Ottawa – The City is gradually reopening its cultural facilities this week, with the initial offering of room rentals at the following locations: Arts Court Nepean Creative Arts Centre Nepean Visual Arts Centre Meridian Theatres@Centrepointe Shenkman Arts Centre City Museums and Historic sites opened in August and most City-run galleries will open through the month…
Get updates on the Britannia Beach Dredging project City webpage. Update September 11, 2020 Contractor (Fuller) will be working this Saturday (Sept 12) in an effort to maintain and expedite the construction schedule The north half of the parking lot in front of Ron Kolbus will be closed for a short time on Tuesday (Sept…
Ottawa – The City is offering COVID-modified recreation programming this fall. It will kick off with the registration on Monday, August 24 at 9 pm. The Recreation eGuides will be available to browse online on Friday, August 21. You will be able to register for swimming lessons, power swim and advanced aquatic certifications with programs beginning as early as Monday, September 14. For swimming lessons, a…
In recent years, the Goose Management Program was expanded to include Andrew Haydon Park, specifically – using the tactics of egg management, coyote decoys, and pathway cleaning/maintenance. The current status for each of these tactics is as follows: Egg Management: In the early stages of our response to COVID-19, a decision was made to cancel…
This week Council received a memo providing an update on recreation members’ scheduled payments. As you may be aware, charges to monthly membership clients have been suspended since March 17, 2020 while facilities were closed due to COVID-19. An error in payment processing occurred on August 4, which resulted in those monthly payments being charged…
The City will be extending current swimming membership expiry dates by 4.5 months. The 4.5-month extension on the current swimming memberships covers the four months when operations were suspended due to the pandemic on March 16. Plus, it adds an extra two complimentary weeks to help members transition to the reopening. Customers who pay for…
The City of Ottawa’s Recreation, Cultural and Facility Services Department has once again made accessible water wheelchairs available at Westboro Beach, Mooney’s Bay and Petrie Island for Summer 2020! The initiative began as a pilot project in 2017 at Mooney’s Bay and has since expanded. The chair at Westboro Beach is on loan from Britannia…
Ottawa – The City is now planning for a phased-approach to opening wading pools and a gradual opening of indoor and outdoor swimming pool facilities – with COVID-19 prevention measures. Wading pools Wading pools across the city will open in a phased approach, with the first group of pools opening on July 6 and a…
For all information about wading pools including rules and hours Ottawa.ca Opening July 6th Marlene Catterall (Michele Heights) 2955 Michele Dr. Frank Ryan Park 950 Alpine Ave. Ruth Wildgen Park 1099 Grenon Ave. Opening July 9th Woodroffe Park – 180 Lockhart Ave. This pool is managed by Dovercourt Recreation Opening July 13th Britannia Park 2805…
Ottawa – The City’s beaches at Mooney’s Bay, Westboro and Petrie Island will have lifeguards on duty starting Saturday, June 27. Britannia Beach will remain closed for the season for planned riverbed restoration work. Lifeguards will be on duty every day from noon to 7 pm until August 30. Ottawa Public Health will conduct regular…