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Passion, drive and commitment: Ottawa’s sports community continues to grow, change
A Sport Commissioner’s Perspective Sport is like politics. It is unpredictable and offers an opportunity to dream. Ottawa’s sports community is active, diverse, performing and growing. As the Ottawa Sport Commissioner for over the last four years and growing up in the sports community in Ottawa, I’ve witnessed the importance of volunteers, adequate spaces and …
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Planning for the future, living in the neighbourhood now: What Sandy Hill has taught me during my 12 years in office
A lot can change in a decade. For some cities or towns, a decade can make them unrecognizable. Where once a field or school lay, now could be condos or a subdivision. For the neighbourhood of Sandy Hill, nestled between a river and a university, growth outwards was next to impossible. Development inwards became next …
Status Update – Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care System
94% of child care providers in Ottawa have now opted in to the new Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care system. What does this mean for families? Approximately 21,000 eligible children will benefit this year from a fee reduction of up to 25 per cent, retroactive to Friday, April 1, 2022. For 2023, funding will be …
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Sport is an important “class” for high school students
For many high school students, playing sports is part of their academia. It is more than a way to stay active. It is about comradery, learning to win or lose and how to play the game. And many of us can say it shapes the adults we become. Even if many of us do not …
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Park modernization project coming to Bingham
Parks are a vital piece of any community, especially in urban neighbourhoods like Lowertown. We all love to take advantage of these much-needed green spaces to meet with friends and family, participate in community activities, or get fresh air on a daily walk. Earlier this year, we announced that our community’s newest park revitalization project …
Expanding Recreational Programming Spaces in Vanier
There is potential in every corner of our community. And that has never been clearer than when you look at a community’s needs and the spaces around it. The key is to find a way to make the two coincide. This past Spring, my team and I met on site with City staff and the …
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Community benefits – clearer infrastructure improvements opportunities through new development
Today and moving forward, the City has a new tool to achieve mending these gaps, replacing Section 37 and allowing the City to collect funds for Ward projects through new development approvals. As infill continues to dominate downtown, we have had few tools in our toolbox to help address growing needs and current infrastructure shortfalls in our communities …
Back on track: Canadian Track and Field Championships sprints back to Ottawa
The Canadian Track and Field Championships finish line is returning to Ottawa soil. As the Ottawa Sports Commissioner, I am happy to see Canada’s finest athletes return to our City to compete in the 2025 and 2026 editions at Terry Fox Athletic Park – where the 2017 and 2018 editions were held. The Canadian Track …
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Summer Construction Update
Montreal Road For three weeks, work was halted along Montreal Road when local construction workers went on strike, beginning Jul. 4. This strike affected ALL city road projects. The strike officially ended on Jul. 24. and work along the corridor was nearing complete, aimed for this fall. The whole picture of this strike’s impact on work in …