TRAFFIC’S KEY FOR MINTO PLAN City planner Patricia McCann-MacMillan sent out an atypically frank email to residents who submitted comments on Minto’s proposed Potter’s Key development. The email summarized what’s next for Minto and…
A colour party and the Arnprior MacNab pipe band led veterans in a parade down Main Street for a Remembrance Day ceremony at the cenotaph in front of Johnny Leroux…
(Photo: Paul Meek holds up a bottle of Harvey & Vern’s root beer at Quitters Coffee, November 2014. Photo by Barry Gray.) The first thing to go through Paul Meek’s head…
The City of Ottawa’s Built Heritage Subcommittee was supposed to decide today on Richcraft’s proposal to dismantle and move the Bradley-Craig barn at 590 Huntmar, but they deferred the decision until the…
(Photo: Over 100 residents signed a petition against the traffic plan for Potter’s Key. The image has been blurred to protect the privacy of residents.) Echowoods resident Chris Levesque could…
(Photo: Mike Fletcher is a volunteer with Ecology Ottawa. Along with other volunteers, he’s knocked on over 6,000 doors to talk to residents about the proposed Energy East pipeline.) I FOUND…
The hope is still alive to find Holly the lost Goldendoodle. One of the volunteers searching for her says the group has received a report of a sighting this weekend in the…
(Photo: Wreaths at the 2014 Remembrance Day ceremonial service at the Cenotaph on Warner-Colpitts Lane. Photo by Barry Gray.) (Media advisory) To mark this year’s Veterans’ Week, the City of Ottawa…
(Photo: Bradley Craig barn on Hazeldean Road, October 2015. Photo by Barry Gray.) Increased urban sprawl into what once was prime agricultural land and thriving rural communities requires an ethical response…
The Coalition for Landfill Accountability (COLA) launched a new web site today at colaottawa.ca. The web site will be a resource for residents to learn about issues related to the expansion of…
(Above: The Colour Party leads veterans and other participants down Stittsville Main Street on November 11, 2014. Photo by Barry Gray.) This year’s Remembrance Day activities in Stittsville will begin…
Every week we get lots of comments from our readers on our web site, via email, and social media. Here’s a sample of what we heard this week. Add your thoughts…
BRADLEY-CRAIG BARN Richcraft is going to ask the city’s Built Heritage Sub-Committee to defer a decision on their demolition request for the Bradley-Craig barn. The developer wants to dismantle and move…
…But it’s probably manure from area farms. UPDATE (NOV 6): The City of Ottawa says they’re not the stinky ones. Here’s an email response attributed to Dixon Weir, General Manager of Environmental…
(Above: About 100 people atttended the public meeting to share their perspective on the new Minto development. Photo by Shannon Lough.) There weren’t enough seats in the room for concerned residents…
