World Food Day World Food Day was on Monday, October 16, 2023. Founded by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization in 1945, it was created to “increase awareness of world hunger, food insecurity and poverty, and to inspire solutions for world change.” The theme for this year is “Water is life, water is food.…
This week the Environment and Climate Change Committee approved a local improvement by-law needed to extend the municipal sanitary sewer along Taunton Place to four private properties that do not currently have sanitary sewer access. Two-thirds of the affected property owners have requested this project as a local improvement process, where the City provides the capital funding…
The City’s Emergency Preparedness and Protective Services Committee met on Thursday and received an update on a new pilot project from Ottawa Paramedic Service that uses taxis instead of ambulances to transport select low acuity (less urgent or non-urgent) patients, based on their needs. The Safe Alternate Transportation Pilot is one of several strategies that paramedics have…
Looking for a way to enhance your property while also soaking up rain? Enter the Get Rain Ready contest from Rain Ready Ottawa for your chance to win a rain garden, soakaway pit, or custom landscape design for your property! To enter, you’ll need to redirect your downspout or install rainwater collection on your home.…
Stage 2 website has a new home, and we want you to be one of the first to check it out! While the location may be new, it will continue to provide a one-stop shop for all your O-Train Extension needs. Here’s what awaits you: • Overview of the project • Station designs, amenities and…
Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Centre (PQCHC) and the services and supports that they carry out are highly informed by the residents they serve. PQCHC are in the process of carrying out a community-wide Needs Assessment to further understand the needs and emerging issues in our community. As a valued member of the community, they would like…
For a complete agenda and updates, please sign up for email alerts, visit ottawa.ca/agendas or call 3-1-1. For more information about how to watch or participate in individual meetings, please consult the specific meeting’s agenda at ottawa.ca/agendas. Ottawa Police Services Board – Monday, October 23 at 4 pm Community Services Committee – Tuesday, October 24 at noon Ottawa City Council – Wednesday,…
Ottawa’s Black, Indigenous and racialized communities are invited to join Councillor Rawlson King, in his capacity as Council Liaison for Antiracism and Ethnocultural Relations, and City staff for a hybrid equity budget consultation on Wednesday, November 1 at 6:30 pm. Attend in person at the Ottawa Black Business Alliance, HUB 235 at 235 Montreal Road.…
Committee of Adjustment: Panel 2 Tuesday, October 31, 2023 at 1:00 PM 243 Bradford (Ward 7 – Bay) 1.1 D08-01-23/B-00201 – 00202 1.2 D08-02-23/A-00190 – 00191 Consent & Minor Variance Applications Application to subdivide the property into two separate parcels of land for the construction of two low-rise apartment buildings with reduced parking and a reduced interior…
At an event on Thursda, Mayor Mark Sutcliffe, Councillor Matthew Luloff, Chair of the Ottawa Public Library Board, Chief Greg Sarazin, Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation, and Band Councillor Frankie Cote, on behalf of Chief Dylan Whiteduck, Kitigan Zibi Anishinābeg, celebrated the completion of the pouring of all five floors, also known as the “topping…