HELLO OTTAWA |
→ The just-opened Rideau River pedestrian bridge has been closed for the winter |
→ Deal of the day: Get a sourdough starter with each bag of flour purchased from Almanac |
→ Items on both frogs and rats |
→ ☁️ High 1° Low -5° and moderate to freezing fog |
– Martha and Darren |
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STATISTICS OTTAWA |
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The number of heart transplant recipients who celebrated the 40th anniversary the Ottawa Heart Institute Monday. Since its first in 1984, the Institute has transplanted 750 hearts. | | | | Dave Charboneau at CTV |
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CHELSEANS OF THE DAY |
The Western Chorus frog |
Western Chorus frogs can sleep easier now that the Nature Conservancy of Canada has bought a stretch of land connecting Gatineau Park to the Ottawa River. Known as the Breckinridge corridor, the land will be protected from development. The rare West Chorus frog is found only in the Outaouais and Montérégie regions. | | | | Annie Tuba in the Ottawa Citizen Frog photo |
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WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL |
Ottawa City Council
Wednesday, December 11 at 10 am |
Roadmap Motion for Consideration of the 2025 Budgets Draft 2025 Operating and Capital Budgets Ottawa Police Service Board - 2025 Draft Operating and Capital Budgets Ottawa Public Library - 2025 Draft Budget Estimates 2025 Draft Operating Budget for the Ottawa Board of Health Committee of Adjustment - 2025 Draft Operating Budget 2025 Draft Operating and Capital Budgets – Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee 2025 Draft Operating and Capital Budgets – Audit Committe Draft 2025 Operating and Capital Budgets – Community Services Committee 2025 Draft Operating and Capital Budgets – Emergency Preparedness and Protective Services Committee 2025 Draft Operating and Capital Budgets – Environment and Climate Change Committee Draft 2025 Operating and Capital Budgets - Finance and Corporate Services Committee 2025 Draft Operating and Capital Budgets – Planning and Housing Committee Draft 2025 Operating and Capital Budgets – Transit Commission Draft 2025 Operating and Capital Budgets – Transportation Committee Status Update - Council Inquiries and Motions for the period ending December 6, 2024 2024 KPMG Financial Statement Audit Plan This item has attachments. Office of the Auditor General (OAG) – New Global Audit Standards Office of the Auditor General (OAG) – Fraud Investigation Report Corporate Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Framework Affordable Housing Community Improvement Plan – Approval of Applications for Tax Increment Equivalent Grants (TIEG’s) Report Acquisition of property at 5689 Ferry Road 930 and 1010 Somerset Development Project: Determination of Land Use Zoning By-law Amendment – 2800 Brian Coburn Boulevard Zoning By-law Amendment – 121 Brae Crescent Treasurer's Report on 2023 Growth Related Revenues Motion – Councillor Kavanagh – Rental Replacement Bylaw Zoning By-law Amendment – 178 Nepean Street and 219 and 223 Bank Street Application to alter 219-223 Bank Street and 178 Nepean Street, properties designated under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act as part of the Centretown Heritage Conservation District Application for demolition and new construction at 120 Juliana Road, a property designated under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act, located in the Rockcliffe Park Heritage Conservation Districtliffe Park Heritage Conservation District Application for demolition at 79 Guigues Avenue, a property designated under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act as part of the Lowertown West Heritage Conservation District Consideration of Objection to the Notice of Intention to Designate 159 Montréal Road, under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act Consideration of Objection to the Notice of Intention to Designate 50 Carruthers Avenue, under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act Strategic Road Safety Action Plan Annual Report Zoning By-law Amendment - 3179 (3135) Carry's Side Road Zoning By-law Amendment - 2808 (2850) Donald B. Munro Drive Zoning Omnibus Amendments – Q4 2024 Financial Statements for In-House Solid Waste Collection – External Audit Results 2024 Ward Boundary Review Acquisition of Property for Riverside South Recreation Complex and District Park Application for Approval to Expropriate Lands – Bank Street Renewal, Phase 1 Zoning By-law Amendment -304-308 Donald Street Zoning By-law Amendment – 214 Somerset Street East Zoning By-law Amendment – 2829 Dumaurier Avenue Zoning By-law Amendment - 2928 Bank Street Zoning By-law Amendment - 3285 Borrisokane Road Zoning By-law Amendment – 1919 Maple Grove Road Delegation of Authority - Contracts awarded for the period January 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024 for Transit Commission Motion - Councillor M. Luloff - Community Safety Zone on Prestwick Drive
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Also, everyone’s favourite minutiae committee, the Board of Adjustment, meets at 1:00 pm |
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WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT |
🚌 OC Transpo |
▪️Local students’ union execs double down on their stand against student fare increases. The University of Ottawa Students Union says its contract with O Transpo requires negotiations and a referendum by the student body to increase U Pass prices. It notes that OC Transpo had been talking to the University but not the Students’ Union. Carleton University’s Students Union said that it has no intention of running a referendum and to ‘run a referendum without our support would be very challenging’. | | | | Julie Chadwick in Capital Current |
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🛋️ Housing |
▪️Rent in Ottawa decreased 3 per cent in November. The average rent for a one bedroom was $2,045 in October, dropping $36 to $2,019 last month. | | | | Josh Pringle at CTV |
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▪️House prices in Ottawa increased 4.6 per cent in November. The average home in Ottawa was $633,138 in November 2023, increasing $33,960 to $667,098 last month. | | | | Josh Pringle at CTV |
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🎾 Tennis Anyone? |
▪️Gabriela Dabrowski was named Tennis Canada’s Women’s Doubles Player of the Year today. Her Paris Olympics mixed doubles partner last summer, Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montréal, took home the Men’s Doubles Player of the Year. | | | | The Canadian Press |
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❄️ Rideau River pedestrian bridge |
▪️The City has closed the brand new Rideau River pedestrian bridge for the winter, installing signs that read ‘no winter maintenance’. The bridge, which was opened only six months ago and constructed in an era where we know that it snows in Ottawa, connects Vincent Massey Park to Carleton University. The City’s director of roads and parking services, Quentin Levesque, says it was closed for safety reasons as the National Capital Commission does not maintain paths on the south end during the winter. | | | | Faith Greco at CBC |
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OTTAWA HISTORIC LOGO T-SHIRTS |
An Ottawa Historic Logo t-shirt would probably make a terrific Christmas or Hanukkah gift – but it’s too late.
You can order if you like – we’d never say no to a sale – but the chances of the t-shirt making it to you before Dec 23 is pretty much none. It’s a great way to ring in the New Year, though. |
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| Ottawa Xpress T-Shirt | The Ottawa Xpress was Ottawa’s beloved alternative weekly, published from 1993 – 2012. | Help support THE OTTAWAN by buying one of our historic logo t-shirts. | |
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