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HAZARDS REMAINPretoria Bridge is still dangerous as ever, even after bike lanes were introduced. 3

TUNNEL TROUBLESThe light rail tunnel may be cut short after a geological survey found bedrock near eastern exit. 13

RANGERS ROUTEDOttawa’s stars shine brightly in a 10-2 vicotory over Gloucester. 22

LAURA MUELLER

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The city’s green bin program hit its ex-pected target of diverting 53,000 tonnes of organic waste from landfi lls in its fi rst year.

The program began in January, and the city had hoped to divert between 47,000 and 55,000 tonnes of organic waste from landfi lls, McRae said.

But it still leaves taxpayers on the hook for around $2.5 million. That’s the amount of money the city paid for or-ganics collection it didn’t use in 2010.

Under the city’s contract with Orga-world, Ottawa pays the company $93.40 per tonne to collect 80,000 tonnes of or-ganic waste each year of its 20-year con-tract.

As for when the city could actually use its full 80,000-tonne collection amount, McRae said, “we can’t predict the year if we don’t change some of our behaviour.

“We’ve been very successful so far to get residents participating in the pro-gram, but if we want to boost our overall diversion, we have to take it to the next level,” she said.

McRae, who was recently elected to lead the city’s environment committee, repeated her desire to continue discus-sions with residents to fi nd ways to en-courage greater use of the green bins.

“Last term’s council I don’t think went far enough in having the debate,” McRae said.

The green bin program helped boost the city’s diversion rate from 32 to 41 per cent this year, which puts Ottawa on par with large cities such as Toronto (which had a 44 per cent diversion rate in 2009).

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SLEDDING INTO THE HOLIDAYSThe Huynh family rests atop the Mooney Bay tobogganing hill off Riverside Drive before sending each other for a wild ride down the notoriously slippery slope on Dec. 23. Many of the city’s toboggan slopes are already open for the season. A full list can be found on the city’s website at www.ottawa.ca.

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The Pretoria Bridge contin-ues to be dangerous for cyclists even with the recent introduc-tion of bike lanes.

The lanes on the bridge were initially introduced to improve what used to be a worrying ride, but cyclists still fi nd it danger-ous.

“We are in favour of the lanes along the bridge, but unfortu-nately they are substandard in width,” said Tom Trottier, past president of Citizens for Safe Cycling.

Previously, cyclists were in-structed by signs mounted on Pretoria Bridge to dismount their bicycles and cross the bridge on foot. Many cyclists ignored this advice, instead choosing to either take the lane or squeeze between motor ve-hicles and the curb.

“They provide a bit more space for cyclists and it is much safer than before,” said Trottier of the new lanes.

Some cyclists don’t think it is

safe enough. On Dec. 22 a cyclist navigat-

ing the bridge stopped briefl y to share his thoughts on the sub-ject.

Sixty-year-old David, who de-clined to give his last name, has been riding across the Pretoria bridge for seven years. He said he fi nds the lanes too narrow and dangerous.

“It is still dangerous to ride around here, I have already been hit by car mirrors twice,” he said.

Nick Masciantonio, president of Old Ottawa East Community Association, said the bike lanes on Pretoria Bridge are a consid-erable improvement over the previous situation.

“This is an issue that has not been resolved completely, it is a step forward,” he said.

Masciantonio noted the need to have the communities edu-cated on the new lanes as a way of ensuring safety and accessi-bility for cyclists.

In the long term, Mascian-tonio said together with other neighbouring community as-

sociations, they have been ad-vocating for a new pedestrian footbridge that will allow both cyclists and pedestrians to safely cross over and connect

with existing bike paths on both sides of the canal.

The link in the vicinity of Fifth Avenue and Clegg Street would benefi t not just the resi-

dents of Old Ottawa East but also those in the Glebe and Old Ottawa South.

Calls to the city were not re-turned by press time.

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Tight fi t for cyclists on Pretoria Bridge

Photo by Eddie RwemaThe bicycle lanes on Pretoria Bridge remained covered with snow late last week, making it hard for cyclists to get by and forcing them on to the pedestrian sidewalks.

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By Melodie Cardin, Special Events and Communications Coordinator,ByWard Market BIA

Christmas in the ByWard Market has wrapped up and as usual, there was no more

magical spot in Ottawa at this time of year. The smell of pine permeated the streets, carol singers were here every weekend and lots of families came out to enjoy the free hayrides. The Market was the heart of the Ottawa holiday experience. The ByWard Market website also featured Thirty Days of Christmas, a different ByWard Market item featured every day in the lead up to Christmas. Some of featured outfi ts would also be great for New Year’s Eve, so make sure to check it out: www.byward-market.com/30-days-of-christmas. Or take a tour through the many fashion boutiques for both men and women here in the Market, to fi nd something stunning to wear as you ring in 2011. Through the entire Christmas season, ByWard Market chefs and nightclubs have been gearing up to help you say goodbye to 2010 in style. New Year’s Eve is just a couple of days away, and what better time to experience a ByWard Market party? Head to the heart of the city, well-known for its nightlife, for a great party. We also invite you to keep in mind that ByWard Market chefs always pull out the stops for New Year’s Eve, offering great prix fixe menus and gorgeous new culinary creations. It’s a great time to try one of Ottawa’s world class restaurants. With so many possibilities, it may be a bit overwhelming to know where to start, so here’s a

round-up of some of what’s going on Dec. 31:• Mambo (77 Clarence St.) and Kinki (41 York St.) will feature special champagne paired menus and DJs.• Pay just one cover fee for parties at Industry Room (130 York St.), The Liquor Store Party Bar (128 York St.) & Parliament Ultra Club (151 George St.). Find special New Year’s Eve parties at Pub 101 (101 York St.), Pier 21 (111 Parent St.), The Drink (130 George St.), The Whiskey Bar (112 York St.), The Velvet Room (62 ½ York St.), and My Condo (34 Clarence St.)• Special tasting and prix fixe menus can be found at Courtyard Restaurant (21 George St.), Steak Modern Steakhouse (87 Clarence St.), Fat Tuesday’s (62 York St.), Cornerstone (92 Clarence St.), Luxe Bistro (47 York St.), Stella Osteria (81B Clarence St.), Blue Cactus Bar & Grill (2 ByWard Market), E18teen (18 York St.), and Empire Grill (47 Clarence St.) This is just a taste of some of what will be happening on NYE in the ByWard Market. For more details on specifi c DJs, menus, and prices, please visit www.byward-market.com/events/newyearseve2010.

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Ottawa’s young at heart have much to look forward to in the New Year, with several new programs opening at the Heron Road seniors centre in January.

For those who are artistically inclined, a new print-making workshop will begin on Jan. 13 and run each Thursday for 10 weeks, offering a unique pro-gram for seniors who want to get their hands dirty in a tradi-tional artist’s medium.

“Students are going to explore a variety of non-chemical print-making techniques, includ-ing dry-point, calligraphy, and wood-cuts,” explained Noreen Carisse, the program co-ordina-tor for the seniors centre which is located in the Heron Road Community Centre.

She said the class will explore different kinds of paper and inking methods as well.

“We have a variety of artists here already so they’re kind of looking forward to jumping into print making. They’re already drawing, painting, doing pho-tography and so on, so the print-making is kind of unique,” Ca-risse said.

The 30-hour course is $117.75

for seniors under 65, or $106 for those over 65.

Carisse said it’s important to add new items to the schedule so that regular users can try new things.

“Each season, depending on the time of year and what’s go-ing on, we try to introduce a few things that are trendy or that people are asking for,” she said.

Another new item on the roster come January is a “total body transformation” program for 50-plus gym users.

“It’s a 45 minute program, which is unique in itself be-cause it’s much shorter than our other classes, which are usually an hour or an hour and a half,” Carisse said. “We condense the time and in 45 minute we give a complete weight training and toning program, using elastic bands, dumbbells, and cardio, and ending with stretches and a relaxation period. We do this all in 45 minutes so they can get up and out and start their day.”

The city of Ottawa facility will once again be hosting the an-nual over 55 short story writing contest, which accepts submis-sions of less than 2,000 words in novice or professional catego-ries. Entries will be accepted at the Heron Road seniors centre

between Jan. 2 and March 15. The contest will culminate in “An Afternoon of Storytelling” at the centre, where the winning entries will be read aloud and

celebrated in the Heron centre’s auditorium on April 27.

The centre’s winter program-ming also includes a variety of regular courses in the arts,

physical activity, languages and technology. For more program information, visit the Heron Road senior’s centre at 1480 Her-on Road.

New programs offer unique activities for Heron Gate seniorsCommunity

Submitted photoSeniors take part in a gym class at the Heron Road senior’s centre, where there will be several new courses available in the New Year, including a print-making class and a “total body transformation” workout.

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The Ontario Government has set aside $135 million over the next three years to provide access to dental services for low-income children and youth.

“This new program will provide free dental coverage to children from low in-come families,” said Ottawa-Centre mem-ber of provincial parliament (MPP) Yasir Naqvi.

The program will help with early detec-tion of dental problems, reduce the need for extensive dental treatment services, demand for higher level intervention and result in lower overall costs, he indicat-ed.

“We want to make sure children have access to good dental care, because it has an impact on their over all health,” said Naqvi.

The province will be running the pro-gram through the city’s public health units, which will then partner with com-munity health centres to provide preven-tive care to children and youth aged 0-17 years.

The program will be offi cially launched in Ottawa on Jan. 11, according to Nancy Kennedy, program manager for dental health with Ottawa Public Health.

It is estimated that approximately 9,900 young people in Ottawa will quali-

fy for the new program. Somerset West Community Health

Centre is among the centres designated to provide the free dental services. The cen-tre will be holding its fi rst dental clinic on Jan. 14 at the Cambridge Public School on 250 Cambridge St. North.

“It is something we have been looking forward to for a long time,” said Rosemary Johns, resource development manager at Somerset West Community Health Cen-tre. “It has been a need in our community for a very long time.”

“We are very excited and we will make sure our clients are aware of this new service in the city,” she added.

The program will provide screening and oral hygiene. Referrals will be made if a follow-up is required.

To meet the provincial criteria, one will have to prove that they are 17 years old or younger, have no dental coverage and have an adjusted family net income of $20,000 or less per year.

Several application sites will be avail-able across Ottawa and parents are re-quired to complete the application forms and show the required documentation for approval.

For more information on specifi c ser-vices offered in an area, look for the Healthy Smiles Ontario posters at your community health center, or visit www.ontario.ca.

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In two days, I will join my family for Christ-mas. It is a time to spread goodwill where we can, and celebrate that for which we are thankful.

While I’m there, I hope to see my parents’ old friend, François d’Orglandes.

François is an artist whose family is known for taking in less fortunate strangers for din-ner on Christmas Eve. They personify the “kindness of strangers”. They make it easier to build healthy, secure, vibrant communities.

In the same way, The Ottawa Hospital ben-efi ts from remarkable community support.

What our community leaders, philanthro-pists and, in many cases, your neighbors have achieved this year is impressive.

The Ottawa Hospital Foundation’s 20/20 Campaign raised $24.5 Million for a new Cancer Centre at the General Campus, as

well as the Irving Greenberg Family Cancer Centre at the Queensway Carleton Hospital. The community’s contributions have made a meaningful difference.

They have allowed the centralization of nine radiation machines at the General Cam-pus; added 15 new chemotherapy chairs, for a total of 50, to the cancer program; offered more natural light and comforting clinical en-vironments to cancer patients; and provided them and their families with easy, comfort-able access to outdoor areas. All of this will help the recovery process.

There’s more. Our community has do-nated over $2 million dollars to research at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. Most recently, they have made possible the acquisi-tion of CyberKnife, a revolutionary radio-sur-gery system that can eliminate the need for invasive surgery in many cases.

Soon, they will enable us to fund the in-stallation of the Canadian Forces CAREN system, a virtual reality simulator to assist the rehabilitation of Canadian Forces combat casualties, as well as the other patients.

This generosity improves the quality of care patients receive every day. Donations make a real difference. In other words, the community is the hospital’s foundation. To fi nd out more, visit www.ohfoundation.ca

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EDDIE RWEMA

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Residents of Old Ottawa East will have more space for play-groups, camps, art classes, and other community events thanks to the revitalization of the fi eld house at Brantwood Park.

Work on the building, which cost $153,000, was slated to fi n-ish on Dec. 23.

“The bulk of the revitaliza-tion involved blowing out a cen-tral wall to make a bigger space in the middle as well as giving access to bathrooms from the outside of the building,” said Jenny Mitchell, chair of the Community Activities Group (CAG) Fundraising Committee with the Ottawa East Commu-nity Association.

“The good news is that the fi eld house will be open by Jan. 11 when programming is sched-uled to start.”

The renovation involved re-placing the fl oor, installing storage cupboards, new coun-tertops, a dishwasher, fridge, adding a fresh coat of paint and bringing in new couches that will make the space more cozy and welcoming.

The fi eld house, located ad-jacent to the wading pool, was only used when the pool and rink are open. It was only used for playgroups, but the space had fallen into a state of disre-pair and was no longer suitable for that purpose.

With the renovations, the cur-rently underutilized building will also offer new programs that include activities for day-time pre-schoolers.

“We are delighted to have more programming space be-cause the Old Ottawa Town Hall is maxed out to capacity,” said Mitchell. “We are looking forward to supporting some of our pre-school programming,

daytime pre-school as well as ex-panding to adult programming in the near future.”

She added that the whole idea

of the fi eld house is to capital-ize on the wonderful location of the park by using the facility in conjunction with the park and

its surroundings.As the weather gets colder,

though, thoughts are turning towards the rink.

Mitchell said they have made arrangements with the city to ensure that fl ooding can begin as soon as the weather permits.

“The rink area has a change room that has been renovated, with a new fl oor put in for ski-ers,” said Mitchell.

The building will be fully wheelchair and stroller acces-sible with automatic doors to the entire facility as well as the bathrooms, plus an asphalt path to the front entrance.

Additional lighting to the out-side of the building will improve park safety at night. The build-ing will be alarmed and a bike rack will be located outside.

Work on the facility was made possible through a $76,500 grant by the City of Ottawa through its Community Partnership Ma-jor Capital Program.

The rest of the money came from the community activities group, alongside funds raised by the community.

Brantwood Park fi eld house renovation completed

Photo by Eddie RwemaThe renovated fi eld house at Brantwood Park will enable multiple groups to use the building at the same time. It would allow an expan-sion of programming that would be of interest to not only kids and their parents but to all age groups.

Programming set to resume on Jan. 11following $153,000

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Jumping into the Ottawa River might seem like a frigid way to start off the new year, but this “polar bear dip” will help warm your heart.

“Chillers” will rush into the cold wa-ters at Britannia Beach on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, 2011 at 1:30 p.m. – the same time a group in Toronto will jump into Lake Ontario.

All the “chillers” will be raising money to help kids who are living with cancer and their families.

The fundraiser for the Sears Canada Charitable Foundation in support of its children’s health mandate and will offi -cially become part of the Sears Great Ca-nadian Chill series which offi cially kicks off its inaugural year.

The charity collects and distributes do-nations to charitable organizations that support initiatives for children’s health and children’s education – in this case,

focusing on programs for children living with cancer.

“The Sears Great Canadian Chill is our way to bring families together on a typi-cally quiet day to start, what we hope will become, a new family tradition and have fun while helping other families who are in the fi ght of their life,” Dene Rogers, president and chief executive offi cer of Sears Canada, said in a press release.

Organizers hope to expand the event to six locations in 2012.

There will be heated tents at Britannia Beach for participants and supporters to warm up under while they enjoy live entertainment, prizes for top fundraising and a costume contest.

Registration for the Sears Great Cana-dian Chill is now open. To make a dona-tion or to join the event as a “chiller” or a volunteer, visit www.searsgreatcanadi-anchill.ca.

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Whoever stole the print from a Wellington Street art gallery had very good taste.

Beth Levin, assistant curator at Cube Gallery, said someone walked out of the Wellington Street West gallery on Dec. 17 with a painting depicting three light bulbs created by Almonte artist Katherine McNenly.

“On Friday, we noticed that there was a blank space where a beautiful little painting used to be,” said Levin.

The 7x7 painting worth $400 was plucked off the wall, along with the paper card identifying the artist, along with other in-formation.

“It had been a very busy day here, and of course we couldn’t be with everybody in every room at the same time,” Levin said.

The stolen still-life oil of three light bulbs, painted in orange and ochre, is part of Cube’s an-nual Great Big Smalls show. The show features unique gifts of original art from across Cana-da. The small piece that was pil-fered would easily fi t into a bag, purse or the pocket of a winter

coat.Cube Gallery has informed

the creator of the painting and will be compensating her for the loss, Levin indicated.

“We spoke to the painter, she was calm and relaxed about it, of course nobody wants their work stolen,” said Levin.

Katherine McNenly’s work

resonates with depth and seizes the challenge of working from life within the realist tradition, conveying the essence of her subjects by meticulously repro-ducing the subtleties of light and colour.

“She paints in a very tradi-tional style and her paintings are classically represented, al-though the subject matter is very contemporary,” said Levin.

Cube Gallery has already been in contact with police in both Ottawa and Quebec.

“So far nobody has come for-ward with any information,” said Levin.

“If anybody sees it or hears that somebody has acquired it as a gift, we want to be told,

because we want the painting back,” she said.

Though small pieces are prone to theft, painter McNenly said she was surprised to hear some-one had stolen her painting.

“I will be covered on my end, but unfortunately the gallery is out of pocket. If it had been one of my larger pieces I would have been quite upset,” said Mc-Nenly.

McNenly often takes unusual objects that one would think have no artistic value and trans-forms them into something aes-thetically pleasing.

“Light bulbs are interesting subjects as they are refl ective and colourful. They worked quite well as subjects for a small composition,” said McNenly.

The artist indicated she’s not discouraged by this incident and will continue painting as usual. She might even create another piece to replace the one stolen.

McNenly added that she hopes the thief has a change of heart and returns the artwork.

“Galleries and artists both struggle to survive in this coun-try and these thefts, while they might seem trivial, all affect the bottom line,” said McNenly.

Photo by Eddie RwemaAssistant curator Beth Levin points to where a painting previously was on the wall of the Cube Gallery before being stolen on Dec. 17.

Cube Gallery pleads for return of stolen painting ‘Galleries and artists struggle to survive ... and these thefts ... all affect the bottom line.’

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Since it is extremely risky to predict what will happen in the year ahead, more prudent predictors like to predict what won’t happen. Sticking oneself way out on a limb, here goes.

In 2011, the following won’t happen:- The tunnel won’t be dug under down-

town Ottawa. This is partly because of the most recent revelations about bedrock, soil or whatever it is and partly because people looked at the estimated four years of construction and conclud-ed that four years of Albert Street was marginally better than four years of no Albert Street. But it is mostly because people are thinking: “A tunnel? Under downtown Ottawa? Are you kidding?” Upon learning that Albert Street is not going to be a tunnel, certain people will demand that it become a bicycle path.

- Gasoline prices will not hit $2 a litre. They will stop at around $1.98. Those who hoped that higher gas prices would cause people to drive less will be disap-pointed. This is because people will be driving all over town trying to fi nd gas that costs less than $1.98.

- There will not be great disappoint-ment over the non-construction of the Albert Street tunnel. An exception will be those who hoped most of the build-ings on Albert Street would be put

underground as well.- The Lansdowne Park development

won’t happen. Neighbourhood pressure might be a factor. And with the CFL, you never know. They might decide to expand into Latin America instead of Ottawa. But the main factor will be the Ex. No matter what anyone says, the Ex is never leaving Lansdowne Park. And no one wants to live in new housing that has a ferris wheel outside the window.

- The Senators will not win the Stan-ley Cup. There’s a shocker.

- The four-laning of Highway 7 between Carleton Place and Ottawa won’t be fi nished. Once it’s fi nished the provincial government will have to take down all those signs about how hard it’s working for us. Highways are always more politically useful while they’re be-ing built than when they’re fi nished. So it’s important to keep the work going as

long as possible. They’ve done a good job of it so far.

(As a special bonus, here’s a pre-diction about what won’t happen in 2012: Once the highway is completed, the traffi c won’t be any lighter. This is in line with the principle that says the more lanes that are available the more cars will fi ll them. No one knows where those extra cars come from, but there may be a secret factory some-where.)

- Lawn chairs won’t be banned at Bluesfest. It is diffi cult to overstate the important of lawn chairs to the local economy. Not only do people invest heavily in lawn chairs, but they also buy larger vehicles to carry them around and, needless to say, look for venues to take them to. Fortunately, the Bluesfest organizers realize this.

- Drive-thru doughnut shops will not be banned, despite concerns about air pollution from idling cars. To the con-trary, the drive-thru trend will continue. The latest: drive-thru taxidermists.

- In a related development, moose will not be banned from suburban streets. City council will consider enacting a bylaw to this effect. But animal experts will dissuade them, saying that most moose do not read signs well and those

that do will just become angry, which no one wants. As a consequence, council will decide that moose will be allowed to roam the streets as long as they have a permit.

- Mayor Jim Watson will not attend every public event in the city. A dupli-cate bridge tournament in Highland Park will somehow escape his attention and he will unaccountably be absent from a tribute to Citizen columnist Randall Denley. Everything else he’ll be at.

- The NCC will not allow further construction on LeBreton Flats. Asked about the vast acreage of empty space, a spokesperson will say: “We’ve only been at this since 1960. Don’t rush us.”

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You read it here fi rst: what won’t happen in 2011

The project to build a downtown light-rail tunnel continues to reflect the city’s approach to transit: one step forward and two steps back.

Several decades after most major North Ameri-can cities clued in to the importance of rapid rail transit, Ottawa is slowly jumping onboard, but not without years of study.

One of the fi rst concrete steps in the process – a geotechnical study to assess the under-ground conditions where the tunnel is to be built – has already thrown a wrench into the works.

The bedrock around the University of Ot-tawa is too deep, and it would be difficult to build a tunnel through the sandy ground. (Sand in Sandy Hill – who knew?) That will likely mean the tunnel will be 600 to 900 me-tres shorter, and the station at Ottawa U will be above ground.

The problem is, that’s exactly what was origi-nally proposed.

Then the plan changed… David Jeanes, who sat on an advisory committee for the project,

says the shorter tunnel causes problems because the tunnel is so deep. That means it will have to be built on a steep hill to get up to the surface in a shorter distance.

While a shorter tunnel should mean less cost (the cost jumped by $175 million when that change was made in 2009), the tunnel’s route has been refi ned and changed so much that it’s diffi cult to say how or if the reduction in length would reduce the cost – and the city certainly won’t say.

While there is something to be said for making decisions based on factual evidence instead of continuing with a plan just because city council said it would, there is something troubling about an outright reversal in the plan.

But perhaps such a change means that the city and engineers are really trying to come up with what’s best for the city and transit users. Let’s just hope they get the details hashed out in a reasonable timeframe – can Ottawa really wait until 2019 for a solution to downtown traffi c and transit congestion?

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From GREEN BIN on page 1The province’s goal, which the city also adopted,

is a 60 per cent diversion rate. Since Ottawa collects and average of 280,000 tonnes of residential waste annually, it would have needed to divert 170,000 tonnes of organics and recyclables from landfi lls to hit that target.

If you live in an apartment, you might be getting a green bin in the new year.

The city will launch a pilot project to introduce organic-waste collection in high-rise apartment buildings starting in January. While only three to fi ve apartment buildings will be included in the four-month pilot project (with at least one of them in Centretown), the city hopes to have the results of the pilot completed by the end of 2011. However, rolling out the program to all 100,000 of the city’s apartment units in 2011 would be “a challenge,” said Marilyn Journeaux, manager of solid waste management for the city.

Almost all of the city’s 220,000 single-family homes and 30,000 townhomes have received green bins this year, Journeaux said, with apartments are next on the list. Apartments are a challenge because they often don’t have space for the bins and educating residents is diffi cult because of the high turnover in many buildings, Journeaux said.

The city had originally hoped to implement its green bin program in 2008, Journeaux said.

McRae said the city was “embarrassingly slow” at getting the program going.

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Public health officials are urging Ottawans to en-sure their measles immunization is up to date fol-lowing the confirmation of two cases of measles in Ottawa.

The source of the first case, which was reported in early December, is from international travel. The second case was confirmed as local transmission.

“Ottawa Public Health has alerted local physicians of both cases and is monitoring the situation care-fully,” said Dr. Isra Levy, medical officer of health.

Measles is spread when an infected person coughs, sneezes or talks. It can lead to ear infections, pneu-monia and swelling of the brain.

The last case of measles in Ottawa was reported in 2002.

Symptoms of the virus may include fever, cough, and tiny white spots in the mouth. A rash may also develop on the face, body, arms and legs.

Within three to seven days later a red blotchy rash will appear, first on the face and then spreading to the body, arms and legs.

Reported cases of measles in Ottawa is very low as most of the population has been vaccinated.

Despite the rarity of this virus in Ottawa, it is very important for young children, teens and adults born after 1970 to keep their measles vaccination (MMR) up to date. The measles vaccination is also recom-mended for many international travel destinations.Residents are encouraged to review their immuniza-tion records as well as their children’s immuniza-tion records to ensure that they have received the measles vaccine.

For more information visit ottawa.ca/health or contact Ottawa Public Health Information at 613-580-6744 (TTY: 580-9656) or by email at [email protected].

Two measles cases reported in Ottawa

High rise apartmentsnext on agenda

Photo by Laura MuellerIn her fi rst act as the head of the new environ-ment committee, River Ward Coun. Maria McRae announced on Dec. 20 that the city hit its target of diverting 53,000 tonnes of organics from landfi lls in the fi rst year of the green bin program.

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Recent scrutiny on the Ottawa Police Service will not spare it from the city’s tax-increase limit, board members made clear at their fi rst meeting since the new council be-gan.

As members of the Ottawa Police Services Board heard about measures being undertaken to address allegations of prisoner abuse, the service was also grappling with council’s recent direction that will force the police budget to trim $6 million from its 2011 projections.

City council adopted Mayor Jim Watson’s election prom-ise of a 2.5 per cent tax increase limit for the 2011 budgets,

as well as all departments – including the police.After the police services board meeting on Dec. 20, Act-

ing Police Chief Gilles Larochelle said hitting that target will be a challenge for the service.

“It’s going to have an impact to our organization and ul-timately to the community,” he said. “So we’re trying to see what we can do to work with the city and the direction of the board to meet that goal.”

Larochelle was fi lling in for Chief Vern White, who was out of the country for his wedding and honeymoon.

Next year’s draft police budget called for a 5.6 per cent in-crease, which will have to be trimmed to 2.5 per cent. Wat-son, who now sits on the police services board, offered the additional help of the city’s treasurer to help fi nd savings.

Police no exception to mayor’s tax pledge, board says

A 26-year-old man was seriously injured after he was struck by a pickup truck and pinned against a fence in the Alta Vista area.

Police responded to the call just before midnight near a Tim Hortons at Dorion Avenue and Alta Vista Drive. Paramedics and fi re crews treated the man for major lower-leg fractures. He was trans-ported to hospital in stable condition.

Police spokesman Const. Jean Paul Vincelette said the investigation is ongoing.

Man struck by pick up truck near

Alta Vista Drive


Watson said the police service isn’t unique, and all city departments have been instructed to tight-en their budgets.

“The police budget will increase by several mil-lion dollars. It won’t increase as much, because we’re all living in a post-recession world and we have to show a degree of restraint,” he said.

“There is no question it’s going to be diffi cult for every group to come in at that level,” Watson said. “We have some belt tightening to do,” he said, add-ing that there is no public appetite for growing tax increases.

“It’s not going to be easy, we never said it was,” he said, adding that the 2.5 per cent fi gure matches recent infl ation rates.

ABUSE ALLEGATIONS

At the same time as the police grapple with its budget, it will also be under intense scrutiny fol-lowing a series of prisoner abuse allegations.

The police services board signed off on an agree-ment that will see the OPP step in to investigate al-legations that prisoners were abused in cellblocks following public furor over security videos that showed offi cers roughing up prisoners.

In addition to the OPP investigation, which will also involve the Special Investigations Unit, an in-dependent consultant will prepare an audit of cell-block procedures.

Watson and members of the board wanted time-lines on the reports.

Larochelle said there are no timelines attached to the investigation, but he said he hoped it would be concluded “sooner than later.”

But some changes – including audio recordings on cellblock videos – will start as soon as possible in the new year, Larochelle said.

“I think it’s quite important to help understand-ing what occurs in a cellblock. (It) will help offi cers articulate as well what’s occurring, because right now we just have simple video,” he said.

Following the cellblock audits, the police force will also receive recommendations on how to train offi cers who work in cellblocks, as well as an audit of use of force complaints.

Also last week, lawyers acting on behalf of Stacy Bonds fi led a lawsuit against the police services board with regards to her arrest and treatment in a cellblock, as shown in a video.

Watson said he couldn’t comment on a case before the courts, but said, “Obviously, the police services board will fi le a defence within the due time.”

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Boy, 9, dies after falling into Rideau River

Left: Friends gather in front of Donna Joseph’s apart-ment building, waiting to help her and her daughter inside. Joseph’s son fell into the Rideau River near their home and drowned.

Below: Nine-year-old Olifadike Okoye fell into the Rideau River near their home on Wiggins Private and drowned.

MICHELLE NASH

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McGarry Family Chapels will be offering a free funeral service for nine-year-old Olifadike Okoye who died after falling into the Rideau River near his home.

Okoye’s mother, Donna Jo-seph, recently lost her father, Desmond Joseph and the funeral home earlier arranged his ser-vices. They have since offered to cover the service for her son for free.

McGarry Family Chapels fu-neral director, Brian McGarry was still arranging the services at press time.

On Dec. 21, around 2 p.m. Okoye and another boy were playing near the Rideau River when Okoye fell in. Ottawa Fire Services and Paramedics arrived on the scene and para-medics were told by fi refi ghters to position themselves down-stream, in Strathcona Park, where the boy, who was dragged 800 metres, was pulled from the water. Paramedics performed CPR on him, but there were no signs of breathing or a pulse at the time.

“From the moment Ottawa Fire Services found the boy, there were no vital signs,” said

J.P. Trottier of Ottawa Paramed-ic Service.

The boy was transported to CHEO, where he was declared dead after 40 minutes.

Okoye lived with his mother, Donna Joseph, and his younger sister on the third fl oor of 430 Wiggins Priv., an Ottawa com-munity housing complex.

“Oli was a great kid, I can’t believe he is gone,” said 12-year-old Alexander Chabot-King, who went to school with Okoye.

Okoye was in Grade 3 at St. Bridgid Catholic School.

A witness saw the scene from her apartment window and said she felt Okoye had to have been on the ice to have fallen in. At this time of year, the Rideau Riv-er’s temperatures can be very cold and the current fast and strong.

“It is a dangerous time around the water this year. The water is very cold, but not frozen and the current is fast moving,” said Di-ane Downey, director of commu-nications for the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority.

Downey said that the water levels of the river are normal for this time of year, but the Rideau Valley Conservation Author-ity cautions people to stay away from the river.

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HST chops chunk out of profi ts

EMMA JACKSON

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This holiday, there were more people looking to cut their own Christmas trees than ever, but those well-cropped and shapely trees also cost customers a little extra.

The Ontario government’s new harmonized sales tax was a big factor in the rising prices said Greely tree farmer Dan Laird, who owns Laird’s U-Cut tree farm located at Manotick Station Road and Snake Island Road.

“I’m getting a lot of slack from the HST. There was no PST (pro-vincial sales tax) on the Christ-mas tree before, but now there’s an extra eight per cent tax,” said Laird. This new tax put the price of trees up about $6 each, he said, in order to “offset the tax man” and make enough revenue for the year. He said he raised the prices eight per cent automatically, and then he added another one per cent because he hadn’t raised prices for about four years. He said the price hikes have angered some of his customers, and he’s spent his chopping season ex-

plaining the increase. “Some take it with a grain of

salt, and some do a lot of com-plaining. Some people see my prices and think I’m a million-aire, so I have to explain no, no, no. It’s the taxes,” he said. “There have been a few that saw my prices and drove away, but I don’t know if it’s the price in general or if they’re bargain hunting,” he added. He said his tree prices started at about $35 this year.

North Gower tree farmer

Bronwyn Harper said the base prices of the trees at Hillcrest Tree Farm stayed pretty much the same, but went up or down a few cents as they tried to cal-culate the new 13 per cent tax to a round number. The HST itself put all total prices up about $5.

Harper said she didn’t have to deal with much in the way of fallout from customers over the higher prices.

“Most people didn’t even mention the price, I think

they’re kind of used to HST,” she said. “We all still hate it of course, but I think that’s an is-sue between the voters and Mr. McGuinty,” she added.

Harper said that demand has been incredibly high for cut-your-own trees in the past few years, although Hillcrest is still waiting for many young trees to mature so they aren’t operating at the same capacity as other tree farms.

She said she suspects Ottawa’s growing south end has some-

thing to do with the increasing interest in area tree farms.

“It may have something to do with the increasing building de-velopments in the area. The city is moving south, and it seems everywhere you look there are more houses,” she said.

“As a result, some of the outly-ing farms aren’t very far away, so people don’t have to go very far to have a nice walk around in the woods and cut their tree down.”

The other ongoing Christmas tree debate centres around the en-vironmental benefi ts of getting a real Christmas tree, which Laird said dramatically outweigh the benefi ts of an artifi cial tree.

“A real tree rejuvenates the air, and the used Christmas trees are picked up and mulched. They’re not going to a landfi ll like a fake tree, where it’s not biodegrad-able,” he said. “There’s other ways, too – sometimes the trees are dropped in rivers to make fi sh habitats. Some people take their tree and stick it in the snow outside for the birds.”

Harper said it may just be get-ting outside in a wooded area that has appeal for people.

“It seems there are more peo-ple who would like to cut trees than there are trees that are available to be cut,” she added.

Photo by Emma JacksonDan Laird, owner of Laird’s U-Cut Tree Farm in Greely, joins 12-year-old son Mike at the farm, where Christ-mas tree prices jumped about eight per cent this year because of the HST.

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The underground light rail tunnel through Ottawa’s downtown could be shortened by almost a third because of rock near the University of Ottawa.

Engineers found bedrock much deeper than expected in that area when they drilled to test it, and they are recom-mending that the tunnel come to the sur-face sooner – shortening the 3.2-kilome-tre tunnel by 600 to 900 metres.

The engineers wanted the rock closer to the surface so there is something solid for the tunnel to be built through. The ground around Ottawa U is sandy and would require a lot of work to shore it up and support the tunnel.

But so far, the price tag on the entire proj-ect hasn’t changed. Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson, who leads the city’s transportation committee, says the reduc-tion in length wouldn’t reduce the cost by much because the tunnel was already going to be very close to the surface in that area.

As for whether the project will still have value to riders and to the city if it is reduced to just over 2 km, Wilkinson said there is no question it will.

“The usefulness of the tunnel is still there – it’s through the downtown,” Wilkinson said.

The main purpose of the tunnel is to shuttle riders through the city’s core (particularly between Bayview and Booth streets) more effi ciently, she said, and having the tunnel emerge to the sur-face sooner at the east end won’t have a negative effect on that.

In fact, a shorter tunnel was originally the plan, said David Jeanes of Transport Action Canada, who has sat on advisory

committees for the tunnel project.Initially, the tunnel was supposed to

emerge around the Laurier Transitway stop, but in 2009 the city decided to ex-tend it to the University of Ottawa cam-pus, which increased the length – and the price – by about a third (from $600 mil-lion to $750 million).

SURPRISES IN GEOTECHNICAL STUDY

The fi nding was part of a preliminary geotechnical study in which engineers drilled 34 bore holes to test what lies be-low the surface. Despite the deeper bed-rock and the discovery of several inactive fault lines, engineers say the $2.1-billion price tag for the entire light-rail transit (LRT) system is still a good estimate.

Cumberland Ward Coun. Stephen Blais pointed out that it means the down-town portion will cost more and savings will have to be found in other areas of the project, which will eventually ex-tend above-ground light rail from the Tunney’s Pasture Transitway stop to the Blair stop, with 13 stops in between. Four of those stops were to be downtown in the tunnel, but that would be reduced to three if the tunnel is shortened.

Studies for the downtown tunnel are expected to be concluded by 2012, and construction is supposed to begin in 2013. The tunnel would be fully operational by 2019 – a timeline that Wilkinson said should be sped up.

“I think it would really be a nice ges-ture if we were able to open that tunnel in 2017,” Wilkinson said. “We’re going to have a lot of the public here, and I cer-tainly wouldn’t want to see all of our roads dug up when we’re celebrating…the (city’s) 150th anniversary.”

Other cities, including Vancouver, have built tunnels much faster, Wilkinson said, and she’d like to see the timeline sped up to accommodate the anniversary.

The studies will continue with a report on 90 additional bore holes expected in a couple of months, and a fi nal phase look-ing at 100 more bore holes in the summer of 2011.

RE-THINKING RAIL

Jeanes said the fi ndings could be a blessing in disguise if they force the city to rethink the project. His group is still pushing the city to consider running sur-face rail lines along the Transitway on Albert Street instead of a tunnel.

“It could force them to look at some op-tions to make the tunnel cheaper,” Jeanes said. “It could even force them to re-look at where the stations are, because we still don’t think there are enough stations in the downtown.”

Additional reports and information

have already caused the city to reconsider its approach to the Bayview and Train Transitway stations, Jeanes said, which is a promising sign that the city might look at other issues Jeanes and Transport Action Canada have brought to light.

Jeanes also said the tunnel is too deep, and that could increase the project’s costs over the long term. Having trains come to the surface sooner will force the city to build the tracks on a steep grade, which will cause lots of wear and tear to the trains’ brakes and lead to higher energy costs for the trains to climb the tracks to the surface.

Downtown tunnel could be cut shortUnderground rail could

be reduced by 900 metres – but the cost

will be the same

Photo by Laura MuellerRock and sediment drilled out of the ground as part of studies for the downtown light-rail tunnel have forced the city to reconsider the length of the tunnel – perhaps reduc-ing it by 600 to 900 metres.

Photo by Laura MuellerCity councillors, including Peter Clark and Mathieu Fleury, gathered for a briefi ng on geotechnical studies for the downtown light-rail tunnel. Experts are recommending the tunnel be cut short because the bedrock is deeper in areas than fi rst thought.

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JENNIFER MCINTOSH

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Sally and Ray Cavan of Briar-green are the proud winners of the CHEO Dream of a Lifetime Early Bird Prize.

The prize includes: a 2011 Chevrolet Equinox AWD LTZ from Myers Automotive Group, $25,000 cash, an Ottawa Senators Flex 40 package in the 100 level

and a vacation for two to Can-cun, Mexico from itravel2000.com.

“We are thrilled to have won the Early Bird Draw package and would like to offer our thanks to the sponsors of the wonderful prizes - Myers Auto-motive Group, the Ottawa Sena-tors and iTravel2000,” Sally wrote in an email.

“As well, we would like to ac-

knowledge the CHEO Founda-tion for their continued support of, and dedication to, medical care for the youth of our com-munity.”

Sally and Ray are both civil servants with the government. Sally retired in April after 36 years of service.

The couple moved to Nepean in the ’80s and has lived in Bri-argreen since 1986.

Sally said she didn’t know how many years they have played the CHEO lottery.

“It’s been quite a few, we are thrilled,” she said.

Accoording to the lottery website, CHEO’s Dream of a Lifetime Lottery is celebrating its 20th anniversary.

During those two decades al-most 700,000 tickets have been purchased, and over 34,000 win-

ners have won over $30 million in prizes.

Most importantly the Dream of a Lifetime Lottery has raised over $30 million for CHEO’s kids.

Since the Dream of a Lifetime Lottery’s debut in 1991, CHEO has handled over 3.6 million pa-tient visits.

The fi nal draw for the grand prize will take place on Jan. 17.

Nepean couple wins CHEO lottery early bird prize

HILL TIMEMooney’s Bay resident Marko Arizanovic (front) takes friends Lina and Maly Muk for a ride down the steep side of Mooney’s Bay hill off Riverside Drive on Dec. 23.

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The city is calling on tech-savvy residents to compete for cash – and bragging rights – for the most useful mobile appli-cation, or “app” that uses the city’s data.

From fi nding fun Sat-urday-morning activities for children to locating the best dog parks in the city, the applications that will be developed during the contest will bolster resident’s ability to use the city’s new “open data” policy.

These developers are taking sets of digital in-formation about the city and spinning them into handy tools for people to use on their cell phone and computers and enter-ing them online as part of the Apps 4 Ottawa contest (www.apps4ottawa.ca).

While creating these in-tricate techie tools doesn’t appeal to everyone, the apps can be used by any-one who has access to a smartphone or computer – and the city is hoping that gets residents inter-ested in the initiative.

The contest closes on Jan. 3 and after that, it’s up to the public to weigh in on what they think are the best apps. Voting will take place online at www.apps4ottawa.com from Jan. 4 to Jan. 28 to choose the peoples’ choice award. There is also a panel of judges – including devel-opers, researchers and librarians – who will dole out the rest of the cash prizes: $50,000 in total.

OPENING UP THE CITY’S DATA

Last spring, the City of Ottawa began a process of making its information available to the public as “open data” – a philosophy that certain government data be openly available in a digital format. The move is meant to increase transparency at city hall and remove barriers to in-formation to allow people to fi nd innovative uses for it, and perhaps spur on community involvement and economic develop-ment.

The app contest isn’t just a way to get develop-ers and residents inter-ested in how open data

can help them – it’s also a way to show city employ-ees how useful it is and convince any remaining skeptics that it is worth their time to convert data into an “open format.”

It takes a bit of work, but the city’s information technology staffers have yet to come across a city department that has said “no,” said Robert Giggey, one of the IT staff mem-bers who is working on the project.

“Our hope is that the contest will also do that – help drive home that message,” said Giggey. “Showing them the apps may spark that interest.”

FRIENDLY ‘HACKERS’ PITCH IN

The popularity of open data in Ottawa wouldn’t be nearly as high without the involvement of advo-cates like Tracy Lau-riault and Edward Ocampo-Gooding, Giggey said.

“This group has been very active,” Giggey said. “They are like-minded in-dividuals who have helped out since the beginning.”

Lauriault, a Car-leton University re-searcher, and Ocam-po-Gooding, an open data advocate and de-veloper, have worked with the city’s infor-mation technology subcommittee and

IT staff to bolster the ini-tiative.

Ocampo-Gooding was one of the organizers of two “hackathons” held at city hall in 2010, the most recent of which was on Dec. 4. The events bring together members of the public, researchers, de-signers and developers to create useful apps and en-courage the city to create data sets to make the apps work.

On Dec. 4, hackathon participants put their ideas for data sets and apps down on paper, and now that brainstorm is

something city staff and the information technolo-gy subcommittee can use to fuel the initiative.

Events like the hack-athon are helping guide city staff as they navigate which sets of data are in the highest demand and which will be most useful to residents, Giggey said.

A couple of the ideas that came out of the hack-athon were an OC Transpo bus locater powered by GPS information found on 90 per cent of buses, a community equipment lock locator and an idea to pool resources and share

equipment like snowplows within a neighbourhood.

SUSTAINABLE APPS

One of the issues that will face the creators of apps for the contest is how to keep their creations go-ing over time. Apps need updating and they need to be hosted online for peo-ple to download, and that takes time, effort and mon-ey. At some point develop-ers providing the apps for free will likely give up on the pet projects.

In the contest rules, the city encourages devel-opers to keep their apps available for six months af-ter the contest. But Ocam-po-Gooding said he would like to see more incentive for creators to keep the apps up. He’s proposing the city take a look at how it hands out contracts and consider changing the rules to make it easier for developers – many of whom do this work dur-ing their free time – could

quali-fy to land an app-creation contract with the city.

But there is also a role for the free market, Ocampo-Gooding said. Sometimes apps that are developed to be sold in the private marketplace could answer peoples’ needs bet-ter than an app created by and for the city, he said.

“We’re going to see an interesting evolution of both of those,” he said. “It could start out in the pri-vate market and then the city might see the value of it and decide to buy it.”

People interested in open data and how it can be used in Ottawa will have more opportunities to connect with Ocampo-Gooding and the unoffi cial Open Data Ottawa group in the new year. More in-formation can be found on the Google Group (www.groups.google.com and search “Open Data Ot-tawa”) or by following @opendataottawa on Twit-ter.

Photo by Edward Ocampo-GoodingFriendly “hackers” and interested residents gathered at city hall for an open data ‘hack-athon’ in April (pictured here) and again on Dec. 4. The city is hoping to generate inter-est in the online tools, which can be used on smartphones and computers, by running an app contest. Apps 4 Ottawa ends on Jan. 3, and the public can start voting on Jan. 4.

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It’s all about the bride, isn’t it? Not always – some brides

around Ottawa are choosing to share their wedding day with another special occasion: the countdown to the new year.

Kanata resident Lesley-Anne Oegema will marry her fi ancé Tyler Lussier at the Chateau Laurier this Dec. 31, and she said the unique challenges of a New Year’s wedding have been worth it.

“I wanted a huge party for the whole family, for everyone to get dressed up, for an excuse to really celebrate the wedding and the New Year’s Eve theme at the same time,” she said. “When you’re a young girl you love get-ting dressed up, and any excuse is amazing.”

And dressed up she’ll be: the ice princess theme, a cold and classy vintage look, she said, fi ts perfectly with the castle towers of the regal Chateau Laurier in the heart of downtown. Her bridesmaids will be wearing midnight blue with “cool, frost-ed crystals” garnishing their dresses.

The guests won’t be skipping

the traditional New Year’s count-down either – they’ll be embrac-ing it.

“The wedding planner is bringing all the blow horns, the hats, everything, and we’re hav-ing a huge New Years toast with pink champagne. The live band, they’ll be doing the countdown. So it’s like a big countdown, a big New Years party, so everyone can do their toast,” Oemega said.

She said the guests, many of whom will be coming from out of town, didn’t mind giving up their New Year’s plans.

“I think they’re looking for-ward to it. A lot of people, as you get older, don’t have some-thing super special to do on New Year’s, so this year they do. They want to get dressed up. Its free for them, so why not come to a wedding with an open bar?” she laughed. “It’s like a weekend get-away for them.”

But it’s not all roses from the administrative side, and Oemega said it takes an organized person who’s used to being busy to pull it off.

“I think if you have people like my wedding planner and a photographer who will help you out, it helps. We’re both busy, we’re both in sales positions, so

it’s been tough. I would recom-mend a New Year’s wedding, but it’s a lot to handle, so only do it if you’re used to being busy,” Oe-mega said.

First, the newly engaged cou-ple must be on the ball to even book the space. Lussier and Oe-mega, who had been dating for three years, got engaged last Dec. 23 and it was an incred-ible struggle to make sure they booked the Chateau Laurier for the following year.

“On the day, we called the Cha-teau Laurier, and they said there

was another couple that wanted the room for New Years,” she ex-plained, adding that the location is important to her because her parents and her aunt were both married there years ago. “They said whoever got there fi rst with the deposit would get it, so we drove down directly.”

Bride wars aside, the cost of a New Year’s wedding is also a struggle.

“The cost has been crazy. Ev-erywhere you go – and I looked into more than one venue – the cost is based on consumption,

because people are more likely to drink. So they won’t give you a per person charge,” she said. Not to mention a shortage of ho-tel rooms for her guests.

The other sacrifi ce in the New Year’s wedding business is Christmas.

“At fi rst, it was like, ‘Wow, I forgot about Christmas!’ and we kind of pushed Christmas aside,” Oemega explained, add-ing that forgetting Christmas is hard to do in her family, which usually makes a huge deal of the occasion. She said the family tried to maintain the usual level of pomp, despite the wedding only a week later.

“My sister just had a baby and it’s her fi rst Christmas so we’re trying to make Christmas a huge thing. We usually spend Christ-mas at Chateau Laurier and have brunch, but this year we’re at home for a low key Christmas, and we’ll have New Years at the Chateau instead,” she said.

But there is one other upside to the New Year’s wedding, she added, and that is that her hus-band-to-be will never forget their wedding anniversary, she laughed. The couple will leave for St. Lucia on Jan. 2 for a week-long honeymoon.

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The pros and cons of a New Year’s wedding

OTTAWA THIS WEEK STAFF

As 2010 comes to a close, Ottawa’s politi-cians are looking toward 2011 with an air of optimism and enthusiasm, with plans to improve in the personal and profes-sional spheres. From increased time at the gym to lofty items to push in council, these movers and shakers aren’t missing the opportunity to turn over a new leaf come Jan. 1.

RIVER COUN. MARIA MCRAE

McRae is wishing her constituents “don’t stop doing what they do well, and that is to stay involved and continue giv-ing back in their own way.”

McRae said she feels “very fortunate” to live in such a generous ward, where resi-dents are so willing to give back to their community.

“I like the fact that they care enough to actually write to me, or that they care enough to be the rink operator, or to drive people from St. Patrick’s (long-term care facility) to appointments. We do have a lot of people who are very involved in the community,” she said.

In her personal life, McRae said she will strive to attain a better work-life balance, although she said she has yet to be very successful, having made it her resolution several years in a row.

She said anyone in a position like hers,

either a politician or a company CEO, usu-ally faces the same challenge of making sure they are giving enough time to their personal life.

“I think that it’s better for everyone if we can try and obtain that goal and still continue with our responsibilities we have in our jobs,” she said.

CAPITAL COUN. DAVID CHERNUSHENKO

Chernushenko’s New Years resolutions encompassed every aspect of his life, both personal and professional.

“I am a looking forward to maintaining a balance in the way I live, keeping time for my family as well as the sports and other recreational activities that I love, and at the same time working hard for my constituents,” he said.

OTTAWA CENTRE MPP YASIR NAQVI

Naqvi said his goal is to continue to im-prove on a regular basis, as an individual and a community representative.

“I will continue to work hard to serve my constituents, listen to my community and be an effective voice for them,” he said.

On the personal note, Naqvi said he hopes to keep healthy and fi t in the new year. “We always look forward to trying to improve ourselves. My biggest focus is my personal health and making sure I am always in good shape.”

Local politicians embrace 2011 with ambitious resolutions

Photo by Julie ButlerLesley-Anne Oegema and Tyler Lussier will be married at the Chateau Laurier on New Year’s Eve, complete with countdown and horns.


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MATTHEW JAY

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From the moment the fi rst goal was scored, there was a feeling it was going to be Ottawa’s night.

The Junior Senators were a step faster and far, far hungrier for a win than their opponents, the Glouces-ter Rangers, and were handsomely rewarded with a 10-2 win at the Jim Durrell Complex on Dec. 22.

The Rangers, who were playing without star forward Andrew Crep-pin, never recovered after Jr. Sena-tors forward Joey House scored at 1:44 of the fi rst period.

By the end of the fi rst frame, Ot-tawa was up 4-0 and never looked back.

Following a poor showing at the Central Hockey League’s Holiday Showcase, Ottawa’s stars shone brightly against Gloucester.

Forwards Conor Brown and Ryan Lagace, who were selected earlier in the week to represent the Jr. Sen-ators at the CHL All-Star game on Jan. 12, each had three points.

Drew Anderson showed he might have been overlooked for the Yzer-man Division squad after adding two goals and two assists as Otta-wa’s top line made easy work of the Gloucester defence.

Asked before the game about their all-star selection, Brown and Lagace said it was an unexpected honour.

“I didn’t expect it at all, to be hon-est,” said Brown.

“There’s a lot of good players in this league and on our team too,” Lagace added. “We got called out of practice by a teammate. We were pretty surprised (by the news).”

Brown, an 18-year-old right wing-er from Greely, currently leads the Jr. Senators in goals (17), points (44) and assists (27) following the game on Dec. 22 against Gloucester. He is currently tied for 9th in the CHL scoring ranks.

Nineteen-year-old Lagace, a left winger who hails from Aylmer, Que., is second on the team in goals (16) and tied with Drew Anderson for second in scoring with 37 points. He sits tied for 12th in league scor-ing.

For both players, it will be their fi rst chance to play in the all-star game.

“I hope it can help me improve my game, especially playing against the top players in the league,” said Brown.

It will also be a chance for U.S. college and professional scouts to have a look at the league’s top play-ers.

“It’s going to be pretty competi-tive,” said Lagace. “There’s going to be a lot of people watching. It’s going to be a good experience for players to be seen by scouts.

“We’ll be looking forward to it, and I’ll especially be looking for-ward to making a good impression. Our team had a bit of trouble at the (Holiday) Showcase, so it’s going to be a second chance for me.”

Asked if they thought the all-star selection committee might have overlooked any Jr. Senators, the pair said they’d have added a couple of teammates to the list.

“I’d say our captain Liam Burtt,” said Brown. “He’s defi nitely a force on defence and one of the better de-fencemen in the league.”

“I would go with my centre since the beginning of the year, Drew An-derson,” Lagace said. “I think if he didn’t make it, it was pretty close I’ll bet. He’s a very good player – he could play with us any day on that all-star team.”

House’s strong, aggressive play in recent games fi nally paid off on the score sheet, as he would add a second goal midway through the fi rst period and fi nished the game with three points.

Rookie forward Dalen Hedges also had a strong game for the Jr. Senators, picking up a goal to go along with a pair of assists and while he only faced 21 shots, Dean Shepherdson played with confi -dence and turned away several shots that threatened to propel the Rangers back into the contest.

Michael Webley and Justin Arm-strong scored goals for Gloucester.

The Jr. Senators have some time off for the holidays, but their vaca-tion will be short, as they return to the ice on Dec. 30 in Cornwall to take on the Colts.

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Photos by Matthew JayGloucester’s Michael Webley tries to corral a rebound after a save by Ottawa goalie Dean Shepherdson during the Jr. Senators 10-2 victory at the Jim Durrell Complex on Dec. 22.

Camron Edwards, left, Drew Anderson, Conor Brown, Ryan Lagace and Owen Werthner celebrate a second period goal.

Defenceman Liam Burtt tangles with Gloucester’s Michael Webley in second period action.

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EMMA JACKSON

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Starting in the new year, the mixed martial arts community in Ottawa will fi nally have a fi ghting chance to show what they can do.

The provincial government will begin accepting applica-tions on Jan. 1 from MMA groups hoping to host profes-sional fi ghts in the province, and Ottawa’s Wreck MMA is looking forward to crossing the Quebec border to prove to Ot-tawa they are a positive force in the community.

“We’re Ottawa-based, so we’ve been helping local causes in Ottawa ever since we started, but we have to keep going over to Gatineau to fi ght,” said Nick Castiglia, president of Wreck MMA, explaining that virtually every show they host involves some sort of charitable cause.

For example, their most re-cent Gatineau fi ght collected more than a tonne of non-per-ishable food for the Ottawa Food Bank, and over Thanksgiving they hosted a completely volun-teer-run show for troops in Af-ghanistan.

The organization has also raised $17,000 for terminally ill Ottawa police offi cer Brian Dick.

“I just ask that the people in the community give the sport a chance. We have this sport played by true gentlemen, who hug after each fi ght, who are professional athletes. Wreck MMA tries to have the best ath-letes we can have in the commu-nity.”

The move to allow profes-sional MMA events in Ontario has been fairly controversial, with concerns over the violent nature of the sport popularized through the Ultimate Fighting Championship events, which frequently appear on sports-bar television screens across the city.

But Castiglia said the change of heart will be a huge benefi t for fans who want to attend an MMA event in the region.

“Some people are just turned off having to go to Gatineau,” he said, adding that the vast majority of their fans and fi ghters come from the Ontario side. “Most people in Ottawa live their lives in Ottawa, and they don’t want to go over to Gatineau and Aylmer, because it’s not as convenient for them. Any business owner is always looking for a way to make the

event more convenient for their customer. I think its going to be so much more convenient when it’s in Ottawa.”

Wreck MMA is hoping to host Ottawa’s fi rst Ontario-side pro-fessional MMA event, likely in May, Castiglia said, who will be

kicking off the new year with applications to the Ministry of Consumer Services, which will control the MMA applications through the provincial athletics commissioner.

“Come Jan. 1, I’m putting in my application fi rst thing. I’ve

got to get my next martial arts promoter license, and then we’ll put in the event application,” he said.

Although he doesn’t know exactly where the event will be held in Ottawa – “I don’t want to put the cart before the horse”

– he said the event will cater to between 1,000 and 4,000 specta-tors, and ideally would be set in a stadium or bowl-shaped venue, for maximum viewer sat-isfaction.

The fi ght would likely involve some of the area’s higher profi le fi ghters, including W1 champi-on Craig “Farmer” Brown who runs the FIT MMA gym at Scott Street and Parkdale Avenue in Hintonburg.

Applications for such events must be submitted at least 30 days before the proposed date, according to ministry spokes-man Stephen Puddister.

Applications require the sug-gested venue to be safe enough to host the event, and fi ghters on the application must submit to several medical and drug tests in order to be licensed to fi ght professionally, Puddister said.

Some fi ghters, including Brown, have voiced concern the MMA allowance in Ontario will create an infl ux of ill-prepared fi ghters in the system and in-crease the chances of injuries.

“The problem is everybody and his dog is going to try to open up an MMA gym,” Brown said. “People are going to open gyms, and they’ll have guys fi ghting who aren’t ready, and people will get hurt. The lack of education and people looking to make a quick buck, that’s my biggest worry.”

But Brown’s colleague Casti-glia took a slightly different per-spective on it.

“When professional MMA got acknowledged and accepted, so did amateur MMA,” he said.

“So we’re not only creating the avenue for professional MMA fi ghters to be practicing, but we’re also creating a stepping stone for the community’s aspir-ing athletes to build themselves properly at the amateur level, so they’re properly prepared for the professional level.”

Indeed, Puddister noted that the athletics commissioner will be taking a fi ghter’s history and skill levels into account when deciding whether or not to ap-prove a match.

“Competitors with signifi -cantly different skills and ex-perience would not likely be permitted to fi ght each other,” he said.

Castiglia said he just hopes the community will give the sport a chance and welcome it into Ottawa.

“It’s not just amount the money. We’re about working with the local athletes, working with local causes, and with local business,” he said.

“We want to get the sport off on the right foot. It took long enough to get it into Ontario, and we don’t want to be the ones to get it out.”


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Please email events to [email protected]

by 4:30 p.m. on Friday

• DEC. 31Come ring in the New Year at the Eastview Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, 294 Cyr Ave. In the Upper Lounge there is a dinner and dance with the Legends begin-ning at 6 p.m. Tickets for the dinner and dance are $30 per person and available at the branch. In the Lower Lounge Terry McCann will be play-ing. Admission to the Lower Lounge is free and all are welcome. For more information, contact the Branch at 613-741-9539. www.rcl462.ca

• JAN. 1Come celebrate New Year’s Day at the Eastview Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, 294 Cyr Ave. Our Annual New Year’s Day Levee will begin at 12 Noon. All are welcome. For more information, contact the Branch at 613-741-9539.

• JAN. 9Silvie and Bryan Cheng’s piano/cello performance will take place at 2

p.m. at Rideau Park United Church, 2203 Alta Vista Dr. OC Transpo route 8 takes you to the door. Freewill offering will be accepted at the performance.

• JAN. 11Bytown Voices: Rehearsals begin for the winter/spring session at 7:30 p.m. in preparation for two joint concerts with the Seaway Valley Singers on May 1 and May 7. Rehearsals are held Tuesdays from 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. at St. Basil’s Church, off Maitland between the Queen-sway and Carling Ave. Information: http://bytownvoices.com/ or contact: [email protected]. All voices welcome in this community choir.

• JAN. 18Ottawa Innercity Ministries, Domin-ion Chalmers United Church, 355 Cooper St., will serve a free holiday meal starting at 11 a.m. at the door. Donations of backpack, sleeping bags, water bottles, juice boxes, toiletries, granola bars, gift cards, warm socks, bus tickets andmany other items that can be passed to our less fortunate friends, are always needed and welcomed. Volunteers are needed year-round. For more in-formation on becoming a volunteer,

please contact OIN at 613-237-6031.

• JAN. 19Heritage Ottawa Free Public Lecture – Ottawa’s Notre Dame Cemetery: A Cemetery of National Impor-tance. At the Ottawa Public Library Auditorium, 120 Metcalfe St., corner of Laurier Ave. West at 7 p.m. Jean Yves Pelletier, a heritage resources consultant and author of a book on the cemetery, will provide an histori-cal overview and give an illustrated presentation of the cemetery. Jean Yves’ book will be available for sale after the lecture. This lecture will be in English with a question/answer period in both offi cial languages Info: 613-230-8841 or www.heri-tageottawa.org

• JAN. 23Atlantic Voices: the Newfoundland and Labrador Choir of Ottawa pres-ents its winter concert, Cape Breton: Beautiful Island, Beautiful Music, at 3 p.m. at Centretown United Church, 507 Bank St. The program ranges from folksongs in Scottish Gaelic and Acadian French to contemporary classics by some of Cape Breton’s greatest songwriters. Our own house band, the Fumblin’ Fingers, will pro-vide pre-concert entertainment be-

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• JAN. 26Bayview Public School will host a JK/SK information night from 6-7 p.m. at the school, 185 Owl Dr. Come see what Bayview is all about. Programs at the school include Early French Immersion for JK-Grade 4, day care available, extra-curricular creative arts program. For more information, please contact the principal, Anne Laperrière at 613-733-4726

• JAN. 31 TO FEB. 21Toddlertime at the Alta Vista branch of the Ottawa Public Library, 2516 Alta Vista. Stories, rhymes and songs for babies and a parent or caregiver. Ages 18-35 months. Mondays at 10:30 a.m. (30 min.). 613-737-2837

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• FEB. 2 TO 23Babytime at the Alta Vista branch of the Ottawa Public Library, 2516 Alta Vista. Stories, rhymes and songs for babies and a parent or caregiver. Ages 0-18 months. Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. (30 min.) 613-737-2837

• FEB. 16Heritage Ottawa Free Public Lecture Series – Changing Approaches to Theory and Practice in the Conserva-tion Field: A Willowbank Perspective at 7 p.m. at The Old Firehall, 260 Sunnyside Ave. The Willowbank School in Niagara-on-the-Lake offers a new direction for professional training in conservation. Julian Smith, one of Canada’s best known conservation architects, will discuss the school’s philosophy and its use of a cultural landscape framework to shape emerging trends in the con-servation fi eld. Info: 613-230-8841 or www.heritageottawa.org


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Coloured in grey with only 33,000km!Coloured in grey with only 33,000km! PR3359PR3359


DVD with games, alloys, onlyDVD with games, alloys, only 16,000km! US1614A16,000km! US1614A

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Cruise control, alloy wheels, leather,Cruise control, alloy wheels, leather, with 32,976km! US1600with 32,976km! US1600


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4X4, 20” wheels, DVD and NAV with4X4, 20” wheels, DVD and NAV with 20,229km US160420,229km US1604


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ABS breaks, remote entry, rear wiper,ABS breaks, remote entry, rear wiper, 54,031km! US1616A54,031km! US1616A


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