LIGHT RAIL COMING CLOSER Last week the City presented the

implementation report on phase 2 of the LRT project which extends LRT to

Moodie Drive. This is good news for Kanata as it moves LRT a little closer to
our community. With the Environmental Assessment now getting underway
to determine the route to Canadian Tire Place we are moving to obtaining the
information to get phase 3, LRT to at least Terry Fox Station moved forward.
Construction to Moodie will be complete in 2023 and thats when we need to
be ready to start the next phase and finally get Kanata connected into the
LRT system.

COLDEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR WALK Please join my team or

sponsor me in the Coldest Night of the Year Walk on February 25, 2017. I
will be participating in the 2km walk to raise funds for Chrysalis House in
Kanata. Use this link to go to my page to sponsor me or even better, to join
my team. https://canada.cnoy.org- change to link to my page on that site

FAMILY DAY at the MLACAK: It was great to see so many of you at

the Family Day Free Skate, which I sponsored together with our MP Karen
McCrimmon. Thanks to Chartwell Kanata for the hot chocolate and cookies
and to the Kanata Muslim Association for their family activities in the Mlacak
Centre halls and to Dezzy the dragon for taking to the ice!

TOWN HALL We had a full house last week where City forester Jason
Pollard explained why thousands of trees are being cut from parks near the
Beaver Pond and along Shirleys Brook, and on plans being made to clean up
those areas and replant. Once I see the plans for replanting I hold a
community meeting to review and make suggestions on the way forward.

There were many opposed to the request by Brigil to rezone their property to
increase the density and reduce parking. Ive met with staff to make it clear
that I do not support this zoning change and urged them to reject it. The site
plan is under review and will be at a later meeting for public input.

KANATA NORTHS INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY

BREAKFAST March 9th 7 am, Mlacak Centre is open to all women in
Kanata North, along with invited guests. Numbers are limited so please
RSVP to KanataNorth@ottawa.ca as soon as possible. We have a great
guest speaker, Cheryl Jensen CEO, President of Algonquin College. This free
breakfast is a great way to recognize the achievements women have made
and the challenges that remain.

DANGER FROM STREET DRUGS A Kanata family has lost a lovely

young women, 14 year old Chloe Kotval, from a drug overdose. Dr. Levy,
Ottawas Medical Officer, has told me that illicicit fentanyl in counterfeit pills
are made to look like prescription drugs, but they are deadly and they can be
obtained on Kanata streets. Please talks to your teenagers and make them
aware of overdose issues. Information can be found at
www.StopOverdoseOttawa.ca and do attend sessions that will be held to
provide more information.

UPCOMING EVENTS

February 25th, RCMP Musical Ride Open House, 1 Sandridge Road,

10:00 am to 3:00pm.

February 25th, Coldest Night of the Year Walk Kanata Recreation

Complex Hall A (100 Charlie Rogers Pl.). Registration will open at 4:30 p.m. and
the walk will commence at 5:30 p.m.

March 8th, CFUW's International Women's Day Celebration,

Centerpointe Studio, 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm. Tickets $25 at www.cfuw-ottawa.org
March 9th, Councillor Wilkinson's Free International Women's Day
Breakfast, Mlacak Centre, 2500 Campeau Drive, 7-8:30 am. RSVP to
KanataNorth@ottawa.ca