The changing face of Vanier: What a difference a decade makes (with video)
Ottawa Citizen

By Zach Bradley, Ottawa Citizen, January 1, 2015

Prostitution, drugs, graffiti and vacant businesses. These are the problems that Suzanne Valiquet has faced during her time at Vanier’s Business Improvement Area.

Valiquet, 55, is the executive director of Quartier Vanier. She has been involved in the association for 10 years, and served as executive director for seven of those. On Jan 1. she leaves the association.

Portion of Carp River to be restored

By Jessica Cunha, Ottawa Community News, December 29, 2014

A 600-metre portion of the Carp River is scheduled for rehabilitation thanks to funding from the City of Ottawa and Ducks Unlimited. The natural functioning of the waterway between Hazeldean Road and Carp has “experienced significant negative impacts from historical straightening and loss of wetlands in its floodplain,” said the city in the motion passed on Dec. 10. The rehabilitation project will see the city and Ducks Unlimited split the $500,000 cost down the middle to create four ponds along the Carp River. via Portion of Carp River to be restored.

Garbage, new central public library to make headlines in 2015 - Ottawa - CBC News

By CBC News Ottawa, December 30, 3014

CBC Ottawa's municipal panel sat down with Our Ottawa host and CBC Ottawa TV anchor Lucy van Oldenbarneveld earlier this month to discuss the year in municipal politics and what's coming up in the next four years. The panel is comprised of CBC municipal affairs reporter Alistair Steele and Ottawa Citizen columnist Joanne Chianello via Garbage, new central public library to make headlines in 2015 - Ottawa - CBC News.

How winter works: The science of skating, sledding and snowballs
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By Bruce Deachman, Ottawa Citizen, December 29, 2014

It’s been snowing as you walk through your neighbourhood, and you pause to notice the wonderfully soft blanket of quietude that has accompanied it. You wonder if perhaps the weather has kept pedestrians and cars at home, but no, that doesn’t seem to be the case. Yet it is so very hushed outside. Not to put a damper on the romantic postcard scene, but the serene atmosphere can be explained by physics, as pockets of air in the fallen snow, similar to those found in acoustic tiles in offices, concert halls or recording studios, absorb sound waves. In freshly dug snow tunnels at the South Pole, the sound reduction is so drastic that people who are more than about five metres apart have to shout to hear each other. via How winter works: The science of skating, sledding and snowballs | Ottawa Citizen.

Mohammed Adam: John Baird and the new federal vision for Ottawa
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By Mohammed Adam, Ottawa Citizen, December 30, 2014 Next year will be a testing time for the National Capital Commission as it takes another stab at developing LeBreton Flats. The first attempt was such a failure the NCC cannot simply afford a similar outcome — and John Baird, the minister responsible, is confident the federal agency will get it right this time.

With the old blueprint discarded in favour of a more dynamic vision, Baird believes the RFP could produce outstanding ideas for development. But if none is forthcoming, the NCC will not build anything just for the sake of it. via Mohammed Adam: John Baird and the new federal vision for Ottawa | Ottawa Citizen.

Phil Jenkins: A city grows through small changes
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By Phil Jenkins, Ottawa Citizen, December 28, 2014

What is the opposite of a headline? I’m not sure there’s a word for it, and so let’s call it a footline. This column, the last of mine for 2014, is concerned with the footlines of Ottawa in the year about to end. Relative to the big news, to gunfights on the Hill, the commencement of the Confederation Line, the most unexciting mayor race I can remember, the footlines are in smaller print, but they too are part of the city’s story, of its growing up. The trinity of civic questions worth posing at the end of any year, to my mind, are; is the city greener than it was 12 months ago; is it more beautiful; and are the least fortunate of us better off? via Phil Jenkins: A city grows through small changes | Ottawa Citizen.

Donate your Christmas tree to a holiday feast for goats (with video)
Ottawa Citizen

By Allison McNeely, Ottawa Citizen, December 28, 2014

Now that Ottawa residents have gorged themselves on holiday delights, 13 goats will be taking a seat at their own Christmas table — to chow down on your tree. The Constance Creek Wildlife Refuge is accepting donations of old Christmas trees to feed to their flock of hungry goats. via Donate your Christmas tree to a holiday feast for goats (with video) | Ottawa Citizen.

Capital Dreams: Imagining how LRT and other projects will reshape Ottawa
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By Joanne Chianello, Ottawa Citizen, December 27, 2014

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Imagine an Ottawa where you leave your Pinecrest Park home in the morning with your three-year-old, hop on the LRT at Iris Station and 20 minutes — or eight light rail stops — later, you both get off at Pimisi Station, where your daughter’s daycare is located. A quarter-of-an-hour after that, you’re back on the train for a couple of more minutes, although in nice weather you like to walk to your downtown office. via Capital Dreams: Imagining how LRT and other projects will reshape Ottawa | Ottawa Citizen.

Green Christmas greets millions of Canadians - Canada - CBC News

By CBC News Ottawa, December 25, 2014

Christmas Day is turning out to be green (or grey) for millions of Canadians as unseasonably mild temperatures blanket much of the country.

"I think this year, we may see one of the greenest Christmases we've ever seen," said David Phillips, senior climatologist at Environment Canada, leading up to Thursday's big day.

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