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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
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		<link>http://www.emckanata.ca/20120202/news/Group+combats+youth+suicide%2c+Reach+Up+holds+dinner%2c+silent+auction+on+Feb.+2</link>
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		<title>Group combats youth suicide, Reach Up holds dinner, silent auction on Feb. 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>EMC News - Jon Lovagi still struggles with his son Dustyn's suicide.</p><p>The 20-year-old had so much going for him: a loving family, friends and a place on the Dean's List at Algonquin College.</p><p>But one night in 2005, Dustyn stepped in front of a truck on the Queensway, taking his own life.</p><p>"Dustyn didn't want to die," said Lovagi, "But for a ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emckanata.ca/20120202/news/Former+A.Y.+Jackson+teacher+'sexually+involved'+with+numerous+students%2c+Joanne+L%c3%a9ger-Legault+pleads+no+contest+to+allegations</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Former A.Y. Jackson teacher 'sexually involved' with numerous students, Joanne Léger-Legault pleads no contest to allegations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>EMC News - A former teacher at A.Y. Jackson Secondary School accused of having "an intimate sexual relationship" with two of her students and kissing another on the lips has had her teaching licence revoked by the Ontario College of Teachers.</p><p>Joanne Léger-Legault, who taught at A.Y. Jackson and Merivale High School, has been dismissed by the ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emckanata.ca/20120202/news/Anti-+bullying+group+offers+scholarship</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Anti- bullying group offers scholarship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>BullyingCanada</p><p>EMC News - BullyingCanada, Canada's National anti-bullying charity, is now accepting applications for the organization's scholarship program. </p><p>The scholarship is open to students in their final year of high school, who have worked to end bullying in their schools and communities, to aid them with their post secondary education. ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emckanata.ca/20120202/news/Frustration+'palpable'+during+rezoning+workshop</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Frustration 'palpable' during rezoning workshop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>EMC News - Neighbours, friends and residents of the Beaverbrook community gathered for a hastily assembled workshop to deal with an application to rezone the land at 2 The Parkway, on Jan. 24 at Earl of March Secondary School. </p><p>Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson hosted the meeting in an effort to develop a plan for the plot that fits within ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emckanata.ca/20120202/news/Humane+Society+offers+reward+in+dead+cat+in+dumpster+case</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Humane Society offers reward in dead cat in dumpster case</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>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. </p><p>Its back legs were tied together with an electrical cord and a press release ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emckanata.ca/20120202/news/Mayor's+key+honours+orchestra+maestro</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Mayor's key honours orchestra maestro</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>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 for Mayor ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emckanata.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.emckanata.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.emckanata.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.emckanata.ca/20120202/news/Kanata+entrepreneur+invents+water-activated+shower+stick</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Kanata entrepreneur invents water-activated shower stick</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>EMC News - Nick May's eureka moment happened during a mixing mishap in his kitchen last year.</p><p>The 23-year-old rural Kanata man was experimenting with chemicals, trying to create a water-activated shaving cream for women.</p><p>May was mixing different combinations of chemicals in the squares of ice cube trays when he accidently dropped some powder ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emckanata.ca/20120202/news/OC+Transpo+set+to+release+bus-location+data+March+22</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>OC Transpo set to release bus-location data March 22</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.emckanata.ca/20120202/news/Local+high-school+educator+named+outstanding+principal</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Local high-school educator named outstanding principal</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.emckanata.ca/20120202/news/iPads+coming+to+Barrhaven+and+Hintonburg+libraries</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>iPads coming to Barrhaven and Hintonburg libraries</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.emckanata.ca/20120202/news/Beaverbrook+man+creates+one-of-a-kind+guitars</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Beaverbrook man creates one-of-a-kind guitars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>EMC News - A Beaverbrook man's passion for handmade guitars started in high school with a teacher who owned a handcrafted instrument.</p><p>Patrick Hawley, who took classical guitar lessons during his teenage years, became enthralled with the idea that the instrument could be created by hand, rather than by a machine.</p><p>"Just the idea that these ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emckanata.ca/20120202/news/Sweeping+plan+for+arts+and+heritage+has+city's+support</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Sweeping plan for arts and heritage has city's support</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>EMC News - A brand new five-year plan for arts, heritage and culture is drawing support for ideas like building a new downtown library, re-introducing a local poet laureate, overhauling the city's process for commemorative naming and establishing a plan for archeology.</p><p>In the $5-million plan, a total of $2 million will be added to the city's ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emckanata.ca/20120202/news/No+parking+on+Uplands+after+Lulu+traffic+'nightmare'</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>No parking on Uplands after Lulu traffic 'nightmare'</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>After the local city councillor raised concerns about traffic and parking after a warehouse sale at the new CE Centre, "no-parking" signs have been installed along Uplands Drive.</p><p>The Lululemon sale at the new trade-show centre on Jan. 20 led to a backlog of vehicles on Uplands Drive and Hunt Club Road leading to the CE Centre at 4899 Uplands Dr. ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emckanata.ca/20120202/news/Tenants+turning+McAuley+place+into+a+community</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Tenants turning McAuley place into a community</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>EMC community - When Hibo Ismail moved into McAuley Place almost three years ago, a large room just off the entrance of the building had become a dusty, unwelcoming storage area.</p><p>But on Jan. 25, the bright and repainted lounge was buzzing with people who came out to celebrate the renaissance of community spirit in the building.</p><p>Ismail, along ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emckanata.ca/20120202/news/City+seeks+young+artists</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>City seeks young artists</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>City of Ottawa</p><p>EMC News - The City of Ottawa invites young artists to enter Young at Art 2012 - the citywide artist-juried exhibition for youth.</p><p>Applications are now available for Ottawa artists between 12 and 19 years of age.</p><p>Young at Art provides creative and talented youth an opportunity to showcase and celebrate their artistry in a ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emckanata.ca/20120202/news/Hopewell+students+learn+less+is+more</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Hopewell students learn less is more</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>EMC News - Students at Hopewell Avenue Public School learned new tools of how to stay safe while using social networking websites during a talk delivered by Canada's privacy commissioner on Jan. 24.</p><p>Privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart asked a gym full of Grade 7 and 8 students who has a Facebook account and most of the students raised their ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emckanata.ca/20120202/news/'State+of+the+city'+address+offers+new+ideas%2c+Sesquicentennial%2c+youth+summit+plans+get+underway</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>'State of the city' address offers new ideas, Sesquicentennial, youth summit plans 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.emckanata.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>EMC News - 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 ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emckanata.ca/20120202/news/Busting+out+moves+for+cancer+fundraiser</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Busting out moves for cancer fundraiser</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>Ottawan named among Canada's top principals, St. Pius X's Oake has passion for teaching, working with kids</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.emckanata.ca/20120202/news/Jewish+Federation+to+host+mitzvah</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>Jewish Federation to host mitzvah</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>EMC community - 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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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate>
		<title>'Let's clear the air' : Ottawa Public Health recommends smoke-free strategy for city</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>City of Ottawa</p><p>EMC News - Ottawa Public Health has released recommendations for a renewed smoke-free strategy designed to protect children and non-smokers from second-hand smoke while reducing smoking rates.</p><p>This joint initiative between OPH and bylaw and regulatory services, in consultation with other city departments, includes increased ... </p>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.emckanata.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. 4: Book Ends will be held on Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Beaverbrook Branch on Campeau Drive, a sale of gently used books, CDs, DVDs etc. In addition all magazines for the year 2010 will be on sale in the Kanata Room. </p><p>Feb. 6: The Katimavik-Hazeldean Community Association meeting will focus on preparations for Capital Hoedown. ... </p>]]></description>
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