Category: Short Notice

Changes and other last minute information for an event happening soon (48 hours or less).

Volunteer for Cookie Ski Scavenger Hunt – February 28

We need people to staff the cookie station at Champlain Park where participants can get their cookie and a stamp on their cookie card, from 10:45 to 15:00. The person Fresh Air Experience had was no longer available. If anyone wants to pitch in, it would be appreciated and they may get a free cookie. 😁

Interested folks can contact Patrick at freshair.patrick@gmail.com or 613-619-2592.

K-Trail Community Cookie Ski

Hosted by Common Empire and Fresh Air Experience, this FREE, fun, accessible group ski happens February 28th at 11:00 AM on the Kìchì Sìbì Trail. This is a scavenger-hunt–style ski, with cookie stations set up along the route between Westboro Beach and Mill Street Brewery.

Cookie stations will be spread along the Kichi Sibi Trail, so you can start anywhere – no set route or official start point. Cookies will be out at stations starting at 11:00 AM (see Strava map).

Skiing is encouraged, but any active transportation is welcome. The goal is simple: have fun, get active, and eat cookies.

[A cookie with rainbow sprinkles on skis, on the winter trail near the Parliament buildings, made by ChatGPT AI]

More information about how the scavenger hunt works is at https://www.commonempire.com/k-trail-community-cookie-ski. Cookies are limited, so please RSVP on Strava to help us plan.

Community Association Board Meeting Agenda – February 17

Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA) Board Meeting

Tuesday, February 17, 2026
7:00 PM via Google Meet
Everybody Welcome

Agenda items are limited to 5 minutes unless otherwise requested.

This is a meeting of the CPCA Board of Directors. Champlain Park Community members are welcome to attend, if you would like to propose items for discussion, to ask questions, to organize an event or activity, or to learn more about the issues affecting our community.

Activities and Issues must fall within our community plan/areas of operation in order to be addressed by the CPCA. You can write to the webmaster champlainpark@gmail.com to request a link to join the meeting and/or to connect you with the appropriate Board member for information and guidance including how to submit a Community Project Proposal.

  1. Approval of Minutes of previous meeting.
  2. Interim Motions/Decisions.
  3. Community Members’ Agenda Items.
  4. Soliciting for charities in Kittchissipi ward on our website – Laurie
  5. Political Candidate Interactions: How does the board handle requests for “sit down” meetings with our board from candidates in elections (municipal, provincial or federal) – Laurie
  6. Social Update – Nick
  7. Planning for Feb. 24 Meeting: Understanding how park and community projects can be approved and funded.
    1. Meeting Description approved for CPP and Agenda – Joanne
    2. Draft Content for CPP presentation – Lynne
    3. Motion to Approve Refreshments Up to $200 – Anita
  8. Update on Bob Grainger book on Champlain Park and Fieldhouse photo project – Richard
  9. GIC renewal – Lynne
  10. Engaging Community re: Spending Surplus Monies.
  11. Other business.
  12. Next Meeting.

Agenda last updated on February 17 11:07. Please contact the secretary to add topics.

Garden Club – now April 14

Due to the weather forecast of 15 cms of snow, the Champlain Park garden club is postponing the slideshow/ talk on Canadian mosses scheduled for Tuesday February 10 to Tuesday April 14. Sorry for any inconvenience but that’s winter in Ottawa.

The Champlain Park Garden Club invites you to a slideshow and talk on Canadian mosses and their plant relatives on Tuesday April 14 at 7 pm in the field house.

These incredible plants provide food and habitat to many animal and plant species.

Jennifer Doubt, curator of Botany at the Canadian Museum of Nature is the guest speaker. Doubt oversees the collection, preservation and documentation of over a million specimens of Canadian wild plants.

Drop-in fee for non-members is $5.00.

[A rock with some green moss on it, you can barely see a cellular structure to the moss. There also seems to be some gray lichen on the rock too].

Garden Club – November 11

Hi Gardeners:

The next meeting of Champlain Park Garden Club is Tuesday, Nov. 11th, 7:00 p.m. at the fieldhouse in Champlain Park.

Ottawa Master Gardener Candace Dressler will discuss plants that are native to the different eco-regions of North America. Her emphasis will be on Ontario natives and how to use plants tags to determine if a plant is native to the Ottawa region.

Hope to see you there.

Judy Billingsley

Snow Storm and Parking Restrictions – February 13, 14

Via Bill B. of the traffic committee…

Good afternoon residents of Champlain Park. Please see the following message from the City of Ottawa. Of particular interest are the times of the parking bans. I would also discourage everyone from parking on the streets until the cleanup has been completed in our neighbourhood, even if they are outside the parking ban hours, to allow the city do their work without obstacles.

City of Ottawa – Significant Weather Event declared

Environment Canada has identified hazardous weather from Wednesday, February 12 until Thursday, February 13. As a result, the City of Ottawa has declared a Significant Weather Event. The Roads and Parking Services team will be out maintaining the City’s sidewalks, roads and the winter cycling network, but it will take longer than usual to restore them to regular conditions.

There will be two back-to-back winter weather parking bans called. The first will be in effect from 10 am to 7 pm on Thursday, February 13 and the second will be in effect from 10 am to 7 pm on Friday, February 14.

During a winter weather parking ban, parking is prohibited on city streets so crews can plow easily and effectively. Vehicles parked on the street during a ban may be ticketed and towed. Though on-street monthly parking permit holders are exempt from this restriction when they are parked in residential parking permit zones, we encourage those who can to find off-street parking options to avoid getting snowed-in.

[more at https://www.ottawa.ca/en/parking-roads-and-travel/roads-sidewalks-and-pathways/snow-plowing-and-clearing]