By Kate Porter, CBC News Ottawa, October 1, 2022
It was just a few years ago that environmentally minded city hall watchers were trying to track down whether the City of Ottawa had even a single staffer dedicated to working on climate change.
During the last election, even as a destructive tornado tore through the region, climate change wasn't much of a campaign issue.
But this council term, it became a priority — at least on paper.
By Peruska Gopalkista, City News, September 28, 2022
Several community transit groups are calling on the City of Ottawa to implement fare-free transit on the day of the municipal election on Monday, Oct. 24.
Groups including Transit Riders, Horizon Ottawa and Free Transit Ottawa said in a release that transit should also be free of charge on advanced voting days on Oct. 7 and Oct. 14.
By Taylor Blewett, Ottawa Citizen, September 29, 2022
At a spirited but civil debate Wednesday night, the last in a series of focused on the environment, five mayoral candidates touted the unique climate-related policies they’re each putting forward and sparred over topics that didn’t have any obvious “green” connection but made for interesting listening for voters who packed the church venue and watched via livestream at home.
...The series of four eco-focused mayoral debates was organized by the People’s Official Plan coalition, which includes Community Associations for Environmental Sustainability, Ecology Ottawa and other local organizations. Recordings of previous debates are available online.
By Marc Fawcett-Atkinson, National Observer Opinion Piece
Jennifer Lipka stops mid-sentence to swing a bug net over a row of late-season flowers blooming at the University of British Columbia’s campus farm. Inside is a native bumblebee.
... While she has always been drawn to bees, Lipka has only recently begun catching them for her research into how native bees are impacted by changes in land use, climate change and pollution. Modern industrial farming practices like pesticides can harm native bees, contributing to their global decline. Lipka is looking at these impacts and how to make farms more friendly to native bees.
Par Kristy Nease, ICI Radio Canada Ottawa Gatineau, le 25 septembre 2022
Même après qu'une tornade ait ravagé le parc pour chiens sans laisse de Bruce Pit en 2018, la forêt est luxuriante. Elle offre donc un bon exemple de ce à quoi ressembleront probablement dans quelques années les forêts ravagées par le derecho sur d'autres terrains de la Commission de la capitale nationale (CCN).
Cependant, les travaux effectués à la sablière Bruce au cours des quatre dernières années, ou dans la pinède et la forêt Pinhey appartenant à la CCN
après le derecho de mai, ne représentent pas nécessairement l'ensemble des pratiques écologiques exemplaires, remarque Andrew Almas, expert en foresterie urbaine à l'Université de la Colombie-Britannique.
By Joanne Chianello, CBC News Ottawa, September 22, 2022
Whether you get around on foot, bike or bus, whether you drive every day or just on weekends, the folks running for mayor are promising to make it easier for you to get around town.
...The city is conducting an "origin destination study" to figure out how people are travelling around town — whether by driving, using transit or on foot — and when and where they are going. The results aren't in yet, but they are likely to be quite different than in pre-pandemic times.
By Ted Raymond, CTV News Ottawa, September 21, 2022
Ottawa mayoral candidate Catherine McKenney says they would turn the Greenbelt into a national urban park if elected.
Most of the land is owned by the National Capital Commission and McKenney says they would work with the NCC, Parks Canada, and elected officials at all levels to preserve the undeveloped lands that encircle urban Ottawa.
Par ICI Radio Canada Ottawa Gatineau
Dès lundi, la limite de vitesse pour les automobilistes sera réduite sur la promenade Reine-Elizabeth et sur un tronçon de la promenade Colonel-By, à Ottawa.
La limite permise passera de 60 km/h à 40 km/h sur toute la longueur de la promenade Reine-Elizabeth, ainsi que sur un tronçon de la promenade Colonel-By, de l’avenue Bronson à l’avenue Daly.
... Ce changement assurera une limite de vitesse uniforme le long de ces corridors et augmentera la sécurité sur les promenades. Il permettra également aux piétons et aux cyclistes d’accéder plus facilement au canal Rideau et aux sentiers environnants
, écrit la CCN par voie de communiqué.
By the Editor, Kitchissippi Times, September 3, 2022
(many ways also help the environment, so read on..)
Inflation continues to take a painful bite out of our household budgets, but there are lots of ways to save a little here and a little there, which can add up to a lot over time. Here are some easy-to-do tips for tackling those rising prices.
... Waste is a big money gobbler in the kitchen
... Shrink energy costs
... Create a naturalist garden..
By Robert Hiltz, Ottawa Magazine, September 14, 2022
Destructive storms that take out power for days. Floods that force rivers over their banks. Heatwaves in early spring. The climate is changing, and we’re feeling it. The question is no longer whether the effects of climate change are here, or what we should do, the question is now: Are we doing enough?
...Sana Badruddin of Ecology Ottawa, a grassroots non-profit focused on climate change, says “Cities generate enormous amounts of greenhouse gas emissions, because there are more people there. But that also makes cities a place where there’s the highest potential to fight climate change.”
Par Alistair Steele, ICI Radio Canada Ottawa Gatineau
Les résidents d’un complexe de la Société de logement communautaire d'Ottawa (SLCO) disposent maintenant d’un nouveau moyen pour se déplacer en ville : un véhicule électrique à partager qu’ils peuvent emprunter pour se rendre à l’épicerie, à leurs rendez-vous médicaux et à d’autres sorties essentielles.
Cette initiative, qui a vu le jour mardi, est le fruit d’une collaboration entre la SLCO,
Hydro Ottawa, le Fonds d’action climat d’Ottawa et l’entreprise d’autopartage Communauto. Elle a été présentée comme étant le premier programme d'autopartage entièrement électrique à être offert dans un complexe de logements abordables en Ontario.
By Laurie Weir, InsideOttawaValley,
It’s smaller than a bread maker and can whip a mound of table scraps into a handful of dirt in no time.
All for the price of $150 — $350 less than retail.
A presentation to the municipal services committee of the Township of Rideau Lakes on Sept. 12 was presented by Christina Zardo, director of municipal solutions for Ottawa’s Food Cycle Science.
