Transformation de déchets: l'entente entre Plasco et Ottawa en péril
Jean-François Dugas
Ville d'Ottawa

L'entente entre l'entreprise de transformation de déchets Plasco Energy Group et la Ville d'Ottawa semble en péril.

Dans une note interne envoyée aux membres du conseil municipal vendredi, le directeur général de la municipalité, Kent Kirkpatrick, informe que la compagnie n'avait pas respecté la date limite du 31 décembre dernier, imposée par la Ville, pour boucler le montage financier de ses nouvelles installations.

«Ils devaient fournir une preuve à la Ville quant à leur capacité de financer la construction de leurs installations [...] Plasco n'a pas satisfait aux conditions d'entente nécessaires à temps», écrit-il.

After the storm, there will be frigid temperatures for Ottawa area all week
Ottawa Citizen

By Bruce Deachman, Ottawa Citizen, January 4, 2015

Ottawa’s first winter storm of the year brought icy roads, vehicle collisions and spinouts, delayed and cancelled airline flights, and aches and pains from shovelling and scraping as about 18 centimetres of snow and freezing rain fell on the region. To top it off, a frigid Arctic air mass moving into the area Sunday night isn’t expected to leave any time soon. via After the storm, there will be frigid temperatures for Ottawa area all week | Ottawa Citizen.

Snowmobilers on thin ice, police say
Ottawa & Region
News
Ottawa Sun

By Danie-elle Dubé, Ottawa Sun, January 3, 2015

Five snowmobilers are lucky to have escaped with their lives on New Year's Day following two separate snowmobile accidents in Ontario – one in Penetanguishene Bay, the other in Jack Lake near Peterborough, OPP say. Now, the two snowmobiles sitting at the bottom of the lakes are reminders of the dangers of snowmobiling on iced-over lakes. And the fact that the drivers and passengers were able to get out alive is astonishing, the OPP said in a press release. via Snowmobilers on thin ice, police say | Ottawa & Region | News | Ottawa Sun.

Accidents pile up as Ottawa under winter storm warning
Ottawa Citizen

By Allison McNeely, Ottawa Citizen, January 3, 2014

A winter storm warning remains in effect for Ottawa and Eastern Ontario, as snow, freezing rain and then more flurries are expected to make travel difficult over the next three days.In a special weather statement released Saturday, Environment Canada warned that “hazardous winter conditions are expected,” calling for 10 to 15 centimetres of snow Saturday, before the temperature rises and “prolonged” freezing rain begins later in the evening and continuing into Sunday morning. via Accidents pile up as Ottawa under winter storm warning | Ottawa Citizen.

Plasco doesn't meet 3rd financing deadline; city contract in question - Ottawa - CBC News

By CBC News Ottawa, January 2, 2015

The City of Ottawa could start the process of terminating its waste conversion contract with Plasco next month after the company missed its final deadline to provide plans for a waste-to-energy plant. In a memo to council, city manager Kent Kirkpatrick said Plasco did not raise enough money to build a plant that would take residential waste and turn it into electricity by the New Year’s Eve deadline. via Plasco doesn't meet 3rd financing deadline; city contract in question - Ottawa - CBC News.

Winter storm to make for messy travel in Eastern Ontario
Ottawa Citizen

By Ottawa Citizen, January 2, 2015

A “significant winter storm” is expected to create hazardous travel conditions this weekend, according to a special weather statement issued Friday morning by Environment Canada. The weather agency said a low pressure system will track from southwest to northeast on Saturday and Sunday, bringing with it snow on Saturday that was expected to change to rain late Saturday and into Sunday. via Winter storm to make for messy travel in Eastern Ontario | Ottawa Citizen.

546 home subdivision gets city's OK

By Ottawa Community News, January 1, 2015

A proposed 546 home subdivision in Stittsville has been approved by the city of Ottawa pending the fulfilment of 169 conditions imposed on the developer by the city of Ottawa, the Ottawa Carleton District School Board, the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority, Hydro One Networks Inc., Hydro Ottawa, Canada Post, Rogers Communications, Bell Canada and Enbridge.

The 29.0 hectare site abuts existing residential development to the west (John Sidney Crescent/Liard Street/Caribou Avenue), Fernbank Road to the south, vacant land to the east between the site and Shea Road and a forested area identified as a Natural Environment Area to the north. The Goulbourn Recreation Complex is located to the north east of the site.

Here comes the Ontario Energy Board - again!

By Ottawa Community News, January 1, 2015

The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) is returning to the area for the second round of its community consultations regarding the proposed Energy East pipeline passing through the province.

This Energy East pipeline is proposed to cross through Goulbourn, just west of both Stittsville and Richmond.Earlier this year, the OEB held a community consultation in Stittsville as part of its province-wide consultation about the proposed Energy East pipeline and its impacts, both positive and negative, on communities in the province.

Reevely: Self-diagnosed windmill syndrome isn’t legal evidence against wind farms, court rules
Ottawa Citizen

By David Reevely, Ottawa Citizen, December 30, 2014

Illnesses from big wind turbines aren’t enough to stop new energy projects if windmill opponents’ self-diagnosed problems aren’t backed up by doctors, an Ontario court has ruled. The case covers three wind farms near Lake Huron, but the ruling applies across the province, the first test of its kind of the government’s Green Energy Act. via Reevely: Self-diagnosed windmill syndrome isn’t legal evidence against wind farms, court rules | Ottawa Citizen.

Ottawa Uber drivers head to court Jan. 28 to fight bylaw charge
Ottawa Citizen

By Allison McNeely, Ottawa Citizen, January 1, 2015

A pair of Uber drivers plans to take charges of breaking the City of Ottawa’s taxi bylaw to provincial offences court later this month, according to a City of Ottawa official. Two individuals were charged with providing taxi service without a Ottawa taxicab driver license on Oct. 4. Both contesting are the $615 fine levied against each of them for breaking the bylaw, said Susan Jones, Ottawa’s manager of emergency and protective services. Their court date is set for Jan. 28. via Ottawa Uber drivers head to court Jan. 28 to fight bylaw charge | Ottawa Citizen.
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