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Apartment Project Aims for New Heights Community Voice - August 6, 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 August 6, 2020 [email protected] 613-45-VOICE www.ottawavoice.ca [email protected] Vol. 3 No. 15 Food Bank helping Apartment project families in need aims for new heights BY JOHN CURRY An increase in financial contri- BY PATRICK UGUCCIONI “That’s really an interesting thing butions continues to offset a drop AND JOHN CURRY they have done because my biggest in food donations to the Stittsville concern all along has been about the Food Bank. Lepine Apartments has made some transportation network because we With the charitable organiza- concessions to an earlier develop- are years behind where we should be,” tion averaging two to three new ment proposal for 1000 Robert Grant Gower told this newspaper. families a week over the course of Avenue. “What Lepine is saying is we will not the pandemic, it is now projected A revised development application build half of this development until the number of clients benefitting filed with the City shows the number more of the transportation is actu- from the service has reached 8,000 of planned units reduced from a pro- ally built in Stittsville,” the councillor individuals. posed 550 to 500 at full build out. added. “So, that’s a pretty major change Financial donations allow the food While Stittsville Coun. Glen Gower in what they were originally propos- bank to purchase needed items to says he is still working his way through ing and that is directly based on feed- fill its shelves. An added need as the “complex” filing, what he sees at back from myself and people in the September nears is school supplies first blush with the new proposal are community.” for children of client families. changes to address the feedback from On the Robert Grant extension to The Stittsville Food Bank has been the community in an earlier public Hazeldean, Gower says it’s about four and continues to be on the frontline meeting. or five years away in the existing trans- helping people in need during these In its resubmission the developer in- portation plan, but he says he will work difficult times. dicates half of the apartments would to get it completed well before that. Every donation is very much ap- not be built until Robert Grant Avenue “It needs to happen earlier,” he preciated, as 100 percent of contri- is built through to Hazeldean Road. stressed. butions are used to help neighbours Most of that would be in a proposed The councillor point out a lot of resi- in need. 18-storey tower, up from 15 planned dents felt there were too many units “Thank you to all the amaz- in previous iterations of the plan. That planned for the site, or it was too dense. ing donors,” Food Bank chair part of the proposal is part of a re-zon- Gower welcomes the proposal for a 10 John Curry photo Theresa Qadri said. “We are grate- ing amendment needed for the de- percent reduction in units. Ninety-seven-year-old Walter Curtis enjoys his pipe and a ful for all donations as everything is velopment application to proceed as cup of tea as he sits on the front step of his Stittsville home in appreciated.” proposed. PLEASE SEE HEIGHTS, PAGE 6 these days of the COVID-19 pandemic. See story on page 10. [email protected] Contact information (613) 692-3331 [email protected] www.PierreMP.ca PierrePoilievreMP @PierrePoilievre PierrePoilievreMP 2 August 6, 2020 - Community Voice News Bottle drives to help with medical costs BY JOHN CURRY Greg will pick up donated Jack Brown was born with bottles or cans at any time a rare life-limiting disorder at the donor’s convenience. that affects multiple organs. In addition, bottles can be The young Stittsville dropped off at any time boy has a feeding tube at the Brown residence at 22ndnd AAnnualnnual and is deaf with vision 419 Montserrat Street in impairment. the Fairwinds community He has had 20 surgeries in of Stittsville. He hopes to his young life and requires Submitted photo continue with the bottle 24-hour nursing care. Jack Jack Brown drive until at least the end of also has severe autism and December. battles epilepsy. empty wine bottles and Greg can be contacted via a As his primary caregiver, beer bottles and cans. With direct message through the Jack’s mother has not the restrictions associated Rock Out For Jack Facebook worked since he was born. with the pandemic curtail- page, by filling out the con- And his father Greg is bat- ing other fundraising efforts, tact form on Jack’s website at tling high-risk cancer. Greg turned to these Rock rockout4jack.org, by email- To help pay for the stag- Out For Jack bottle drives ing gregorybrown@live. gering cost of Jack’s medical in April to raise money for ca or by phoning or texting needs over and above what his son’s medical needs. He 613-808-2169. public health insurance says the public response has covers, Dad is collecting been “overwhelming.” [email protected] response fund. The donation will be matched Lions give to COVID-19 fund by the Mierins Family Foundation. BY COMMUNITY VOICE STAFF The fund is to help patients and hospi- The Stittsville District Lions Club has tal staff directly affected by the COVID-19 donated $1,000 to the Ottawa Hospital pandemic. Foundation’s COVID-19 emergency [email protected] MEMORY CARE OPENING SEPTEMBER 1ST The community you’ve been MEAD MEMORY CARE waiting for is NOW OPEN! STUDIO 340 SQ. FT. Riverstone’s newest Retirement Community in $4800/MO. Kanata North, Timberwalk, is now open and safely accepting new residents. 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It Gateway Business Park | 300 March Rd., Suite 601, Kanata, ON K2K 2E2 was the total of the freewill Phone: 613-592-6290 | amk-law.ca donations collected at the various venues throughout Stittsville on July 8. John Curry photo At the cheque presenta- Sarah Blakely (right), organizer of the Stittsville front porch tion, Natasha McBrearty, concerts, presents Natasha McBrearty (left), associate associate executive director executive director of Crossroads, with the funds raised from KING’S of Crossroads, called it the donations at the concerts. most creative donation the centre had ever received. Facebook page. 30 acts signing up in short The donation was “like win- Sarah noted music can be order. Blakely hopes to do it RRichmondichmond VVillageillage MMarketplacearketplace ning the lottery,” she said. a healing force itself. all again next year. She has Organizer Sarah Blakely The impetus for the event published a website at stitts- explained she picked was wanting to hear live villefrontporchconcerts. FFresh...resh... FFast...ast... FFriendlyriendly Crossroads to receive the music after tiring of virtual weebly.com with pictures proceeds because its mental events. She threw the idea from this year’s inaugural 6613-838-725513-838-7255 health services for children out to the community and event. are mentioned frequently was overwhelmed by the 55911911 PPertherth SSt.,t., RRichmondichmond on the Stittsville Moms response with more than [email protected] COVID-19 CARLETON RESOURCE PAGE: NEWS FROM QUEEN’S PARK GOLDIEMPP.CA/COVID-19 ONTARIO’S GOVERNMENT I’ve shared those concerns directly construction include: Th e health and well-being of the APPROVES CONSTRUCTION OF with the Minister of Education on • 628 elementary student spaces; residents of Carleton, Ottawa & 2 NEW PUBLIC ELEMENTARY numerous occasions. I’m thrilled that • 39 new licensed child care spaces; Ontario is my top priority. Please visit SCHOOLS IN STITTSVILLE our government is building two new and my website for the latest information schools in Stittsville.” • 2 new child care rooms. & updates from the Government On July 23, the Ontario government Ontario’s investment in new and Th e new École Élementaire Publique of Ontario, as well as information announced it is investing over $500 updated schools will create the Kanata Sud will be located in Stittsville, regarding upcoming virtual town hall million to build 30 new schools and meetings & public consultations. foundation for a modern learning Ontario. Highlights of the new school make upgrades to 15 existing facilities. environment for hundreds of students construction include: Recent updates include: Th e province has approved $14.9 across the province. Th is investment • 425 elementary student spaces; • Ontario releases plan for safe million to build Fernbank Elementary will also generate nearly 900 new • 49 new licensed child care spaces; reopening of schools in September; School, and $12.5M to build École licensed child care spaces.
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