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EMC sports - For the eighth year, the Cairine Wilson Sec-ondary School girls soccer team and coach Stuart Barbo-ur hosted a fundraising tourna-ment for Right to Play.

The tournament was held at the Superdome, which donated the facility for the event.

Right to Play is an orga-nization that brings sport to communities around the world affected by war, poverty and disease.

Top athletes also visit the communities, such as speed-skater Kristina Groves, who also came to visit Cairine Wil-son last year to speak.

The Ottawa-born Olympian visited Rwanda in 2007 with the organization, and has worn a Right to Play logo on her competition suit for years.

Cairine Wilson has also benefited from having Right to Play field workers come to speak at the school, so the players were aware of the work that the funds support.

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All of the players fundraise individually to help out with the tournament.

“Each player does her share,” said Barbour.

As well as Cairine Wil-son, Colonel By, Nepean and Osgoode high schools also played.

It’s a unique tournament that uses what Barbour calls “fair play rules,” where all players must play at least half of the game, and no scores or standings are kept.

This year they raised $2,000, to raise the eight year total to $11,000.

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Growing upWith a little extra muscle, Grade 1 student Gédéon St-Sauver shovels dirt as he plants a tree at his school, des Sentiers. each class planted one tree at the event, held on april 25. Seventeen new trees are now taking root during the first stages of the development of the park next to the school. once the park is complete, an official opening will be held.

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EMC news - Walking into the Chil-dren’s Aid Society of Ottawa (CAS) isn’t what one would expect.

Volunteers and happy babies spill out the front door of the office, which is filled with bright colours and a jumble of chil-dren’s toys.

It resembles a daycare much more than the children’s services often depicted in movies and television shows; a cold of-fice filled with workers in dark suits.

The office is the hub for visits between parents and children who are currently in foster care. Much of the supervision and shuttling of the children back and forth is done by volunteers.

Orleans volunteers Sharon Papineau and Elizabeth Fennelly are just two of the volunteers who keep the steady stream of

children running through the doors. Papineau, who owns her own daycare,

drives children from their foster homes to the office several days a week.

“She really is extraordinary because those kids feel so safe with her,” said An-dre Fontaine, supervisor of volunteer ser-vices at CAS. “And that’s a scary thing, being in a foster home. Sharon makes them all excited, it’s ‘We’re going to see Mommy and Daddy!’”

Once there, many children begin a su-pervised visit with a volunteer, such as Fennelly. She supervises, but makes ob-servations for case workers and teaches parenting when the opportunity arises.

“She can empower the parents to take control, and that is really a key to being a volunteer,” Fontaine said. “It’s really cool to have a volunteer, not a staff. Because staff, we represent something different to the families. We’re the ones who appre-

hended the children.” Papineau started volunteering after a

friend, who was a volunteer driver, sug-gested that she’d be good at it.

“These children are put into positions that aren’t always their doing and they need somebody that feels safe and se-cure,” Papineau said. “It’s a pleasure be-cause these little guys are amazing.”

Papineau is one of 27 drivers, some of whom can drive up to 1,000 kilometres a week shuttling children back and forth.

“I’ve noticed the smiles that come over their face when they recognize a driver,” she said. “I think it’s very comforting to know that they feel the stability of the same face day after day.”

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Children visit with parents several times a week, depen-dent on age. Papineau can of-ten be on the road driving five or six days a week.

Most of the parents who are undergoing supervised visits with a volunteer are low-risk, and in the stages of having their children returned to their homes.

“Kids do better when they get back to their homes,” Fontaine said. “Many of them never come back in our sys-tem.”

Fennelly is a mom who works full-time as a legal assistant, and is in school to become a social worker, but is still able to find the time to volunteer with access visits.

Her husband was adopted through the CAS system by his family; they made the decision to adopt a little boy around his fourth birthday through the same process.

“If people are involved in access visits, we already know there’s a problem,” she said. “By my job is to docu-ment the good things. It’s an opportunity to say ‘This is what the parents are doing right.’”

She went through training, including job shadowing a child youth counsellor, be-fore starting her position in September 2009.

She said that often there is a lot of misunderstanding surrounding what the CAS does, and not enough focus on the services and efforts to keep the families together.

She supervises both access visits at the CAS office, and will leave the office with the families for longer visits out-side.

“It’s hard to have nor-mal family interactions in a little room, so once a family

reaches a certain stage they encourage maybe going out to get a meal, going to a local park,” she said.

Fontaine said that Fennelly is always willing to go above and beyond access visits, volunteering with advisory groups or helping recruit fos-ter families.

“No matter which depart-ment they are, these people do this from the heart, and that’s how I feel,” said Papineau. “I am just overwhelmed by the amount of volunteers that are at CAS. Together, look at what great things we can ac-complish.”

Photo by Brier DodgeSharon Papineau, left, and Elizabeth Fennelly both volun-teer several times a week with the Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa to ensure children in foster care can still have regular visits with their parents.

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EMC news - Amongst the talk of tall buildings and zon-ing certainty, a fresh idea to help neighbourhoods stood out at the city’s planning summit on April 26.

A new Neighbourhood Connections offi ce will rise from the ashes of the city’s axed community sustainabil-ity department, which had its funding cut in the 2012 bud-get.

Before that, the depart-ment was home to the neigh-bourhood planning initiative (NPI), which supported a successful Hintonburg pi-lot project looking at how a community can go beyond the technical trappings of land-use planning: the height of buildings, what may be housed inside them and how

many parking spaces are needed.

Instead, Hintonburg’s NPI found ways to connect proj-ects so that the little details that make a community liv-able and desirable aren’t forgotten. That spirit will be captured in a new Neighbour-hood Connections offi ce, planning committee chair-man Peter Hume announced at the planning summit at the CE Centre.

It’s a new way for commu-nity members to connect with the city and paint a picture of how small projects can make a big impact, said Hume, the councillor for Alta Vista ward.

“The city might become involved because of a devel-opment application, but other issues arise,” Hume said, such as the need to encourage childcare facilities to move

into the area or a desire to plant more trees.

“We’re trying to create complete communities and sometimes the very small is-sues get lost in the debate on larger issues,” Hume said. “This was really designed to get at those little things … the things that will really ac-tually help communities help themselves.”

The offi ce will have a small budget but it will be able to undertake some proj-ects itself, or connect com-munities with city resources and departments that can fi nd solutions to whatever issues are identifi ed, Hume said.

The Neighbourhood Con-nections website will let neighbouring communities to jump on board with com-munity-based projects and connect them to city hall’s resources.

For instance, it may not be obvious, but Hintonburg’s NPI made for a more pleasant farmers market experience.

EARLY SUCCESS

When the city was repair-ing Wellington Street West, sidewalks and roads in the Parkdale Market area were built to accommodate the market, while taking into account drainage issues and trip hazards in the pedestrian-centric area.

Some of those “peripheral issues,” as Hume calls them – the things not directly related to zoning and land-use plan-ning – can get lost in the dis-cussion, and the Neighbour-hood Connections offi ce will be there to make sure those issues are considered.

For community members like Hintonburg’s Paulette Dozois, neighbourhood plan-ning goes beyond the acro-nyms and jargon of city hall

“It’s a great, co-operative approach,” Dozois said while speaking about the Hinton-burg NPI last August. “It’s a way of looking at projects within the context of the whole neighbourhood, rather than just doing something that has to be done because time is up.”

But Jay Baltz, another Hintonburg resident who is on the local community asso-ciation’s executive, cautioned that the Neighbourhood Con-nections offi ce will only be a useful tool if it doesn’t serve as another layer blocking communities from accessing the city’s planning depart-ment.

Photo by Laura Mueller

Mayor Jim Watson, left, participates in a discussion about transit-oriented development during the city’s April 26 plan-ning summit at the CE Centre. Also pictured are Scott Hodge of the Riverside South Community Association and Renée Richard from the City of Ottawa, along with city planner Stan Wilder in the background.

New department, website to look beyond zoningto create complete communities

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Written by Terry-Lynne Marko B.ScN., Public Health Nurse, Ottawa Public Health, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Branch

Walking is good for your health. It is a free and easy way to travel to school, work or to run an errand, but it is important to be safe. For exam-ple, a child who talks on the phone while crossing the street, has a one in three chance of being hit by a car. You and your family can enjoy a safe walk with a few simple safety tips:

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I’ve been compiling a list of things you can’t buy in a shopping centre. It’s short so far, but it will grow, as stores get bigger and farther away.

It goes without saying that you’ll never fi nd that one little hardware part you need. You’ll have to buy a dozen. A surprising entry on the list is a newspaper. The other day I was in a shopping centre and realized there was no such thing as a newsstand. The drug store, didn’t have any. It used to be that you couldn’t avoid newspapers.

A less surprising item that you can’t fi nd in a shopping centre is a pump needle. You need to pump up your basketball, say, and you’re in a shopping centre, which has a sports store and a department store. But the department store’s sporting good section mostly sells exercise equipment and the sports store mostly sells clothes. You ask about a needle and get a funny look. Someone at the department store says go to Walmart.

So next time I’m in Westboro I wander into Westboro Sports Centre on Richmond Road, which might have needles because it has bi-cycles and pumps. The guy doesn’t look at me funny. We do stock those, he says, but … and the “but” is that he just sold the last one. But … and then he disappears for a moment and comes back with a needle. I was using this one, but you can have it, he says, because I want you to feel special. Anybody got a basketball they want pumped?

Now, I won’t say Westboro Sports is the only place in Ottawa that has a needle for your pump. Nor will I say that it is the only store in

Ottawa where people are friendly, informed and eager to help. It just happens to be one that is nearby. There is probably a favourite store in your neighbourhood, too, if you have a neighbourhood. Lots of people don’t, because of how cities have grown in recent years. Many people don’t have neighbourhood stores, they have shopping centres.

And even the neighbourhoods are changing. The other day we were back at Westboro Sports to drop off a sympathy card for Doug Herbst, who died far too young after a lifetime at West-boro Sports. I’m sure we are not the only fam-ily in Ottawa in which three generations have bought bikes and skates at Westboro Sports. In the ‘70s, Doug’s father, Bill, helped us with hockey equipment, telling us what we needed for Tyke hockey, what we didn’t need so much, advice that saved us money that we would not have saved at the shopping centre.

In the decades since, it was Doug, along with his brother Geoff, who helped out with bicycles and skates, most recently with our grandchildren. He will really be missed, but the store will go on because there are hundreds of people like us out there.

You hope that there are enough of us to keep other small businesses going, in the face of overpowering competition from stores that can offer more, and cheaper, and giant parking lots, but won’t be able to tell you why one pair of skates is more suitable for a fi ve-year-old than another and won’t be able to drop everything to fi x some little thing that went wrong with a bicycle.

We were looking at the changing face of Westboro and trying to fi gure out if there are any other stores left that were there when we fi rst visited Westboro Sports. Even the New-port, in its present form, has been around only since 1988. Other stores are even newer. Even-tually, more and more of them will become chains, as high rents drive the little guys out.

Running a neighbourhood business is a chal-lenge, but it’s made a lot easier when customers are loyal to the neighbourhood, because they know where to look for a needle.

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Taxpayers forked over at least $45,000 to Prime Minster Ste-phen Harper to enjoy

a New York Yankees game and a Broadway show last Labour Day.

That stories of a bloated sense of entitlement continue to pile up many years after the Liberal party was shown the door comes as little surprise to many. There’s little difference among parties that have held power in Canada, they lament.

Certainly a segment of vot-ers actually believed Harper

meant it, some 10 years ago, when he talked about grassroots decision-making and battling corruption in the federal government.

That Harper would squander tens of thousands of dollars on himself during Labour Day, of all days, sends yet another message to the other side. The 99 per cent might get a day off, but it’ll cost them.

True, the symbolic message doesn’t come close to Peter MacKay’s helicopter trip let alone Tony Clement’s alleged

misappropriation of $50 million. The examples of Con-servatives gleefully blowing taxpayers money over the last few years could go on and on. But cutting heads off a blue Lernaean Hydra instead of a red one matters little.

The point is both Liberals and Conservatives have little credibility left on matters of openness, accountability, corruption and other issues. Even their belief in free and fair elections – at least when in comes to the Conservatives – has become suspect.

So, what’s the answer to the downward spiral in Canadian politics?

A possible contribution to reversing the decline comes from the right wing Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF). According to fi gures compiled by CTF, taxpayers contributed $23.30 last year for every dol-lar put into the parliamentary pension plan by MPs. “How do you explain to someone scraping for their retirement that Canada can’t afford $508 a month for a 65-year-old, when defeated 60-year-

old backbench MP Yasmin Ratansi got $2,758 a month after just seven years on the job,” asks CTF.

MPs pensions are too high. MPs salaries are too high. And the numerous related

perks are offensive to the aver-age person.

There is a fi scal argument for bringing down MPs’ compensation and reinvest-ing it in social programs. But the moral argument is more important. There is a relation-ship between escalating MP compensation packages and

the increasing sense of entitle-ment and corruption we’ve witnessed over the last couple of decades.

It is clear that not everyone in federal politics is unethical. Some can take a six-fi gure sal-ary and still put the interests of constituents and the nation ahead of themselves.

It is equally clear, though, that the lure of big money attracts the greedy and self-indulgent.

To explain away that basic truism with “Well, you have to pay top dollar for the best qualifi ed people,” simply doesn’t fl y anymore.

The current situation is the proof.

Cutting MP pay, pensions could help clean up politics

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ALS Walk for Jean Goulet raises over $30,000Brier [email protected]

EMC news - A fundraiser for Orleans resident Jean Gou-let shattered expectations.

The thermometer used to track donations at the walk, had cap space for $20,000, which was $10,000 more than the organizing committee’s goal.

Then they had to add an extension for another $5,000. Then they had to stop us-ing the thermometer to keep track.

“We blew through that,” said Ed Simac, a member of the group that organized the walk.

On April 26, Goulet was presented with a certifi cation of appreciation.

He was recognized through the “Making Moments Mat-ter” campaign the ALS Soci-ety is running.

Originally, the group of friends that rallied together to raise funds for Goulet were going to raise them to help him as an individual.

Goulet said no, he wanted the funds to be donated to a group that had helped him sig-nifi cantly – ALS Ontario.

“I know ALS Ottawa will put it to good use,” said Gou-let.

The 56-year-old Falling-

brook resident was diagnosed in September 2011, and cur-rently uses a power wheel-chair, provided by the society.

ALS Ontario keeps an equipment bank and loans equipment as it’s needed for no charge, like power wheel-chairs, specialty beds, ceiling lifts, and assistive devices for the bathroom.

“The money is going right to our equipment pool,” John-ston said. “The funds were going to go to him and Jean said no, that it was going to everybody.”

About 200 people – includ-ing former high school teach-ers of Goulet’s – attended the fi ve-kilometre walk at the Louis Riel dome on March 24.

When they fi rst told John-ston of their goal to raise $10,000, she cautioned them against aiming too high.

“I sent a message to say $10,000 was a lot to raise and not to get disappointed,” she said.

While the group knew the total was at least $30,000, they didn’t fi nd out the exact total until Johnston attended one of their weekly meetings to tell the grand total: $33,417.

“It was very emotional,” said Goulet of the walk. “I was very pleased.”

There is another upcoming event to support both Goulet and ALS Ontario, with an an-nual charity golf tournament organized by Lacroix Sports benefi ting the cause this year. It’s set to happen on June 29 at the Outaouais Golf Course.


Michel Carrière, Lianne Johnston from the ALS Society, Robert Caron, Jean Goulet, Ed Simac, Steve Sharpe and Don Loguisto. Goulet receive a certifi cate of appreciation for the funds raised during a walk in his honour in Orleans.

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EMC news - Business own-ers and managers from the Cardinal Creek and Taylor Creek areas joined together on April 24 for the first meet-ing of the Cardinal Creek Business Alliance.

The meeting was co-ordi-nated by the Cardinal Creek Community Association at

Jonny Canuck’s in Orleans. Over 30 businesses were at

the event, ranging from banks to restaurants.

The goal of the alliance is to represent a collective voice for issues such as the Trim Road realignment.

The group is a non-profit organization, which will in-clude Taylor Creek businesses once re-incorporated in De-

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have been in their locations for decades, while new devel-opments mean there are many business owners who are new to Orleans.

The alliance gives them a chance to network and come up with common solutions.

Volunteers at the meet-ing set up a working group

to organize the next meeting, which will be held at Por-tabello Manor at 691 Valin Street on Sept. 6 at 8 a.m.

Anyone looking for more information on the Cardi-nal Creek Business Alliance can contact Sean Crossan at [email protected]. They will be building a web-site at the address www.cardi-nalcreek.biz.

Photo by Brier DodgeThere was a great turnout at the first meeting of the Cardinal Creek Business Alliance at Jonny Canuck’s in Orleans on April 24.

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EMC news - With discount-ed OC Transpo passes for stu-dents over age 20 to be can-celled on July 1 as a part of the new Presto payment system, the city is in talks with four Ottawa colleges about adopt-ing something similar to the U-Pass.

Student unions at Carleton University and the University of Ottawa approved the $180-per-semester U-Pass to be in-cluded in student fees for each semester earlier this year. But colleges like Algonquin, La Cite Collegial, St. Paul Uni-versity and Dominican Col-lege don’t have a similar pass option.

That may be changing, as the city has already begun talks about a U-Pass-like sys-tem with a couple of those col-leges, Mayor Jim Watson told city council on April 25.

Watson said college stu-dents have been expressing “a

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The launch of a new, Pres-to-centric fare schedule on July 1 will spell the end of the existing student pass, which is available for high school students and those who attend some colleges, including Al-gonquin.

The electronic payment cards are tapped on card read-ers on buses and can be used as a monthly pass or to carry a cash balance for individual trips.

The system will be aligned with other Ontario jurisdic-tions that use Presto, includ-ing some transit systems in the Greater Toronto Area. That means student passes will only be available for people up to age 20, whereas now, there are student passes avail-able for people enrolled in college even if they are older than 20.

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EMC news - Orleans will be home to a second hotel, as the Holiday Inn took a step for-ward on April 26.

The groundbreaking cer-emony was held behind the

Shenkman Arts Centre off Centrum Boulevard.

The project is part of the Orleans Town Centre Partner-ship, which is a public-private partnership between Forum Equity Partners and the City of

Ottawa. The Shenkman Arts Centre

was one of the first develop-ments in the Orleans Town Centre Partnership.

The 100-room hotel will have meeting space for confer-

ences and functions. “We’re showing the city that

Orleans is moving forward,” said Coun. Bob Monette. “When we have festivals, peo-ple will stay in our community and invest in our community.”

The hotel will join the Qual-ity Inn on St. Joseph Boulevard as the second hotel in the area.

“We’re very excited about having this completed,” said Forum president Richard Ab-boud. “The milestones an-

nounced today demonstrate the benefits of public and pri-vate sector partners working together.”

Photo by Brier DodgeCity officials and Forum Equity Partners staff partner for the groundbreaking of the Holi-day Inn, part of the Orleans Town Centre Partnership. From left, Coun. Stephen Blais, Coun. Bob Monette and Forum Equity Partners president Richard Abboud start digging while Coun. Rainer Bloess, background, looks on.



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EMC news - A new three-year, $100,000 grant has se-cured the Overbrook-Forbes Community Resource Centre commitment to children’s pro-gramming.

Following the loss of fund-ing from the United Way, Car-son’s Community House will be able to continue serving the community thanks to the grant provided by the Ontario Tril-lium Foundation.

The community house of-fers after-school programs for boys and girls between the ages of 12 and 19 including homework clubs, after school programs in three neighbor-hoods, structured recreational and fitness programs, and par-ent-youth relationship build-ing programs. The community house held a celebration with the children who use the cen-tre, members of the foundation and Ottawa-Vanier MPP Mad-eleine Meilleur on April 20.

“We were very disap-pointed with the fact that the United Way didn’t renew our funding,” said Catherine Du-bois, executive director of the community resource centre. The funding, Dubois said, will ensure skilled staff can be on hand at the house.

The participants at the April 20 celebration gave Meilleur and members of the Trillium Foundation hand-made brace-lets as a way of saying thank you for the funding.

Forbes afterschool program funding secured for three years

Photo by Brier DodgeThe Aveda Walk for Water in support of WaterCan walked from the Cartier Square Drill Hall to Parliament Hill and throughout downtown Ottawa on Sunday, April 22, for Earth Day. Above, a Beaver participant gives the day’s mascot a high five before the walk.



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With so many options available, The City of Ottawa invites you to take this week-long opportunity to test drive the various recreation complexes across the city.

Not sure where to start? Take a look at our program guide on our web site www.ottawa.ca/recreation to see the impressive list of options available to you. Need more of a personal touch to navigate through all this? Drop into a recreation complex in your neighbourhood and find out how we can meet your fitness needs and preferences.

Our knowledgeable staff will gladly take the time to introduce you to all the exciting programs and fitness options available to you. Rest assured that our City staff are trained in CPR, AED, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities, WHMIS, Health and Safety and undergo annual training. We are focused on Service Excellence and thus diligently work to adjust to the needs of our community.

Joining our fitness programs is the first important step to managing your health. The benefits associated with exercising on a regular basis are undeniable; from lowering blood pressure and cholesterol, keeping chronic diseases at bay to boosting vitality. Make fitness an essential part of your healthy lifestyle.

Through the City of Ottawa, fitness is affordable and available to all age groups and mobility levels. The City offers a wide range of programs to fit everyone’s lifestyle and our Hand to Hand program offers financial support to ensure all residents can participate in our programs.

Our flexible membership options do not require a yearlong contract nor do we charge a registration fee. Not interested in a membership? Prefer to take a specialty program? We offer a wide range of registration based classes that will suit your fancy.

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Mint is one of the most versatile herbs for the kitchen.

It can be used in soups, salads, sauces, jellies, des-serts, even cookies. It can be used to make either hot or iced tea, yet its flavour also complements cooked lamb and trout.

You can chop the leaves, add them to melted butter and drizzle it over cooked new potatoes for an old-fash-ioned English dish.

This week’s recipe ap-peared in my column several years ago and was so popular that I wanted to pass it along to anyone who may have missed it. It makes a cookie that’s similar to shortbread, but with the flavour of fresh mint.

It will be another month or so before the new mint is ready to pick. Look for it in late May or early June at farmers’ markets, or ask friends and neighbours if they have some in their gardens.

To make these cookies, you’ll need about 12 stems of mint with full-grown leaves.

GardeN MiNt Cookies

• half cup butter, softened

• half cup white sugar• one egg yolk• half tsp. vanilla• 1.5 cups flour• 1.5 tsp. baking powder• one-eighth tsp. salt• three tbsp. milk• one cup fresh mint leaves, finely chopped

To prepare the mint, remove the leaves from the stems. Discard the stems.

Lay several of the mint leaves parallel on your cut-ting board, then with a sharp knife, slice them very thinly.

Once all the leaves have been sliced, pile them on the board, and chop them into very small pieces. They should be about the size of dried basil.

In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Stir in the egg yolk and vanilla.

In another bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt.

Add a third of the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture and stir well. Add half of the milk, and stir again.

Repeat with another third of the dry ingredients and the rest of the milk.

Stir the mint into the cookie batter, then add the last of the flour mixture. Mix well.

Shape the dough into two logs about 20 centimetres long. Wrap each one in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least two hours, or until firm.

Unwrap the dough and cut it into slices half a centimetre wide, placing them on a greased baking sheet about 2.5 centimetres apart.

Bake at 350 F (175 C) for 10-12 minutes or until the bottom edge is light brown. Remove from the oven, and cool on wire racks.

Makes about three dozen cookies.

From soup to cookies, mint adds special flavour

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Ottawa realtor Paul Rushforth sometimes senses a hesitation in homeowners who’d like to sell their homes. They’re worried that potential buyers are afraid that real estate prices are about to fall, just as they have fallen, drastically, over the past few years in the United States.

“I tell them there’s really very little to worry about,” Rushforth says. “Especially in Ottawa, we don’t really have a real estate bubble. In nearly six decades, we’ve only seen prices go down four times—and I personally expect prices to continue increasing.” Vancouver and Toronto may have real estate bubbles, especially in the condo market, but that’s not true of Ottawa, Rushforth says. “I actually expect that five years from now, people will be wishing they had bought in 2012.” You can sell your house for top dollar now, he says. But to squeeze full value from your home, you need to put a little time and money into sprucing your property up. “A modest amount of money and a little perspiration can give your house a huge boost in selling price, something my clients have shown time and time again.”

Here are Rushforth’s top tips on giving a home more appeal: Paint: Rushforth calls this “the greatest

bang for your buck!” Lighting: you can easily pick up an

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replace soiled carpets, and replace linoleum with ceramic tiles.

“Without breaking the bank, you can usually improve your house far more than you first expected,” he says. “The key is to do things conservatively and wisely—to do a lot yourself, to use lower-end fixes, and barter and trade where you can.” Rushforth has seen these strategies work time after time—in his real estate practice, and also in the television show All For Nothing?, which he hosts with designer Penny Southam. Each week, two household compete to see who can get the greatest increase in house value while spending essentially nothing. “The homeowners get better than a ten-to-one return,” Rushforth says. “The average home increases in value by $27,000 with expenses of only $2,600.”

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My sister Audrey said Mother had what she called “the look.”

She said it was worse than a slap on the side of the head. It didn’t take me long to fig-ure out what she meant after I was subjected to “the look” when I committed a minor act of disobedience in front of a neighbour.

She had dropped in for tea one afternoon. All I did was take the first cookie off the plate, which I learned

very quickly, was just not done until the guest was first served. I got “the look” and quickly put the cookie back on the plate, which earned me another “look.”

I was then faced with the problem of trying to figure out how to correct my social error, so I decided the best thing to do was re-take the same cookie and get out of there. Which I did and then I ran out of the house and prac-tically swallowed it whole as I passed through the summer kitchen.

Mother used “the look” a lot when we went to church. If any one of us five kids squirmed too much for her liking, we got ‘the look.’ If that didn’t work, it was fol-lowed by a sharp jab on the knee.

There was never any comment with ‘the look.’ It was enough to send the message of her disapproval. It was often directed towards Father, who paid absolutely no attention at all to it. Well away from earshot, Emerson once said Mother must have had her eyes open herself during Grace to see one of us breaking this cardinal rule. Audrey reminded Emerson that Mother could see things when no one else could.

Mother’s whole face changed when she was giving “the look.” She had sharp brown eyes and she would bring them down to thin slits and even though you could barely see the pupils, they could bore right through you. Her eyebrows came together and formed a straight line across her forehead. Some-times she would purse her

lips as if getting ready to say something, but she didn’t need to utter a word. “The look” was enough.

Mother had to be close to you to administer her next form of reprimand if “the look” didn’t work. She wouldn’t think twice of giv-ing the brothers a sharp swat on the side of their head. Sometimes it hit the ear dead-on. Emerson said when that happened; his ears rang for three days. Audrey said he was exaggerating.

For reasons I was never able to figure out, Audrey and I were subjected only to “the look.” I could count on one hand the number of times I took a slap on the ear. That probably had more to do with the fact that my sister and I rarely got into serious trouble.

And we certainly never came to blows like the three brothers did. My older and much wiser sister said girls were expected to act like ladies.

As my sister got older, she started to develop “the look” just like Mother. My three brothers completely ignored her, knowing full well she would have met her match if she had to resort to slapping them on the side of their head if “the look” didn’t work.

I tried “the look” on Emer-son once. He managed to put me in the ice part of the ice box one day, almost giving me a heart attack. He was too big for me to cuff him on the side of the head when he let me out, so I gave him what I considered my most hateful “look.” He ran from the house laughing his head off.

I figured I had a long way to go before I mastered “the look” like Mother and Audrey.

Mother gives ‘the look’MARY COOK

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Henderickx’s nofrills® on1226 Place D’Orléans Dr. rolls out the

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Henderickx’s nofrills® on 1226 Place D’Orléans Dr. (Place D’Orléans Dr. & Hwy. #17) will be transitioning prescription files from Zellers at 110 Place D’Orleans Dr. (Place D’Orleans) effective on May 11, 2012. We know that patients have lots of questions around continuity of their care and Pharmacist Ghassan Jamoulis eager to answer any ques-tions they may have about Loblaw Pharmacy. To meet the needs of the community around this pharmacy, Ghassan Jamouland his experienced team offer professional and per-sonalized consultation in multiple languages including French, Arabic, Punjabi and Hindi.

Loblaw and its pharmacy teams are commit-ted to support Canadians in making healthier lifestyle choices. Henderickx’s nofrills® on 1226 Place D’Orléans Dr (Place D’Orléans Dr. & Hwy. #17) offers a number of programs and services, and are well equipped to ensure a continued high level of care for Zellers pharmacy patients. Some of the services and programs offered at this store include:

• REFILLready™: To ensure that refills are not missed, customers are given the option to refill prescriptions automatically so that they are ready when needed, now with reminders by phone, email or text. It’s easy, convenient and free.

• Free Delivery: Loblaw Pharmacy at 1226 Place D’Orléans Dr. is proud to offer free local prescription delivery.

• Convenience Packaging: Convenience packs help manage multiple medications. Through improved compliance and confir-mation of dosage taken, convenience packs make medications more convenient and easy to use.

• Private Consultation Area: To ensure a comfortable and confidential consultation experience, private consultation areas are available for meetings between pharmacists and customers.

• Co-Pay Reductions: Loblaw pharmacy at 1226 Place D’Orléans Dr. will continue to reduce the co-payment on Ontario Drug Benefit eligible prescriptions by $2.00. This is applicable to eligible Ontario Drug Benefit Recipients.

• Hypertension Assessment and Informa-tion: Loblaw pharmacies provide cardiovas-cular risk assessments which include blood pressure reading and cholesterol level. Additionally, S.A.L.T. (Sodium Awareness Lifestyle Tips) offers customers helpful information including an educational booklet with guidelines for daily sodium intake.

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seeking a robbery suspect after an incident at a Montreal Road gas station.On March 23, at about 5 a.m., a victim in his 70s was at a gas station situated along the 100 block of Montreal Road when he was approached by a lone male suspect. The suspect assisted the victim pumping gas and ultimately was provided a short drive by the victim.

The suspect was able to obtain the victim’s cellular phone and in the discussion to have the phone returned, a demand was made for money. The victim parked his

car and in the process of going for assistance was tackled to the ground. The suspect was scared off and fled with the victim’s cellular phone.

The suspect is described as being a white male, approximately 5 feet 10 inches tall with a slim build. The male identified himself as Eric but it is unknown if this is his proper given name.

Anyone with information with respect to this robbery, or any oth-er robbery, is asked to contact the robbery unit at 613-236-1222, ext. 5116, or Crime Stoppers at 613-233-8477.

EMC news - The public can help support Ontario Students Against Im-paired Driving (OSAID) by making a donation at any of the more than 620 LCBO stores throughout Ontario. Donation boxes for OSAID will be displayed at LCBO checkout coun-ters until May 26.

OSAID is a grassroots charity with 5,000 youth volunteers. For more than 25 years, OSAID volunteers have been promoting smart decisions among their peers through public

awareness in a realistic and relevant manner to help reduce and eliminate impaired driving.

“We appreciate the support we receive from LCBO, its employees and especially its customers,” says OSAID executive director Matt Ev-ans. “LCBO’s provincewide store network and supportive staff enable OSAID to raise significant funds and increase public awareness of our charity.

“These funds help us drive aware-

ness among youth on the importance of making smart decisions and to help prevent tragedies caused by impaired driving.”

OSAID is one of 28 provincial, as well as numerous local charities, that will benefit from LCBO’s prov-incewide donation box program in 2012. In 2011, LCBO raised a total of more than $6.2 million for chari-ties through special programs and initiatives, of which $5.7 million was raised through in-store fundraising.

EMC news - Join us for our spring fundraiser, Hike for Hospice on May 6, in support of the Hospice at May Court. Hike along the streets of Ot-tawa South in an effort to raise funds and awareness.

The Tracy Arnett Re-alty Hike for Hospice is the hospice’s second largest an-nual fundraiser, and this year marks the 10th anniversary of the hike. People are asked to gather pledges and then hike for hospice palliative care.

“Hospice palliative care is currently under funded and under recognized,” says Dave Hogberg, executive director for the Hospice at May Court,

“Our fundraising goal for this hike is to bring in $120,000 for the hospice.”

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Registration for the hike is $25 – this covers a shirt, coffee and snacks, lunch, en-tertainment, and a day with friends and family supporting a noteworthy cause.

The expected turn out is about 400 hikers, with 100 per cent of the proceeds raised by hikers going towards fund-ing the hospice’s four major programs: home support, day hospice, residential care, and family support.

LCBO stores raise funds to combat impaired driving

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Check out what’s happening:Billings Estate National Historic SiteMother’s Day Tea at the Estate

Sunday, May 13, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m

Bytown MuseumVictorian Ottawa Tours

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Cumberland Heritage Village Museum‘Famous Funnies’ Family Cartooning Workshop

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Diefenbunker: Canada’s Cold War MuseumMother’s Day: ‘Bunkers, Boys & Babies: Ladies of the Cold War’

Sunday, May 13, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.

Goulbourn Museum‘May Flowers’ Family Craft Day

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Pinhey’s Point Historic SiteMother’s Day/Opening Day Sunday, May 13, 10 a.m- 4 p.m.

Nepean MuseumMother’s Day Crafts at Nepean MuseumSunday, May 6th 1-4 p.m

Victoria Day Jubilee Tea at FairfieldsSunday, May 20, 1-4 p.m.

Osgoode Township Historical Society and MuseumThe Art of Decoupage (Workshop)Saturday, May 5, 1-4 p.m.

Vanier MuseoparkGenealogy Workshop

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EMC news - Against the backdrop of a new survey that reveals an overwhelming ma-jority (94 per cent) of Canadi-ans agree that students should learn more about Canada’s arctic resources and the role of northern science, the W. Garfield Weston Foundation has announced that Dr. Louis

Fortier has been awarded the $50,000 Weston Family Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Northern Research for his work focused on the impacts of climate change on the Arc-tic.

The results of the sur-vey, commissioned by the Churchill Northern Studies Centre with the support of the foundation, along with the prize winner were announced last week at the International Polar Year Conference in Montreal.

“Dr. Fortier embodies

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“By actively engaging northerners in the early plan-ning stages of ArcticNet and through his dedication to the multidisciplinary use of the Canadian Research Icebreak-er Amundsen, Dr. Fortier has helped ensure that arctic sci-ence not only remains top

of mind for Canadians, but also serves the people of the North.”

Canadians also support the ongoing work of researchers in the North.

The poll shows that 80 per cent of Canadians agree that northern research can help make informed decisions about the potential impacts of developmental progress in the North.

The survey also reveals that Canadians are keen to provide a refuge for northern species: nine out of 10 respondents

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“Canadians overwhelm-ingly tell us that northern research is critical to appre-ciating the importance of the Arctic,” said Christian Bauta, member of the northern com-mittee and a director of the foundation. “Knowledge and discovery about the north should be a fundamental part

of our Canadian identity.”Asked how they would like

to spend a day as a northern researcher, Canadians prefer to spend time with animals: one third (35 per cent) say they would like to observe marine life such as whales and seals, while another third (31 per cent) say they would fol-low the polar bears.

The final third was almost split evenly between gather-ing samples of unique plant life (15 per cent) and follow-ing the migration of northern birds (13 per cent).

Dr. Louis Fortier awarded prize for lifetime achievement

Eco-driving tips help drivers save at pump

EMC news - Ontario driv-ers are feeling more pressure than usual – pressure on their wallets that is.

Ontario drivers should ex-pect gas prices to reach $1.47 a litre in Ontario by the end of April, says analyst Roger McKnight of En-Pro Interna-tional Inc.

The rising prices are mak-ing drivers nervous and are even forcing some to re-eval-uate their driving habits. A re-cent poll by Ontariogasprices.com revealed 60 per cent of those surveyed said they cur-rently feel forced to make sig-nificant changes in their driv-ing habits.

To help drivers save money at the pump this summer, Ford Motor Company of Canada suggests the following eco-driving tips:

• Slow down and watch speed – Drive 80 kilome-tres per hour instead of 100 to save fuel. Also, aim for a constant speed. Pumping the accelerator sends more fuel into the engine. Using cruise control whenever possible on the highway helps maintain speeds and conserve fuel.

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• Be kind to your vehicle – Maintain proper engine tune-up to keep vehicles run-ning efficiently. Keep the wheels aligned. Wheels that are fighting each other waste fuel. Replace air filters as rec-ommended. Use a fuel with good detergent additives to keep the vehicle engine clean and performing efficiently. Always consult the owner’s manual for proper mainte-nance.

• Travel light – Avoid pil-ing a lot of luggage on the roof rack. The added frontal area reduces aerodynamics and will hurt fuel economy, reducing it by as much as five per cent. Remove excess weight from the vehicle.

• Minimize use of heater and air conditioning – Use heating and air conditioning selectively to reduce the load on the engine. Try to decrease your usage of the air condi-tioner and use the vent setting as much as possible. Park in the shade to keep car cool and reduce the need for air condi-tioning.

• Close windows at high speeds – Don’t drive with the windows open unless your keep your speed under 80 km/h. Driving with the windows open at highway speeds in-creases aerodynamic drag on the vehicle and lowers fuel economy.

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EMC news - A Blackburn Hamlet family received a Victim Services Award of Distinction from Ontario’s Attorney General on April 24.

The Agoro family estab-lished the Dapo Agoro Foun-dation for Peace in memory of Oladapo Agoro, who was stabbed inside a Rideau Street nightclub in 2002 while try-ing to break up a fi ght.

The Lester B. Pearson Catholic High School stu-dent, who was only weeks away from his high school graduation, was known as an athlete and a peacekeeper in the school.

To keep his memory alive,

the family visits Lester B. Pearson and Gloucester high schools annually to speak about non-violent confl ict resolution.

They also hold an annual Dapo Fun Day in August to raise funds for the Oladapo Agoro Peace Award, pre-sented annually to a Lester B. Pearson graduate chosen by the school.

Moji, Shola, Abiola and Bashir Agoro were all recog-nized with the provincial an-nual award, given to families who raise the profi le of vic-tim issues and show strength.

“It’s a labour of love,” said Dapo’s sister, Moji Agoro. “It’s important because it al-lows us to keep my brother’s memory alive in a positive manner and share his person-

al mantra by promoting non-violent confl ict resolution.”

She said it was a humbling experience to be recognized

by the attorney general, and it was inspiring to see the work that other award recipients have done in their communi-

ties. “We’ve been doing this for

10 years now, and as a family, it’s something that we’re in-credibly proud of,” she said.

Her father, Bashir Agoro, said it was an excellent day, and the family was treated extremely well at the awards ceremony.

As well as promoting peaceful confl ict resolution, the Agoros are also lobbying to have crimes with knives receive harsher penalties.

Moji Agoro said that an assault with a knife can be just as dangerous as one with a fi rearm, and they need to be recognized as being life-threatening.

“It’s not seen that way right now in the legislature,” she said. “Knives are openly

displayed in malls and glori-fi ed.”

The family has been able to move forward from the death of the then 19-year-old by holding annual events that include music, sports and a barbecue.

Last year, they also had the RCMP and OPP address at-tendees about problem solv-ing.

“It brings awareness of peace to the community,” said Bashir Agoro. “I think the awareness has spread.”

This year, Dapo Fun Day is planned for August 25 at the Blackburn Community Park. The family plan to at-tend Lester B. Pearson and Gloucester again this year for another peace and confl ict resolution talk.

Submitted photoOttawa-Orleans MPP Phil McNeely, Moji Agoro, Shola Agoro, Abiola Agoro, Bashir Agoro and Attorney General John Gerretson at the award ceremony for Victim Services Awards of Distinction on April 24.



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Sunday Worship 8, 9:15, 111234 Prestone Dr, Orleans(1 block west of 10th Line,

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6:00 pm (Sat) - Spanish Service 3:00 pm (Sun) - Spanish Sunday School

City Chuch155 Carillon Street, Vanier

10:30AM Family Sunday Service

Phone: 613-740-0607Website: www.citychuch.net

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Ottawa Symphony plays Mahler

EMC news - On May 7, David Currie will conduct the 100-member Ottawa Sym-phony Orchestra in a concert at 8 p.m. in Southam Hall at the National Arts Centre.

For the fi fth and fi nal con-cert of Currie’s 20th season as its conductor, the OSO will perform Mahler’s incomplete Symphony No. 10, in the mas-terly orchestration by the late Deryck Cooke.

On the score of this, his fi nal symphony, Mahler wrote “To live for you! To die for you!” Don’t miss this rare opportu-nity to hear Mahler’s “love let-ter” to his wife Alma.

Mahler’s Tenth Symphony is one of the most disturb-ing and paradoxical works in musical history, an apparent attempt to ward off mortality. It continues in the “farewell-to-life” spirit that character-izes the composer’s late music. This is music of deep sadness, and among Mahler’s most di-vine creations.

Tickets for the May 7 con-

cert are available in person at NAC box offi ce and through Ticketmaster. Prices range from $26 to $71 for regular tickets, from $22 to $65 for se-niors, and from $14 to $29.50 for students.

BACKSTAGE TOUR

Ever wondered what it’s like backstage before a concert? The OSO invites you to take a short tour backstage tour guid-ed by one of the orchestra’s musicians. Tours are limited to 12 audience members on a fi rst-come, fi rst- served basis. Meet at the OSO table in the foyer by 6:50 p.m. Tours begin at 7 p.m. and are 15 minutes in duration.

Appreciate and enjoy the concert you are about to hear with some insight about the composers and their music. Join us for a pre-concert chat with Christopher Moore, assis-tant professor at the school of music, University of Ottawa, in the mezzanine at 7:15 p.m.

Photo by Catherine KittsCrocs sold at Kiddie Kobbler in Place d’Orleans will help Dreams Take Flight Ottawa cover the cost of taking children to Disney World. From every pair sold from May 19 to May 26, $5 will be donated to Dreams Take Flight. Colombi also helps the program by donating proper footwear for some of the children who attend.



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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] Telephone: (613) 725-3166 x258

Pet Adoptions

This spayed female, white Domestic Medium hair cat is just over a year old. She was brought to the shelter as a stray on March 17, but is now available for adoption.

Snowy loves to receive affection after a good play session, and has striking blue eyes. She can be a bit of a rough player, so she will get along best with experienced cat owners and older children.

Staff at the OHS think that Snowy may be deaf. Snowy needs a very special home environment and a family willing to deal with the needs of a deaf cat.

Snowy cannot be let outdoors because she can’t hear dangers approaching, and she needs owners who won’t be disturbed by her vocal tendencies.

This beautiful feline is a “special needs adoption,” not for medical reasons but just to help her find the right home.

Please visit the shelter and speak to an Adoption Counselor to find out if you are the right home for Snowy’s needs.

Keep your cat safe

This spayed female, brown tabby and white Domestic Short-hair cat is approximately five years old. She was surrendered to the shelter by her owner on April 2.

Jordan is a larger cat who loves to be cuddled. She is very af-fectionate and gets along well with children and adults. Jordan enjoys the company of other cats who respect her space when she needs it.

This charismatic kitty needs a home where she can feel safe and loved – she can be a little bit shy at first and her nervousness can make her lose her appetite, but give her a chance to warm up and you’ll have a life-long companion.

For more information about these or other animals available for adoption, please call the Adoption Centre at 613-725-3166 ext. 258 or visit www.ottawahumane.ca.

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The Ottawa Humane Society warns cat owners not to allow cats to access apartment balconies, terraces or open windows. If your cat falls, it can result in serious injuries or even death.

The OHS Rescue and Investigation Services team responds to countless emergency calls each year about cats that have fallen from apartment balconies.

Injuries sustained in a fall like this – what veterinarians refer to as ‘high-rise syndrome’ – are 100 per cent preventable.

“In the spring and summer we see an increase in the number of cats that

are injured or have died because of a fall,” says Bruce Roney, executive direc-tor of the OHS. “Cats lose their balance and they fall and unfortunately, they sustain serious injuries.”

The most common injuries associ-ated with these incidents are shattered jaws, bruised or punctured lungs, and broken limbs and pelvises.

Cats like to perch in dangerous, high places and appear to have little fear of heights. Many owners believe that cats will not fall. But they do fall, thousands of them each year from balconies, open windows and rooftops. Sometimes a cat that has been watching a bird will

become so focused, he or she may step out into thin air.

Safeguard your cat against high-rise syndrome:

1. Do not allow your cat free access to balconies.

2. Provide a comfortable body har-ness and hold on to the leash.

3. Never leave you cat unsupervised if there is a risk of a fall.

4. Have your cat spayed or neutered, as this can enhance their concentration and decrease their desire to roam.

5. Have your cat microchipped, so he/she has the best possible chance of making it home should it become lost.

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EMC news - According to the latest Rand-stad Workmonitor study, which surveys em-ployees in 32 countries around the world, one out of three Canadians say they are very satisfied with their current employer, placing Canadians amongst the highest employee sat-isfaction levels reported globally.

The Randstad Workmonitor asked workers from around the world to rank their satisfac-tion level.

Canadian employees ranked the highest amongst the 14 non-European countries sur-veyed, as nearly one in three (31%) report to be very satisfied. Only Denmark (35%), Luxem-bourg (33%), Norway (33%) and Switzerland (32%) reported higher levels of workers being very satisfied with their current employers.

When combining categories, 76 per cent of Canadian workers say they are either very satisfied or satisfied at work, results that are similar to those in the U.S. (72%) and Austra-lia (73%).

“There are a number of reasons why Cana-dians have more on the job satisfaction than other markets,” says Jan Hein Bax, president of Randstad Canada. “With our strong mar-ketplace, employees often find they have more

job security and flexibility than other coun-tries, and better work environments.”

The importance of job security has become more significant to employees due to the eco-nomic challenges experienced over the last few years. In 2011, Randstad Canada enlisted an independent firm to survey over 7,000 Ca-nadians and the results clearly show that job security is a factor that Canadian’s truly care about. Over half (53%) of survey respondents ranked job security as one of the most impor-tant factors to consider when choosing an em-ployer.

job seCuritY

“Job satisfaction is about more than just sal-ary and compensation. Many of today’s em-ployees are looking for a sense of security, one in which they do not fear that their jobs will be in jeopardy,” added Bax.

Because of the looming labour shortages, more and more employers are becoming sen-sitive to their employees’ needs.

Canadian organizations are putting in extra efforts to make sure their employees are evolv-ing in a flexible and accommodating environ-ment that will help them achieve a suitable work life balance, another important value for Canadian workers.

The results from last year’s independent survey also highlight that a pleasant work at-mosphere ranked as the number one, most im-portant factor when seeking an employer.

Canadians among most satisfied employees in the world: surveyCanada tops among non-European nations


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Local events and happenings over the coming weeks — free to non-profit organizations Fax: 613-224-3330, E-mail: [email protected]

May 3The Cardinal Creek Com-

munity Association holds its annual general meeting at the South Fallingbrook Commu-nity Centre located adjacent to Maple Ridge Elementary School, 998 Valin St., from 7 to 9 p.m. Visit www.cardinal-creek.org for further details.

May 4 and 5Robert Bateman Public

School used book and bake sale at 1250 Blohm Dr., on May 4 from 3 to 6 p.m. and May 5 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. All proceeds go towards pur-chasing classroom reading materials for the school. Con-tact Brigitte at [email protected] for details.

May 4 and 5Orleans Lions Club annual

mushroom compost sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at a new loca-tion: the corner of Innis and Pagé roads.

May 5Booksale for the Kidney

Foundation of Canada at Gloucester Centre 1980 Ogil-vie Rd., from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Donations of used books

also accepted. Contact 613-742-8034.

May 5The Navan-Vars United

Church Women invite you to their annual yard and bake sale from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The sale proceeds help support a variety of community chari-ties including the Cumberland Food Bank, ovarian cancer, the Alzheimer Society, children’s camps, and other church en-deavours. Home baking and gently used items are offered for sale. We are located at 1129 Smith Rd., in the village of Navan, west of Trim Road. Call 613-835-2372 for more information.

May 5Labrador Society Annual

Reunion Gala brings together “expat” Labradorians and friends of Labrador living in the National Capital Region, now in our 22nd year. Featur-ing East Coast music by the Wandering Minstrels. Starts at 6 p.m., at the RCAF Of-ficers Mess, 158 Gloucester St., with parking next door. Dinner and dance tickets $40, dance only $20. Must be re-served in advance. For info or reservations call Hannie at 613-722-9240.

May 5Good Shepherd Parish an-

nual garage sale from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 3092 Innis Rd. Proceeds from the sale are to be used for the church land-scaping

project and the Life Cen-

ter Food Bank. Come out and shop for books, children’s clothing, toys, working elec-tronics, sports equipment, household items, tools,

and many other items. Do-nations of saleable items will be accepted at the Church on May 4 between 1 and 7:30 p.m.

May 5The Really Big Book Sale

is the annual spring fundrais-er for the One Boy One Van Foundation, a local charity supporting special needs chil-dren in eastern Ontario. Thou-sands of gently used and new books, CDs, and DVDs will be available at Convent Glen Catholic School, 6212 Jeanne d’Arc Blvd. from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information call Margaret at 613-325-8977 or visit www.oneboyo-nevan.ca.

May 6Ottawa Wind Ensemble

will perform its last regular concert of the season at Béa-trice-Desloges Catholic high school, 1999 Provence Ave. This concert will showcase the music of Edward Elgar, Leonard Bernstein, local com-poser Michel Rondeau, along with more recent composers’ works for concert band. Starts at 7 p.m. Tickets and info at

www.ottawawindensem-ble.ca or Mark Rocheleau at 613-834-0477.

May 8 to 10Giant rumage sale from 9

a.m. to noon at Residence St-

Louis long term care facility, 879 Hiawatha Park Rd. Orlé-ans. Due to construction on the site, parking is available in the back only. Everyone welcome.

May 9Orleans-Gloucester Chris-

tian Women’s Club meeting from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at Orleans United Church, 1111 Orleans Blvd. Featureing Marq Nel-son, Osteoporosis Society: Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Brittle Bones. Musician is Sheila Jackson, and speaker Sheila Jackson gives us Hope Through Fear. Cost is $5 – in-cludes refreshments and free babysitting. Reservations and cancellations essential. Call Shirley at 613-841-5143 or Phyllis at 613-747-3928.

May 10 to 13uOttawa Spring Alumni

Weekend 2012 includes lec-tures, campus tours, visits to labs, data centres and the uOt-tawa power plant, class re-unions, a barbecue and family activities. Contact the alumni relations office at 1-800-465-1888. Be part of the biggest evening event of the week-end with Roch Voisine, Jully Black, Erica Ehm, Anne-Ma-rie Roy and DJ Bobby Kim-berley.

May 12Enjoy the Tulip Festival

flower beds with the Ottawa Voyageurs Walking Club for a five- or 11-kilometre walk from 9 a.m. to noon from the RA Centre, east wing entrance, 2451 Riverside Dr. Participation is free. Informa-tion: David 613-728-9510 or www.ottawavoyageurs.ca.

May 12Gigantic plant sale at Roth-

well United Church, 42 Sumac St., from 8 to 11 a.m. Perenni-als, annuals, herbs, tomatoes, vegetables, rhubarb. Further information: www.rothwell-united.com or 613-746-0820.

May 12The National Garage Sale

for Shelter, a one-day chari-

table garage sale in support of the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation, Canada’s largest public foundation dedicated exclusively to supporting women’s shelters and end-ing family violence. Donate gently used items to your lo-cal Royal LePage office by May 11 or visit Rideau High School

815 Saint Laurent Blvd., on May 12 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. for sale, barbecue, coffee, bake sale, kids games.

May 1225th Nepean High School

Reunion. Grads 1987 come on out for a evening of re-connecting at the Heart and Crown Pub, Preston Street from 6:30 p.m. onwards. All grads, partners and spouses welcome. RSVP Jen Mabee (Sterne) at [email protected].

May 13Join the Ottawa Voyageurs

Walking Club oand explore paths on both sides of the riv-er during this Tulip Festival five- or 11-kilometre walk. Start time 9 to 10 a.m. at Ma-jor’s Hill Park, entrance im-mediately behind the Chateau Laurier. Participation is free. Information: David 613-728-9510 or www.ottawavoya-geurs.ca.

May 19 and 20Les Chansonniers d’Ottawa

and Les Balladins du diman-che d’Edmundston are proud to present Si on chantait en-semble, a cabaret-style per-formance to be held at École secondaire publique Gisèle-Lalonde, 500 Millenium Blvd., close to Trim Road. The show will start at 7:30 p.m. Desert and coffee will be served. Cash bar. Tickets are $35 for adults, $25 for 18 years and under, and can be booked by e-mail at [email protected] or by calling 613-834-3853.

May 26The Ottawa Voyageurs

Walking Club invites you to

discover Russell, Ont., by participating in a five- or 10-kilometre walk. Start time 9 to 10:30 a.m. from Angelo’s Restaurant, 1128 Concession St., Russell. Social after the event. Participation is free. Information: Benoît 613-746-9071 or www.ottawavoya-geurs.ca.

May 26The Cardinal Creek Com-

munity Association is plant-ing trees in Cardinal Creek at 9:30 a.m. and is looking for volunteers. Please RSVP to [email protected].

June 2The Cardinal Creek Com-

munity Association is pleased to announce that it will be Sprucing up Springridge on 8:00 a.m. to noon. Our goal is to repaint the three weather beaten Springridge entrance signs, remove the weeds and replant these areas in order to spruce up our community. We will also be creating a new garden entrance in Spring-ridge North on Watters Road. We are looking for volunteers to weed, shovel earth/cedar chips and plant flowers/shrub-bery. Send an email to [email protected] by May 30. Please visit www.cardinalcreek.org for further details.

June 2The Cardinal Creek Com-

munity Association will be hosting its seventh annual ga-rage sale from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please visit http://cardinal-creek.org/map.html to obtain a map of the Cardinal Creek community.

June 12The Ottawa Voyageurs

Walking Club invites you to this season’s first summer evening pub walk. Start time 6 to 7 p.m. from Jonny Canuks, 900 Waters Rd., Orleans. En-joy a cold reward after your five- or 10-kilomentre walk. Participation is free. Informa-tion: Kathy 613-830-7437 or www.ottawavoyageurs.ca.


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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.

This weekspuzzle answers

in next weeks issue

Last week’sanswers

ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20Aries, assess a situation before acting. Only then will you have a clear view and map out the steps that you must take. Pisces may help you with your plan.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21Taurus, it can sometimes feel impossible to find that perfect someone for a loving relationship. If you’re single, let a friend set you up this week.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21Gemini, with so many momentous things going on it can be hard to keep track of all the things you need to get done. A few tips on organization will go a long way.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22Cancer, you just may find that when you stop thinking so intently about something, all of the answers become clear. This could be the solution you were seeking.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23Leo, you may find it puzzling that so many people keep turning to you for words of wisdom. If you have the advice to offer, go ahead. You can also politely decline.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22Virgo, look internally for help this week. Though there are plenty of reasons to avoid an activity, there are many excellent reasons why you should engage yourself.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23Happy times are on the horizon, Libra. You just have to make it through a few more obstacles and tasks before you get there. The finish line is in sight.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22Scorpio, when it rains it pours, and this week you’ll find out the true meaning of that expression. But being a fighter means you’ll find the silver lining.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21Sagittarius, although you may want to help when a friend comes to you, there is not much you can offer in this particular situation besides support and encouragement.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20Things are completely out of your hands, Capricorn. While you thought you would feel helpless, this experience can actually prove liberating for you.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18Aquarius, the beginning of the “fun-in-the-sun” season is starting and you are very excited about all of the outdoor recreation prospects. Make your to-do list now.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20It could take a helping hand to pull you up from a tricky situation, Pisces. You just may be lucky to have this person on your side.

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letters 48. Long fluffy scarf 49. Blighia sapida 51. Anno Domini 53. __ Dhabi, Arabian capital 54. Patti Hearst’s captors 55. Cony 57. Divulge a secret 59. One of the finalists 64. Drunk (slang) 65. But goodie 66. Whale ship captain 68. Take the place of work of

someone on strike 69. What is required 70. ____ & Stitch 71. Wife of Saturn 72. Brief carefree shopping 73. Noisy chatterCLUES DOWN

1. Steeped beverage 2. Pier, side of porch 3. College army 4. Spurious wing 5. Care program for the

terminally ill 6. Protects the wearer’s body 7. Readily, willingly 8. Measures electric currents 9. Hymns 10. 1929 Nobel literature laureate 11. 23 ___: go away! 12. Upper arm mucles 16. Filippo __, Saint 21. Doctors’ group 22. Freshwater mussel genus 26. A male sheep 27. Yoruba 28. Former VP Quayle 31. Am. Nurses Assoc. (abbr.) 34. ___ Zedong 35. Grey sea eagle

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roll 60. Goblins (Br.) 61. River into The Baltic Sea 62. Islamic sect 63. Baby powder mineral 67. Derek __, Harvard 67. Derek

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