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	<title>Nepean/Barrhaven - News</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
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		<link>http://www.emcbarrhaven.ca/20120202/news/Putting+heart+into+art%2c+Local+artists+get+creative+for+heart+institute</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Putting heart into art, Local artists get creative for heart institute</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>EMC news - The Barrhaven Legion will once again be home to the Art for the Heart Show to benefit the Ottawa Heart Institute.</p><p>The show - set to take place at the Legion at 3500 Fallowfield Rd. - will be on Feb. 12 and will feature the work of a dozen artists. </p><p>One of the organizers, Sylvia Summers-Martyn, said without the help of local ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emcbarrhaven.ca/20120202/news/Merivale+teacher+'sexually+involved'+with+numerous+students+at+previous+school%2c+Joanne+L%c3%a9ger-Legault+pleads+no+contest+to+allegations</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Merivale teacher 'sexually involved' with numerous students at previous school, Joanne Léger-Legault pleads no contest to allegations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>EMC news - A female teacher was allowed to teach at Merivale High School up to last June, despite being accused of haning multiple sexual relationships with male students at a Kanata high school.</p><p>By the 2005-06 school year until June 2011, she taught at Merivale. There is no indication that any misconduct occurred while she was on the Merivale ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emcbarrhaven.ca/20120202/news/Author+tells+tale+of+ill-fated+MS+St.+Louis%2c+'I+still+have+nightmares'%3a+Sara+Loewenthal</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Author tells tale of ill-fated MS St. Louis, 'I still have nightmares': Sara Loewenthal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>EMC news - The first Spanish word Herbert Karliner learned was mañana. The word was one he heard often from the Cuban police officers aboard the MS. St. Louis while he waited to see if he and 936 other Jews fleeing Nazi Germany would be allowed to seek refuge on the Caribbean island. </p><p>Karliner was 12 years old when he boarded the MS St. Louis in ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emcbarrhaven.ca/20120202/news/Thefts+from+cars+on+rise%3a+police</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Thefts from cars on rise: police</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>Since the beginning of January, there have been about 60 reported thefts from vehicles parked in apartment building garages, including those with controlled access.</p><p>These incidents have primarily occurred in the area bounded by Woodroffe and Carling avenues, the Rideau River and Hunt Club Road.</p><p>Police are reminding residents to be vigilant ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emcbarrhaven.ca/20120202/news/Short+list+for+new+police+chief+too+short</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Short list for new police chief too short</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>The city has picked up a nasty habit.</p><p>In the interest of harm reduction, an intervention is in order as our elected representatives appear to have learned little from the Lansdowne reconstruction fiasco.</p><p>In that case, council voted to accept a proposal from a sole supplier, and then had to attempt to explain why they didn't need to explore ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emcbarrhaven.ca/20120202/news/Web+Poll</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Web Poll</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>THIS WEEK'S POLL QUESTION</p><p>Is the city's police services board right to limit its search for a new chief to internal candidates only?</p><p>A) They're the experts - if they feel the right person is in-house, hire away.</p><p>B) No. It should be the city's policy to open up all job application processes.</p><p>C) If they've identified qualified candidates ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emcbarrhaven.ca/20120202/news/Everything+for+nothing+on+the+web%3f</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Everything for nothing on the web?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>If there was a way to sneak into the NHL All-Star Game without paying, some of us would have. Most of us wouldn't.</p><p>That's the way we were brought up. If somebody is selling something and you want it, you pay for it. But if someone offered us a pirated version of the all-star game video for nothing over the Internet, a lot more of us would take ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emcbarrhaven.ca/20120202/news/Merivale+teacher+inducted+into+Order+of+the+Good+Bear</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Merivale teacher inducted into Order of the Good Bear</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>Irv Osterer, head of the arts department at Merivale High School, received accolades from CHEO on Jan. 24 for his work with the hospital's Wear Your Bear contest to kick off the annual fundraising campaign. </p><p>Osterer said he has been encouraging students to participate in the contest since he was a teacher at A.Y. Jackson Secondary School in ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emcbarrhaven.ca/20120202/news/Barrhaven+to+host+departing+chief+Counsellors+to+host+tribute+dinner</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Barrhaven to host departing chief Counsellors to host tribute dinner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>EMC news - The Barrhaven branch of the Royal Canadian Legion will host police Chief Vern White on his final day as chief. He is scheduled to become a member of the Senate on Feb. 20.</p><p>The Feb. 19 event will be a charity fundraiser for Project s.t.e.p., a youth drug addiction charity that White has long supported.</p><p>Gloucester-South Nepean Coun. ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emcbarrhaven.ca/20120202/news/Jewish+Federation+does+mitzvah+for+all</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Jewish Federation does mitzvah for all</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>EMC news - The community is coming together to do a series of good deeds thanks to the Jewish Federation of Ottawa's annual Mitzvah Day on Feb. 12. </p><p>Returning after a one-year hiatus, the day of good deeds will start at 9 a.m. at the Joseph and Rose Ages Family building at 21 Nadolny Sachs Priv. </p><p>Some of the good deeds this year include ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emcbarrhaven.ca/20120202/news/Parkwood+Hills+gets+community+involved</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Parkwood Hills gets community involved</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>EMC news - Parkwood Hills residents have been taking matters into their own hands. </p><p>What started as a needs assessment by a local community resource centre and health centre more than two years ago has blossomed into a community initiative that has seen early years programming added, along with a host of youth recreation programs and the ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emcbarrhaven.ca/20120202/news/Search+for+police+chief+limited+within+ranks</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Search for police chief limited within ranks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>EMC news - Ottawa is set to promote its first police chief from within its ranks in a dozen years.</p><p>During a meeting on Jan. 23, police services board members agreed that limiting the search for Vern White's replacement to members of the Ottawa police is the best plan.</p><p>"They, like me, feel the service is more than ever able to pick the chief ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emcbarrhaven.ca/20120202/news/Watson's+first+key+honours+orchestra+maestro</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Watson's first key honours orchestra maestro</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>EMC news - Ottawa Symphony Orchestra music director and conductor David Currie began his 20th season with the OSO on a high note as he was presented with a key to the city.</p><p>The honour, which was bestowed upon Currie just prior to the start of a 20th-anniversary concert at the National Arts Centre on Jan. 23, was the first of this term of council ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emcbarrhaven.ca/20120202/news/Men+step+up+to+end+violence+against+women</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Men step up to end violence against women</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>EMC news - Ron Couchman admits he didn't always know how to deal with the cycle of violence against women.</p><p>"I engaged in binge drinking. I was angry, and short-tempered. I got in fights at bars with other men," he described his life from seven years ago.</p><p>He said if he knew about a woman in his life who had been hit by a man, he'd stand up to ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emcbarrhaven.ca/20120202/news/'State+of+the+city'+offers+a+few+new+ideas%2c+Youth+summit%2c+sesquicentennial+planning+get+underway</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>'State of the city' offers a few new ideas, Youth summit, sesquicentennial planning get underway</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>EMC news - A summit for youth, plans for Canada's 150th birthday celebrations and a new award, the Order of Ottawa, are a few of the new ideas Mayor Jim Watson highlighted in his first-ever state of the city address.</p><p>Delivered to city council the morning after United States President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, Watson's speech was ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emcbarrhaven.ca/20120202/news/OC+Transpo+set+to+release+bus-location+data</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>OC Transpo set to release bus-location data</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>EMC news - Following the outrage that ensued after OC Transpo management backtracked on a promise to release bus-location data openly to the public, the transit agency is set to keep its commitment and release the information by March 22.</p><p>Beacon Hill-Cyrville Coun. Tim Tierney, a commissioner who is also chairman of the information technology ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emcbarrhaven.ca/20120202/news/Shadow+city+council+to+spread+the+green+word%2c+Ecology+Ottawa+hopes+'bottom-up+approach'+more+effective+than+top-down+policies</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Shadow city council to spread the green word, Ecology Ottawa hopes 'bottom-up approach' more effective than top-down policies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>EMC news - A new community-driven shadow city council is being created to ensure Ottawa residents can voice their concerns about the environment to their municipal government. </p><p>The initiative, brought forward by Ecology Ottawa, was organized and created through existing members. The concept is to have a committee which stands as an alternative ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emcbarrhaven.ca/20120202/news/Best+high+school+basketball+players+coming+to+Barrhaven+for+provincials</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Best high school basketball players coming to Barrhaven for provincials</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>March Madness comes to Ottawa as the city plays host to the best high school boys basketball teams in Ontario. </p><p>The three-day tournament features 18 high school teams, 27 games and will crown a provincial champion.</p><p>Ottawa has only twice hosted the top tier OFSAA event, in 1981 and 1997. </p><p>This is the first time the national capital has hosted ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emcbarrhaven.ca/20120202/news/Dragon+boat+floats+to+Israel%2c+Initiative+to+provide+funding+for+Israeli+charities</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Dragon boat floats to Israel, Initiative to provide funding for Israeli charities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>Ottawa residents will be sailing away to the Holy Land in May thanks to an Israeli dragon boat initiative.</p><p>Debbie Halton-Weiss, chair of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa came up with the idea after participating in last year's Dragon Boat festival in the capital. The team she participated with was called the lions and managed to raise the ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emcbarrhaven.ca/20120202/news/Chapman+Mills+community+building+plans+displayed</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Chapman Mills community building plans displayed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>EMC news - Residents could see a new community building in Chapman Mills as soon as the fall, according to a planner with the city's parks and recreation department during a public consultation held at St. Emily Catholic School on Jan. 25. </p><p>Patrick Legault said now that the community consultation process has been started, the city could put the ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emcbarrhaven.ca/20120202/news/Bust+out+for+breast+cancer</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Bust out for breast cancer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>EMC news - A one-day event offering the chance to participate in a number of activities for people of all fitness levels, will give Ottawans a different way to raise money to support breast cancer awareness and treatment. </p><p>The Bust A Move campaign was launched on Jan. 23 at the Ottawa Athletic Club, encouraging residents to start to organize ... </p>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Ottawa Humane Society offers reward in case of dead cat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>EMC news - The Ottawa Humane Society is offering a reward for any information leading to charges in the case of a dead cat found in a dumpster behind an apartment complex on Morisset Avenue. </p><p>The cat, a female calico, was found on Jan. 20 in a dumpster behind 1411 Morisset. Its back legs were tied together with an electrical cord and a press ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emcbarrhaven.ca/20120202/news/Pint-sized+pupil+pulls+for+polar+bears</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Pint-sized pupil pulls for polar bears</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>EMC news - Olivia Clement, an eight-year-old Grade 3 student at St. Andrew Catholic School has taken up the cause of polar bears after managing to raise $200 to protect their Arctic habitat. </p><p>Judy Clement, Olivia's mom, said Olivia came up with the idea after watching the movie Dolphin Tale.</p><p>"She said she wanted to do something to help an ... </p>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>iPads booting up at Barrhaven library, Text messages for overdue books to be added to library's tech suite this year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>EMC news - The Ottawa Public Library is becoming more and more mobile - and now that mobility is even showing up within branches.</p><p>Library users at Hintonburg's Rosemount and Barrhaven's Ruth E. Dickinson branches will have a chance to test drive iPad tablet computers this spring as part of a technology evolution.</p><p>Ten iPads are set to arrive at ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emcbarrhaven.ca/20120202/news/Queen's+Jubilee+gets+stamp+of+approval</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Queen's Jubilee gets stamp of approval</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>Nepean-Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre wasted no time celebrating the Queen's diamond jubilee on Jan. 25, kicking off her 60th anniversary at Manotick's post office to promote Canada Post's new commemorative stamp.</p><p>The stamp is a clean, white stamp featuring an image of Queen Elizabeth II in her early senior years. It was officially issued on Jan. ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emcbarrhaven.ca/20120202/news/Cooking+up+a+caring+community</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Cooking up a caring community</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>EMC news - Students and chefs were hard at work at the kitchens in Longfields-Davidson Heights Secondary School on Jan. 30.</p><p>Seven chefs from as far away as Victoria, B.C. touched down in the capital the night before a gala dinner to be held at the school.</p><p>They started work at 9 a.m. for the dinner, which saw community members served by Grade ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emcbarrhaven.ca/20120202/news/Nepean+man+reaches+out+to+less+fortunate</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Nepean man reaches out to less fortunate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>EMC news - Sitting in the home he built with his own hands on Peace Way in Barrhaven, Nepean Outreach to the World founder Des Garvey is surrounded by clothes. </p><p>The 84-year-old has a working agreement with 20 Mark's Work Wearhouse locations to take surplus clothing and send it to needy communities in Afghanistan, Haiti and here at home. </p><p>The ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emcbarrhaven.ca/20120202/news/Hospital+adds+local+food+to+trays%2c+Patients%2c+staff+can+access+locally-grown+produce</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Hospital adds local food to trays, Patients, staff can access locally-grown produce</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>EMC news - Patients at the Queensway Carleton Hospital will get to sample some of the best local foods thanks to a $43,000 provincial grant. </p><p>The grant was announced at the hospital on Jan. 27, with tasty, locally grown goodies on tap for staff to try out. </p><p>Mel Foster of Foster Farm in North Gower said he was delighted to be part of the ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emcbarrhaven.ca/20120202/news/Walk+raises+money%2c+memories</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Walk raises money, memories</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>Walk for Memories raised over $195,000 to benefit the work of the Alzheimer Society of Ottawa and Renfrew County on Jan. 29 at Carleton University.</p><p>At this 17th annual event, 548 walkers, dozens of sponsors, thousands of donors, and hundreds of volunteers combined forces to make an incredible difference in supporting people and families living ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emcbarrhaven.ca/20120202/news/St.+Pius+X+principal+receives+nod+for+2012</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>St. Pius X principal receives nod for 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>EMC community - Jennifer Oake may have been named one of Canada's 40 outstanding principals for 2012, but the St. Pius X High School principal said her staff makes the school a better place.</p><p>"I've worked with lots of inspirational people," said Oake, who's been the school's principal for six years. "I've been very fortunate to work with ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emcbarrhaven.ca/20120202/news/Ottawa+water+bills+set+to+go+up+six+per+cent</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Ottawa water bills set to go up six per cent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>EMC news - Ottawa residents will be seeing water bill hikes of six per cent this year, with similar increases every year for the next decade, in order to catch up on major water and sewer repairs.</p><p>If approved by city council, that six per cent increase in 2012 would mean an extra $37.82 on an average household's bill for a total of $668.19 each ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emcbarrhaven.ca/20120202/news/Man+shot+in+leg</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Man shot in leg</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>A man was shot in the leg on Woodfield Drive on Thursday evening.</p><p>Ottawa police says they received a repot of shots fired on Jan. 26 at about 9:30 p.m. in the 300 block of Woodfield.</p><p>Officers found a man in a parking lot suffering from a gunshot wound to his leg. The victim was transported to hospital and is listed in serious condition. ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emcbarrhaven.ca/20120202/news/What's+Happening+This+Week</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>What's Happening This Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>Feb. 2: Come build community power in Barrhaven with Ecology Ottawa from 7 to 8:30 p.m., at Two Monkeys Coffee and Teahouse, 4100 Strandherd Dr..Learn how your community can to be part of the clean energy future. The focus of this meeting is to discuss how we can increase the awareness and uptake of renewable energy in Barrhaven and work ... </p>]]></description>
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