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By Jenn Pritchard, CFRA News, January 6, 2015

It may be cold this week but there is a silver lining for anyone who loves skating.The cold weather means the NCC is working hard to get the world's largest skating rink open for another season.

Trucks and tractors were spotted clearing snow off the ice on Monday night but the NCC says they're not ready for skaters just yet.

The ice needs to be at least 30cm deep before it is deemed safe enough for skaters.

Cycling routes in the works for next winter

By Laura Mueller, Ottawa Community News, January 2, 2015

Better snow clearing for cyclists is on the way, but there are still a few kinks to work out before a winter cycling network is established. A proposal to clear another 20 kilometres of bike lanes downtown in addition to the current 20 km will be part of the 2015 city budget process. The idea was just floated when it was included in the updated Transportation Master Plan in 2013, but city council will still need to allocate the money – an estimated $250,000 – to make it happen, which means the clearer routes won’t become a reality until next winter. via Cycling routes in the works for next winter.

Extreme cold warning, frostbite warning issued for Ottawa - Ottawa - CBC News

By CBC News Ottawa, January 6, 2015

The increasingly cold weather will feel like -35 C overnight Tuesday, forcing Environment Canada to issue an extreme cold warning and Ottawa Public Health to issue a frostbite warning for the capital starting Wednesday. After an unseasonably warm Christmas holidays, Environment Canada has said a frigid air mass brought temperatures that could sink as low as -30 C on early Thursday morning. via Extreme cold warning, frostbite warning issued for Ottawa - Ottawa - CBC News.

Reevely: Not much comes of Harper-Wynne meeting, but it’s better than nothing
Ottawa Citizen

By David Reevely, Ottawa Citizen, January 6, 2015

Northern Ontario’s mineral deposits won’t get mined if we don’t build roads and rail lines to the minerals, Ontario’s premier and Canada’s prime minister agreed Monday night. It’s a pretty scant result, but it’s the best that Premier Kathleen Wynne could do in touting how productive a meeting they had.

The face-to-face in Toronto, before Stephen Harper went to the Air Canada Centre to watch the junior-hockey championship game and Wynne went home to catch it on TV, is the first time the two leaders have talked in person in more than a year. Mostly, the way Wynne told it Tuesday morning, they had an exchange they practically could have had by text.

McLeod: We shouldn’t be surprised when cars hit pedestrians
Ottawa Citizen

By Jonathan McLeod, Ottawa Citizen, January 6, 2015

It’s sad that we have to keep talking about this. Each month brings more and more stories of collisions involving cars and pedestrians, more and more accidents. Of course, these aren’t really accidents; they’re the foreseeable consequences of the infrastructure we build. Cars need to go fast. Lots of them. Safety be damned. via McLeod: We shouldn’t be surprised when cars hit pedestrians | Ottawa Citizen.

Close parkway lanes for ‘linear park’, students’ plan recommends
Ottawa Citizen

By Don Butler, Ottawa Citizen, January 6, 2015

Closing the westbound lanes of the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway to vehicular traffic is a key element of a Queen’s University plan that re-imagines the heavily travelled parkway as part of a linear park along the Ottawa River. The plan, the product of three months’ work by nine graduate students from the Queen’s School of Urban and Regional Planning, was presented to the National Capital Commission last month. via Close parkway lanes for ‘linear park’, students’ plan recommends | Ottawa Citizen.

Year-end interview with Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson
Metro

By Trevor Greenway, Ottawa Metro News, January 5, 2015

The year 2014 was “a year of progress” for Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson, as the city saw projects like Lansdowne and the Armstrong bridge get completed as well as the first phase of LRT get underway. With a strong mandate of over 76 per cent of the vote in October’s municipal election, Watson is excited to get 2015 going with projects like phase 2 of LRT and the Arts Court redevelopment on the horizon. via Year-end interview with Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson | Metro.

Ottawa searches for new waste company after Plasco misses deadline - Ottawa - CBC News

By CBC News Ottawa, January 5, 2015

The City of Ottawa has put out a call for other waste companies capable of handling household garbage after Plasco missed its final deadline to provide plans for a waste-to-energy plant. Plasco misses 3rd deadline; city contract in questionIn 2012, the city signed a 20-year, $180 million contract with Plasco to divert residential waste from landfills and instead use it to produce electricity. Plasco was given until Dec. 31, 2014 to secure financing for a proposed plant, after missing two previous deadlines. via Ottawa searches for new waste company after Plasco misses deadline - Ottawa - CBC News.

Agnes Cadieux: Stop whining and enjoy winter
Ottawa Citizen

By Agnes Cadieux, Ottawa Citizen, January 5, 2015

Now that the holidays are over, it won’t be long before the city plunges into the depths of the winter blahs. The gyms eventually thin out as drunken resolutions of a “healthier me” start to go by the wayside, and people give up on keeping their cars, boots, and travel bags salt-free. If we’re not hearing it yet, we will soon be subject to that all-too-familiar grumbling about too much snow, scraping the windows, or more often, about how cold it is. Well, this is Ottawa… Yet every year people stand huddled at the bus stops like groups of slighted blackbirds, or walk hastily from place to place, hunched over and wearing an expression that could melt a snowman. I say this because I’ve been in that group of blackbirds, and am guilty of melting my share of snowmen. But winter doesn’t have to be about treacherous road conditions or salt-stained pants; especially when Ottawa and the surrounding valley have so much to offer during the winter months. via Agnes Cadieux: Stop whining and enjoy winter | Ottawa Citizen.

Frigid temperatures for Ottawa area all week in ‘coldest weather so far’
Ottawa Citizen

By Bruce Deachman, Ottawa Citizen, January 5, 2015

Ottawa Public Health issued an open-ended frostbite advisory on Monday, after a frigid Arctic air mass is expected to cause the “coldest weather so far this season,” according to Environment Canada. Monday will see a high of only -15 C, a low of -21 C, and a wind-chill of -26. The remainder of the week shows little in the way of warming. According to Environment Canada, Tuesday and Wednesday boast 60- and 40-per-cent chances of snow, respectively, and temperatures in the –11 to –16 range, while Thursday promises to be a bright but bitter-cold day — the numbest of the week — with a high of -11 and a low of -30 accompanying a 30-per-cent chance of flurries. via Frigid temperatures for Ottawa area all week in ‘coldest weather so far’ | Ottawa Citizen.

Ottawa environmental doctor disciplined for treating suicidal teen with vitamins
Ottawa Citizen

By David Reevely, Ottawa Citizen, January 5, 2015

An Ottawa doctor who treated a suicidal teenager with vitamins can only work with patients who have other doctors taking care of them, Ontario’s College of Physicians and Surgeons has ruled. The 19-year-old woman died by suicide in spring 2011, after just a few months in Dr. Jennifer Margaret Armstrong’s care. The woman first went to Armstrong in December 2010, according to a college disciplinary finding released Monday. She had a history of suicide attempts and hospitalizations, but her mother said she’d improved with the help of a doctor experienced in environmental medicine. via Ottawa environmental doctor disciplined for treating suicidal teen with vitamins | Ottawa Citizen.
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