Laurier Avenue bike lanes win sustainability award
Ottawa Citizen

By Ottawa Citizen, November 17, 2014

Ottawa’s Laurier Avenue bicycle lanes have won recognition from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. The first bike lanes in Ontario to be physically separated from other traffic, the project earned a Sustainable Communities Award in the transportation category. Other winners include Kingston for a groundwater remediation project and Halifax for its Solar City program that helps residents install solar water heaters. Winners will receive trophies at a conference in London, Ont., in February. via Laurier Avenue bike lanes win sustainability award | Ottawa Citizen.

McLeod: Another chance to get Sparks Street right
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By Jonathan McLeod, Ottawa Citizen, November 17, 2014

It slipped by with barely a word. A man few of us had heard of was relieved of a job many of us didn’t know existed.It was Nov. 3 that the businesses on the Sparks Street mall received an email notifying them that Les Gagne would no longer be the executive director of the Sparks Street BIA and the Sparks Street Mall Authority. The man who has had the greatest say in shaping Sparks Street over the last two years is out. via McLeod: Another chance to get Sparks Street right | Ottawa Citizen.

Energy East Pipeline Open House to be held in Kemptville Tuesday night
Ottawa Citizen

By Vito Pilieci, Ottawa Citizen, November 17, 2014

An open-house discussion with TransCanada Ltd. on the proposed Energy East oil pipeline project will take place in Kemptville on Tuesday night. The proposed $12-billion Energy East oil pipeline will see TransCanada retrofit its underused 3,000-kilometre Canadian Mainline natural gas pipeline, which runs through the region, so it can carry crude oil from Alberta’s oilsands to refineries on Canada’s east coast. As much as 1.1 million barrels of oil are expected to flow through the pipeline daily. via Energy East Pipeline Open House to be held in Kemptville Tuesday night | Ottawa Citizen.

Egan: Once ritzy, Sparks Street now a battered butler for the PS
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By Kelly Egan, Ottawa Citizen, November 16, 2014

Sparks Street, for oldtimers, is the city’s boulevard of broken dreams.It was often said, smirkingly, a cannon could be shot down Sparks after 6 and hit nothing. Not true. The cannon actually hit everything, especially in the stretch between Bank and O’Connor.Snakes alive. Half the block on the north is all hoarding and tarps and fences, the back end of 180 Wellington. One day last week, there were so many trucks on the “pedestrian” mall it looked like Dealer Days for F-150s. via Egan: Once ritzy, Sparks Street now a battered butler for the PS | Ottawa Citizen.

Province wants more saveONenergy use

By Erin McCracken, Ottawa Community News, November 13, 2014

A provincial energy savings program with "ambitious" goals is not only striving to help businesses with their bottom lines, but also working to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, says the Ontario government.

Program participant Tim Hortons is leading by example on this front, Ontario Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli said during a press conference on Nov. 10 at a Tim Hortons restaurant at 2951 Bank St. south of Hunt Club Road,

Peter Anderson: Protect the Experimental Farm
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By Pete Anderson, Ottawa Citizen, November 13, 2014

The division of the Central Experimental Farm is an attack on heritage designations and federal science. On Nov. 3, John Baird announced the transfer of 60 acres of the Farm from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to the National Capital Commission who then offered a dollar-a-year lease to The Ottawa Hospital to build a new Civic Hospital campus. The Farm, founded in 1886, is a National Historic Site of Canada and an important federal research station. The announcement is troubling when read alongside deep cuts across federal research institutions, including the cancellation of the long form census, the closure of libraries at via Peter Anderson: Protect the Experimental Farm | Ottawa Citizen.

Elgin Street patios get mixed reviews
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By Matthew Pearson, Ottawa Citizen, November 13, 2014

The pilot project that allowed more Elgin Street bars and restaurants to have patios this summer should be scrapped because it cramped the narrow sidewalk, decreased accessibility and caused headaches for pedestrians, according to emails sent to the city. More than two dozen people wrote to city hall between May and August to offer feedback, concerns and, in many cases, complaints about the patios, which had been allowed to encroach on the sidewalk of Elgin’s west side. via Elgin Street patios get mixed reviews | Ottawa Citizen.

Reevely: Fewer riders means less provincial money for OC Transpo with video
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By David Reevely, Ottawa Citizen, November 13, 2014

OC Transpo’s declining ridership has taken a bite out of the money the city’s counted on getting from the provincial government for major transit projects for decades to come, including light rail.

That didn’t come up in what was clearly supposed to be a good-news announcement Thursday at OC Transpo’s big garage on Industrial Avenue. Ottawa MPPs Bob Chiarelli, Marie-France Lalonde, John Fraser and Yasir Naqvi stood in front of some double-decker buses with one councillor Shad Qadri, vice-chair of the transit commission; Mayor Jim Watson and commission chair Diane Deans were otherwise engaged and a second-tier manager from OC Transpo. They were quite pleased with themselves.

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