Outaouais : interdiction des feux à ciel ouvert en forêt ou à proximité
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Par ICI Radio Canada Ottawa-Gatineau, le 6 mai 2015

Le ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs annonce une interdiction de faire des feux à ciel ouvert en forêt ou à proximité, dans plusieurs régions du Québec et notamment en Outaouais.

Onze incendies sont actuellement en activité dans la province. Depuis le début du printemps, 139 incendies, dont 99 depuis le 1er mai, ont ravagé 141,6 hectares de forêt.

Little Italy parking demand should be pushed back onto condos, councillor says
Ottawa Citizen

By Michael Woods, Ottawa Citizen, May 6, 2015

The city should enforce rules for visitor parking at proposed condo developments before it considers a standalone garage to deal with growing demand for parking in Little Italy, the area’s councillor says. The city’s transportation committee on Wednesday considered a parking study for Little Italy, including recommendations to deal with high parking demand in the area. via Little Italy parking demand should be pushed back onto condos, councillor says | Ottawa Citizen.

Egan: Path rage – NCC should create bike-only lanes in new river park
Ottawa Citizen

By Kelly Egan, Ottawa Citizen, May 6, 2015

The National Capital Commission is looking for ideas to create a linear park along the Ottawa River. Here’s one: kick the bikes off the bike path. Yes, I absolutely mean that. More helpfully, why not create a separate bicycle-only path system along the shoreline that lets pedestrians wander around in peace, safe from the spandex knights on their daily crusades? via Egan: Path rage – NCC should create bike-only lanes in new river park | Ottawa Citizen.

City staff working on new patio pilot

By Brier Dodge and Alex Robinson, Ottawa Community News, May 4, 2015

Patios could be coming to parking spaces in front of select restaurants downtown this summer. As city council voted to keep patios on Elgin Street, city staff were already at work, planning a pilot project to build patios on the street in a couple neighbourhoods rather than sidewalks to free up space for pedestrians, said Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury. via City staff working on new patio pilot.

Albert-Transitway crossing called a 'zoo' for pedestrians, cyclists - Ottawa - CBC News

By Matthew Kupfer, CBC News Ottawa, May 5, 2015

Construction on the north side of Albert Street has forced foot and bike traffic to use a single crosswalk, delaying buses as they yield to pedestrians. Pylons, thin rope and orange signs surround what used to be a median in the middle of Albert Street to separate traffic from the turning lane. via Albert-Transitway crossing called a 'zoo' for pedestrians, cyclists - Ottawa - CBC News.

Kemptville festival about whole community, not musicians’ personal politics, chairman says
Ottawa Citizen

By Jonathan Duncan, Ottawa Citizen, May 5, 2015

The musicians who’ve threatened to pull out of Kemptville’s upcoming Dandelion Festival to protest a sponsorship donation from TransCanada Corp. are putting personal politics ahead of the community as a whole, says the festival’s chairman. (...) They do have some support. A local environment group, Ecology Ottawa, applauds the musicians for their stance.

“It reminds me of the days when musicians came together to launch a cultural boycott of South African Apartheid,” wrote Graham Saul, executive director of Ecology Ottawa, in a news release Sunday. “Musicians are saying they aren’t going to play for oil and pipelines.”

            via Kemptville festival about whole community, not musicians’ personal politics, chairman says | Ottawa Citizen.

Kemptville’s Dandelion Festival to return TransCanada donation
Ottawa Citizen

By Jonathan Duncan, Ottawa Citizen, May 5, 2015

A Kemptville festival says it will return the $5,000 donation it received from TransCanada Corp. after an outcry from some musicians over the energy company’s sponsorship prompted a community group to step in and raise the money itself. A drive spearheaded by the Sustainable North Grenville community group raised the $5,000 in just over three days, allowing the Dandelion Festival to give back TransCanada’s contribution. via Kemptville’s Dandelion Festival to return TransCanada donation | Ottawa Citizen.
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