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Community Voice - December 10, 2020 1 Free consultations. No fees until we settle. Disability insurance denials, car crashes, wrongful dismissal, slip and fall accidents and medical malpractice. Call today 613-599-3535 or www.gironeslawyers.com You have nothing to lose and so much to gain. Your CommunityVoice KANATA December 10, 2020 [email protected] 613-45-VOICE www.ottawavoice.ca [email protected] Vol. 3 No. 24 A Cut Above! Members of the Kanata Central Business Improvement Area dressed up their stores for the holiday season. Kelly Hollington, a receptionist at the Scissors in the Signatures Mall showed off her artistic talents with her Christmas scene in the window of the hair salon. Photo by Patrick Uguccioni 2 December 10, 2020 - Community Voice WE HAVE IT ALL AT KANATA CENTRAL THIS HOLIDAY SEASON The one-stop-shop for all your needs is just around the corner. The Kanata Central neighbourhood is a main shopping centre in the west end of Ottawa. With over 130 different Professional Services, Restaurants, Retailers and Services, there is everything you need in one convenient location. Stop in, run your errands, holiday shopping, order food & beverages for take-out or delivery and please keep supporting our local businesses. For a full list of all our businesses please visit: kanatacentral.com The countdown until the Holidays is on, and we are celebrating with DAILY PRIZES! Support Local and WIN DAILY! Each day, we are sharing a photo from the Kanata Centrum, the Kanata Entertainment Centre, the Signature Centre or Kanata Commons, and each day you have the chance to WIN a $50 GIFT CARD to local businesses by guessing which store is being featured. Our contest runs until Dec 24th. All clues will be shared on our How? Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/kanatacentralBIA/ Our Kanata Central Business Improvement Area took time to dress up their windows or interior space for the Holiday Season HHOLIDAYOLIDAY WWINDOWINDOW DDISPLAYISPLAY WWINNERSINNERS BestBest WindowWindow ExteriorExterior Professional:Professional: Aqua Tots & Tweed & Hickory Best Window Exterior Non Professional: JoJo Coco & Scissors Hair Studio Best Interior Design: Laurier Optical & Party Mart Best Design Restaurant / Eatery: Central Bierhaus, Baskin Robbins & Crazy Horse Best Service Provider Non Retail: Holiday Inn & Graffi ti’s, Homewood Suites Best Overall: Fratelli’s & My Home Furniture News Community Voice - December 10, 2020 3 Kanata North councillor steps down as committee chair BY PATRICK UGUCCIONI just a few accomplishments put some more attention Business Association that there are many that we have of the past two years at the on that COVID recovery represents over 500 busi- lost already that couldn’t Two years into her role as helm of the committee. piece.” nesses and more than keep their doors open chair of the city’s commu- The councillor also high- So what’s next for the 28,000 employees. through COVID,” she said. nity and protective services lighted the work of the city’s councillor? She wants to use that ex- “There’s a lot of work, I committee Kanata North Human Needs Task Force, A university trained econ- perience to the benefit of think, that needs to be done Coun. Jenna Sudds has which brought together omist, she spent her career the whole city and looks in that space particularly stepped down to pursue partners since the onset of before being elected to city forward to being able to for small businesses to help other leadership opportu- the pandemic to improve council in 2018 on the eco- contribute in a bigger way. them weather this storm,” nities at city hall. food security, support nomic development front, “We know there are so she added. The first-term council- residents experiencing the last few as executive di- many businesses in our lor made the surprise an- homelessness, and coor- rector of the Kanata North city that are struggling and [email protected] nouncement last week. dinate outreach and social She told constituents in a services. statement on her website “Thanks to this contin- Professional Corporation she hopes to have the op- Submitted ued collaboration, we Lawyers portunity to lean on her ex- Coun. Jenna Sudds have been able to respond AdamMillerKelly perience and education in to emerging needs and take Providing legal economic development “to the community the city has care of our most vulnerable services to assist our city, my commu- made great strides in im- residents,” she said. Kanata-Stittsville nity and our businesses in proving the quality of life “It was an honour but it their recovery efforts from for all residents. was also very time con- and surrounding COVID-19.” She pointed to an updat- suming and where we are areas for more “I have cherished this ed 10-year plan for housing now in the midst of COVID than 30 years. experience and consider and homelessness, efforts and understanding some Mary Miller Jennifer Gaspar Robert Pacan myself very fortunate to to improve the safety and of the challenges that our have the opportunity,” quality of rental housing community and our busi- Real Estate | Mortgages | Wills & Estates | Small Business Matters said Sudds of her time as and a greater focus on the ness community are facing, Gateway Business Park | 300 March Rd., Suite 601, Kanata, ON K2K 2E2 chair, stressing despite the root causes of crime, social I felt compelled to free up pandemic that has gripped disorder and ill health as more of time to be able to Phone: 613-592-6290 | amk-law.ca Mrs. Joan Smith Broker, FRI, CMR, CRA THE JOAN SMITH REAL ESTATE FAMILY Top 1% in Ottawa & Canada Joan: 613-762-1226 Lifetime Member for Royal LePage* Victoria: 613-302-2157 Luc: 613-851-6215 Since 1985 2018 Since 1995 www.joansmith.com | [email protected] *See award details at www.joansmith.com Mrs. Joan Smith, Broker, daughter Victoria Smith, son-in-law Luc St-Hilaire, all sales representatives. From Our House Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays If you are like many people, you will be taking some �me this month to reflect on those you have come to appreciate in 2020; family, friends, neighbours and professional acquaintances. We take this opportunity to say how much we appreciate the clients and professionals we have worked with and to stay in touch with you. We want to especially thank all the front line To Your House workers for their endless efforts to take care of us. ... All the best to you and your family for 2021. The Joan Smith Real Estate Family Proud Sponsors of: Major Midget AA Minor Atom Rep B Thank you for your trust and business in 2020. See you in 2021! 4 December 10, 2020 - Community Voice EDITORIAL Happy holidays! When we set out two years ago to saw following the wrath of Mother families adopted to make sure their bring you the news from your neigh- Nature that devastated the lives of holidays are full of cheer. bourhood and around the corner so many following the fury of floods This holiday season we encourage and how what happens at city hall and tornadoes. you to heed public health instruc- affects you where you live, we chose Never has this generosity of soul tions strongly advising you to only the name Your Community Voice. been more on display than over the gather in person with members of When you leaf through the pages past many months of this pandemic. your household. we strive to show you a reflection of Those who can have wrapped their We all want things to be normal your community and give a voice to arms (from a distance, of course) again but now is not the time to let the issues that are important to you. around those in need as record num- our guards down. We drew our boundaries in bers turned to social service agen- Make that gift this year to each Stittsville, Richmond, Kanata and cies like our food cupboards. other to stay apart so we can gather West Carleton because those com- The volunteers in many cases that again in the new year when it’s safe munities have a treasure trove of sto- run these lifelines have had to adjust to do so. ries to tell. on the fly to serve an ever growing Our family at the Voice gives thanks The people that call these commu- need in our communities. to yours for allowing us into your nities home have a history of giving It has been heartening to see neigh- homes and we give cheers and our back and supporting each other in bourhood food drives in all parts of gratitude to the many businesses times of need. Those stories have our coverage area return car and who have stuck by us this year so we filled our pages and touched our truck loads of donations to the ware- can continue to tell your stories. hearts. houses where they are sorted and Look for us at your door and online They are communities with a long delivered to those in need. on January 14, 2021. history of lifting each other up as we Christmas hampers are filling and Happy holidays! Don’t blow the whistle on crossing guards funding from the City of our children can cross the enforcement duties with The guard will also blast guards, city council should Ottawa. Somehow, the mu- road safely. It is unfortu- their ticket books. Failure their whistle if a motorist pass a motion that the city nicipality is responsible for nate that a small number to comply with the school attempts to make an illegal will not respond to whistle the program and not the of jerk drivers make their crossing can lead to a fine move through the inter- noise complaints and fully school boards or education job difficult and at times between $150 and $500 and section.