Dear Friends and Neighbours! I hope you are having an enjoyable summer. The arrival of August brings on-going summer fun, cooler nights and back-to-school shopping. Regrettably, July started off with a string of heavy storms on Canada Day that resulted in over 7,000 households in Ottawa being...
Dear Friends and Neighbours! Canada Day Storms – One Week AfterOne-week ago today, on July 1 (Canada Day) the City of Ottawa took a direct hit by a series of strong thunderstorms resulting in high winds causing varying degrees of damage and dumping 118mm of rain...
Dear Friends and Neighbours! Happy Canada Day! July is a great month of summer fun, enjoy everything there is to do in our ward and across our beautiful City – Ottawa shines in the summer. Public Transit is free today to facilitate your travels to/from downtown. Leave the...
Dear Friends and Neighbours! What a great month ahead, June is now here with a very busy calendar of events. Please read the e-newsletter for a list of social events, public consultations and a community safety night. This month, enjoy and celebrate National Indigenous History Month, Filipino...
Dear Friends and Neighbours! May is a lovely 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 Mayo (May...
Dear Friends and Neighbours! Happy April - our first full month of spring! We have earned the sunshine and warmer weather after a long winter. I am hosting a number of events this month, please note the following: Saturday April 4, Community Spring Breakfast (Alexander Community Centre, 10-11:30am), Tuesday...
Dear Friends and Neighbours! March is one of those months when anything can happen with the weather. Enjoy the sunshine and let’s open the doors wide to spring – just a few weeks away. At the end of this month, on March 30, I will be hosting...
Dear Friends and Neighbours! Happy February! February may be the shortest month of the year, but it is filled with many local and City-wide events. February is Black History Month, a month to honour and celebrate the contributions, achievements, and central role of Black residents in Ottawa’s...
Dear Friends and Neighbours! Happy New Year!May I offer you my very best wishes for a happy and prosperous year ahead. I’ll be honest with you, I have always struggled in January. I find the post-holiday period, cold days and lack of sunshine a challenge. As such,...
Dear Friends and Neighbours! Wishing you an absolutely fantastic month of December. You are invited to the River Ward Community Christmas Dinner on Thursday December 18 at the Hunt Club Riverside Park Community Centre (two seatings: 5pm and 6:15pm). Please RSVP with my office to secure your...
Dear Friends and Neighbours! On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month…we will remember them. On November 11, Remembrance Day, please take some time to attend a local event or the National Remembrance Day ceremony downtown to remember the fallen who have...
Dear Friends and Neighbours! October already, how did this year fly by so fast? The leaves look beautiful, pumpkins and scarecrows are making their appearance, apple-picking is full swing - what a great month ahead. This month, we recognize Yom Kippur (Oct 1-2), Thanksgiving (October 13), Fall Gathering...