By Alex Robinson, Ottawa Community News, February 5, 2016
A preliminary design for a new bridge that will link Old Ottawa East to the Glebe is beginning to take shape.
Capital Coun. David Chernushenko unveiled a revised rendition of the bridge at a public meeting Thursday evening.
The new design is a straight bridge that will eventually connect Clegg Street to Fifth Avenue over the canal. A previous version was a curved boomerang-shaped bridge.
By Alex Robinson, Ottawa Community News, January 29, 2016
The Quartier Vanier BIA has unveiled the winning design for a streetside parklet it wants to bring to Beechwood Avenue.
BIA members and Vanier residents chose a water garden proposal from five different options in a vote at the group’s annual general meeting on Jan. 21.
The water garden, which was designed by Carleton University students, has a canopy that collects water and disperses it into a self-watered planting system.
By David Reevely, Ottawa Citizen, February 2, 2016
Covering about a kilometre of light-rail line through LeBreton Flats is a crucial part of the Ottawa Senators’ proposal for the property and can be done for only about $25 million, says one of the group’s top planners.
“Everybody’s very comfortable with it. Certainly final detailing and actual construction would require us to be very careful so that we don’t interrupt the LRT schedule,” says Graham Bird, who has overseen the construction of the Ottawa Convention Centre, Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre and Lansdowne Park, among other major projects.
By Tom Spears, Ottawa Citizen, February 3, 2016
Ontario brought in wind energy with a “top-down” style that brushed off the worries of communities where the massive turbines now stand, says a University of Ottawa study.
The 2009 Green Energy Act gave little thought to the transformation that wind farms bring to rural communities — problems that even revisions to the act “will only partially address,” writes a group headed by Stewart Fast.
By Jon Willing, Ottawa CItizen, February 3, 2016
Ottawa councillors last year left thousands of dollars unspent in accounts earmarked for improving traffic safety, which ranks among the top concerns in every community.
Each councillor has $40,000 to spend annually on temporary traffic calming measures such as road paint, speed display boards and flexible posts.
By Matthew Pearson, Ottawa Sun, January 28, 2016
OTTAWA - Calling it a “year of collaboration,” Mayor Jim Watson outlined his vision for 2016 on Wednesday in his annual State of the City speech.Here are five things to watch for this year
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3. Trees for 2017
The city will plant a grove of 150 maple trees in each of its 23 wards as part of the celebrations next year to mark the 150th anniversary of Canada’s Confederation.Planting will occur next spring and fall after councillors pick a suitable location in their wards.
The Canada groves project is in addition to the city’s collaboration with Ecology Ottawa and its plan to plant one million new trees.
By CBC News Ottawa, January 23, 2016
The Municipality of La Pêche has closed the Wakefield Spring after the results of a water test.
The freshwater spring — a longtime source of free, clean water for residents of the west Quebec community — was closed earlier this week as a "preventative measure," the municipality said on its website.
By Karen Turner, Ottawa Citizen, January 21, 2016
Mailyne Briggs has never trekked to the top of Mt. Everest, but her “journey” to live a zero waste lifestyle for a year has definitely been an uphill challenge, filled with similar feelings of fear, frustration and elation.
“It’s like climbing a mountain. It’s exhausting and overwhelming, but then it gets easier after that,” says the 30-year-old single mom, who last February decided to dramatically change the way she shops, eats and lives to eliminate her household garbage and promote a greener, leaner lifestyle.
By The Ottawa Citizen, January 23, 2016
It’s finally ready! Well, partially, anyway.
Winter enthusiasts will be thrilled to hear that part of the Rideau Canal Skateway — a 3.8-kilometre stretch from Somerset Street to the Bank Street Bridge — has opened for skating.The 46th skating season kicked off with an official opening ceremony Saturday morning, in time for Winterlude, which kicks off next Friday..
By Susan Sherring, Ottawa Sun, January 22, 2016
It can't be done.It's impossible.
Rules, regulations, roadblocks.
That sums up what Ottawa staff told the Sun about exploring the idea of combining this city's green and black bin programs.
Everyone knows the use of paper in our society is declining. In our world today, even receipts are emailed, bills are paid online, and more and more of us are getting our news on the Internet.
By David Reevely, Ottawa Citizen, January 22, 2016
Premier Kathleen Wynne wants a pipeline for Alberta oil across Ontario, it’s now clearer than ever. She said it when Ontario was fading behind Western Canada’s powerhouse — but now she’s said it again with Alberta Premier Rachel Notley in Toronto as a supplicant rather than a patron.
“We should see this as an opportunity and an obligation, rather than tearing the country apart, to solve a very important issue,” Wynne said, Notley at her side, after a morning meeting. “We’ve got economic imperatives, we’ve got environmental imperatives. Those are shared.”
By Jon Willing, Ottawa Citizen, January 22, 2016
Uber drivers in Ottawa want tips because the company has dropped the rates, which are the lowest in the country.
Uber on Thursday received an email with a small list of demands from a group claiming to represent about 100 drivers in Ottawa.