by Glen Gower | Feb 1, 2026 | Development, Notebook
La version française suit Last week was the official deadline for comments on the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment for the proposed development at Hazeldean and Savage. Here are the comments that I provided to City staff. Resident parking A total of 148 resident...
by Glen Gower | Jan 28, 2026 | Development, Notebook
La version française suit City Council unanimously approved the New Zoning By-law for Ottawa today. In my wrap up comments at Council, I likened Ottawa’s New Zoning By-law project to an action-adventure movie featuring a spaceship on a long, long journey back to...
by Glen Gower | Jan 28, 2026 | Notebook
La version française suit The late Gord Atkinson was one of the biggest names in Ottawa radio for nearly 50 years, and soon the longtime Stittsville resident will have a street named for him in our community. I met up with Atkinson’s family last week and we...
by Glen Gower | Jan 20, 2026 | Information, Notebook
La version française suit About 5,000 property owners in Stittsville received letters this month with information about an increase to taxes due to revisions of the “Urban Fire Boundary”. A sample of the letter is included below. The letters took many people...
by Glen Gower | Jan 11, 2026 | Notebook
La version française suit (This post originally appeared in my Substack newsletter.) The Vacant Unit Tax declaration portal is once again open on ottawa.ca. If you’re an Ottawa property owner, remember to take a few minutes to complete your declaration ahead of the...
by Glen Gower | Jan 9, 2026 | Information, Notebook
La version française suit At the end of November, our team took a tour of Ottawa’s Traffic Operations Centre on Loretta Avenue. Tucked in beside the Queensway, this old industrial building is where staff monitor and adjust traffic signals, fabricate street signs,...
