by Glen Gower | Sep 24, 2025 | Notebook
La version française suit Three things about today’s debate at City Council about return-to-office for municipal staff: 1. I don’t support a mandatory return-to-office policy for City staff. So it was good to get clarity from the City Manager that hybrid work will...
by Glen Gower | Sep 24, 2025 | Notebook
UPDATE: This motion was carried at City Council on September 24, 2025. Thank you to residents who provided their written feedback to City Council prior to the meeting. Originally published on September 10 La version française suit Today at City Council I brought...
by Glen Gower | Sep 20, 2025 | Information
Good morning! This week I’m just south of Stittsville at the annual Quilt Walk at Mad About Patchwork at 2477 Huntley Road. This week’s updates: Fall clean-up at R.J. Bell Rotary Peace Park, part of World Clean-up Day Shingwàkons student Japnam’s petition for more...
by Glen Gower | Sep 14, 2025 | Notebook
(This post originally appeared in my Substack newsletter.) Why is OC Transpo struggling to deliver consistent, reliable bus service? What is being done to fix it? And how long will it take? It’s tough right now to be using transit in Ottawa. What I hear from...
by Glen Gower | Sep 13, 2025 | Information
Good morning! Today I’m at Village Square Park ahead of today’s Butter Tart Festival. This week’s updates: Butter Tart Festival today; also Applefest Reminder about stopping for school buses Council Approves 2026 budget directions A motion about parking on Brae...
