Starting today, the City will open the washrooms at five popular park and beach destinations: Andrew Haydon Park, Britannia Park, Westboro Beach, Mooney’s Bay Beach and Petrie Island Beaches. The washroom facilities at these locations will undergo ongoing cleaning during hours of operation, as well as extensive weekly...
Please find below a printable copy of the HCCA update presented by Councillor Brockington at the HCCA monthly meeting, held by Zoom, on Monday, June 1. [Click the image to open the full pdf version.] ...
River Ward Community Update Dear Friends and Neighbours, The month of June marks many special occasions, anniversaries, and milestones. This past week my office prepared and sent out over 700 graduation certificates to River Ward’s 16 elementary and secondary schools to honour graduating students. I would like...
The City will cancel its originally-planned summer camp programs, scheduled to run from June 29 to August 28, to be replaced by a new summer camp program that is reformatted around COVID-19 public health measures. Details on registration, dates, location and the camps’ operations will...
As part of a phased-in approach to a resumption of physical services, Ottawa Public Library (OPL) will soon begin a new curbside service for returns and holds pick up at six (6) branch locations: Main branch, 120 Metcalfe Street Beaverbrook branch, 2500 Campeau Drive Cumberland branch,...
Good afternoon, I would like to take this opportunity to provide an overview of four meetings that were held this month to discuss, debate and vote on the Residential Growth Management Strategy (Official Plan Review). Thank-you for sharing your comments with me. I apologize for not being...
Ottawa’s population is expected to grow by 400,000 new residents by 2046. To meet the increase in housing demand, City Council today approved a growth management strategy to expand Ottawa’s urban area by 1,281 hectares of new residential lands and to have 60 per cent of...
In conjunction with the Ottawa Central Park Community Association, Councillor Brockington's office has mailed out a community update to the residences within Central Park to provide an update on a number of planning files, as well as a safety update. We had intended to host...
Please find attached below, the presentations from today's City Council Meeting. (Click the image to view the presentation) City Manager Presentations: Ottawa Public Health Presentations: ...
The City of Ottawa is holding a virtual town hall on Ottawa’s economic recovery planning amid COVID-19 on Friday, May 29 at 1 pm. Members of the business community and residents are invited to join us for a discussion on how the City and local economic development partners are working together...
A heat warning has been issued by Environment and Climate Change Canada for the City of Ottawa for May 26 to May 28. Heat warnings mean extra precautions need to be taken by everyone. Some of the usual ways we cool off may not be...
O-Train Line 1 will close temporarily and be replaced by R1 bus service from Sunday, May 31 to Wednesday, June 3. Line 1 will reopen on Thursday, June 4. This closure will allow Rideau Transit Group to test updated software and do infrastructure and maintenance work...