2021 City Budget Vote After many months of meetings with community groups and individual taxpayers, City Council met on Wednesday, December 9th, to approve the 2021 budget. As expected, the pandemic added more challenge to the already hard choices that come with budget deliberations every year. City council passed a budget of $3.94 billion and…
The city is looking for your input at Ottawa.ca/NewOP by February 17th, 2020. The City has developed 21 different one-page fact sheets to give people a general sense of the topics the OP will address. During the next couple of months, I will be highlighting these topics in the my weekly bulletin. Click here to view all…
Councillor Theresa Kavanagh’s Statement on Budget Vote-Ottawa Police Services After much reflection, I decided to support the proposed Ottawa Police Services budget. I want to take a few minutes to explain my decision. Let’s be clear. We need drastic change to our police service. There are women, youth, racialized communities, people with mental illness, and…
Project website Ottawa Ward Boundary Review 2020 – Recommended Ward Boundaries – Final Report (December 2020) New – Final Report The report recommends a new ward boundary structure composed of 24 wards, with 12 urban wards, nine suburban wards and three rural wards. City-wide map of recommended ward boundaries New – Recommended Ward Boundaries –…
Free webinars are offered to businesses through Invest Ottawa Education Centre. Invest Ottawa is dedicated to helping Ottawa entrepreneurs make informed decisions about starting and growing their businesses. They promote Ottawa’s economy, through the development of products and services that encourage entrepreneurship and support business growth. Invest Ottawa has a staff of dedicated business professionals,…
Sourced from the City of Ottawa’s Climate Change Newsletter Envari is offering a unique opportunity to homeowners looking for an energy efficient alternative to their electric, oil, natural gas, or propane heating systems. As part of a pilot program, they’re looking for homeowners who would like to take part in a two-year pilot study of…
Ottawa – Bus service improvements, bus stop changes and the return to Rideau Street start Sunday, December 20, as OC Transpo winter service takes effect. Holiday service starts December 21. New winter schedules and holiday schedules are available at octranspo.com or by calling 613-741-4390. Service Improvements Route Changes: Scott and Parkdale Trips on Routes 14…
I’ve already received several beautiful pictures from residents’ children and grandchildren. I’m looking forward to receiving many more to share with everyone and add a smile to your day. Please send your children’s drawings to BayWard@Ottawa.ca to be published in the December 18th Holiday edition of the Bay Ward Bulletin.
Please find photos of the newly opened temporary bus loop that will allow for the construction of Lincoln Fields Station and Guideway. In the coming weeks the shelters will be dismantled and the next stage of Station excavation will begin.
A resident asked the City of Ottawa why healthy young Ash trees were being cut down when they may carry a genetic variant that makes them more resistant to the emerald ash borer (EAB). With respect to the future of ash trees with the presence of emerald ash borer, in Canada there is some very…