Problems at Carlingview Manor This week’s report by members of the Canadian military about their experience working in 5 Toronto long term care (LTC) homes with high levels of Covid-19 was horrifying. For years our health care and seniors’ advocates have been trying to tell us about the state of our broken long-term care system.…
On World Hunger Day, City of Ottawa announced support for more people to start food gardens at their homes On May 27th, Ottawa City Council voted to support household food gardens. Councillor Theresa Kavanagh’s motion, The Ottawa Food Garden Project, an initiative that supports household food production, unanimously passed at City Council yesterday. This…
On Wednesday, May 27th, Council voted 15-6 to expand the urban boundary. I was one of the 6 who voted against adding up to 1,650 hectares of development land inside the urban boundary. I believe the city of Ottawa is better off holding the line on urban sprawl and concentrating on intensification. Building new neighbourhoods…
Ottawa – The following projects will impact Ottawa traffic: Bank Street canal bridge – The curb lanes in both the northbound and southbound directions on the Bank Street canal bridge have been converted to pedestrian walkways. The bridge now has one traffic lane and one pedestrian lane in each direction, between Wilton Crescent and Echo…
Ottawa – All Council, Committee and Board meetings will be held electronically unless otherwise noted. For agendas and updates, please sign up for email alerts, visit ottawa.ca/agendas or call 3-1-1. The City continues to take COVID-19 seriously and, in following the advice of provincial and federal governments, is making significant changes to services and programming…
Ottawa – A new waste collection contractor has started servicing some neighbourhoods this week. With the new contract your collection day will remain the same, your garbage/recycling pickup times may change. Check out the collection updates to see if you are in the area being serviced by a new contractor. Just pick your collection day.…