Par Le Droit, le 28 juillet 2015
Quelques jours après avoir pris la plume pour promettre un investissement
fédéral de 1 milliard$ dans le prolongement du train léger, le député
d'Ottawa-Orléans, Royal Galipeau, est débarqué à la station Bayview, hier matin,
afin d'officialiser l'engagement de vive voix. Accompagné de son collègue de
Nepean-Carleton, le ministre Pierre Poilievre, il a confirmé que le gouvernement
conservateur contribuera au prochain chapitre du projet en épongeant le tiers de
la facture de 3 milliards$. La phase 2 du train léger consiste en la réalisation
de trois tronçons vers l'ouest jusqu'au centre d'achats Bayshore, à l'est,
jusqu'à Place d'Orléans et vers le sud, jusqu'à Riverside. Les quelque 30
kilomètres de rails seraient construits entre 2018 et 2023. via
Le fédéral dit oui à la phase 2 | Ville d'Ottawa.
By CTV News Ottawa, July 27, 2015
An east end community group is hoping to add more safety features to a
potentially dangerous pathway. The Pineview Community Association, along with
the Women's Initiative for Safe Environments, conducted a safety audit of the
pathway around the Blair Street transit station. The path runs from the station
and Gloucester Centre, all the way to Innes Road. via
East end community looking for more safety along pathway | CTV Ottawa News.
By Julienne Bay, Ottawa Sun, July 28, 2015
With a four-day stretch of temperatures expected to reach above 30C, Glyn Kenny,
University of Ottawa research chair in environmental physiology, spoke with the
Sun to debunk some myths on how to keep cool on a hot summer day. Sun: Does
exercising outside to sweat more on a hot day actually keep you cool? Kenny: No.
You got to remember that if that sweat drips off your body, it's of no value to
you because it doesn't provide cooling. It's only when sweat evaporates off your
skin, that you get any cooling (effect) from that evaporated sweat. via
University of Ottawa prof debunks myths on staying cool | Ottawa & Region
| News.
By Patrick Smith, Ottawa Citizen, July 28, 2015
Environment Canada has ended a severe thunderstorm watch issued Tuesday
afternoon for the national capital region. The weather agency has said
conditions were right for inclement weather that could include strong wind
gusts, large hail and heavy rain and issued watches for Ottawa North — Kanata —
Orléans, Ottawa South — Richmond — Metcalfe and Gatineau. via
Environment Canada ends storm watch, heat warning continues | Ottawa
Citizen.
By Haley Ritchie, Ottawa Metro News, July 27, 2015
Starting in September, students living in Gatineau will be able to use their
discounted student bus pass on both sides of the river. OC Transpo and STO, the
Gatineau service provider, have been in negotiations to expand the service and
have reached an agreement. via
Gatineau students will be getting a U-Pass in September | Metro.
By Ottawa Metro News, July 27, 2015
Motorists need to keep their “heads up” and not succumb to distractions as the
province gets ready to enforce stiff fines of up to $1,000 this fall,
Transportation Minister Steven Del Duca said Monday. While police could start
charging the new fines Sept. 1, the government is planning a public education to
make drivers aware of the higher fines and other changes unanimously passed by
the legislature in June. via
Ontario drivers face steeper fines come September | Metro.
By CBC News Ottawa, July 27, 2015
A quarry in Barrhaven is still attracting trespassers looking to beat the heat
despite a police crackdown on Sunday. Barrhaven quarry patrons targeted in
Ottawa police crackdown The quarry, owned by Mattamy Homes, has been used for
swimming for decades despite the "No Trespassing" signs posted there. via
Barrhaven quarry still attracts trespassers despite police crackdown - Ottawa
- CBC News.
By Anais Volski, Ottawa Citizen, July 27, 2015
Environment Canada and Ottawa Public Health issued a heat warning on Monday as
the mercury is expected to reach 30C until at least Thursday. The Environment
Canada warning extended through most of the region southwest and east of Ottawa,
including Kingston, Lanark, Smiths Falls, Brockville, Leeds and Grenville, and
Cornwall, as well as into Gatineau. via
Heat warning in effect across Ottawa and Eastern Ontario | Ottawa Citizen.
By David Reevely, Ottawa Citizen, July 27, 2015
The federal government’s billion-dollar contribution to Ottawa’s light-rail
plans has nothing to do with the fall election, but the local Conservatives want
you to know it’s happening only because of Stephen Harper’s strength and
leadership. That was the theme of an announcement Monday morning at the Bayview
O-Train station, where MPs Pierre Poilievre and Royal Galipeau joined a handful
of city councillors to say what we’ve known since Galipeau sent the city a
letter last week: the feds are in for a third of the city’s $3-billion plan to
extend the first phase of rail with lines east, west and south starting in 2018.
via
Reevely: Stephen Harper will build Ottawa’s LRT with his own hands if he has
to | Ottawa Citizen.
By Erin McCracken, Ottawa Community News, July 24, 2015
The Canada Science and Technology Museum has partnered with the Google Cultural
Institute to create a new virtual exhibit about cycling. Photos, illustrations
and stories about early big-wheel bicycles, tricycles and wooden bikes from the
museum's archives are among 25 historical types of pedal-powered technology that
will be featured in the exhibit, entitled Cycling: The Evolution of an
Experience, 1818-1900. via
Science and tech museum, Google create new virtual cycling exhibit.
By Adam Feibel, Ottawa Citizen, July 26, 2015
STO and OC Transpo say they’ve all but finalized a deal that would finally
render Ottawa students who live in Gatineau eligible for the U-Pass program five
years after it was rolled out. Currently, the transit pass is available to
students at the University of Ottawa, Carleton University, Saint Paul University
and Algonquin College, but not to those with a Quebec address. via
STO nears deal with OC Transpo that would make students living in Gatineau
eligible for U-Pass | Ottawa Citizen.
By Bruce Deachman, Ottawa Citizen, July 24, 2015
Yet another piece of the Lansdowne Park puzzle was put in place Friday morning,
as deputy mayor Mark Taylor officially opened the “water plaza” and accompanying
public art installation, promising “another space in this modern urban park
where families and friends can come together to celebrate our community.” And
while it’s difficult to say whether the youngsters and parents and grandparents
who later arrived with the afternoon heat to test drive this splash pad and
sculpture — part of the $4 million spent on public part in the urban park —
were, in fact, celebrating our community, this much was clear: regardless of
their thoughts on the Lansdowne project as a whole, the water plaza received a
pretty uniform thumbs-up from spectators and participants. via
Lansdowne water plaza opens to (mostly) enthusiastic reviews | Ottawa
Citizen.











