Happy Canada Day! Wishing you and your family a great day and I hope your celebrations are safe and enjoyable. If you are headed downtown and/or to Lebreton Flats, take public transit, it is free all day and extra service is added for anticipated higher volumes...
What a great month, June is now here with many great things to enjoy and partake in. This month, enjoy and celebrate National Indigenous History Month, Filipino Heritage Month, Italian Heritage Month, Jewish Heritage Month, International Pride Month and Portuguese Heritage Month in addition to National...
River Ward Special Newsletter - released May 14 2025Quartier Rivière bulletin spéciale - publié le 14 mai 2025 Read Special Bulletin (EN & FR) ...
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Dear Friends and Neighbours May is certainly a great month, sunny days and spring flowers, bicycles come out of winter storage and skipping ropes adorn front steps. There are a number of events this month I draw your attention to: May Day (May 1), Cinco de...
The Mooney’s Bay Beach pavilion is celebrating 60 years. Now, you can help shape its future by taking part in a public consultation on its redesign. Have your say online at engage.ottawa.ca/mooneys_pavilion or join us in person on Thursday, May 8. Back in 2018, the first round of public...
With the arrival of April, I certainly look forward to warmer days ahead. The wintry blast of snow and ice this past weekend was a reminder that our weather this time of year is unpredictable. The pothole crews have been out, repairing our roads, which will...
Spring arrives on March 20 and the sunny skies are most welcome. We certainly received our fair share of snow last month. I appreciated your patience and understanding as Snow Operations crews worked non-stop to remove large volumes of snow. What an exciting month, packed with a number...
Environment Canada has identified hazardous weather from Wednesday, February 12 until Thursday, February 13. As a result, the City of Ottawa has declared a Significant Weather Event. The Roads and Parking Services team will be out maintaining the City’s sidewalks, roads and the winter cycling network,...
Although February is the shortest month of the year, it is packed with many activities to keep us busy. Winterlude started yesterday (January 31) and will run this weekend and the following two weekends this month. There is so much to do, spread out across Ottawa...
Happy New Year! May I take this opportunity to wish you all the best for 2025. It continues to be a fantastic opportunity to serve our community and City and I look forward to working with you to make our neighbourhoods the very best place to...
Right in the heart of River Ward there is a great opportunity for Cross Country Skiing! The City of Ottawa conducts lessons at the Mooney’s Bay Cross Country Ski Centre, in the Terry Fox Athletic Centre. There are still classes available for the 2025 season!...