VIDEO: Aerial footage of the Carp River
(PHOTO: Dr. Steven Cooke and students beside the habitat pond at the Carp River Restoration area. Photo by Janet Mason.) Here’s an interesting perspective of the Carp River, south north…
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COMMENT: Committee should have deferred Maple Grove decision
A shout out to CBC for continuing to focus on Stittsville development issues this week. Here’s an excerpt (in red) from an article by Laura Osman published today, along with my…
CBC: Taxpayers on the hook for an extra $10M to help developers build homes in Kanata
Laura Osman from CBC Ottawa has a story today about increasing costs for the Kanata West pumping station and Carp River Restoration Project. An excerpt: Taxpayers are on the hook for…
NOTEBOOK: Major Maple Grove development coming to planning committee
This Tuesday, October 24, Ottawa’s Planning Committee will vote on a zoning bylaw amendment that would give the green light for Richcraft to proceed with a massive residential development on…
CARP RIVER RISING: Restoration project raises concerns in Arcadia
(ABOVE: Carp River, April 8, 2017. The Arcadia neighbourhood is in the background.) (Guest post from Daniel J. Kucherhan with the Arcadia Community Association.) Residents of Arcadia have been watching…
“MY CARP RUNNETH OVER”: Pathway flooding is perfectly normal, says City
Carp River, April 8, 2017. The Arcadia neighbourhood is in the background. (Thanks Karen for the headline pun.) The mighty Carp River overflowed its banks during the first week of April,…
UPDATE: Fall-out and follow-ups from our Hazeldean bridge report
On Monday, we published a copy of a report on structural problems with the Hazeldean Road bridge, obtained via a Freedom of Information request. The story spawned quite a bit…
Here’s why the Hazeldean bridge sank in 2011
PHOTO: North side of the Hazeldean Bridge over the Carp River, March 2016. OTTAWA SUN, JULY 30, 2011: “A $4-million bridge over the Carp River will take an extra month…
NOTEBOOK: Stittsville South zoning, french immersion, Huntmar-Maple Grove, more
STITTSVILLE SOUTH ZONING APPROVED This week the City’s Planning Committee unanimously approved a zoning change for a subdivision at Stittsville South, paving the way (pun intended) for a new residential development…
NOTEBOOK: Refugees, Carp River, OC Transpo, Tow Trucks
STITTSVILLE’S REFUGEE EFFORT The Kanata Stittsville Refugee Sponsorship Group (KSRSG) met again this week to work on plans for sponsoring Syrian refugees. Rev. Grant Dillenbeck from Stittsville United Church chairs the group, and…
NOTEBOOK: Potter’s Key, city budget, pipeline, CRRP
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…
NOTEBOOK: GRC pool legal action, Carp River work, community safety, more
Updates on stories we’ve been watching over the past few weeks… GOULBOURN REC CENTRE POOL The GRC pool re-opened in June after extensive repairs to fix structural deficiencies. We were wondering…
COMMENT: More oversight needed on Carp River Restoration Plan
(Above: Carp River looking west from Maple Grove Road, August 2015.) A couple weeks ago we published an article called “Something Fishy with Carp River pathway plan”, outlining concerns about…
Comments of the week: Turtles, Carp River, Huntmar/Maple Grove, Aperitivo, Glen Eden
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…
Something fishy with Carp River pathway plan, say observers
(Above: A heron and ducks swim along the Carp River between Hazeldean and Maple Grove. This photo looks north towards Maple Grove from the Hazeldean Road Bridge.) After years of delay,…