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Re-Imagining the John A. Macdonald Parkway

Subject: Fw: [GA List] Re-Imagining the John A. Macdonald Parkway
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 23:45:35 -0400
From: Amy Kempster <amykempster@bell.net>

Thought this study might be of interest to our community. I suggest you post a notice that it is going on and suggest if anyone would like to respond they can contact the persons named in the letter of information

From: Erwin Dreessen
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 11:52 AM
To: Amy Kempster ; […]
Subject: FW: [GA List] Re-Imagining the John A. Macdonald Parkway

Would you prefer to provide a collective answer o.b.o. the Greenspace Alliance, or leave it to our individual initiatives? The original request was to the group. Erwin

From: green-news-request@greenspace-alliance.ca On Behalf Of Erwin Dreessen
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 5:06 PM
To: GA List
Cc: Alia Tulloch
Subject: [GA List] Re-Imagining the John A. Macdonald Parkway

A group of nine students in the School of Urban and Regional Planning at Queen’s University are completing a project course that focuses on re-imagining the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway (SJAM) as a linear park along the Ottawa River from LeBreton Flats to Mud Lake.

They would like to ask some questions about the SJAM Parkway, as well as to receive input on things you enjoy or value about the park, any challenges it currently presents, and any changes you’d like to see occur. Attached are:

You can send your answers (the PDF has fillable fields) and the consent form to Alia Tulloch <alia.tulloch@queensu.ca> (copied). Or you can fax the signed consent form to the School of Urban and Regional Planning (attn. Parkway Project Group) at 1-613-533-6905.

The supervisor of this project, by the way, is David Gordon. Some of you may remember him as one of the speakers at the NCC’s Greenbelt Visioning Workshop in November 2009, where he reportedly said that “some” development could be ok, while also advocating extending the GB to areas further out. (Neither of these ideas went anywhere as the Greenbelt Master Plan review proceeded: a very “green” vision of the Greenbelt was maintained but, except for reincorporating Leitrim Wetland, no major extensions were adopted.)

Hope some of you will wish to participate. I can find no deadline but imagine they want your answers pronto.

Erwin

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Halloween Tips, Elder Abuse Info from Ottawa Police Services

A few items from the Ottawa Police Service:

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Subject: Correction
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 14:58:51 -0400
From: Dawn Neilly <wellingtoncpc@gmail.com>

My apologies. A reference to a missing 17-year-old was inadvertently left in the NW Bulletin for Oct. 27. Word came in as the Bulletin was being prepared that she had been found, but the reference didn’t get take out.

Eileen

Neighbourhood Watch Bulletin for 2014-10-27

This week’s topics:

  • 1. A Statement from the Capital Region Interfaith Council

– Alex

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Subject: Neighbourhood Watch Bulletin for Oct. 27
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 15:23:06 -0400
From: Dawn Neilly <wellingtoncpc@gmail.com>

Attached is the Neighbourhood Watch Bulletin for Oct. 27, 2014. Please feel free to pass it along to anyone who might be interested in reading it. Any comments, information or requests to be added to or deleted from the list may be sent to wellingtoncpc@gmail.com.

Eileen Reardon
Volunteer, Wellington Community Police Centre
(613) 236-1222

NeighbourhoodWatch-2014-10-27.pdf

Neighbourhood Watch Bulletin for 2014-10-20

This week’s topics:

  • Staff Sergeant Kal Ghadban – Obituary.
  • Do It for Daren charity – Funds raised.
  • Thomas G. Flanagan S.C. Scholarship – Recognizes Persons Day (women recognized as persons under law).
  • Lecture: Linguistic rights to professional interpreters and preservation of signed languages in Canada.
  • Help us find Justin Rutter – still missing after 5 years.

– Alex

—– Forwarded Message —–
Subject: Neighbourhood Watch Bulletin for October 20
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:27:35 -0400
From: Dawn Neilly <wellingtoncpc@gmail.com>

Attached is the Neighbourhood Watch Bulletin for October 20, 2014. Please feel free to pass it along to anyone who might be interested in reading it. Any comments, information or requests to be added to or deleted from the list may be sent to wellingtoncpc@gmail.com.

Eileen Reardon
Volunteer, Wellington Community Police Centre
(613) 236-1222 x5870

NeighbourhoodWatch-2014-10-20.pdf

Amy Kempster Receives Award

Following up on the Annual General Meeting, here’s a photo of Amy receiving recognition for her work at the CPCA.

Amy Steele Kempster is awarded a plaque on October 16th 2014 by the Champlain Park Community Association for 30 years as a community volunteer with achievements in negotiations with NCC, as our contact with the Federation of Community Associations, and in keeping us updated on current issues through her column "Amy's Corner" in our neighbourhood newsletter. Way to go, Amy! Presenters are Carol Arnason and Dennis Van Staalduinen. Photo by John Arnason.
Amy Steele Kempster is awarded a plaque on October 16th 2014 by the Champlain Park Community Association for 30 years as a community volunteer with achievements in negotiations with NCC, as our contact with the Federation of Community Associations, and in keeping us updated on current issues through her column “Amy’s Corner” in our neighbourhood newsletter. Way to go, Amy! Presenters are Carol Arnason and Dennis Van Staalduinen. Photo by John Arnason.

2014 CBC Ottawa Municipal Election Coverage

From: janice.ioi@cbc.ca
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 21:07:30 -0400
Subject: 2014 CBC Ottawa Municipal Election Coverage

2014 OTTAWA MUNICIPAL ELECTION COVERAGE ON CBC

Reporters stationed throughout Ottawa to provide immediate ward-by-ward results

October 15, 2014 – CBC Ottawa has announced their programming schedule for the municipal election in Ottawa on October 27.

Coverage begins immediately after polls close with a special hour of programming from 8 to 9 p.m. ET on television, radio and online. Reporters will be stationed throughout the city providing live updates from some of the most hotly contested wards in Ottawa with analysis from political insiders including Caroline Andrew, Professor of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa and outgoing city councillors Maria McRae and Peter Hume. Television and radio coverage will be available via live-stream at http://www.cbc.ca/ottawa along with immediate election results as they are announced.

Programming schedule:

Television: CBC Television, 8 – 9 p.m.
Hosted by CBC News Ottawa anchor Lucy van Oldenbarneveld, with co-anchor Adrian Harewood reporting live on the Mayoral race

Radio: CBC Radio One, 91.5 FM, 8 – 9 p.m.
Hosted by municipal affairs columnist Alistair Steele

Online: http://www.cbc.ca/ottawa

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AGM Reminder – Thursday 7:30 pm

Champlain Park Community Association
Annual General Meeting
Thursday October 16, 2014 7:30 pm
at the Champlain Park Fieldhouse

AGENDA

Chair: Dennis Van Staalduinen

  1. Approval of minutes of 2013 AGM
  2. Committee Reports (10 minutes)
    1. Development – Duncan Bury
    2. Environment – Nick Xenos
  3. Treasurer’s Report – Joan Dorsay (5 minutes)
  4. Membership Report – Barbara Borylo-Gourdie (5 minutes)
  5. Social Activities – Carol Arnason (5 minutes)
  6. Election of Executive for 2014 – 2015 – CoChair1 (5 minutes)
  7. Presentation of Amy’s Plaque – Carol (5 minutes)
  8. Other Business – Members (10 minutes)
  9. Guest speaker – Ottawa Riverkeeper – John Almstedt (30 minutes)
  10. Adjournment

Please also see the list of candidates.

Have Your Say: #CBCStreetTalk is on Your Block – Noon Thursday October 16

From: janice.ioi@cbc.ca
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 15:22:22 -0400
Subject: Have Your Say: #CBCStreetTalk is on Your Block – Thursday October 16, Ward 15

Dear CoChair1, Ms. Pearl and the Champlain Park Community Association,

The 2014 Municipal Election is October 27. CBC Ottawa is on the beat and wants to hear from you about your community. We’re asking you to tell us, “What would make your neighbourhood a better place?”

Come out and have your say. On Thursday October 16, from 12 to 1 p.m.. CBC Ottawa will be in Ward 15 Kitchissippi at the corner of Richmond and Roosevelt. Meet Lucy van Oldenbarneveld, the co-host of Ottawa’s supper hour newscast

We will be recording audience responses and will broadcast the highlights of #CBCStreetTalk on CBC Radio One’s Ottawa Morning and our supper-hour television newscast CBC News Ottawa at 5, 5:30 & 6.

Help us get the word out on the street. Please share this message with your community members, post it on your website and Facebook, and tweet about it. It’s your voice that needs to be heard.

You can take part in one of three ways:

– visit CBC staff on location to have your say
– tweet your thoughts to @CBCOttawa using the hashtag #CBCStreetTalk
– post a video response on our CBC Ottawa Facebook page.

Find out more about the campaign here: #CBCStreetTalk web feature

If you would like to share information about the campaign on Facebook, here is the a link to the post: #CBCStreetTalk on Facebook

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Regards,

Janice Ioi
CBC Ottawa Communications

CBC Ottawa