth hours of fun.
The club, which was founded in 2002, currently boasts close to 80 members, all of whom enjoy nothing more than getting behind the lens of their favourite camera to see what sort of magic they can capture and share.
“When we started we only had 12 members,” explained club president Diane Pilon. “It’s a great way for people who have a common interest to get together. We welcome all levels of photographers – beginner, intermediate and advanced – and we meet every second Saturday of the month.”
Members are given the op-portunity to learn techniques through expert monthly
presentations, participate in photo challenges, attend spe-cialized workshops, enjoy group photography outings, share ideas and achieve-ments, ask questions to solve problems, discover resources in the photography world and meet other photogra-phers by attending social gatherings
“The monthly presentations cover a wide range of topics while the seasonal photo chal-lenges are judged and recog-nized during a special win-ners’ ceremony,” Pilon con-tinued. “The workshops also vary – recently we held one on the subject of basic expo-sure while a recent group out-ing saw members take photos of the lights at Upper Canada Village.”
Show and Tell is another popular aspect of each meet-ing, encouraging members to showcase their work
Pilon joined the club in
2006 because she wanted to learn more about technique.
“I wanted to learn how to take a photograph and not just a snapshot,” she said. “It’s also great to meet other pho-tographers because quite often you can learn more from the people who surround you.”
The club meets at Notre Dame Deschamps Rec at 3659 Navan Rd. Membership is $50 for the year.
“We have the lowest mem-bership fee in the city,” Pilon said.
For more information, visit www.orleansphotoclub.ca.
“The members’ section of the website includes all the re-sources and allows members to access a variety of topics,” Pilon said. “It also features a discussion board where mem-bers can go to ask questions and post news.”
Pilon went on to express how new members are always welcome.
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EMC News – When Cathy Maclure visits Geor-gette Connolly during a routine check-in, she fi nds her watching a soap opera. Pretty Boy, her blue budgie, makes it vocally clear he is present. With a smile, Geor-gette invites Cathy in to her small, tidy, one-bedroom apartment that is fi lled with warmth, from the hand-made curtains her daughter sewed and a framed picture of the East coast painted by her granddaughter, to the many photos of family, past and present, that surround her.
As a case manager for the Champlain Community Care Access Centre (CCAC), Ma-clure is checking on the state of Georgette’s health, which is not 100 per cent. She has chronic back problems, dia-betes, and balance issues – but she is able to live at home thanks in part to the Aging in Place Program (AIP), and that keeps her happy.
“I grew up just down the street from here,” says Georgette, who will be 91 in February. “And I walk with my walker to the hairdress-er, just over there, under the bridge. Even in the winter. I am very thankful for this program. I can’t imagine be-ing anywhere else but here. This is my home, where my heart is, where I wantto be.”
AIP was created in 2007 in response to a growing need for an integrated mix of services for seniors living in select Ottawa Commu-nity Housing (OCH) Apart-ments. At that time, the top fi ve OCH buildings with the highest Emergency Room (ER) and hospitalization rates were chosen for the program. The goal with the new program was to reduce ER visits and hospitalization
of its elderly population and provide support to clients to live healthier lives, so they could remain safely in their homes for a longer period of time. The project has ex-panded to include 11 OCH buildings in Ottawa.
In each AIP-designated building, services include Outreach and Intervention, Health Promotion and Edu-cation, Nurse Practitioner Primary Care Outreach, Tar-geted Enhanced Services and Targeted Rapid Response. An AIP Community Sup-port Outreach Coordinator and Champlain CCAC Case Manager have offi ces at the 11 buildings. They have be-come expert in prioritization and time management; not to mention in matters of the heart and kindness.
“You never know what the day will bring,” says Ma-clure, a Champlain CCAC case manager and regis-tered nurse for three OCH buildings, including Geor-gette’s. “I plan my day, but sometimes I need to react to emergencies or walk-in re-quests. My current case-load is approximately 90 patients. I set Georgette up with oc-cupational therapy services, which recommended help twice a week from a per-sonal support worker, with bathing and cleaning. I also assigned her a physiothera-pist to assist her in obtain-ing the proper walker for hermobility needs.”
George Kong, the AIP Community Support Out-reach Coordinator with Ottawa West Community Support for two of the same OCH buildings, works close-ly with Cathy to coordinate additional supports needed such as Meals on Wheels, home support services, transportation and foot care.
“It’s not just about medi-
cal services,” says Kong, who also translates docu-ments into Mandarin and Cantonese for their Asian clients and always ensures that the freezer is stocked with healthy frozen foods for residents who may not be well enough to cook. “It’s also about getting them out of their isolation and encour-aging stimulating outings and events. Our workshops provide information on anything from falls preven-tion to coping with stress and mental wellness. And events like bingo keep them socialized.”
Four years after its in-ception, AIP continues to work towards reducing the number of elderly patients in OCH building who use the ER. For example, am-bulance transfers to ERs went from 757 in 2008-2009 to 640 in 2010-2011. Data also shows a slowing turn-over rate in AIP buildings, which demonstrates that residents are truly “aging at home.”
“These results show AIP is effective,” says Gilles Lanteigne, CEO of the Champlain CCAC. “We are very pleased with the positive impact this pro-gram has had on the elderly patient population in these 11 buildings.”
Aging in Place is a part-nership between the Cham-plain Community Care Access Centre, Ottawa Housing Corporation and Ottawa West Community Services. The AIP buildings are located in Ottawa at: 160 Charlotte St., 1455 Clemen-tine Blvd., 865 Gladstone Ave., 616 Kirkwood Ave., 31 McEwen Ave., 445 Rich-mond Rd., 280 Rochester St., 395 Somerset St., 800 St. Laurent Blvd., 540 Thomson St. and 1041 Wellington St.
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Rules, regulations and even more rules
EMC Editorial – What’s next?While we are most certainly in Mayor Jim Watson’s corner
when it comes to his recent announcement pertaining to the City of Ottawa’s new public skating helmet policy, it sometimes seems as though the checklist of dos, don’ts and must haves we’re required to complete before embarking on our day-to-day activities has become nothing less than exhausting.
The new helmet policy, which will come into effect Jan. 1, will make it mandatory for children 10 and under, as well as weak skaters of any age, to wear a helmet while participating in City of Ottawa public skating sessions. It’s easy to under-stand where the city is coming from and we fully support any initiative aimed at keeping our kids safe. Nobody wants to read a headline announcing the serious injury or death of a child (or anyone for that matter) because of an incident that could have easily been avoided by the presence and proper use of a helmet.
At the same time, however, we can’t help but refl ect on how many so-called safety rules and regulations have been imple-mented over the years, making us wonder how – without them – society was ever able to survive and fl ourish into the 21st Century. The most popular example is the bicycle helmet. It’s obvious a helmet should be worn when riding in a high-traffi c area such as downtown Ottawa. When it comes to a leisurely cruise around the neighbourhood, however, is it really as es-sential as we’ve been led to believe? How did our parents ever make it to adulthood? People from their generation sure as heck weren’t required to wear bicycle helmets and, while they cer-tainly experienced a few bumps and bruises as a result, most older folks would likely describe it as part of growing up.
What about playgrounds? Today’s neighbourhood parks of-ten include multicoloured plastic monstrosities in the place of the creaky wooden climbers, metal slides and old-fashioned monkey bars many of us are used to. Yes, it’s important to re-place and update this equipment, but was it really that unsafe for kids when it was in its prime?
There are countless examples of how today’s society tends to be a little overprotective of its people -- more than this space would ever allow us to list. Yet, how successful has this been? More rules often leads to more rebellion. The tighter your grip, the greater the chance of having something slip through your fi ngers. What’s next? Mandatory helmets to protect us against slipping in the shower?
Christmas is the most wonderful time of yearIt’s that time again. Corny
Christmas carols are being pumped out of every sur-round speaker across Otta-wa. Garish mall displays are packed with crying children and fussing parents. Shops are alight with life-saving sales and travel agencies are broadcasting their annual all-inclusive Caribbean pack-ages on local radio stations. Phew! Christmas is quite the production.
In spite of the always-reassuring consumer driven theme, I actually dig Christ-mas. Not for the cheesy colour combinations or tacky re-gifted sweaters, but for the
chance to go home, to hang out with my family and share in a hearty meal. Christmas always inspires me to refl ect about the year gone by, the biggest news stories, personal milestones I’ve conquered and how much I have to be grateful for.
Another great thing about
Christmas is that I can shower my family with gifts that I thoughtfully picked out for them based on their eccentric personalities.
I had a lot of fun giggling to myself, shopping this year, over my choices, and I look forward to their unpredict-able expressions when they unwrap them.
I like seeing my extended family too, who always ask the same silly questions in small talk. How’s work? Do you have a boyfriend yet? I always respond with silly an-swers, sparking a tad of play-ful controversy just to keep everything lively.
I always love it when my highly religious side of the family asks me if I’m Chris-tian yet at the dinner table in front of everyone… again and I have to stop myself from smirking as I coyly reply with a happy quote from The Way of Zen, my favourite book on Buddhism.
All in all, we all love each other, wish each other the best and enjoy the chance to catch up.
New Year’s is another great holiday, just a few days after all of the Christmas parties.
Personally it’s more of a chance to go out and party
with friends sans the wool sweater family vibe. I love all the options of so many different parties, to be able to choose whether I want to go all out or relax with a close-knit group.
The classic night out on New Years involves dancing the night away, sipping cham-pagne in some fancy frock, recently picked up and picked out especially for the occa-sion. It’s fun to daydream of who I might be sharing the momentous countdown with, all smiling with excitement, holding our breath for the last second of the year.
New Years is quite a
blast but what about the dreaded resolution?
I haven’t thought of what to choose for my New Year’s resolution yet, but I’m sure it will involve some sort of Ironman-like triathlon of self-improvement: vegan diet, strict daily workout regiment and building some sort of me-diation room. Not!
I’m more likely going to re-lax for a bit and then get back to the grind, as the holidays don’t last forever.
No matter what you do for your holidays, have fun Ottawa!
Merry Christmas and have a great New Year.
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New ViewsJANICE THIESSEN
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
DEAR EDITOR:I don’t like to rain on anyone’s parade,
but I fi nd it galling that an event promoter can sashay into Kanata and commandeer the crown jewel of Kanata parks to earn himself a tidy profi t at the expense of existing long-term users.
The promoter declared that this park was “the most beautiful and well-kept park” that he had ever seen. There is a good reason for this. In the mid 1980s, a very talented landscape architect, Al-lan Cameron, was tasked with designing Walter Baker Park. He held wide-ranging consultations with the user community including baseball, football, and Kanata Soccer. I still have drawings of the many proposed plans. The end product was at once functional for various activities and
esthetically pleasing. It combined numerous sports fi elds
surrounded by meandering pathways, fountains, wooded areas and Allan’s big idea of the toboggan slide. Later, the KRC arenas, and Kanata Theatre were added.
Let us not be deceived that the usurper will only temporarily disrupt a single soccer fi eld with minimal dam-age. Keep in mind that this “venue” will have extensive fencing to keep out event crashers and presumably large stages.
The tens of thousands of visitors cannot help but damage the sports fi elds involved especially if it rains. It is also disturbing that the promoter intends that this will be an annual event. Furthermore, once the
foot is in the door, many other promoters will catch on to a good thing and perpetu-ally tie up scarce sports fi elds.
The article in the EMC did not explain why the event is not being held at its pre-vious venue, LeBreton Flats.
It is good enough for many other events. Alternatively, why not use Sco-tiaBank Place? It is very well set up for big events.
Since we are dealing with a fait ac-compli, we can only hope that the pro-moter will be held accountable for any damage, and that the city keep this issue in mind in subsequent years.
Yours truly,Barry Felstead.Kanata
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It was edge-of-your-seat hockey Dec. 9 at the Navan arena, when the Hawks from Heritage Public School took on several members of Ottawa’s Police Service in a charity game to support the United Way Education Foundation. Although the Police had a defi nite height and stride advantage, the Hawks outscored them 7-6, with only seconds left on the clock. The whole school came out to cheer on their intermediate team in the non-contact event, which raised $116 for the Education Foundation.
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2012 Bell Capital Cup to welcome 25,000 visitorsSpecial to the EMC
EMC Sports - The board of directors of the Ottawa In-ternational Hockey Festival is pleased to announce that the Bell Capital Cup will re-turn to the nation’s capital on Dec. 28. The 2012 edition of this annual atom and peewee tournament will include 19 di-visions, 410 teams and more than 7,000 players. This 13th edition of the event, which runs through Sunday, Jan. 1, will offi cially kick off on Dec. 27 at the Bell Sensplex with the Bell Capital Cup Fanfest and Esso Friendly Games, which are open to the public.
“On behalf of the organiz-ing committee and our board of directors, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the tournament organizers and volunteers who have been working hard to provide the participants and their families with an unforgettable experi-ence in our nation’s capital,” said tournament chair and Ot-tawa Senators president Cyril Leeder. “This hockey extrava-ganza will showcase great minor hockey action, Ottawa Senators games, Sens Skills, a Senators open practice, Pro Hockey Zone skills compe-titions and the Scotiabank/
Canadian Tire all-star games. As always, the highlight of the festival will be the 1,000-plus hours of tournament games played at the Bell Capital Cup.”
The National Capital Re-gion will welcome more than 25,000 visitors to the area for the annual tournament, with a community impact that has seen the festival raise more than $2.26 million in direct support of minor hockey and local charities since its incep-tion in 1999. Widely recog-nized as the world’s premier atom and peewee hockey tournament, the Bell Capital Cup has consistently gener-ated a wide array of economic activity within the region, which will include the use of nearly 12,000 hotel rooms for this year’s event.
Serving as honorary chair of this year’s tournament is former Senators forward and Kanata native Todd White.
Teams at the 2012 Bell Cap-ital Cup will be vying for the Allen J. MacDonald Memo-rial Trophy. This year’s fi eld will be comprised of teams from fi ve different countries, including Canada (three prov-inces and one territory), Fin-land, Germany and more.
Pittsburgh, where he enjoyed his greatest team successes. “Those guys were a little bit older, they had families,” said Gonchar of the veteran help he received in Washington. “I didn’t have as many younger teammates at the time and I had to learn the language, so it was a little tougher for me. So that’s why when I see younger guys coming in now, I try to help them as much as I can. I remember how tough it was for me.” The biggest lesson Gonchar offers now is a simple one — good things come to those who wait. “When you’re young, you want to have everything right away,” said Gonchar, a first-
includes four appearances in the NHL all-star game (2001, 2002, 2003 and 2008), and he’s one of five Senators on the fan ballot for the 2012 mid-season affair, set for Jan. 29 at Scotiabank Place. To vote for Gonchar and his Ottawa teammates, log on to vote.nhl.com on your computer or mobile device, or text the last name of a player to 81812. Voting closes on Jan. 4.
comes with being near the end of your career. You have that experience and you’re sharing it with the younger players.” Make no mistake about it — Gonchar hasn’t forgotten where he came from. Way back in 1994-95, he was a shy young rookie himself in a foreign land, someone who admits he didn’t really know the English language that was prevalent in the Washington Capitals dressing room. But thanks to veterans such as Peter Bondra, Dmitri Khristich and Calle Johansson, a youthful Gonchar soon found his way and grew into a major component of the blue-line corps in Washington and later on in
his second season with a young Senators team that is competitive almost every night. “If you look at me personally, my success is going (along) with the success of the team,” said Gonchar. “And we’ve been playing well as a team. Based on that, it’s easier for me to pick my moments and feel my partners.… I play well when everybody else is doing well.” Gonchar’s hockey resume
By Rob BrodieOttawaSenators.com
Sergei Gonchar has seen pretty much all the highs and lows the game of hockey can offer a player. He hoisted the Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2009 and owns a pair of medals from the Olympic Winter Games — silver in 1998, bronze in 2002, both earned while representing his homeland of Russia. And he’s also experienced the frustration of injuries and a playoff run cut short before its time. In short, the 37-year-old native of Chelyabinsk, Russia, is just the kind of guy that the young players now making their way onto the Ottawa Senators blue line need to lean on for advice. Gonchar, who’s now toiling in his 16th National Hockey League season, is always more than happy to oblige when younger Senators blueliners such as Erik Karlsson, Jared Cowen and David Rundblad come his way. “I think when you’re an older guy, it’s kind of natural,” said Gonchar. “You’ve been around, you have some experience and you’ve played with different partners (over the years). As a younger player coming in, you don’t have that experience, you don’t have that chance to play with as many guys. “So when you’ve been through it yourself and you see those (younger) guys going through that, you try to help them in any way you can. It kind of
round pick (14th overall) by the Capitals in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft. “During the game, you want to do things right away. Sometimes, when you’re a defenceman, you’re trying for the big hit or you’re trying to jump (up in the play) and your timing is not always good. So when you’re patient and you’re waiting for that moment to come, you’ll have that chance. “But being patient when you’re young is probably the toughest thing to do.” Just ask Gonchar, who’s feeling much more comfortable in
UPCOMING SENATORS GAMESMontreal Canadiens at Ottawa Senators: Tuesday, December 27, 7:30 p.m. (Sportsnet East)Calgary Flames at Ottawa Senators: Friday, December 30, 7:30 p.m. (Sportsnet East)New Jersey Devils at Ottawa Senators: Monday, January 2, 7:30 p.m. (Sportsnet Sens)
EVENTS AT SCOTIABANK PLACESens Skills presented by Metro: December 28, 1 p.m.Professional Bull Riders: January 14, 7:30 p.m.MBNA Capital Hoops Classic: January 18, 6 p.m. (women) and 8 p.m. (men)Disney On Ice… Presents Treasure Trove: February 15, 7 p.m.; February 16, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; February 17, 7 p.m.; February 18, 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., and February 19, 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.Simple Plan: February 24, 7 p.m.Hedley: March 14, 7 p.m.
Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.CapitalTickets.ca, by phone at 613-599-FANS (3267) or 1-877-788-FANS (3267); in person at The Sens Store at Carlingwood Mall and Place d’Orléans, any Ottawa Sports Experts location, Les Galeries de Hull and at the Scotiabank Place box office.
WHEN TO WATCH:DECEMBER 23: AT CAROLINA, 7 P.M. (SPORTSNET EAST)
DECEMBER 27: VS. MONTREAL, 7:30 P.M. (SPORTSNET EAST)DECEMBER 30: VS. CALGARy, 7:30 P.M. (SPORTSNET EAST)
DECEMBER 31: AT BUffALO, 7 P.M. (CBC)
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The offensively challenged Canadiens haven’t exactly soared out of the gate just yet, but still expect to be among the Eastern Conference’s playoff contenders when all is said and done. After a slow start, top free-agent acquisition Erik Cole has picked up the pace on the scoresheet, but the Habs could also use more from the likes of Michael Cammalleri and Brian Gionta. Meanwhile, Max Pacioretty is showing signs that he’s a star of
the future. Montreal’s goal-scoring struggles turn up the heat even more on netminder Carey Price, who works behind a blue-line corps that has just added Tomas Kaberle to its ranks, but is still missing Andrei Markov.
Friday, Dec. 30, 7:30 p.m.,Sportsnet East
While the Flames’ fortunes have improved in recent games, they still face a dogfight to land a playoff berth in the highly competitive Western Conference. Jarome Iginla remains Calgary’s iconic leader and also the centrepiece of the Calgary attack. It’s a group that also counts on Olli Jokinen, Alex Tanguay and Rene Bourque, among others, to produce offensive contributions. Jay Bouwmeester is the steadying force on a blue-line brigade that has been
riddled by injuries, but has found a home for former Binghamton Senators standout Derek Smith. The Flames’ hopes largely ride on the play of workhorse goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff, who’s again carrying the bulk of the load in net.
Jarome Iginla is the captain and unquestioned leader for the Calgary flames (Photo by Graig Abel/NHLI via Getty Images).
Max Pacioretty has emerged as a growing offensive threat for the Montreal Canadiens (Photo by Scott Levy/NHLI via Getty Images).
Senators defenceman Sergei Gonchar is more than willing to use his wealth of NHL experience to help guide some of the younger players now patrolling the blue line in Ottawa (Photo by Andy Devlin/NHLI via Getty Images).
Veteran Sens blueliner Gonchar a steadying force
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Grassroots initiative ensures Christmas for allBy Diane [email protected]
EMC News – Some may look familiar, even if he can’t remember their name; others are complete strangers. What-ever the case, Ted Long is doing all he can to make sure that either way, they’re treated like family on Christmas Day.
This year, as he has done for the past 21, Long is mak-ing sure that everyone who need it gets In The Spirit of Christmas.
The grassroots charitable initiative provides a Christ-mas food hamper to indi-viduals and families who fall through the cracks and aren’t provided with one through other agencies.
“When people miss out on other programs – because they might have been moved from one shelter to another and the paperwork hasn’t caught up with them – or they might have missed the deadline, we make sure they still have Christmas,” Long said.
Last year, In The Spirit of Christmas delivered 647 food hampers in the area.
Born and raised in the im-poverished neighbourhood of Cabbagetown – at one time Toronto’s largest slum – Long moved to Ottawa in 1985 with his son, who he was raising on his own.
“I know what poverty’s about,” Long said, explain-
ing he had his share of “non-Christmases” when he was growing up. After his son re-turned to Toronto to pursue job opportunities, Long decid-ed instead of sitting at home and watching Miracle on 34th Street “for the millionth time” he would give others the kind of Christmas they would otherwise do without.
“Doing this is the best
Christmas I could give my-self,” said Long, a 2005 Unit-ed Way Community Builder award recipient.
He put out the word on ra-dio and TV he was organizing a Christmas dinner for those less fortunate – Long is a born networker – and the first one was held at Shoppers City West (where today’s College Square shopping plaza now
sits) in the open area between Loblaws and Zellers. Laidlaw provided buses that brought diners from shelters and low-cost housing developments throughout the city and vol-unteers transported picnic tables and 500 chairs on loan from the Nepean Sportsplex. Former Nepean police chief Wayne Phillips helped cook 80 turkeys in the Loblaws’ ov-
ens and 150 volunteers helped serve the food.
The 100 people who en-joyed that first Christmas dinner – joined by Santa who handed out presents – mul-tiplied to 1,000 by the third year. Volunteers enjoyed themselves almost as much as did the guests and the annual Christmas tradition no doubt would have continued had the mall not been torn down to make way for the new retail development. All of a sudden, In The Spirit of Christmas had the people, had the party – but needed a place.
That’s when Long decided to bring the party to the peo-ple and in 2003 the charity be-gan delivering Christmas food hampers to more than 200 families across the city. That same year, Long made sure the little ones still got a chance to visit the jolly old elf himself when he entrusted long-time volunteer Sylvie Blais with organizing a separate party for children in need.
Blais, who has worked at Sonny’s Bar and Grill on Baxter Road since it opened, convinced her boss to close the restaurant for an afternoon and organized a party with all the trimmings, including transportation to and from the event. On Saturday, Dec. 10 about 100 children spent a fun-packed afternoon and each one walked out with
a Christmas present that in some cases was almost as big as they were. Blais raises the money herself, selling and reselling second-hand books at the restaurant and soliciting donations from some of the regulars. Extra gifts that are left from the children’s party are included in those food hampers going to families with children.
Twenty pallets of food worth between $20,000 and $30,000 along with donat-ed canned and dried goods will be making up the food hampers.
Donations are still needed, even at this late date, since the charity relies on contributions from a wide array of sources. Long said some employees at General Dynamics in Bells Corners donate the turkeys given them by their em-ployer, but the number varies each year and depends on the donor’s own circumstances.
“If they’re hurting finan-cially or it’s been a bad year, they aren’t going to give up their turkey when they’re go-ing to use it to feed their fami-lies themselves,” he said.
A bank account has been set up at the Bank of Montreal and cheques can be dropped off at Sonny’s Bar and Grill, 119 Baxter Rd., or mailed to P.O. Box 84010, 1363 Woodroffe, Unit B, Ottawa ON K2C 3Y9.
Photo by Diane SawchukIn The Spirit of Christmas founder Ted Long, left, with Sylvie Blais at Sonny’s Bar and Grill during the children’s Christmas party on Saturday, Dec. 10. The grassroots charity initiative is organizing more than 600 Christmas food hampers to go to those who otherwise might not be celebrating the holidays.
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The holiday season is always bitter sweet for those who work with struggling families in the community. It’s a time when families, who are already facing issues such as poverty, mental health, and addictions, are seemingly stretched to the seams with increased expenses, stresses, and overall expectations. However, ‘tis also the season of tremendous generosity, where individuals and organizations come together to give of their time and money to help the most vulnerable members of our community.
The Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa is extremely grateful to the community for the assistance that it provides over the holiday season. The Holiday Gift Program of the CAS held its 27th annual gift drive this year, and received more than 6 000 thousand gifts from over 90 organizations, schools, businesses and individuals in the community.
Over 50 volunteers have spent the last few weeks picking up and preparing the toys, which have been distributed to families living with financial difficulty in the Ottawa community. On any given day, the CAS in Ottawa provides services to approximately 2 000 families in need within the community. Without the generosity of the Ottawa community, many of these families would be dealing with the additional burden of trying to provide a festive holiday season for their children with little means. These gifts, so carefully selected and decorated by donors, are given to parents for them to give to their children, providing beautiful opportunities for increasing parenting capacity and creating space for positive and loving interactions.
On behalf of the Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa and the Children’s Aid Foundation of Ottawa, I would like to thank all of you who have so generously given of your time, money, and commitment to the children and youth in our community. We are all so humbled by your generosity.
I have seen firsthand what your contributions over the course of the year have meant to children and families. I wish that you could hear of all the stories of resilience and hope. Those stories are a testament to your understanding that it does indeed take a village to raise a child.
Happy holidays to you and your family.
Barbara MacKinnon, Executive Director,
The Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa
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Turkey Day foretold what kind of Christmas Mary would have
EMC Lifestyle - “Well, it will either make us or break us” Father said as he loaded the last plucked and cleaned turkey onto the flat-bottomed sleigh. It joined several oth-ers, a dozen or so chickens, trussed and ready for the oven, Mother’s famous sticky buns, and pounds of home-made butter. The sleigh had a layer of hay on it, and over top, enough sparkling white flour- bag sheets to com-pletely cover the entire bed. Once everything was laid out, all in neat rows, Mother covered it all with still more clean sheets. Everything was anchored down with bricks which served the dual purpose of keeping our feet warm in bed on cold winter nights.
The sleigh only had one seat, and that held Father, Mother and me. The three brothers and my sister would follow out the lane, onto the Northcote Side Road, and into Renfrew in the cutter. We had risen long before the night sky started to lose its blackness. Chores were done, a lunch packed, and we were bundled up like mummies. It was Turkey Fair day in Renfrew!
We passed neighbouring farms, and could see lamps glowing in their windows. Many of them would be head-ing into town too.
The success of selling
everything on the sleigh had as much to do with where we ended up on the main street, as it had on what we had to of-fer. We strived to be right in the middle of Raglan Street.
Once we arrived, Father would claim our place, and then unhitch the team and walk it over to the drive shed a few blocks away. I tried not to stay close to the sleigh. I couldn’t bear to watch Mother and Father with the anxious looks on their faces, as town residents walked up and down examining every sleigh parked along the street...looking for the plumpest bird, the cheap-est chicken, and perhaps go home with a dozen buns and a pound of homemade butter.
It was every farmer’s dream that one of the big packers from the city would come along and buy all the fowl with one fell swoop. Over their winter clothes these men wore white coats, much like the one worn by old Dr. Murphy. Embroidered on the front, in red, would be the
words: Canada Packers. I didn’t want to be anywhere near our sleigh to watch them look over our wares, and continue on.
We children had the day to ourselves. We wandered in an out of the stores, my favourite being the Five and Dime, while my sister Au-drey preferred Walker’s with its array of grown-up dresses and real silk stockings. The three boys, forbidden to go anywhere near the poolroom, I was quite sure wandered in on the pretense of using the bathroom.
I had to go back to the sleigh when the town clock struck 12. It was lunch time. My sister Audrey and I had two choices. We could take our sandwich over to the C.P.R. station and sneak into the waiting room and eat it there, or we could go into the Chinese restaurant, where the owners had no objection to our filling a booth and not spending a dime.
When I went back for my lunch, I would let my eyes wander over the sleigh. I would be overjoyed if I saw the rows of chickens and turkeys diminished. Always, Mother’s sticky buns would be long gone.
By mid afternoon, regard-less what had sold and what hadn’t, it was time to think
about the long trek back to the farm. If there were only a few birds left, and the Canada Packer’s buyers had gone, Mother would get Fa-ther to take the sleigh around to what was known as the Salvation Army building, and here she would unload the birds.
The brothers and my sister always beat us home in the cutter. By the time we hit the Northcote Side Road, Father would have lit the lantern, and hung it on the post at the front of the sleigh. It provided lit-tle light, which really wasn’t needed anyway. The team of horses knew the road as well as did Father.
How well we did at Tur-key Fair Day had everything to do with how well we spent Christmas. Hopefully there would be enough money for a few oranges...one in each of our stockings, and a few small gifts from the Five and Dime. If it was a good day, we could be assured of yet another Christmas when San-ta would once again find his way out to our old log house in Northcote.
May I take this opportunity to extend to all of my faithful readers a joyous Christmas. May you be amongst loved ones, sharing again the true meaning of this blessed time of year. Mary Cook
Mary Cook’sMemoriesBY MARY COOK
Celebrate Kwanzaa 2011 in OttawaSpecial to the EMC
EMC News - The African-centered and community-based organization, Jaku Konbit recently held a news conference announcing the details of Ottawa Kwanzaa Community Celebrations 2011.
The Ottawa Kwanzaa Cel-ebration has emerged as one the largest African centered cultural celebration of the holiday season in National
Capital Region. Attracting more than 400 people annual-ly, the celebration brings peo-ple of African ancestry and di-verse community together in a spirit of unity, understanding and cooperation.
This year’s theme “Kwan-zaa ~Celebrating Diversity” showcases the essential mes-sage of Kwanzaa as a non-religious, and non-political Cultural Holiday, promoting family values, community
development and cultural diversity in the Nation’s Capital.
In addition to the grand community celebration, Jaku Konbit expanded on Kwanzaa’s fourth principle, UJAMAA with a Market Day on Saturday, Dec. 10 at 211 Bronson Ave, (Bronson Centre’s Mac Hall). Ujamaa means “cooperative econom-ics” designed to empower
community by supporting lo-cal vendors and businesses.
Jaku Konbit is a regis-tered non-profit, educational community-based and fami-ly-oriented organization es-tablished in Ottawa in 2000. Our mandate is to support and ameliorate the lives of minor-ity and disadvantage youth, particularly Black Canadian children and youth in the Ottawa Region.
OPP provide winter driving remindersSpecial to the EMC
EMC News – Even though this winter is starting out with less snow than normal, the Ontario Provincial Police would like to remind motor-ists to remain attentive while driving on our highways this winter.
There have been several collisions this winter with limited snow and freezing rain thus far. A collision was investigated where a car passed between the ploughs while clearing Highway 417. After passing the ploughs, the vehicle hit the snow and lost control of the vehicle causing it to hit an OC Transpo bus.
The biggest concern for
winter driving is speed. Please slow down.
Speeding too fast for road conditions is the number one cause of winter collisions.
Safety tips- install four winter-rated
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get to your destination in foul weather
Please remember to slow down and keep a safe distance between other vehicles.
Let’s all be responsible in keeping our roadways safe this winter.
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Claire Lauzon, Vice-President of Ma Cui-sine on Dalhousie St. in The Market was proud to put up the Grand Prize in this
year’s EMC Holiday Recipe Book contest. The 10 piece Cuisinox Pot set, worth some $800.00, was the perfect prize for a Cook Book contest. Monica Saunders would
like to thank the EMC and Ma Cuisine very much for the beautiful stainless steel pot set she won for entering the EMC recipe
contest. “It is a prize I will cherish and use for the rest of my life. I love to cook
and bake so I know the pots will get a lot of use in the years to come.” Monica said.
The 10 piece Cuisinox Pot set, worth some
like to thank the EMC and Ma Cuisine very
We wish our winner’s much enjoyment with their winnings courtesy of our
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Elaine McBane is one of the happy winners in the EMC’s
Holiday Recipe Book Contest. Elaine received a Chugginton
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Let OC Transpo be your designated driverSpecial to the EMC
EMC News – OC Transpo is pleased to announce a free transit service will be avail-able to all New Year’s Eve revelers after 11 p.m. This citywide campaign is brought to you by OC Transpo, Ar-rive Alive Drive Sober, Mol-son Coors Canada and York Entertainment.
“Keep the festive season safe and let OC Transpo get you home on New Year’s Eve,” said Mayor Jim Wat-son. “There are no excuses for drinking and driving, es-pecially when there are so many safe options available.
I’m pleased that in addition to designating a driver or taking a cab, residents and visitors can also enjoy our public transit system free of charge.”
Free service will be avail-able on all OC Transpo routes and on Para Transpo between 11 p.m. on December 31 and 4 a.m. on New Year’s Day. The buses will operate on a regular Saturday schedule.
“OC Transpo is committed to providing safe and reliable public transit service – es-pecially on a night like New Year’s Eve,” said council-lor Diane Deans, chair of the
transit commission. “I would like to thank our partners for helping to make this service possible, but most importantly I want to thank everyone who makes the right choices to get home safe.”
“Molson Coors Canada is delighted to be partnering with OC Transpo in mak-ing this initiative happen,” said Geoff Ross, regional manager of Molson Coors Canada.
“We are proud to play our part in helping people get home safely this New Year’s Eve,” added Steve Monuk, managing partner, York
Entertainment.Anne Leonard, execu-
tive director of Arrive Alive Drive Sober, emphasized the non-profit organization’s commitment to “making this project a success by getting the message out to our entire network.”
During the holidays, the City of Ottawa reminds resi-dents to celebrate responsi-bly and always plan a safe ride home.
For more information and travel planning assistance, contact OC Transpo at 613-741-4390 or visit octranspo.com.
Catholic board elects new chairperson, vice-chairperson
Special to the EMCEMC News - The Otta-
wa Catholic School Board has elected trustee Mark D. Mullan as chairperson of the board for the com-ing year and trustee Ted J. Hurley as vice-chairperson. The board’s annual general meeting was held Tuesday, Dec. 13 at the Catholic Ed-ucation Centre.
Mullan has been a trustee for 15 years and was most recently vice-chairperson of the board.
“I look forward to con-tinuing our work in the year ahead to ensure our schools are welcome and safe plac-es for students to achieve success,” Mullan said.
Newly elected vice-chairperson Hurley stated, “The board of trustees re-flects our spiritual theme: Though Many, We are One Body in Christ. We each bring our individual gifts to the table and then we make decisions as one.”
Hurley is in his fourth year as a trustee.
Mullan is the trustee for
Zone 8 (Alta Vista/Glouces-ter-Southgate) while Hurley represents Zone 2 (Kanata North-Kanata South).
Director of education, Julian Hanlon, presented the 2011 director’s annual Rrport.
“I am very proud of our record of student success, staff development oppor-tunities and stewardship of resources,” he said. “This year had a renewed focus on adult faith development and our energy manage-ment initiatives have re-turned $12.6 million dol-lars to the classroom over 10 years.”
The director’s report is online at ottawacatholic-schools.ca.
The director congratu-lated Mullan and Hurley, adding that he is looking forward to working with them in the months ahead. Archbishop Terrance Pren-dergast presided over a Celebration of the Eucha-rist before the meeting and opened the meeting with a prayer.
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EMC Lifestyle - One Christmas, I had bought lots of eggnog, then visiting rela-tives brought more. We were going away right after Christ-mas that year, and there was more eggnog than we could drink. I put the unopened car-tons in the freezer and, like so many things in my freezer, forgot about them.
I have to confess that I didn’t discover them until Easter, four months later. I thawed the eggnog in the refrigerator then tasted it. Not only did it taste as fresh as the day I bought it, but it hadn’t lost any of its creamy consistency.
Eggnog Quick Bread1/4 cup melted margarine
or butter3/4 cup white sugarTwo eggs, beaten2 1/4 cups flourTwo tsp. baking powder1/2 tsp. salt1/2 cup chopped pecans1/2 cup raisins1/2 cup mixed
candied fruit1 cup commercial
eggnogIn a bowl, combine the
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nuts, raisins and candied fruit.
Stir 1/3 of the eggnog into the creamed butter mixture. Then, add about half of the dry mixture. Stir just until moistened.
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If the bread starts to get too brown, place a piece of alu-minum foil (shiny side up) on top of the loaf.
When the bread is done, remove it from the pan, and cool it completely on a wire rack before slicing.
From our family to yours, a very Merry Christmas and a healthy and Happy New Year.
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What to do with extra holiday foodSpecial to the EMC
EMC News - The food cooked during the holidays is often enough to feed an army. Too often, hosts and hostesses prepare and serve much too much food, only to find themselves left with a refrigerator full of leftovers when guests don’t eat as much as hosts had suspected.
In order to avoid wasting food, many people attempt to create new meals from their excess holiday ingredients. Putting leftovers to good use can take a little ingenu-ity to disguise the reality that you’re eating turkey or ham for the third consecutive night.
All it may take is a little inspiration to create deli-cious meals with repurposed holiday foods.
The first thing to keep in mind when using leftovers is food safety. Any food re-maining after the holiday meal should be packed into storage containers and re-frigerated or frozen no more than two hours after the meal has ended.
This ensures that bacteria are not able to proliferate in the food and cause food-borne illnesses.
Choose shallow contain-ers, which will enable the food to chill more uniformly and not create warmer spots that take longer to reach a safe storage temperature.
Do not save any foods that have remained at room temperature for too long or seem questionable, espe-cially dairy products. It is adviseable to discard left-overs (even if refrigerated) after four days. Use it or lose it!
Now that leftovers are properly stored, you can think up some creative menu ideas for using them in the next few days.
* Turn stuffing into cro-quettes or burgers by mixing chopped turkey with stuffing or adding a new meat to the equation, like sausage.
* Dice ham and potatoes and add to the morning help-ing of eggs for a country- style omelette.
* Promptly boil the turkey
carcass to make homemade stock for soups and stews.
* Turn leftover mashed potatoes into a creamy po-tato soup, with the addi-tion of cream, bacon and scallions.
* Use cranberry sauce in place of butter on bagels or toast.
* Mash up leftover sweet potatoes and bake into a moist and delicious sweet potato loaf bread.
* Create open-faced sand-wiches for lunch by layer-ing ham or turkey, stuff-ing, cranberry sauce and gravy on top of a thick slice of bread.
* Diced meats, vegetables and onion can be added to a batter of pancake mix and turned into an easy quiche.
* Host Mexican night and use leftover turkey meat to make spicy fajitas, complete with sour cream and salsa.
* Use stale bread to make homemade croutons for sal-ad or use in a bread pudding recipe.
* Add cranberry sauce to boxed muffin mixes for a tart treat.
* Turn leftover holiday meats into an Asian stir-fry with the addition of wa-ter chestnuts, bean sprouts, soy sauce, and mixed vegetables.
* Grind meats to make a hearty meat loaf.
* Make leftover potatoes into hash browns.
Submitted photoWith a few creative ideas, anyone can turn leftover holiday foods into new meals.
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Fiat 500 an example of motoring, Italian styleBy Steph [email protected]
EMC Lifestyle – Let’s face it – the Fiat 500 is so cute, it could adorn a Christmas tree.
Nor would it look out of place underneath one, wrapped with a bow.
Being instantly notice-able and unlike anything else on the road is advanta-geous for both automakers and motorists; mainly, people notice you.
That was the reaction of other motorists while testing out an olive green, uplevel Lounge version of the di-minutive hatchback. It also helps that the Fiat’s paint colour palette is as diverse as anything you’ll fi nd these days, standing out against gloomy December skies and unwashed SUVs.
It’s even more dramatic to see the little 500’s populating a car lot alongside hulking Dodge Rams and Chrysler 300s of Fiat subsidiary Chrysler Corporation
In an automotive world where as little as fi ve colours can be ordered by a prospec-tive buyer, the 500 has 14, including three reds and two greens. The option to custom-ize your Fiat’s colour carries over to the wheels, steering wheel and seat upholstery.
Fiat has decided it wants its most iconic model – the only one available on this side of the Atlantic – to be unique and capable of refl ecting its owner’s tastes, wherever they might live. Think of it as a big, extended Italian family.
The Fiat 500, which was Italy’s ‘people’s car’ when it fi rst appeared in 1957, offer-ing space for four and 500 cc’s of power, owes its current style and shape to that early model. Newly enlarged for its current incarnation (which appeared mid-2007 in Europe and earlier this year on our shores), the 500 is a balancing act between retro quirkiness and modern functionality.
A body-coloured dash and white steering wheel are the
biggest interior features that emulate the original 500’s, while retro styling cues are everywhere to be seen on the outside of the four-seater.
Luckily for drivers, the technology is pleasantly mod-ern. While the original ’57 model had a two-cylinder engine cranking out a lawn mover-like 13 horsepower, the new 500 arrives with Fiat’s 1.4-litre MultiAir four-cylin-der, making a much healthier 101 horsepower and 98 lb-ft of torque.
MultiAir employs some valve-opening magic to squeeze more horsepower and torque from the small dis-placement engine while net-ting mileage gains of about 10 per cent over a conventional engine. Standard transmission for the 500 is a fi ve-speed manual mounted low on the dash, with a six-speed au-tomatic being optional. Our Lounge tester came with the fi ve-speed; after a combina-tion of driving conditions, it became clear any more gears on the stick would be too many. Fifth gear in the 500 is tall enough for the little en-gine to net a fuel economy fi g-ure of 5.1 l/100km (55 mpg) on the highway.
Not being a torque mon-ster, the MultiAir unit re-quires higher rpm’s in order to coax the car into its power band, meaning fi fth gear is not
a passing gear. The shifter, while well situated, is a little rubbery and not a short-throw affair by any means. Perhaps this, along with the clutch ped-al’s light feel and long travel, is a retro touch in itself.
Our tester came with the popular optional power pan-oramic sunroof, which can also be had in a fi xed form. The large opening provided by the sunroof lets in plenty of light and air for those not wanting to shell out the ex-tra bucks for the 500 cab-riolet, which comes with a retro-style sliding fabric top.
The long doors of the car – which count for one third of its total length – make sliding into the adjustable front buck-ets easy, though the backseat is not an adult-friendly location, especially if the front seat oc-cupants are long-legged.
With the seat moved to its rearmost position and low-ered, this 6’4” driver was quite comfortable in the sup-portive leather-trimmed seat, an experienced helped by the well-positioned armrests.
Rearward visibility is ham-pered by the thick B-pillars, making shoulder checks dif-fi cult; however, those pillars contain side curtain airbags, so their function is admirable. The side view mirror contains a secondary mirror to extend side visibility, which offsets some of the vision blocked by
the pillar.Though the wheel was not
adjustable for reach, it was for tilt; while I’d have liked it a few inches closer, it wasn’t a deal breaker.
The MultiAir engine sounds a little coarse under ac-celeration, but is muted when at speed in a higher gear; in fact, engine noise and road noise is quite well damped in the 500’s cosy cabin, with just a wind whistle to great the driver’s ears.
Gauges and buttons were arranged logically on the sim-ple dash, with a suitably retro large round gauge serving as speedometer and tachometer. Only the window switches, mounted low on the dash by the shifter, are harder to grow accustomed to.
The stereo in the Lounge was a premium BOSE unit with speakers mounted at the base of the A-pillars, complete with SIRIUS satellite radio and a one-year subscription. Sound quality in the small cabin was excellent, and wire-less device connections means drivers will never be without their own music pumping through the speakers.
Where the 500 really shines is in the urban jungle, where a short-wheelbase car with a tight turning circle is a valu-able asset for anyone trying to navigate though (and into) tight places. Parallel parking,
U-turns and three point turns seem to be the 500’s forte.
Though naturally nimble on its feet, anyone wanting to reenact scenes from The Italian Job (minus the Mini’s) will want the Sport model, which adds 16-inch wheels, low-profi le rubber and
sport-tuned suspension, among other goodies.
Whether chosen as a sporty urban runabout or a mileage-making commuter car, the 500 is a pleasant place in which to spend time, as there’s nothing else like it on the road. Just expect to garner stares.
Photo by Steph WillemsThe new Fiat 500 could be the perfect Christmas gift for automotive enthusiasts.
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Please note: The Ottawa Humane Society has many other companion animals available for adoption. Featured animals are adopted quickly! To learn more about adopting an animal from the Ottawa Humane Society please contact us: Website: www.ottawahumane.ca Email: [email protected]: (613) 725-3166 x25812
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Meet Steve, a neutered male, white Domestic Shorthair cat who is approximately eight months old. This snowy white furry feline was brought to the shelter as a stray on August 27 and he is now available for adoption. Steve would love to sleep under the blanket with you. He has the most amazing yellow eyes and loves keeping busy with interactive toys. He would rather not be fed anything except the special diet he needs to keep him feeling his best. No holiday treats, please! Steve is a special needs adoption because he has dietary needs. He may be able to change from this diet slowly over time once settled into a home and with the advice of a vet.
TWELVE PET TIPS FOR CHRISTMAS
This unaltered female, white Dwarf and Himalayan rabbit is about seven months old. She was brought to the shelter as a stray on November 19 and is now available for adoption. Her red eyes stand out against her pure white fur coat, and she’s looking for a home where she can be social with her owners and have plenty of exercise and healthy food. Rabbits love human companionship, and that’s all Carla wants for Christmas!
The holidays present many hazards for pets. The same things that make Christmas special may cause problems for your animals. Here are the OHS’s tips to help keep your companion animals safe, healthy and happy during the holidays:
The busy social season1.�Holidays are a busy time for visiting
and being visited – you may be away for extended periods or have a house full of guests. If you’re away, have someone check in on your pet or board your pet. Note that your pet’s vaccinations will have to be up-to-date to be accepted at a boarding facility.
2.�If you’re entertaining, you may wish to keep your pets in a quiet room away from the noise and activity. If they’re mingling among the guests, make sure you’re moni-toring them so that they don’t share your guests’ holiday fi nger foods!
The glittering Christmas decorations3.�Christmas ornaments should be “pet-
friendly.” Avoid using tinsel on trees! Curi-ous animals are attracted by the shiny strings
and may swallow them, which can lead to serious injury-and expensive surgery! Orna-ments hung on lower tree limbs should not be breakable. Also, keep your tree free of decorations made of food!
4.�Barricade the water trough around the tree to prevent your pet from drinking the water, which may be dirty and contain pine needles, which are indigestible.
5.�Be careful with Christmas lights! Secure electrical cords and conceal outlets. Pets may chew on cords; and keep pets away from open fl ames.
6.�Some Christmas plants are toxic to pets. Keep your pets away from mistletoe, holly, poinsettias and amaryllis. If ingested, they may cause vomiting, diarrhea and/or other problems. If your pet has ingested something you’re unsure about, call your veterinarian!
The carefully purchased and lovingly wrapped gifts
7.�After gifts have been unwrapped, dis-card or store wrapping paper and ribbons,
which could be dangerous play toys for pets.8.�You’re not the only one looking under
the tree with curiosity. If you don’’t know what’s in a package, don’t leave it under the tree! You may fi nd out the hard way that Aunt Jane got you a delicious box of Belgian truffl es. Chocolate is toxic for cats and dogs.
The sumptuous holiday fare9.�Table scraps and left-overs aren’t just
too rich for your pets: bones in the meat could lead to serious complications or death.
10.�Ensure that edibles in Christmas stockings or on the tree are unreachable by your pet and away from dangerous places, such as the fi replace.
The winter wonderland11.�Always ensure that your pet is wear-
ing adequate identifi cation. With more fre-quent comings-and-goings, it’s easy for your pet to slip out of the house unnoticed.
12.�On colder days, limit your pet’s ex-posure to the out-of-doors to short time periods.
Do you think your pet is cute enough to be “THE PET OF THE WEEK”? Submit a picture and shortbiography of your pet to find out! Simply email to: [email protected] attention “Pet of the Week” 12
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PatiMy name is Pytrycja Mildred Cat but everyone calls me “Pati.” I live with my sister
Brytny and Ewoue who brings us food and toys. I also have four brothers but they don’t live with us. My favourite things are eating, sleeping, watching the birds and squirrels and playing with the neighbourhood cats. I like all of the seasons - even winter - but when it’s really cold I mostly stay inside and watch everyone through the window.
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Learn the important dos and don’ts of animal adoption
Special to the EMC
EMC Lifestyle - Adopt-ing a pet is a selfless act thousands and thousands of animal lovers commit each and every year. Caring for an animal can be a reward-ing experience, and adopting a pet from a local shelter of-ten makes the bond between pet and pet owner that much stronger.
As rewarding as adopting a pet can be, there is a right way and a wrong way to ap-proach pet adoption. Before signing any papers, consider the following do’s and don’ts of pet adoption.
DO: * Know why you’re adopting a pet. The ASPCA recommends that prospective pet parents ask themselves why they want to adopt a pet before beginning the pro-cess. Men and women have all sorts of reasons for adopt-ing a pet, be it companion-ship, a gift for the kids or to fill the void left by a recently deceased pet. Before begin-ning the process, prospective parents should determine their reason for adoption. If the reason is viable, continue with the process.
* Honestly assess your life-style. Just because you love animals does not mean your
lifestyle is suited to having a pet. Today’s men and women are arguably busier than ever before, something that can be detrimental to pets, who still need lots of affection and attention regardless of how busy their owners are. An honest lifestyle assessment should give people an idea if their lifestyle is conducive to pet ownership.
* Choose the right pet. Choosing the right pet in-volves more than finding the friendliest puppy or the cutest kitten. While compat-ability is important, it’s often additional factors that deter-mine if a pet and pet owner are a good match. These factors include space restric-tions in the home, amount of time spent in the home and the presence of others, be it children or roommates. For example, a big dog like a St. Bernard is likely not an ideal fit for a man or woman who lives in a studio apartment, nor is a pet who requires lots of attention good for a person who is rarely home. Individuals who don’t spend much time at home might be better off with a cat who prefers solitude, while those who live in small apartments might be best suited to a small dog or cat. Choosing
the right pet involves care-ful consideration of these external factors.
* Be willing to train the pet if need be. The ASPCA notes that lack of training is one of the most common reasons men and women cite when returning an animal to a shelter. Pet adoption can-didates should be willing to train the animal, as effective training opens the channels of communication and re-sults in a longer, healthier relationship.
DON’T: * Adopt on a whim. Adopting a pet with-out carefully considering all the pros and cons is a great way to find yourself return-ing the pet to a shelter. Shel-ter animals are often most victimized by adopting on a whim, as the cost of adoption greatly pales in comparison to purchasing an animal from a breeder. Because those adoption fees are so low, it’s not uncommon for men and women to write off the fee as a loss and return the dog to the shelter. This is cruel to the animal and can be eas-ily avoided if people who want to adopt do so after carefully considering every-thing that goes into being a pet owner.
Humane Society provides holiday safety tips for petsSpecial to the EMC
EMC News – The Ottawa Humane Society is reminding pet owners that the holidays present many hazards for pets. The same things that make Christmas special to people may cause problems for their animals. Following are pet tips for Christmas to keep your companion animals safe, healthy and happy.
1. Holidays are a busy time for visiting and being visited—you may be away for extended periods or have a house full of guests. If you’re away, have someone check in on
your pet or board your pet. Note that your pet’s vac-cinations will have to be up-to-date to be accepted at a boarding facility.
2. If you’re entertaining, you may wish to keep your pets in a quiet room away from the noise and activity. If they’re mingling among the guests, make sure you’re monitoring them so that they don’t share your guests’
holiday finger foods.3. Christmas ornaments
should be “pet-friendly”. Avoid using tinsel on trees. Curious animals are attracted by the shiny strings and may swallow them, which can lead to serious injury and expen-sive surgery. Ornaments hung on lower tree limbs should not be breakable. Also, keep your tree free of edible ornaments.
4. Barricade the water trough around the tree to pre-vent your pet from drinking the water, which may be dirty and contain pine needles, which are indigestible.
5. Be careful with Christmas lights! Secure elec-trical cords and conceal out-lets. Pets may chew on cords; and keep pets away from open flames.
6. Some Christmas plants are toxic to pets. Keep your pets away from mistletoe, holly, poinsettias and ama-ryllis. If ingested, they may cause vomiting, diarrhea and/or other problems. If your pet has ingested something
you’re unsure about, call your veterinarian immediately.
7. After gifts have been unwrapped, discard or store wrapping paper and ribbons, which may be dangerous play toys for pets.
8. You’re not the only one looking under the tree with curiosity. If you don’t know what’s in a package, don’t leave it under the tree. You may find out the hard way that Aunt Jane got you a delicious box of Belgian truffles. Note that chocolate is toxic for both cats and dogs.
9. Table scraps and left-overs aren’t just too rich for your pets. Bones in the meat could lead to serious complications or death.
10. Ensure that edibles in Christmas stockings or on the tree are unreachable by your pet and away from dan-gerous places, such as the fireplace.
11. On colder days, limit your pet’s exposure to the outdoors to short time periods.
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Orleans Toastmasters – Do you want to lose your fear of public speaking, enhance your leadership skills, create a net-work of friends? Attend a one-hour meeting (6:30 to 7:30 p.m.) second and fourth Wednes-days, Orleans Client Service Centre, 255 Centrum Blvd., 3rd Floor, Room 328. Contact Ber-tillia Christian: 613-837-0443.
The Orléans Raconteurs Toastmasters Club meets the first, third, and fifth Tuesday of every month from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at 3343 St. Joseph Blvd. near Tenth Line in Orléans in the Orleans Police Station on the second-floor boardroom .You
are welcome to attend a session as our guest!
Sundays: Rag and Bone Puppet Theatre presents “On a Sunday Afternoon” pup-pet plays for families, every second Sunday at 1:30 p.m. in the music room of the Shenkman Arts Centre.
Dec. 23: Dancing entertain-ment from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. provided by “Tony True” taking place at the Orléans Legion lo-cated at 800 Taylor Creek Dr.
Dec. 30: Dancing entertain-ment from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. provided by “Al Visser” taking place at the Orléans Legion lo-cated at 800 Taylor Creek Dr.
Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve Party (food and dancing enter-tainment). Tickets and sign in available at the branch. Taking place at the Orléans Legion lo-cated at 800 Taylor Creek Dr.
Jan. 1: New Year’s Levee with entertainment provided by “Peter C.” Taking place at the Orléans Legion located at 800 Taylor Creek Dr.
Jan. 14: The Orleans Photo Club is welcoming amateur photographers to attend their monthly meeting which will be held at the Notre-dame-des-champ Community Centre, 3659 Navan Rd. from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon. We offer a lot of op-
portunity to learn in a warm and friendly atmosphere. As well, we have expert guest speakers who do presentations on a va-riety of subjects, outings and digital workshops. This would be a great place to start for all the people who received a new camera over the holidays.
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Jan. 9: CFUW-Ottawa January general meeting. Guest Speaker will be Chan-tal LeClerc, RN, M.Sc., GNC (C), interim CEO, Champlain Local Health Integration Net-work (LHIN). Chantal has more than 15 years of work
experience in the health care sector, including commu-nity, acute, and continuing care as a front-line clinician, professional leader, clinical scientist, manager and admin-istrator. She holds a joint-ap-pointment with the University of Ottawa School of Nurs-ing. Her clinical and research expertise is in the care of older adults, particularly those with dementia. She has received several re-search grants and is pub-lished in peer-reviewed jour-nals. She was awarded the 2007 Excellence Award in Nursing Leadership by the Ontario Hospital Associa-tion and is a member of sev-eral provincial and local
committees. The topic will be about the LHINs. The meet-ing is open to the public, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., St. Timothy’s Presbyterian Church, 2400 Alta Vista Dr.
Ottawa Newcomers’ Club invites women new to Ot-tawa to join our activities and meet some new friends. Activities include: Bridge; Scrabble; Walks; Luncheons and dinners; Book Club; Out and About - Ottawa sights/events; Travel Cafe; and Craft and Chat. Please check out our website at: www.ot-tawanewcomersclub.ca. For more information call 613 860 0548 or ottawanewcomers@ hotmail.ca.
Time remains to share opinions about updating Ottawa’s smoke-free by-lawsSpecial to the EMC
EMC News – Ottawa Pub-lic Health’s (OPH) public con-sultation phase on the expan-sion of the City of Ottawa’s smoke-free by-laws continues until Jan. 20, 2012.
The objective of the con-sultations is to ensure resi-dents, businesses and other community representatives
have an opportunity to pro-vide feedback on the pro-posed expansion of the city’s smoke-free by-laws to in-clude all public beaches and parks, all municipal proper-ties and all outdoor patios and terraces.
These groups will also pro-vide their feedback on other options that would protect
the public from the harms of second-hand smoke, includ-ing new regulations relating to the use of water pipes in public establishments.
Residents are encouraged to share their opinions online at ottawa.ca/health.
This online consulta-tion is available in both English and French, in-
cludes nine short questions and can be accessed until Jan. 20, 2012.
Phone the OPH Information Line at 613-580-6744 (TTY: 613-580-9656). Public health nurses will answer questions and record comments from Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. E-mail [email protected].
Attend the final public meeting (listed below), which will include a presentation on relevant health concerns, an explanation on the pro-posed by-law update and an extensive discussion period. Information materials will be available and OPH staff mem-bers will be present to answer questions.
Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012 Ottawa City Hall – Jean Pig-ott Place 110 Laurier Ave. W. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
OPH will present its find-ings to the board of health on Feb. 6, 2012 which will then forward recommendations to the community and protective services committee and city council.
OC Transpo begins addition of 66,000 more hours to improve local bus serviceSpecial to the EMC
EMC News - OC Transpo is making service improve-ments by adding 66,000 ser-vice hours to address growing demands and ridership. In the 2012 budget, an additional $5.5 million in funding was al-located to boost the frequency and reliability of public tran-sit while enhancing overall customer service in the system.
“With ridership numbers at record levels, it’s important to make targeted investments that reflect the growth in our public transit system,” said Mayor Jim Watson. “These service improvements will help transit users on their dai-ly commutes while ensuring
that OC Transpo continues to be financially sustainable.”
“OC Transpo is improv-ing service based on rider-ship data and input from customers, operators, com-munity groups and business-es,” said councillor Diane Deans, chair of the transit commission.
Based on fall ridership data, additional funding will be allocated to improve ca-pacity on the busiest routes, including: 2, 4, 5, 16, 30, 87, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 106, 111, 118, 120, 143, 148, 169, 261, 263, and 691. As well, routes 4, 38, 60, 62, 87, 93, and 114 will benefit from increased capacity with the addition of articulated buses at key times
throughout the day.Additional resources will
also be assigned to various routes, such as Route 129, to address day-to-day perfor-mance issues as they arise and ensure reliable service.
Increases will begin Mon-day, Jan. 9, which is the first day of full service in the New Year.
Route adjustments will be made to five routes that will improve connections as follows:
- Route 5 - two new off-peak weekday trips will be introduced operating between Sandy Hill and Old Ottawa
East and the Ottawa Hospital, which will provide improved connections to the General Campus, CHEO and the Re-habilitation Centre.
- Route 16 – two off-peak weekday trips will be add-ed between Sandy Hill and Rideau Street, for improved shopping connections.
- Route 93 – four trips in the morning peak period will be extended to provide ser-vice on Innovation Drive in Kanata North from LeBreton Station downtown.
- Route 106 – Extended to serve all locations along the hospital ring road, Monday
to Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. replaces the current shuttle service. Early-morning, evening, and weekend trips serve the General Campus and CHEO.
- Route 169 – will be re-vised with five new trips to serve Solandt, Hines, and In-novation providing workers in Kanata North with improved connections. One morn-ing trip and one afternoon trip will continue to serve Herzberg south of Carling.
The improvements to Routes 5, 16 and 93 will commence Jan. 9, while
the changes to Routes 106 and 169 will begin on Dec. 28.
OC Transpo encourages customers to use the Travel Planner tool at octranspo.com to see how they can benefit from these changes.
For more information, schedules and travel planning assistance is available by vis-iting octranspo.com or calling 613-741-4390. Customers may also get automated bus arrival times by calling 613-560-1000 or texting 560560 plus their four-digit bus stop number up to six days in advance.
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29. Lyric poems30. Lake in N. Finland31. Object built to scale32. Excessive fluid in tissue34. Genus lepus37. Understudies40. Smooth-skinned melon43. Hindu god of fire 46. Rugged mountain range47. Sent by USPS48. Small social insect50. Apply a thin coat of metal51. Horse fly52. Wife of Boaz53. Headstream of the Ubangi River54. “Rudolph” singer Burl55. Celebration56. Gaelic name for Scotland57. Make a ringing sound58. Women’s undergarment
CLUES ACROSS 1. 1960’s civil rights college organization 5. Big K store 9. A slab of lumber14. Hilltribe of Thailand15. From a distance16. Earth color pigment17. A gelling agent in foods18. Plural of sorus19. Shabby in appearance20. Outdoor cookers23. The immaterial part of a person24. A single unit or thing25. Containing salt28. Erstwhile33. Mimicked34. God of the underworld35. Quick head motion36. Narrow country roads38. To become old
39. Diminished light under a tree41. Behave in a certain manner42. Counterweights44. 84097 UT45. Brief communications47. Common folder color49. Hostelry50. Section of a window51. Discrepancy between actual and stated58. Brief publicity notice59. Elliptical60. Racer Earnhardt61. Attempt one more time62. A boundary line63. Italian Island64. Turkish rulers65. Secondhand66. S. branch of the Lower Rhine__
Last week’s answers
This weeks puzzle answers in
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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20Patience is a virtue, Aries. The best will be in store for you later in the week. There’s not much chance for adventure Monday or Tuesday, but things pick up on Wednesday.
TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21Taurus, a good night is in store this week. The night brings rewards you did not expect. Working hard yields more than financial success.
GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21Trust your instincts, Gemini. Someone who seems like they have your best interests at heart really may have ulterior motives. Heed Capricorn’s sage advice.
CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22Cancer, you may feel like you’re the only one keeping the ship from sinking. However, this is not the case. Behind-the-scenes work is taking place, too.
LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23Leo, it seems as if drama is always following you. That’s because you tend to be the life of the party or prefer all eyes be on you. Think about being less conspicuous.
VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22Virgo, it’s hard to keep friends if you are overly critical of the way they live their lives. Remember, no one is perfect — including you. Keep an open mind.
LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23Libra, start thinking about curbing your spending. Your finances are in trouble if you don’t make some changes. More is going out than is coming into your accounts.
SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22Scorpio, there’s not much you can do about the current situation. Complaining about things won’t solve anything, so why waste the breath? Better news is on the horizon.
SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21You’re in over your head, Sagittarius. Too many projects and not enough helpers can leave you feeling over-whelmed. You may want to tackle one thing at a time.
CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20Capricorn, new beginnings have arrived and you’re excited about all of the prospects. Others may share your joy but not to the extent that you do.
AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18Aquarius, it’s alright to be cautious with your decisions, but taking much too long could indicate you’re not ready for a change. Soon a spouse or partner will grow impatient.
PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20It’s hard to accept help sometimes, Pisces. But help is what you need right now. Accept it with open arms.
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Last week’sanswers
ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20Aries, sometimes you just have to let a person go. If there’s no getting this person to come around to your way of thinking, it’s best to devote your energy elsewhere.
TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21Taurus, you have nothing to hide, so speak your mind when a family member asks for your two cents this week. Just keep in mind he or she may not be ready for what you have to say.
GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21Gemini, you don’t have to be asked twice to lend a hand when someone needs help. That’s what so many of your friends admire about you -- your selflessness.
CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22Cancer, trust your instincts because they often do not let you down. You have a feeling about someone close to you and what you will discover is how on target your gut can be.
LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23Leo, instead of making things more difficult than they have to be, simply put out the word that you’re looking for some help and you’ll likely find a bunch of takers.
VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22Virgo, you may have to cut a trip short because something that is high priority comes up unexpectedly. You may want to reschedule your plans for next week.
LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23Libra, this week you may find yourself as the center of attention, and frankly, you will probably love every moment of it. Just don’t let all the attention go to your head.
SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22Scorpio, sometimes it can be difficult for you to express the things that are in your heart, but this week you further your relationship with some much-needed conversation.
SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21Sagittarius, take a chance on something you thought you couldn’t master. You just may be surprised at what you can accomplish when you put your mind to it.
CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20Capricorn, think about how you want the week to go and then focus your energy in that direction. It’s amazing what a little mental energy and some help from the stars can do.
AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18Lately it seems like you’re working very hard at not being happy, Aquarius. All it takes is a little change in perspective to turn it all around. Capricorn plays a key role.
PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20Pisces, go on an old-fashioned date if you’ve been in a relationship for some time. It could add a spark that you need.
Fun By The Numbers
Like puzzles? Then you’ll love sudoku. This mind-bending puzzle will have you hooked from the moment you square off, so sharpen your pencil and put your sudoku savvy to the test!
Here’s How It Works: Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!
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COLUMBIA Snowfall Omni-Heat Women’s winter boots400 g insulationOur reg. price 24999
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THE NORTH FACE Rundle PeakWomen’s hiking bootsOur reg. price 13999
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ATLAS TraverseAdult snowshoes8’’ X 23’’, 8’’ X 25’’ or 9’’ X 30’’Our reg. price 24999
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TUBBS TimberlineMen’s or women’s snowshoes Men’s: 8’’ X 25’’ or 9’’ X 30’’Women’s: 8’’ X 21’’ or 8’’ X 25’’Our reg. price 19999
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BOXINGDAYSALE
2 DAYS ONLY!
DECEMBER 26thAND DECEMBER 27th
ORLEANS - Ottawa4338 Innes Road • 613-590-0755
(One block west of 10th Line Rd.) AT-24DE11-100042-7300
*Discounts applicable to our original ticket price and do not apply to tech shop services, gift cards, gifts certificates, layaways and previous purchases. Some ATMOSPHERE® franchisee stores may have offered some items at less than our original ticket price. Not all clearance priced items or price points available at all locations. Selection may vary.This 2-day event starts Monday, December 26, 2011. Prices in this ad are in effect from Monday December 26, 2011 at 1 p.m. to Tuesday, December 27, 2011 Prices are in effect at all participating ATMOSPHERE® stores while quantities last or until closing Tuesday, December 27, 2011. No exchange or refunds on December 26 and December 27, 2011.Pricing on some items may extend beyond this event. If any advertising error or omission is discovered, ATMOSPHERE® will make the appropriate corrections and notify customers as soon as possible. Quantities may be limited. Selection (styles, colours, sizes and models) may vary by store. We reserve the right to limit quantities purchased. The merchandise is exchangeable or refundable until Sunday, January 8, 2012 upon presentation of receipt. Unused merchandise and original packaging required. ®Registered trademark of The Forzani Group Ltd. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owner(s).
Discounts are not applicable to Canada Goose product.
Discounts not applicabe toCanada Goose products
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Discounts apply to our regular ticket price. Not applicable to previously marked down items. Valid December 26, 2011 only. Discounts are not applicable to Canada Goose products.
