by Glen Gower | Apr 24, 2019 | Notebook
(le français suit) Ottawa is the latest Canadian municipality to declare a climate emergency. A majority of Ottawa city council voted in favour of doing so on Wednesday. https://t.co/KOgTcOOpiZ #ottnews #ottpoli #ottweather — Global Ottawa (@global_ottawa) April...
by Glen Gower | Apr 17, 2019 | Notebook
(le français suit) I had two board meetings this week: The Ottawa Board of Health on Monday evening, and the Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority (MVCA) board of directors on Wednesday afternoon. Two boards, both grappling with uncertainty after last week’s...
by Glen Gower | Apr 11, 2019 | Information
(le français suit) Thank you to everyone who joined us on Wednesday night for our “Let’s Talk About Trees” event. We had over 50 people join us, plus city staff and community representatives, to hear how residents can get involved to help plant new trees and protect...
by Glen Gower | Apr 4, 2019 | Notebook
(Le français suit) I was out in Carp earlier this week, listening to Steve Willis (GM of the City’s Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development) and Peter Kenyon (Director at Bank of I.D.E.A.S) talk about how to encourage economic development in rural...
by Glen Gower | Mar 31, 2019 | Notebook
(Le français suit) Hunt Club and Riverside has a F- rating. Staff say this Taggart dev't will not improve things. @glengower asks whether #OttCity can refuse a development if it makes traffic a lot worse, but staff say there's no real grounds. #ottnews —...
