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A Channel Ot-tawa’s morning show will be broadcasting live from Barrhaven from 6 – 10 a.m. on Mon., Oct. 18.

As one of the stops on its “Live Where You Live” shows, hosts Kurt Stood-

ley, Lianne Laing, Bill Welychka and Angie Poirier will be camped out at the South Nepean Park fieldhouse with spe-cial guests from Bar-rhaven’s restaurants, shops, churches and sports highlighting

what Barrhaven is all about.

Everyone in Bar-rhaven is invited to come and say hello.

At the same time as the morning show is broadcasting, the West Barrhaven Com-munity Association

and Royal Oak will be serving up a pan-cake breakfast to raise money for the new Legion memorial at the Longfields transit station.

Students at Moth-er Teresa and other nearby schools can

drop by for a low-cost, nutritious breakfast before classes.

The bad weather won’t be an excuse for not enjoying the festivities – the field-house and tents will offer more than ad-equate protection.

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Pierre Poilievre sits, cramped, inside the light armored vehicle, as the patrol motors towards the scene of a roadside bomb blast. An Afghan police vehicle is in flames. There appear to be several bodies on the ground. Afghanis are shouting and wav-ing the Canadian sol-diers over to help. The Nepean-Carleton MP doesn’t understand the language, but fear has no mother tongue. He can feel the tension, sense the danger. Are the strangers police or Taliban trying to lure the soldiers to certain death?

The Canadians ascer-tain that the Afghanis are police and hurry to offer medical assistance.

Poilievre is not in Af-ghanistan. He is em-bedded with the famed Royal 22nd Regiment of Quebec, the Van Doos, on a military exercise at CFB Wainwright – an exercise that is as real to the war in Afghanistan as the Canadian Forces can make it.

Situated in rural Al-berta, CFB Wainwright is the major training area for all Canadian troops deployed to Afghanistan. The landscape is similar – grassy plain and low-lying hills. The military has constructed Afghan-like villages, an army

camp, roads and out-posts. Actors of Afghan or Muslim descent who are able to speak Farsi, Dari or Pashto portray Afghan villagers, mul-lahs, translators. The ex-ercise is so realistic that amputees have been hired to portray the dead and wounded.

Thousands of Can-adian troops spend six to eight weeks at Wain-

wright, training for the war in Afghanistan, adapting to the geo-graphical and cultural terrain. The Van Doos and the Fifth Regiment spent the summer are preparing for their de-ployment to Panjwaii District in Afghanistan, where Canadian troops fight Taliban insurgents every day for control of the area.

“They use six to eight scenarios,” said Poilievre, who spent three days at Wainwright, “that are designed to exercise the entire battle group. It could be a reenactment of a meeting with a tribal chief, or reconnaissance to hunt down a person of interest suspected of being Taliban. We got nightly briefings on the profiles of participants

and on story lines. It’s not just target practice.”

Poilievre and two other MPs were embed-ded with the Van Doos as part of the Canadian Forces Parliamentary Program (CFPP), which allows parliamentarians to spend up to five days with the Navy, Army or Air Force in the summer months, often during major exercises.

It’s a hands-on experi-ence for senators and MPs, not a VIP visit.

“I was outfitted with army fatigues, boots, a helmet, gloves and a fleece for the extreme cold,” said Poilievre. “I stayed in the barracks, slept on a cot and ate field rations like maca-roni and beef, vacuum packed. It tasted like hamburger helper, not too bad.”

The MP’s real life military experience did not include weapons, however. The closest Poilievre got to a gun was artillery practice.

“I did fire a 20-foot long howitzer that launched a 105 mm shell. The power that comes out of the gun is massive. It almost knocked me off my feet and my ears were ringing for hours after-wards,” said the MP.

Poilievre and the other MPs also experi-enced some of the armed forces’ other technology first hand.

“When we arrived, we took a tour of CFB Wainwright and its four bases in a Griffin heli-copter,” he said. “On the second day we inspected the Cougar armored vehicles. They have a v-shaped bottom to de-flect a land mine blast sideways instead of up through the core of the vehicle.”

Poilievre returns from Afghanistan war exercise

Nepean-Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre listens to the orders of the day at a simulation of the war in Afghanistan at Camp Wainwright in Alberta. Poilievre was embedded with the Van Doos, the Royal 22nd Regiment for three days.

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Poilievre developed even more appreciation for the value of military equipment when he tried his hand at the controls of a computerized ro-bot used to clear fields of land mines and roadside bombs.

“It’s tricky,” he said. “It took me five minutes to pick up a bottle.”

The value of the CFPP trips is twofold, Poilievre says. First, MPs get a sense of why the Conservative government has spent billions in the last four years upgrading the Can-adian Forces’ equipment.

“In the House of Com-mons we’re often asked to decide on very expensive equipment purchases,” he said. “We get detailed briefings but never really have the tangible feeling of its use because we’re on Parliament Hill not in a theatre of operations. Seeing that equipment in battlefield conditions reinforces why the forces really need it and why it matters.”

Secondly, says Poilievre, the trip to Wain-wright provides insight into what life is really like for Canadian troops in war conditions.

“It gave me a picture of the physical and psycho-logical challenges soldiers encounter over in Afghan-istan. We know about the war wounds and the gun-fire, but we don’t under-stand the daily grind, the stress of twisting, bending and folding your body to

fit inside an LAV, the strain of carrying a 100-pound pack every day, or sleep-ing on a cot for 100 nights, surviving the extreme heat and extreme cold, standing near the massive blasts of the artillery over and over again. It gives you an understanding of

how hard this life is on mind and body – and an insight into what physio-therapy and psychologic-al services soldiers and vets might need when they get home.”

He was impressed, he says, with the toughness, the strength and stamina

of the Canadian soldiers. “They are very impres-

sive physical specimens,” he said, “but the most important muscle is be-tween the ears and these soldiers are very smart and very well educated. There’s a lot of brain-power in that group.”

The Canadian troops are inspiring, says Poilievre. Despite the harsh conditions of the war in Afghanistan and the prospect of missing their families for months, “I didn’t hear one com-plaint for the three days I was there.”

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Nepean-Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre rode a Cougar LAV on patrol in an intense military exercise at CFB Wainwright in Alberta. Poilievre was embedded with the Royal 22nd Regiment, the famed Van Doos, in a simulation of the war in Afghanistan.

Ward 3 Councillor Jan Harder

1. What strengths do you bring to serving this community as municipal councillor?

I thought should I go back to my 20 odd years of community work, but instead, I decided to tell you about who I am and what I’ve been doing, which is why I believe you’ve elected me four times. I am an experi-enced councillor who knows this community, and who has built this community with your help. I have been a tax champion. I am a coun-cillor who listens to you every time you seek my help on a deeply per-sonal level, be it about your family, your parents, your neighbours, your business or your hard-ships. I head a team that coordinates the develop-ment of Canada Day in Barrhaven. I’ve raised money for the South Ne-pean Autism Centre and over $200,000 for our Queensway-Carleton Hospital. I’ve had ground floor doors installed to facilitate easy access to our Ruth E. Dickinson library. My experience has led me to champion the building of roads

and bridges and transit corridors, parks such as Kilbirnie and Cobblehill, lights for sports fields, commemorative nam-ing requests such as Bob Stephen Fields and now Andy Moffitt Trail; as well as delivering a new sports centre for the commun-ity ahead of schedule. I know what matters to Barrhaven, and my rec-ord speaks to my com-mitment and leadership. Let’s continue to work together.

2. What criteria would you use to guide future growth in the ward?

Nepean’s late mayor, Ben Franklin, once told me, “Jan, it is important that you give the people what they need which is not necessarily what they want.” Certainly his words are a guiding prin-ciple for me. Knowing the needs of our community is critical. Knowing the timing for infrastruc-ture and making sure that new sewers, com-munity spaces, fire and police stations, transit corridors, roads, bridges, schools and businesses are on track is important. Ensuring that the tools used in planning such as the urban boundary,

forestry plans, secondary plans, official plans, and zoning reflect the growth, but also take into con-sideration what is already there. Ottawa’s Master Plans are measurements of good growth, whether

it’s for parks and recrea-tion, cycling, heritage, or transportation, among others. Community De-sign Plans are also im-portant because they are “buy-ins” from residents and businesses. Afford-ability and timing and making sure commun-ities are sustainable by including employment nodes are key. Every week for thirteen years, I have written my “Let’s Talk Barrhaven” article, which has allowed me to pro-vide you with informa-tion, and to ask you what you think. The number one criterion for me will

continue to be working with all of you.

3. What municipal tax rate increase would you support?

A tax rate of “zero” seems to be a favourite for many, but how real-istic is it? I support the lowest cost at which I can deliver the services you value and need. Since amalgamation, I have served Barrhaven and my record for tax rates has been consistent over the last ten years with an

average rate of about 2.1 per cent. Some of my like-minded colleagues and I have been discussing Budget 2011 for months. We know how important tax costs are to all of you. My commitment to you is that I will do my very best to find ways to deliver services you care about and need at the best cost possible. Please check out my website at www.janharder2010.com.

Ward 3 candidate Rustin Hollywood1. What strengths do

you bring to serving this community as municipal

councillor?As your councillor,

I bring a solid under-standing of how the city works from the inside, coupled with the educa-tional background and a genuine vision for this community. This unique perspective comes from a career at the city for 11 years, including five years in the city man-ager’s office leading a team in performance management. As a result, I am very familiar with the city’s business lines – everything from libraries, transit to police services. My education includes a Master’s Degree in Pub-lic Administration and an undergraduate degree in urban and regional planning. Barrhaven has the potential to graduate from a bedroom suburb to a full-fledged com-munity where our resi-dents can live, work and play. With Barrhaven’s input, I will guide the growth of our commun-ity and effectively repre-sent our residents on our council.


My criteria for guiding future growth our com-munity will ensure that: 1) the proposed develop-ment meets the residen-tial, commercial, service needs of the community and the city in general; 2) it allows for increased employment in the south of the city; 3) there is en-

couragement of greater transit use; 4) the de-velopment respects the nature of the surround-ing community; and, 5) there is retention of parks, green spaces, and protection of sensitive ecological areas.


My platform includes a commitment to bring the regular property tax increase down to 2.5 per cent or less. These regu-lar increases must cover the general operating increases for the bureau-cracy. I am calling for more transparent and ac-countable business prac-tices for each business line in the city. I also sup-port the concept of ‘no new money’ budgeting.

This would require proposals for new pro-grams or services to show a corresponding de-crease elsewhere in the city’s operating budget.

Ward 3 candidate Joe King


Professionally I have worked in the arts as an organist and music coach for university students. I have worked as an execu-tive director of the fourth largest child assessment and treatment centre in the province at the time.


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Candidates answer Barrhaven’s pressing election issuesIn the interests of giving Barrhaven voters an informed choice in the Oct. 25 municipal election, the Barrhaven Independent asked all candidates for councillor in both Ward 3 and Ward 22 to respond to a questionnaire. Can-didates were asked the same questions and their answers were not edited for content.

Nepean’s late mayor, Ben Franklin, once told me,

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they need which is not necessarily what

they want.”Jan Harder

on future growth in the ward

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I have worked as an economist developing mathematical models for evaluating and de-veloping programs and understanding the im-pacts of economic de-velopment programs at the city, provincial, feder-al and international level.

As a volunteer I have worked extensively with youth in programs to reduce bullying, soc-cer, hockey, swimming, basketball and volleyball. Also as a volunteer I have worked as treasurer and president of the third lar-gest United Way funded agency in Ottawa. I have also worked with several non-profit organizations in the areas of financial management, invest-ment and governance development.

I currently work in the area of natural disaster response in the agricul-ture sector with the fed-

eral government. I also do work related to gov-ernment risk evaluation and private sector risk management.


Barrhaven Ward 3 be-longs to the citizens of this ward and the existing community has to be in-volved in planning how this community grows. A focus on the people of Barrhaven Ward 3 is the first criterion. During this

election I have listened to the neighbours and together we have iden-tified safety as the first concern. Growth cannot reduce our safety. That’s the second criterion. An economic development plan for this area of the city has to start being developed or Barrhaven will get left behind. Look at every other part of the city, within and outside of the greenbelt, there is economic development. If we wait too long the businesses that want to grow in Barrhaven will leave and Barrhaven will be unprepared for the economic future.

Gas prices are on a steady rise, interest rates are on their way up, housing starts are down.

Communities all over the country are look-ing at their economic development and work-ing to build one for their community. It is time

that Barrhaven put away this outdated notion that Ottawa is a one-em-ployer town and that the centre of the city is the only focus for economic development. We’re the only community in Ot-tawa with no economic development right now.


Are taxes going to go up? Yes they are. When initial tax increases like the capital levy are an-nounced to be a two-year

program and then evolve into permanent taxes, we really are not surprised any more. I believe that the ultimate goal is for us to achieve a financial framework where taxes do not rise more than the rate of inflation. For now, I believe that the ap-proach of

“No New Money” can work, but that council has to work as a team to achieve that goal. My commitment to Bar-rhaven Ward 3 includes working with other coun-cillors to achieve the

goals of No New Money and a standard of no tax increases about the rate of inflation.

Ward 22 Councillor Steve Desroches


I have the experience to deliver much-needed infrastructure projects and manage our import-ant growth projects.

My platform includes a

commitment to bring the regular

property tax increase down to

2.5 per cent or less.Rustin Hollywood

on municipal tax increase

I ...work in the area of natural disaster response

in the agriculture sector... I also do work related to government

risk evaluation and private sector risk management.

Joe Kingon strengths he will bring as councillor



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After losing the first two games, Raiders Major Atom A battled back to win the Nepean Raider Turkey Tournament championship on Thanks-giving Day. In the semi-final game, Raiders surprised tournament leader Gloucester Ran-gers 2-0 to earn a spot in the final against the Clarington Toros, winners of last month’s Markham Early Bird Tournament. It was a nail bitter of a championship game, but an early third period Raider goal was enough to win it all. Front row, from left to right, are Aiden Arscott, Avery Wong, Connor McNair, Graham Charron. Middle row: Danny Griffith, Malcom Simpsom, Danny Johnson, Tore Guido, Mateo Donato, Connor Drost, Kieran Clement, Brady Liberty, Joshua Thaggard. Back row: James Fretschner, Jared Saunders, Sam Locke, Mitch Mercier. Coaches: Sean Clement, Mike Griffith (head coach), Jeff Saunders, Randy Locke.

NDP shooting daggers into McGuinty government

Sometimes, when you think back at things from 30 or 40 years ago, it doesn’t seem like that long ago.

Some of us remember Paul Henderson’s goal. Some of us remember the FLQ crisis. Some remember Trudeaumania and Fuddle Duddle. Some of us remember man walking on the moon. (Please note that I will abstain from my usual reference of Neil Armstrong’s faked lunar landing in Sudbury so as not to drift into some ADD rant that I usually beat you down with.)

But then, when you look at today’s instant media, you realize that 30 or 40 years really is a long time. Sure, we had television, and many of us remember our first col-our television sets. But the news was not instant, and there was not a swarming of media locusting them-selves all over the story of the minute.

What would happen, today, if there was a hostage taking, stand-off, and shooting in-volving a player’s family during a televised hockey game? Believe it or not, 40 years ago, it actually happened.

I thought of this Saturday night, watching Hockey Night in Canada’s season premier. The Vancouver Canucks were playing the Los Angeles Kings in the late game. The game marked the 40th anniversary of the Canucks. The same two teams had played the first game in Canucks’ history 40 years ago to the day.

I still remember that first season and the first few in Vancouver. I was six years old. I didn’t see their first game, but I remember the names from the hockey cards. Pat Quinn, Orland Kurtenbach, Bobby Schmautz, Andre Boudrias, Murray Hall, Charlie Hodge, Dunc Wilson, Paul Popiel. It still amazes me how I can remember the names of players from hockey cards 40 years ago but I can’t remem-ber to take out the garbage.

But one interesting fact that I always think about from the early Canucks days involves Brian “Spinner” Spencer, who was an up-and-comer with the Toronto Maple Leafs at that time.

Spencer hailed from Fort St. James, BC. Drafted by the Leafs in 1969, the exciting young rookie made his NHL debut on Hockey Night in Canada on Dec. 12, 1970. He called home to British Columbia to tell his fath-er, Roy, that he would be playing that night against the Chicago Black Hawks. Brian, as he told his father, was to be interviewed be-tween periods of the game.

That was the last conversation that Brian Spencer had with his father.

The game began, and between periods, the local CBC affiliate decided to cut to coverage of the game between the Canucks and the California Golden Seals. This infuri-ated Roy Spencer. In fact, it infuriated him to the point that he grabbed a gun, and drove 135 kilometres to Prince George, where the

nearest CBC station was located.Roy Spencer stormed into the television

station and held the staff at gunpoint, de-manding that the CBC affiliate show the Leafs game and the interview with his son.

The situation became ugly, and the RCMP was called in.

While Brian Spencer was playing in his first NHL game, televised on Hockey Night in Canada, his father would be gunned down and killed by police while demanding to see his son’s game and interview.

The story is as fascinat-ing as it is tragic. Could you imagine something like that happening today, especially when the television news media seems so desperate to not only bring up to the second coverage, but also to become part of the news itself? Could you imagine the number of media heli-copters buzzing around?

Could you imagine the absolute circus that would follow this case? This would eclipse the ridiculousness of the O.J. Simpson white Bronco chase.

Again, tragic, yet fascinating.Former teammates have told me over the

years that Spinner Spencer never really got over the incident. He was described as well-liked and popular by his teammates, but he had an edge and a recklessness about him. In fact, that edge and recklessness, on the ice, made him a fan favourite wherever he played.

The saga of Brian Spencer did not get any prettier.

He retired from professional hockey in 1980, and then his life took a turn for the worse.

Brian Spencer lived in Florida and became involved in a life of drugs and violence. In 1987, he was charged with kidnapping and murder in Palm Beach County, FL, and he faced the death penalty. It was a high profile case for the time, and Spencer got off with a not guilty verdict.

Spencer publicly vowed to change his ways after the trial.

Three months later, while Canada was celebrating the silver medal of Liz Manley, shocked over the trade of Wayne Gretzky, and reeling with pain over the Ben Johnson steroid scandal, Brian Spencer was shot and killed. It was a footnote in the news. That’s what he had become. He was robbed at gun-point while buying crack cocaine.

Spencer’s life became the subject of a book, Gross Misconduct, and it was turned into a made-for-TV movie.

But it all makes you think. Maybe, in life, we take hockey too seriously. But maybe, in hockey, we don’t take life as seriously as we should.

Jeffrey Morris was the 2008 OCNA Colum-nist of the Year. His book, From the Other Side, is available at Pages in Prescott, Manotick Of-fice Pro, and the Barrhaven UPS Store.

When a Saturday night ritual becomes a tragedy

Over the years, you could probably count the number of times that we have applauded the NDP – either federally or provincially – on, well, about zero hands.

But NDP provincial leader Andrea Horvath has been relentlessly chipping away at the McGuinty government and the HST fiasco. In fact, while local MPP Lisa MacLeod has been spitting out fire and brimstone, as she did at her campaign launch with Tory leader Tim Hudak last week, Horvath and the NDP have been operating a very aggressive, yet controlled campaign on the latest tax grab.

There are two big obstacles that MacLeod and Hudak face on this seem-ingly endless game of Blame-McGuinty-for-everything.

The first is that, according to many insiders, McGuinty’s HST plan was mandated by the federal Conservative government. Was it? Was it not? We, the common people, will never really know for sure. But the perception is out there that Ontario and B.C. were given the direction by the Harper govern-ment.

The second obstacle is that, despite the aggressive opposition and the cries of violation, Hudak has no immediate plans to reverse the HST if elected. He said in an interview with us earlier this year that he can’t. The legislation to make the change, he said, would take five years to go through.

So, if that’s the case, should we not just move on and start hammering at McGuinty for something else? It’s not like they have a shortage of material.

But Horvath, meanwhile, has taken a less animated and possibly a more effective approach to the HST.

Her finance critic, Peter Taubins, announced last week that despite Mc-Guinty’s promise of an additional 600,000 jobs because of the tax, the real result in Ontario has been the loss of 30,000 jobs.

“Thirty-thousand more people are looking for work this Fall and all the Premier can offer is empty promises,” said Tabuns. “McGuinty’s new tax on everything from keeping the lights on to filling up has been bad for families and bad for jobs.”

Statistics Canada reported last week that 23,000 jobs in Ontario were lost in September, including nearly 13,000 full-time jobs. The unemployment rate remained unchanged as young people stopped looking for summer work and went back to school. Since the introduction of the HST on July 1, Ontario has lost more than 30,000 jobs and the unemployment has risen to 8.8 per cent from 8.3 per cent.

The devastation has not hit Eastern Ontario as hard as it has hit southern Ontario. The unemployment rate is now 9.2 per cent in Toronto, 9.7 per cent in St. Catharines-Niagara, 10.0 per cent in Sudbury, 10.6 per cent in Oshawa and 10.9 per cent in Windsor.

“Not only are Ontario families paying hundreds of dollars more for the basics, they’re seeing fewer opportunities for jobs,” noted Tabuns.

Recent reports by RBC and the Conference Board show that Ontario has the lowest consumer confidence in the country, and TD Economics says the HST is a “headwind restraining growth.”

“The HST dampened the confidence Ontario families had in the econ-omy,” added Tabuns.

Regardless of who is pointing fingers, the HST has been a failure. It has been nice for the opposing parties to point this out to us.

But this is Hudak’s biggest challenge. It’s easy to point fingers. But will he offer solutions and alternatives?

He could start with a plan to get us out of this burdensome tax.

Jeffrey Morris

I have deep roots in the community which evolved prior to serving or running as your City Councillor.

I think it is important to have a City Council-lor who can “work well with others” as a mem-ber of Team Ottawa. I have worked construct-ively with my colleagues on Council as well as my counterparts at the fed-eral and provincial level. This skill set is particu-larly important in Bar-rhaven where there are a number of common priorities with my col-league Councillor Harder in Ward 3.

I am pleased that this collaboration has led to

several important project such as the Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge, the Southwest Transitway, and funding for a new police station in Ward 22. I know residents want results from the Council table, not constant bick-ering.

2. What criteria would

you use to guide future growth in the ward?

I believe in the prin-ciples of “Smart Growth.” Our goal should be to build self-sustaining neighbourhoods where we can work, live, shop and play. I have been active to support the de-velopment of the South Nepean Business Park

and have worked to en-sure that the RCMP head-quarters has the support and services they need from the City of Ottawa. The city has made

significant progress on infrastructure in our community, including transit and cycling, and I want to continue the mo-mentum. I am setting my

sights on the construc-tion of the much needed recreational complexes for Barrhaven and River-side South. I also want to protect our planned

greenspace because I know residents want to live in a clean and green city.


I will not support a slash and burn approach to the city budget. We need to ensure that our growing community has the services and infra-structure it needs. Our city budget needs to fac-tor in the costs of infla-tion and reflects the pri-orities of a growing city.

Ward 22 candidate Stephen Knight


I am innovative and an idealist and I can do a lot for my community to move it forward for every-one and pensioners and bring all of community a

lot closer. Also, I am in-dependent and not tak-ing any donations and I will prove it. I am the right person for the job and then some. Some people say a glass is half full, some say it is half empty, it all depends on how you look at it. Half full is if someone is go-ing to pour it in a glass. Half empty is if some-one just drank from the glass. But I think of it as full the bottom half is water the top half is air and if the air is not in the top half then what are we breathing?


We need roads to by-pass the congested traf-fic, also bring light rail north/south. Bring light rail to Hull so our bus service does not go on strike again and fix the problem. I believe we can do it.


It depends on what? I will try to stop the tax increase with ingenu-ity, at least in Ward 22. If the other wards want my help I will not hesitate, because after my turn is up I am running for mayor to change things for the better. My web-site is stephenknight.yolasite.com.



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By Bev McRae

The most pressing issue in Barrhaven is to make sure that every Catholic student doesn’t spend too much time in a portable, according to Zone 4 trustee Cathy Ma-guire-Urban.

Maguire-Urban has been a Catholic board trustee for nine years and she is running for re-election to the Ottawa Catholic School Board in Barrhaven and Riverside South.

“I have nothing against portables as a tempor-ary solution,” she said, “but it’s a big problem if students end up spend-ing most of their school careers in portables. Our kids need a good learning environment, so we need to keep up with the ex-ponential growth in Bar-rhaven.”

That has been her mis-sion since her first child enrolled in four-year-old kindergarten 22 years ago.

She has served 13 years on the St. Patrick, St. Luke and Mother Teresa par-ent councils, six as chair; 13 years on the Catholic School Parent Association (regional parent council), seven as chair or vice-chair; and 15 years on the

board of directors of the Ottawa Catholic Child Care Corporation, eight as vice president, four as president.

Barrhaven now has six Ottawa Catholic Board elementary schools and two high schools, with an-other elementary school in the works. Maguire-Urban also lobbied hard for the board to build the first elementary school in Riverside South and the first intermediate/second-ary school, which opened a year ago.

She has been working with Barrhaven Councillor Jan Harder to make sure that another Catholic ele-mentary school will soon be built on the same site as Barrhaven’s new sports complex and fire station at Greenbank and Cam-brian.

“The Ministry of Edu-cation has fine tuned the criteria for new schools,” she said, “and this area of Barrhaven has been iden-tified as the only one in the whole board to be eligible for a new school. We’re just waiting for the province to grant the funding. I had hoped to have an answer by now because our busi-ness plan for the school was submitted over the summer.”

Maguire-Urban says she is excited that Bar-rhaven will have another school for the entire com-munity to enjoy.

“Our schools are the most used as commun-ity facilities in the whole board,” said Maguire-Urban, “for activities from voting to sports practi-ces.”

Maguire-Urban points out that there would be no point to boasting of the number of schools

in Barrhaven unless the schools were providing quality education.

“We are posting excel-lent EQAO (Education Quality and Assessment Office) results,” she said, “and our high school graduation rate is 92.7 per cent. The provincial stan-dard is 75 per cent. Our board has been ranked the top-performing large school board in Ontario, both Catholic and public,” she said.

Maguire-Urban, 54, lives in Barrhaven with hus-band Frank, now retired from the Canadian Trans-portation Agency. Their oldest daughter, Katrin is at home while doing post-graduate work in human rights at Carleton University. Middle daugh-ter Emma Rose is in her fourth year at Trent Uni-versity and the Urban’s youngest, Derek is in his first year of study at Con-cordia University.

As a “soccer mom” and a “basketball mom,” Maguire-Urban has been first in line when volun-teers were needed. She was administrator of the South Nepean United Soccer Club and referee assigner for five years and member of the executive of the Barrhaven Girls Basketball Association for 10 years, seven years as vice-president.

Somehow she has found time to be a Mul-tiple Sclerosis Society fundraiser as well.

In 22 years on parent councils, the Catholic school board and in the community, Maguire-Urban has earned a repu-tation as involved and ap-proachable.

“I might get 96 phone calls a week from wor-ried parents when some-thing big happens,” she said. She answers each one, however, because it is important to represent parents’ concerns on the school board.

Contact Cathy Ma-guire-Urban, candidate for Zone 4 trustee on the Ottawa Catholic School Board at (613) 825-141, e-mail [email protected] or visit her website at www.cathymaguire-urban.com.

Maguire-Urban’s mission: building enough Catholic schools in Barrhaven

Cathy Maguire-Urban’s top priority in nine years as Ottawa Catholic School Board trustee has been to make sure that the number of Catholic schools in Barrhaven has kept up with the community’s explosive growth. Left to right, Maguire-Urban has been working with Barrhaven Councillor Jan Harder to make sure a Catholic elementary school is included next to the site of the new Barrhaven Sportsplex at Greenbank and Cambrian.

By Jeffrey Morris

If only McCauley Culkin’s parents had taken their child to Ross’ Your Independent Gro-cer in Barrhaven to learn about child safety...

What started as a mis-sion for Kelly Ross to find information on safety for her own kids is now benefitting children and families throughout the region.

On her quest for in-formation online, Ross came across Kid Proof Canada, an organization devoted to teaching chil-dren about safety both at home and in public. She was interested in the organization and the material they provide for children, and she would become an instructor. Last year, she took over the Ottawa-Carleton area as a franchise owner and operator.

“I remember going online to find informa-tion because I wanted to educate my children,” said Ross. “What I found was Kid Proof Canada.”

Ross started out with courses in the com-munity room at Ross’ Your Independent Gro-cer, the store she and her husband, Ken, operate in Barrhaven. The classes have been popular and they have grown. She now has classes not just at their store in Barrhaven, but also at Moncion’s Your Independent Grocer in Riverside South and in Kanata and Orleans.

“The Barrhaven courses are always full, and now we are starting to expand out to River-side South and other parts of the city,” she said. “We have had a lot of interest from kids in Manotick, Osgoode and Greely for the classes both at our store and at Moncion’s.”

Last week in Bar-rhaven, she had an At Home Alone class in Bar-rhaven. Geared toward children aged seven to

10, the class prepares children for the occa-sions when they find themselves at home alone.

“We cover safety, what to do in an emergency, how to call 911, first aid, what to do if you have lost your key, things like that,” she said. “It’s a pre-ventative and pro-active course that is really good for kids who may be alone before or after school.”

The Home Alone course is just one of sev-eral offered through the Kid Proof Canada pro-gram. Also offered is a babysitting and first aid course for young teens 10 and up, which covers everything from how to babysit to how to pre-pare a resume and look for a babysitting job, to how to change a diaper and how to prevent ac-cidents.

For girls aged 11-14 years, there is a course called A Girl’s Way, which focuses on how to handle peer pressure and the transition from elementary to middle school and high school. Changing social environ-ments and maintaining a healthy and positive atti-tude toward one’s self are key components of the course.

For parents and kids, there is an internet safety and cyber bully-ing course. There is one course for children on how to deal with cyber bullying, and there is also a course for parents that teaches adults how to keep their children safe online. The course also teaches adults inter-net lingo that they may not understand or be familiar with. The course is also offered to school councils and parent-teacher associations.

Ross has a team of six instructors and an IT specialist who teach the courses throughout the area.

A schedule of classes and more information

can be found on the Kid Proof Canada website, www.kidproofcanada.com.

Upcoming Kid Proof Courses

Oct. 16, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. At Home Alone plus First Aid, Moncion’s, Riverside South

Oct. 22, 5 – 9 p.m. At Home Alone plus First Aid, Ross’ YIG, Barrhaven

Oct. 23, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Babysitter’s Training Pro-gram, Moncion’s, River-side South

Oct. 23, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Babysitter’s Training Program, Ross’ YIG, Bar-rhaven

Oct. 30, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Babysitter’s Training Pro-gram, Glen Cairn United Church, Kanata

Nov. 5, 6 – 9 p.m. A Girls’ Way, Ross’ YIG,

BarrhavenNov. 6, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

At Home Alone plus First Aid, Glen Cairn United Church, Kanata

Nov. 6, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. At Home Alone plus First Aid, Orleans Library, Or-leans

Nov. 6, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Babysitter’s Training Pro-gram, Orleans Library, Orleans

Nov. 6, 1:30 p.m. – 3:30

p.m. Stranger Smarts, Glen Cairn United Church, Kanata

Nov. 6, 2 – 5 p.m. A Girls’ Way, Orleans Li-brary, Orleans

Nov. 12, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Babysitter’s Training Program, Kanata United Church, Kanata

Nov. 20, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Babysitter’s Training Program, Ross’ YIG, Bar-rhaven



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By Bev McRae

Voters in Ontario will have a chance to restore the province as a power-house in Confederation from its current status as a have-not province of have-not households, promised provincial Pro-gressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak, as the Tories kicked off their election campaign in Ne-pean on Wed., Oct. 6.

“We are here to-night to say enough is enough,” the Leader of the Opposition told the crowd of several hundred cheering PC supporters at the Nepean Sports-plex. “Ontario families want change. They need change. And one year from tonight, to the very day, we will deliver that change.”

Hudak was guest speaker at Nepean-Carle-ton MPP Lisa MacLeod’s nomination meeting as the Progressive Conserv-ative candidate in the Oct. 6, 2011 provincial election.

“Ontario is swimming in debt,” said Hudak, “Good paying jobs have

fled our borders. And, once the engine of con-federation, Ontario is now a have-not province. But worse yet, after sev-en years of higher taxes, higher fees, higher hydro bills, higher auto insur-ance and tuition, we now have a province of have-not households.”

Families say they just can’t afford it anymore, he said, urging PC sup-porters to work harder than ever in the election campaign, warning that the Liberals will “pull out all the stops to try and steal this election.”

The Liberals’ multi-million dollar attack ad campaign, bought by the Working Families Co-alition, shows that the McGuinty government speaks for special inter-est groups, not for hard working families who pay the bills, Hudak said.

There is no better place to celebrate the one-year countdown to Dalton McGuinty’s good-bye party, he said, than Nepean-Carleton.

“We will put forward a plan to govern Ontario that will put families first,

get government focussed on the basics again and make job creation a pri-ority,” he said.

MacLeod was ac-claimed for the third time. She was first elect-ed in a by-election in 2206 and won the seat in the 2007 election with the highest vote total of any PC candidate in the province.

MacLeod is one of the best legislators at Queen’s Park, the PC leader said, “putting it to the Liberals each and every day for all of their tax hikes, for all of their broken promises, for all of their pie-eyed, ill-con-ceived, energy schemes and for all of their choc-o l a t e - m i l k - b a n n i n g , bake-sale-cancelling, sex-ed-for-six-year-olds, promoting-dandelion-policing ideas.”

That is why he gave her the most challenging portfolio as critic for ac-countability and revenue, he said.

“The biggest issues in this campaign are pocketbook issues,” said MacLeod, “like the greedy HST grab, un-

affordable hydro rates, and mismanaged gov-ernment agencies like E-health and the cancer care centre.”

Ontario voters will have a choice in next year’s election, she prom-ised, between a Progres-sive Conservative Party that believes in strong families, tax relief and self-reliance and a Lib-eral government of high taxes and scandals.

McLeod and Hudak

have been critical of the provincial government’s $7 billion Samsung con-sortium deal to build wind and solar farms over the next 20 years. With energy bills recently spiking 17 per cent across the province, Hudak promised that a Tory gov-ernment would pursue a dramatically different energy strategy.

“We would invest in nuclear power and hy-

dro-electricity, clean and green fuels that aren’t go-ing to chase seniors from their homes or turn the lights out on businesses across our province,” Hu-dak said.

The Ontario PC cau-cus has launched its Have Your Say, Ontario survey at www.haveyoursayon-tario.ca, asking residents what their answers are to job creation, social pro-grams and taxes.

McLeod, Hudak promise “good-bye party” for McGuinty governmentOntario now a have-not province of have-not households

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Mother Teresa Cath-olic High School students are helping the planet one small step at a time. Mother Teresa Catholic High School’s environ-mental club works hard to make their school eco-friendly. Throughout the whole year they raise awareness of students about the surrounding environment. From re-cycling to pop can solar heaters, this club does it all. Ms. Ragaisis, a teach-er at the school, started this club three years ago. “I was inspired by the energy and enthusiasm of students for making dif-ference,” she comments as to why she created the club. The goal of this club is to make the school eco-friendly and get students to participate in doing it. Last year, the club hosted what they called a “blitz week”. It was a week filled with activities that raised the students’ awareness of the environment and what they could do to help change it. On top of that, the club is also in charge of the recycling and waste of the school. The Grade 7 students of the school also did some-

thing to help out. They made solar heaters out of pop cans that use con-vection to produce heat. They then put it on the side of a portable behind the school. Due to pro-jects like this, the school has received both a Metro Green Apple grant and a Sunlight Green grant.

Also, over the sum-mer, a large array of solar panels was installed on the roof of the school. The panels will be used

to generate electricity and pre-heat 10 per cent of the school’s ventilation. The school was chosen for the panels because the school fit the criteria to install them. It shows the school’s dedication to renewable energy and they’re noticeable, so everyone can see. For all of the school’s hard work, they were declared a Cer-tified Gold EcoSchool for 2010. This status is very tough to get and requires

the entire schools’ partici-pation to meet a specific criteria. Mother Teresa will be reapplying again this year, so that they can hopefully receive this status again. This year the environmental club plans on doing even more than before. “We will con-tinue to do recycling and I would like to do the pop can solar heaters again. We will also be recycling ink cartridges,” Ragaisis commented. The club also would like to put a green bin in the cafeteria for compost and would like to put plants in the classroom, to make them greener. This club works so hard and the results show in the school en-vironment and their gold seal status.

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When the Barrhaven Business Improvement Area was formed in 2006, it included nearly 300 businesses in the area bounded by Woodroffe Ave. to the east, Cedarview Rd. to the west, Fallowfield Rd. to the north and Bankfield to the south.

Now, with new developments and malls being built, the BIA wants to expand east and west.

“We want to expand east to the Rideau River and west to Strandherd Dr. and Highway 4166,” said An-drea Steenbakkers, the Barrhaven BIA’s executive dir-ector. “Our current boundaries don’t include all the businesses at 4100 Strandherd, for instance, although their owners are active in the BIA.”

The new boundaries would also open up member-ship in the Barrhaven BIA to more home-based busi-nesses, especially in Stonebridge.

“Right now, the BIA boundaries include only the older portion of Stonebridge,” Steenbakkers said, “but we know there are many more in that part of Bar-rhaven.”

A BIA is formed when a majority of business owners decide to join together to improve and pro-mote their business district. The City of Ottawa col-lects a levy from each business and administers the BIA’s budget, based on decisions made by the Board of Directors. The BIA promotes local businesses, col-lects market data, recruits new businesses to the area, provides streetscape improvements and organizes special events. The BIA also represents businesses at City Hall.

“If we are going to market Barrhaven as a prime business destination,” said Steenbakkers, “then we have to include all the businesses in Barrhaven. We want to continue to assert the key importance of smart growth for Barrhaven and expand our programs into adjacent areas, where they will add value to prop-erty owners and businesses alike.”

The BIA held a public meeting on expansion on Tues., Sept. 28 and will now make a formal request to the city.

The Barrhaven BIA is growing

The South Nepean Sat-ellite Health Centre will be hosting a PAP Clinic in Barrhaven Oct. 28-29.

The clinic is being held in conjunction with na-

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By Jeffrey Morris

The bad news is that the Nepean Raiders’ six-game losing streak has put them in fifth place in the six-team Central Hockey League Tier 1 Yzerman Division.

The good news is that they are only a point out of second place.

The Raiders dropped

a pair of home games last week, falling 6-2 to the Cornwall Colts in Nepean Wednesday before drop-ping a 4-2 decision to the Ottawa Jr. Senators at the Sportsplex Sunday.

Against Cornwall, Zachary Carriveau opened the scoring for Nepean with a power play goal from Jeremy McCarty and Kenneth Neil, but it was all

Cornwall after that. Jacob Laliberte scored three times, and Tylor Spink, Kyle Baun, and Kevin Cole all found the back of the Raider net. With just over a minute left, Grant Telfer scored a power play goal for the Raiders from Car-riveau and McCarty to make the final 6-2.

Cornwall out shot Ne-pean 43-34 in the game,

and Michel Kowalew made 37 saves in the Raider net.

Sunday, the visiting Jr. Senators got off to a quick start, as Ryan Lagace and Andrew Hampton scored first period goals and Drew Anderson added one in the second to give Ot-tawa a 3-0 lead.

McCarty responded with a goal from Nepean, with Scott Domenico and

Brent Norris picking up assists, but the Jr. Sens got it back when Lagace scored his second of the game late in the period.

In the third period, Mc-Carty scored his second of the game, converting a pass from Carriveau on the power play.

Ottawa outshot Ne-pean 40-31, and Daniel Altshuler made 36 saves in

the loss.The Raiders visit

Brockville Friday night before returning to the Steve Yzerman Arena in the Sportsplex to face Ka-nata Sunday. Game time is 2:30 p.m. The Raiders are also in action Wednesday night at the Stevie Y as the Pembroke Lumber Kings come to town. Game time is 7:30 p.m.

By Jeffrey Morris

The problem was sup-posed to be fixed, but it is back with a vengeance in the first week of the new NHL season.

The power play.Last year, the Ottawa

Senators’ power play ranked 20th in the league. It was worse than that at times, and a late rally, satis-tically, moved the team up the charts.

The arrival of Sergei Gonchar was supposed to fix that. Gonchar was the big signing for Ottawa dur-ing the Canada Day free

agent frenzy last year. He is considered one of the premier offensive defense-men in the NHL, and he is a noted power play special-ist.

Gonchar’s arrival was also supposed to shake a stick in Alex Kovalev’s game. With Gonchar working the umbrella at the top of the power play and Kovalev working the boards on his off wing, Ottawa’s power play, on paper, looks unstoppable.

But, in their first three games, they were stopped. In fact, they were stopped 14 times in the first three

games, scoring no goals with a man advantage.

As of press time, only the Senators, the Montreal Canadiens and the Flor-ida Panthers are the only teams in the NHL without a power play goal. The New York Islanders, on the other hand, have scored five times in 13 opportunities.

While the power play has been a sore point with the Sens, the goaltending of Pascal Leclaire has been a bright spot. However, after three losses in three games and only one point in the standings, it has not been bright enough.

Leclaire has made the spectacular saves, but he has also let in the odd bad goal. Fans are behind Le-claire this year, wanting desperately for him to lift the team from its mediocre goaltending history that has included the inconsis-tencies of Patrick Lalime, Martin Gerber and Ray Emery.

“We need him to make that last one,” said coach Cory Clouston after Le-claire let in an arguably soft goal in Monday’s overtime loss to Washington. “It was very disappointing. To me, if you’re thinking of Ovech-

kin’s shot, he didn’t get all of it. There wasn’t a whole lot on it.”

Brian Elliott, one of the most prolific NCAA goal-ies in the last decade, had some good runs last year but did not elevate his game in the playoffs. Le-claire, who was brought in to be the number one goal-ie in the Antoine Vermette trade in 2009, has had in-jury problems. However, in the playoffs against Pitts-burgh last year, Leclaire turned in what may be the best goaltending perform-ance in team history in a triple overtime win over

Pittsburgh.Remarkably, the Sens

were the only team in the NHL without a goaltend-ing coach during the hot streak. This year, Rick Wamsley was brought in. The former Hab goalie was Leclaire’s goaltending coach when he enjoyed success in Columbus.

The Sens have a stretch of four home games in eight nights coming up. Clouston would like noth-ing better than to see one of his two goalies grab and hold the number one job. A few power play goals wouldn’t hurt either.

Raiders losing streak now at six after home losses

Senators need more from power play and goaltenders

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Parent Teacher InterviewsThursday, October 21, 2010

3:00pm-7:00pm(please note– Progress Reports issued to

students on Wednesday, October 13th)

JOHN MCCRAE SECONDARY SCHOOL

An unidentified Merivale High School receiver catches a pass in front of John McCrae Bulldogs de-fender Ryan Westmore during last Thursday’s United Way High School Football Jamboree at St. Joseph High School in Barrhaven. The Bulldogs defeated Merivale 13-9 to improve their record to 2-1 on the season. McCrae hosts unbeaten St. Joseph Friday afternoon.

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MIKE CARROCCETTO PHOTOS

St. Joseph Jaguars’ Nick Boucher rumbles toward the goalline during a muddy gridiron battle against the Bell Bruins last Thursday, October 7 in Barrhaven. Although Boucher was eventually tacked inside the 5-yard line, the Jaguars went on to score one of their many touchdowns during a 38-0 romp over the Bell Bruins. The unbeaten Jags have won all three of their NCSSAA Tier II games by shutout, out-scoring their opponents 96-0. The Jags are in action again Friday afternoon as they visit crosstown rivals John McCrae.


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