Category: Community Events

Municipal All Candidates Meeting at Champlain Park Fieldhouse – Thursday September 18

Residents and voters from the Champlain Park Community, Westboro Beach Community and Island Park Drive Community are invited to attend an All Candidates Meeting for the Municipal Election 2014 on Thursday evening, September 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Champlain Park Fieldhouse at 149 Cowley Ave. (near Clearview Ave.)

Four candidates nominated for Councillor of Kitchissippi Ward, Katherine Hobbs (the incumbent), Jeff Leiper, Ellen Lougheed, and Michelle Reimer will be there to introduce themselves and answer questions from voters. Larry Wasslen cannot attend but will have a representative present. Laurie Fagan, CBC journalist, will be the moderator. The date of the Ottawa Municipal Election is Monday, October 27, 2014.

Priority Issues for Questions

  • Budget process at City Hall
  • LRT Phase II
  • City Budget for Communities to use for programs in neighbourhood field houses and parks.
  • Bylaw enforcement issues (front yard parking, street parking)
  • Environment (Tree protection, Climate change).
  • Traffic Enforcement
  • Intensification and bylaw enforcement

Thank you in advance to the candidates for putting their names forward. We want to encourage all of our neighbours to attend the meeting so together we can bring about positive change in our communities.

Art Show at Fieldhouse this Saturday… Something to be seen!

Circle of Chilean Artists

Invites you to a Group Art Exhibition

Location:  Champlain Park Fieldhouse

Address:   149 Cowley Avenue, Ottawa

Time:         1 PM – 4 PM

Date:          14th June, 2014

You might even find that perfect gift for that special person!

Come and enjoy an afternoon with us;

We invite you to come browse our group’s artwork, which includes a variety of mediums and styles.

Enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea along with a tasty treat, talk to the artists, and maybe take home a masterpiece.

We hope to see you there!

 

June 26 Drum Circle – Hintonburg Happening

Native Singing & Storytelling Performance

The Asinabika Women’s Drum Circle would like to invite the Champlain Park community, family and friends to a performance of native singing and storytelling.

We’ve been having our drum circle practices at the Champlain Park Fieldhouse for a number of years now, so we thought it would be a nice opportunity for the community to see what we do!

This performance is being offered in conjunction with the Hintonburg Happening festival

Weather permitting the performance will be given outdoors in the park, so bring your lawn chairs.

Otherwise, if it rains it will be indoors in the Fieldhouse.

Donations welcome.

When:      Thursday June 26, 2014
Time:       7-8pm
Where:    Champlain Park Fieldhouse

Spring Give Away Weekend – June 7, 8

From: Andrew.Hickey@ottawa.ca
Subject: Spring Give Away Weekend
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 19:30:08 +0000

Spring Give Away Weekend encourages residents to find new homes for useful items

Ottawa – The City of Ottawa is committed to keeping useful materials out of the landfill. The City’s Spring Give Away Weekend, Saturday June 7 and Sunday June 8, offers Ottawa residents an opportunity to find new homes for unwanted items.

To participate, set gently used items out at the curb on June 7 and 8 for the Spring Give Away Weekend. Then tour your local neighbourhood and city to find hidden treasures.

Rules for setting out items

  • Place items like clothes, furniture, sports equipment, books and more at the curb
  • Place stickers or signs on items with the word “FREE”
  • At the end of the day, uncollected items can be donated to a local charity

For more information about the City of Ottawa’s waste reduction and diversion programs visit ottawa.ca.

For more information:
Media contact
613-580-2450

Public inquiries:
ottawa.ca
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La fin de semaine don-débarras du printemps encourage les résidents à trouver un nouveau propriétaire pour des articles utiles

Ottawa – La Ville d’Ottawa s’engage à maintenir les articles utiles hors des sites d’enfouissement. La fin de semaine don-débarras du printemps, qui aura lieu le samedi 7 et le dimanche 8 juin, donne aux résidents d’Ottawa l’occasion de trouver un nouveau propriétaire pour les articles dont ils ne veulent plus.

Pour participer, mettez vos articles usagés en bordure de la rue les 7 et 8 juin pendant la fin de semaine don-débarras du printemps. Puis faites le tour de votre voisinage et de la ville pour y trouver des trésors cachés.

Procédure à suivre lors de cette fin de semaine :

  • Placez en bordure de rue vos articles, comme des vêtements, des meubles, de l’équipement de sport, des livres et ainsi de suite;
  • Apposez un collant ou une étiquette portant le mot « GRATUIT » sur les articles;
  • À la fin de la journée, tous les articles non réclamés peuvent être remis à un organisme de bienfaisance de la région.

Pour obtenir de plus amples renseignements sur les programmes de réduction et de réacheminement des déchets de la Ville d’Ottawa, consultez ottawa.ca.

Renseignements
Médias
613-580-2450

Grand public
ottawa.ca
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Andrew Hickey
Manager, Community Relations and Communications
Gestionnaire, Relations avec la communauté et Communications
Office of Councillor/Bureau de la Conseillère Katherine Hobbs
Ward/Quartier 15: Kitchissippi
T: 613-580-2424 ext. 26689
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231 Keyworth Plan discussion meeting

All residents in the neighbourhood are welcome!

You are invited to an informal meeting to view and discuss the detailed plans to renovate a single family home at 231 Keyworth Avenue (corner of Keyworth and Sunnymede). Nick Tyler is the property owner. He wants to construct a second storey over the existing one-storey detached dwelling, together with a new attached three-car garage.

Location:   Champlain Park Field House
Date:           Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Time:           8:00 to 9 PM

Members of the Executive of the Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA) and residents with the 60 metre circulated area will be attending this meeting.

A Committee of Adjustment hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, May 21, starting at 3:00 pm at 101 Centrepointe Drive, to consider three variances from the Zoning By-Law.

For additional information please contact Daniel Buckles at 613-722-8048.

A Key Time for our Climate Change Campaign

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What to watch for!

The month between the end of April and the end of May is expected to be momentous in terms of our city’s plans on climate change.

Date Event – Activity
29-April-2014
Ecology Ottawa hosts a climate change panel discussion. You’re welcome to attend, see details below
13-May-2014
The city is expected to make public its new climate change management plan
28-May-2014
The city’s Environment Committee meets, hopefully to approve the new plan
20-May-2014
Full City Council meet, again hopefully to approve the new plan

Your efforts continue to make a difference.

GHG is shorthand for “greenhouse gas” – those emissions such as carbon dioxide (also known as CO2) and methane which, as their concentrations increase, are responsible for trapping more heat in earth’s atmosphere.

A year ago Mayor Jim Watson addressed the GHG Roundtable at City Hall saying “the City of Ottawa is committed to renewing the Air Quality and Climate Change Management Plan to include renewed GHG reduction targets for both community and corporate emissions.”

He made that promise because hundreds of people had told city hall this issue is important to them.

Despite a lack of news coming out from the city after the Roundtable we’re now on the cusp of progress.

In the fall of last year Ecology Ottawa became aware that city staff were indeed preparing a revised climate change management plan. We know that the city has consulted with subject-area experts about best practices. We believe the revised plan will encompass both climate change mitigation and climate change adaptation; which means they’ll be trying to both reduce emissions and trying to plan for what climate change will inevitably bring to our city.

The new document is expected to come before council in May. The schedules of city council meetings etc. mean that the revised climate change management plan should appear on the City of Ottawa website on May 13. Ecology Ottawa will be watching for it; we will let you know what we think of it; and we’ll ask you for your input.

The reason we’re at this point is because Ecology Ottawa supporters just like you told the mayor or their Councillor that climate change should be something our city takes action on. The messages of their voters created the political will. We are optimistic about the coming plan although we haven’t seen it.

But there’s more to do. Releasing a plan doesn’t bring down emissions or limit damage from extreme climatic events. With your help Ecology Ottawa will be working to ensure that the plan is a good one and that it actually gets funded and implemented.

We’d love your help. If you want to get more actively involved please email me and we can talk about what you can do.

For a full description of the background and current status on this issue, plus a list of what you can do to help, please visit Ecology Ottawa’s website.

Panel Discussion

While we’re waiting for that City of Ottawa plan you’ll be interested in the second of Ecology Ottawa’s discussion panels on local impacts of climate change:  Sick of Climate Change? Local Health Impacts in a Warming World

Is free and takes place Tuesday April 29 at the University of Ottawa. The event features local and international experts on how human health is already being affected by climate change. See full details here.

Please register to attend.

Thanks for all you do

Cheers
Charles Hodgson
Volunteer Climate Change Campaign Lead
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Call for Canvassers – 2014 Membership Drive

Champlain Park Membership Drive

 It’s that time again! We need your help!

If you have a few free hours to spare and would like take-part in helping us to sustain our beautiful community and at the same time meet your fellow neighbours? Please read further for volunteering details.

Your time and efforts will be greatly appreciated, many thanks in advance!

Duties:  Canvass approx. 20 homes on your street
Required: 1-2 hours of your time
For High school students: Sign up to earn your volunteering credits

The 2014 Champlain Park Community Association Membership Drive begins May 26.

To volunteer as a canvasser please contact:
Barbara Borylo-Gourdie
phone: 613-722-6829;
email: bmbg@sympatico.ca

CANVASSERS are the core of our Community Association’s fundraising effort.  Revenues collected from our annual membership drive enable a variety of activities in our community, including:

  • Contributing directly to your community’s well-being; and
  • Providing financial resources to the Development Fund

Neighbourhood social events: (for families and children of all ages)

  • Halloween party
  • Winter Carnival
  • Christmas sleigh ride

This year, our Community Association needs 20 volunteers to help out with the membership drive. Our goal this year is to increase our Community Association memberships to 75 percent of all households.

Community Garage Sale

Yes, it’s that time of year again!

Time to buy back all that stuff you sold to your neighbour last year, but at twice the price.

We are planning to hold the community-wide garage sale again this year.
As usual, it will be held on the first Saturday in June.

Event date:  Saturday June 7, 2014.
Rain date:  Should it be pouring rain, the sale is moved to Sunday, June 8.

Residents on Island Park will also be holding their garage sale as part of this community-wide bargain hunters dream!

Think about donating a portion of your proceeds to the charity of your choice, or  to help support Champlain Park Community Association.

Leftover treasures
If you have leftover treasures when the garage sale ends keep in mind that the Ottawa’s Spring Give Away Weekend  will take place the same weekend as the garage sale  (both days).
See Rules for setting out at your Leftover Treasures at the  “Ottawa’s Spring Give Away Weekend” link provided above.

Spring Cleanup 2014 – May 3

LIFE’S MESSY.

MAY 3 WE CLEAN IT UP.

Champlain Park is looking for volunteers for our annual Spring Cleanup. The snow is finally melting, and trash accumulated over a long winter has started to appear.

The cleanup, part of the City’s Cleaning the Capital campaign, is a chance for neighbours of all ages – kids, teens, and adults – to get together, say hello, and help spruce up the neighbourhood. Last year 33 people showed up – a wonderful turnout.

We’ll meet at the fieldhouse on Saturday, May 3 at 10 a.m. Juice, coffee, and cookies will be served. There is a map so that people can choose an area to work on. We’ll wrap up by noon. In case of rain, we’ll meet instead on Sunday, May 4.

The designated cleanup areas are the south side of Premier above the transitway; the boulevard on Northwestern and the path at its north end; and the areas along the fence on Patricia and Pontiac. It can also include the area along the river at the foot of Carleton, or any other public spaces you think could use some help.

We recommend wearing pants and long-sleeved shirts, appropriate footwear and gloves. The City will provide garbage bags.

If you have any questions or suggestions, call Andrea Murphy or Ian Reid at 613-715-9504.