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Community Voice - September 3, 2020 1 Our offi ce is open during the pandemic for phone and video consultations for your long term disability denials, and accidents. We continue to pursue legal claims. Th ere are no fees until you successfully resolve you case. Call today for a fee no-obligation consultation. Call us today. 613-599-3535 or email at [email protected] Your STITTSVILLE CommunityVoice & RICHMOND September 3, 2020 [email protected] 613-45-VOICE www.ottawavoice.ca [email protected] Vol. 3 No. 17 Growth should pay for growth, says councillor BY PATRICK UGUCCIONI AND JOHN CURRY Stittsville coun. Glen Gower represents one of the fastest growing wards in the city. One of the questions he hears most often is: “Can’t we just stop the growth?” That’s what he and his policy director Véronique Bergeron addressed recently in the second installment of a new video series that looks at planning and decision- making in Stittsville. A sampling of the com- ments the councillor often hears whenever there is a development application are typical to those asked about during a recent re- zoning application in the Fernbank area. An outdoor chat What about not allowing more housing development John Curry photo until commercial develop- Mayor Jim Watson (left) makes a point as he chats with Quitters Coffee owner Kathleen Edwards (centre) and Stittsville ward coun. Glen Gower (right) in a ment starts? stopover at Quitters’ outdoor patio on Friday, Aug. 28. The mayor and councillor toured a number of Stittsville businesses during the morning, talking with owners about how COVID-19 had impacted their businesses and hearing their plans going forward. Notice Kathleen Edwards’ recently released album “Total PLEASE SEE GROWTH, PAGE 15 Freedom” on the table (foreground, left) which she autographed and presented to the mayor. Contact information (613) 692-3331 [email protected] www.PierreMP.ca PierrePoilievreMP @PierrePoilievre PierrePoilievreMP 2 September 3, 2020 - Community Voice News Submitted This is an example of the townhouse units being planned for the subdivision proposed by Claridge Homes for 1981 Maple Grove Road. All ladies Public meeting coming up $ for Maple Grove subdivision clothingbuy 3 ladies clothing get 1 free!!! BY JOHN CURRY hectare site immediately park in the subdivison’s buy 3 ladies swimsuits, north of Maple Grove northeast corner. All ladies A subdivision which Road. It will be bordered The northern boundary $ will border the future on the west by the future of the new subdivision will swimsuits get 201 free!!! northward extension of extension of Stittsville be the future east-west 25 Stittsville Main Street is Main Street, which cur- Kanata West Main Street. AALLLLargearLgeL QQuantities uMMEN’SanEtitNies’ oofSf SSmall SSHIRTSmaHll IaandnRd T55XLXSL + ssmall 66XLXmL +a 77XLlXLl ttoo 7 XXLL now in the planning stages. rently dead ends at Maple A virtual public meeting $ This proposed subdivi- Grove. will be on Monday, Sept. 14 ALL STORE RACKING & HANGERS FOR SALE! sion by Claridge Homes is The mix of housing will at 4 p.m. via Zoom. E-mail 5 identified as 1981 Maple include 57 singles, 101 glengower.ca for details on Grove Road. townhomes and 38 back- how to connect. It will include 196 hous- to-back townhomes. 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Mary Miller Jennifer Gaspar Robert Pacan Real Estate | Mortgages | Wills & Estates | Small Business Matters Submitted This rendering shows the expansion of Wellings of Stittsville when all three next phases Gateway Business Park | 300 March Rd., Suite 601, Kanata, ON K2K 2E2 are built out. Part of the existing Wellings of Stittsville building can be seen in the upper Phone: 613-592-6290 | amk-law.ca right corner. Hazeldean Road is in the foreground. Phase two of Wellings of Stittsville is the L-shaped six-storey building at the right front of the rendering. Phase three is the L-shaped building at the front left while phase four is the building at the rear. Wellings of Stittsville is expanding KING’S BY JOHN CURRY construction in the spring. The planned expansion addresses unprec- RRichmondichmond VVillageillage MMarketplacearketplace Wellings of Stittsville is doing well. edented demand for units. So well the senior apartment complex on The tower will have from 120 to 140 apart- Hazeldean Road is planning to expand. ment units, many one bedroom and one FFresh...resh... FFast...ast... FFriendlyriendly A site plan application submitted with the bedroom with den units. The ground floor city shows plans for a six-storey structure will feature retail uses with the apartments fronting on Hazeldean immediately west in the other five storeys of the building. 6613-838-725513-838-7255 of the existing structure. Nautical Lands Group hopes to start PLEASE SEE WELLINGS, PAGE 8 55911911 PPertherth SSt.,t., RRichmondichmond COVID-19 CARLETON RESOURCE PAGE: NEWS FROM QUEEN’S PARK GOLDIEMPP.CA/COVID-19 ONTARIO RELEASES COVID-19 Key elements of the guidance document followed, so parents will know if a student Th e health and well-being of the MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR SCHOOLS explain: or staff member in a school tests positive for • Th e role of school boards and schools: COVID-19; residents of Carleton, Ottawa & As part of Ontario’s plan for students to keeping communities informed by creating • School boards will be required to work closely Ontario is my top priority. Please visit safely return to the classroom in September, a COVID-19 advisory section on both the with public health units to communicate my website for the latest information the government has released the Operational board and school’s websites; updates in real time and determine whether & updates from the Government Guidance: COVID-19 Management • Th e role of local public health units: leading a class or school must be closed; of Ontario, as well as information in Schools document. Th is guide was developed case and contact tracing activities, declaring • Led by Ontario Public Health, the government regarding upcoming virtual town hall in consultation with public health experts, outbreaks and directing closure of classrooms intends to surveillance test asymptomatic meetings & public consultations. including Ontario’s Chief Medical Offi cer of or schools where necessary; secondary students in schools. Health, and aims to help schools identify and • Th e critical role of parents: screening their On top of hiring more public health nurses isolate COVID-19 cases, reduce the spread of children every day before they go to school for schools, education staff will have completed Recent updates include: COVID-19 in schools, and prevent and minimize and keeping them home if they are ill; rigorous professional development on health and • Ontario expanding youth training outbreaks. • Appropriate steps to take when a student or safety. programs to promote the skilled In addition, Dr. Dirk Huyer, who was staff member tests positive for COVID-19, As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to trades; recently the Executive Lead for the COVID-19 including notifying the school community evolve, the guidance document will help support • Additional fund enhance Ontario’s Testing Approach at the Command Table and while respecting individual privacy; and parents and schools as they continue to work robust back-to-school plan; is the Chief Coroner for Ontario, will serve as • Protocols to trigger various levels of public together during these unprecedented times. Coordinator, Provincial Outbreak Response. Dr. health responses or infection control Th e Minister of Education has issued a letter to • Ontario supporting frontline Huyer will lead the province’s eff orts to prevent measures. One case will trigger a public parents to outline the shared responsibility to correctional offi cers in Eastern and minimize COVID-19 outbreaks in a number health response, two or more linked cases will keep students safe and the key elements of the Ontario; of sectors, including the education, childcare, trigger the declaration of an outbreak. outbreak management protocol. • Governments help Ontario food agriculture and health care sectors. Th e Chief Medical Offi cer of Health processors become more innovative Th e Premier, the Minister of Education, the is also issuing an additional public health OFFICE NOTICE: 30-6179 Perth St, and competitive; and Chief Medical Offi cer of Health, and Dr. Dirk guidance, COVID-19 Guidance: School In an eff ort to contain the COVID-19 virus, • Ontario expands indoor capacity Huyer provided the details of the plan on August Outbreak Management, for medical offi cers of our Constituency Offi ce went virtual on March Richmond, ON 26. health and public health units to support their 16, 2020. Our location will remain closed until for meeting and event facilities Th e guidance document will help school eff orts in investigating cases, outbreaks, and further notice. We are still open & working K0A 2ZO boards and school authorities consistently suspected outbreaks in school settings. during regular offi ce hours to answer your calls If you are providing services/resources implement prevention measures, maintain & emails. If you require assistance on any matter, to the community and would like accurate records of staff , students and visitors, Th e new guidance includes the following: please contact me at any time.