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THE STRAY DOG BREWING COMPANY presents Dan Kelly with special guest Ryan King from 7 p.m. at 501 Lacolle Way in the Taylor Creek Business Park. For more information visit facebook.com/straydogbrewing.

CUMBERLAND TOWNSHIP PIONEERS CLUB 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION starting at 12 noon with a full roast beef dinner at the Bearbrook Community Centre, 8720 Russell Rd. Cost $17 per person. Reservations are required. Everyone welcome. For more information and to RSVP, contact Christine Lanthier at totalfootspa@xplornet.ca or call 613-835-3397.

THE ORLÉANS BREWING CO. presents Oyster Wednesdays every Wednesday Co. is located at 4380 Innes Rd. near the Innes Road McDonalds. For more information visit www.facebook.com/OrleansBrewingCo.

THE STRAY DOG BREWING COMPANY presents Taproom Trivia from 6:30 p.m. at 501 Lacolle Way in the Taylor Creek Business Park. For more information visit facebook.com/StrayDogBrewingCompany.

53rd ANNUAL MAPLEFEST hosted by the Cumberland Lions Club from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lions Maple Hall, 2552 Old Montreal Rd. in Cumberland Village. Tickets $12 for adults and $8 for children under 10. Includes pancakes, sausages, maple syrup, tea/coffee, hot chocolate and orange juice.

STEAL MY SUNSHINE PARTY at the Stray Dog Brewing Company, 501 Lacolle Way in the Taylor Creek Business Park. Come celebrate the solar eclipse from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information visit facebook.com/StrayDogBrewingCompany.

 

 

Innes Ward ward candidate hopes second time's the charm
By Fred Sherwin
October 11, 2018

It's been four long years since Fran�ois Tr�panier finished a disappointing third in the 2014 municipal election running in Innes Ward against eight other candidates including the winner, Jody Mitic.

During that time, Tr�panier has been standing ready to run again should Mitic decide not to seek re-election. When that possibility became an eventuality last spring, Tr�panier jumped at the chance for personal redemption and threw his hat into the ring.

"I had a lot to offer voters in Innes Ward back then, and I still do today,� says Tr�panier. "I believe that Innes Ward needs someone with my kind of experience, education and leadership to be able to put Innes back on city council's agenda.�

Unlike 2014, when nine people ran for the seat left vacant by the departure of former Innes Ward councillor Rainer Bloess, there are only four people running this time around � Tr�panier; Laura Dudas, who finished second in 2014; Donna Leith-Gudbranson, who was an office assistant to Bloess from 2003 to 2009 and more recently for Beacon Hill, Cyrville councillor Tim Tierney; and Tammy Lynch who, up until she decided to run, was an assistant to Jody Mitic.

Tr�panier is quick to point out that he is the only candidate who hasn't worked for the city. In fact, he is a former navy man having served with Canadian Armed Forces for 28 years from 1987 to 2015.

Since leaving the navy, he and his wife Laurie have operated a successful consulting business that specializes in training and learning development.

Highly educated � he possesses two Master's Degrees in public administration and education � Tr�panier says his expertise in procurement and budget management will be a major asset should he get elected to city council.

He also has an extensive and well thought out platform that addresses a whole host of issues from traffic management to public transit and environmental concerns.

One of the universal concerns, Tr�panier has heard during his door-to-door campaign is speeding on residential streets, especially in school zones.

"Speeding is a big problem,� says Tr�panier. "It seems to be an issue on every street.�

One of the solutions Tr�panier has put forward is the installation of rumble strips in school zones which would warn motorists to slow down.

"People are ignoring the signs and the warnings painted on the road,� explains Tr�panier. "The difference between rumble strips and speed bumps is that they don't affect the buses and they don't affect the snowplows.�

Tr�panier's safe streets plat- form also in-cludes the crea-tion of a pro-tected bike lane from Blackburn Hamlet to the LRT Station at Gloucester Centre along Innes and Blair Roads.

"It's something I'd like to see happen as soon as possible. I don't want to wait until there's a serious accident,� says Tr�panier. "Right now the cyclists are sharing the road with cars that are going 80 km/hr and often much faster. I want to put in flex posts to protect the cyclists.�

One of Tr�panier's more ambitious proposals is to extend Brian Coburn Blvd. all the way to Walkley Road. His three opponents only want to extend Brian Coburn Blvd. to Anderson Road. Tr�panier says that's not good enough.

"Extending Brian Coburn to Anderson only solves one problem,� says Tr�panier, referring to the positive impact the extension would have by diverting traffic from the Bradley Estates community. "But it only pushes the problem further down the road. By extending it all the way to Walkley in the west and Frank Kenny Road in the east you create another east-west corridor across the southern part of Orléans.�

Tr�panier also supports MIFO's plans to triple the size of the cultural centre on Carri�re Street � both of his teenage children attended before and after school programs at MIFO and they went to summer camp there � and he plans to champion francophone services at City Hall.

Additionally, Tr�panier wants to be a strong voice on city council in support of sustainable environmental initiatives, most notably the use of electric buses. It's something he pushed for in the last election and OC Transpo recently unveiled with it's first electric bus to be used as a pilot project.

"What can I say, I was ahead of my time,� jokes Tr�panier. Ottawa residents will head to the polls on Oct. 22. An advance poll is being held on Oct. 12.

(This story was made possible thanks to the generous support of our local business partners.)

 

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