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On a more local level, Lister has lived in Ottawa’s east end since 2001 and he sees a “growing disparity” in the amount of in- frastructure funding aid that comes out of Queens Park for the National Capital Region as a whole with the western and central ar- eas of the region gettingmore than the east does. “It’s ever more of an issue now,” he said. Hand-in-hand with infrastructure im- provements Lister lists dealing with the commuter traffic situation in the Ottawa- Orléans riding as another important con- cern. “That is the number one issue that I want to address,” he said, citing Progressive Con- servative leader Tim Hudak’s promise to
upload responsibility for Highway 174 back to the province if the Tories form Ontario’s next government. Improved health care service for the rid- ing is another of Lister’s top concerns. He wants to see a “health hub” setup as prom- ised for the area as promised during past Liberal policy announcements. “Not a glorified urgent care clinic,”he said, “but a hospital-style setup, barring most major surgery needs.” He noted that his party endorsed the original Liberal health hub concept when it was proposed and he would like to see it “get off the drawing board” for the riding. “It would alleviate a lot of the (patient) traffic at the downtown hospitals.” During his short life the Rogers House team worked to help create wonderful memories for the family of his brief life and also provide them with the opportunity for quality time with their infant child while be- ing able to prepare themselves to bid him good-bye in a compassionate home-like environment. Registration for the memorial golf tourna- ment is available by phone to 613-253-3292 or online at http://dylanstournament.wix. com. The shotgun teeoff time is at noon.
ORLÉANS | In high school Andrew Lister’s career goals could have gone one of two ways. In the end he chose law but at heart he still had a yearning for politics. Now he is following that long-buried de- sire as the Progressive Conservative candi- date for the Ottawa-Orléans riding seat left vacant by retiring incumbent Liberal MPP Phil McNeeley. “I’ve always been very interested in poli- tics since high school,” Lister said. “But I parked my political ambitions and went to finish law school.” Lister pursued his own successful law ca- reer and also got married and began raising a family. But, he noted, he always remained involved on at least the periphery of politics through his work in the community and his support for various causes or issues. Until now. “I thought the issues now are important enough for me this time to be more active.” For Lister the state of the Ontario econ- omy and growing provincial debt, and the impact both of those have on the Ottawa- Orléans area are two key spurs to his joining the Progressive Conservatives as an active candidate. “I wanted to be in a party that took those matters seriously,” he said.
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Open invite for memorial golf event with terminal conditions and their families. Dylan Andrew Beaton was born with Pal- lister-Killian Syndrome, a rare chromosomal abnormality which is most often fatal at the time of or soon after birth.
OTTAWA | All golfers in the National Capi- tal Region and surrounding communities are invited to take part in the Second An- nual Dylan Beaton Memorial Golf Tourna- ment. Named in memory of Dylan Beaton, the annual golf tournament scheduled for June 16 at the Canadian Golf and Country Club honours the short life of Dylan Andrew Bea- ton, a Clarence-Rockland area infant who died from a rare birth defect, and helps raise funds for the Rogers House palliative care facility that specializes in serving children
His parents learned about his condition in October 2012 and were introduced to the Rogers House Care Team whose members offered all the assistance available to com- fort the parents and prepare them for the inevitable. Dylan Andrew Beaton was born Nov. 29 2012. He passed away Jan. 5 2013.
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