The online membership drive now runs continuously from May 1 to April 30 (a membership is good until April 30th).
Instead of a door-to-door campaign, residents are asked to pay the $20 fee via e-transfer and we’ve added a cheque drop-off payment option (see below).
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When: Wednesday, June 19, 2024. 5:00-8:00pm
Where: Cowley Ave (between Clearview and Pontiac)
Bring your Lawn Chair and some money to support some local food trucks – Si Senor Taqueria and Mr Sundae will be on site!
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Note that this is a third party event not sponsored by the CPCA.
The first Games Night had a decent turn-out and was fun. The next one is on Thursday June 13th, starting at 7pm in the Field House. See the original post for details. Join us for an evening of fun playing games with friends and neighbours.
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MOON MAGIC: A Tribute in Story and Song, June 26, 2024, 7 to 9pm
You are invited to a magical evening of stories, music, refreshments & camaraderie in support of the Stephen Lewis Foundation Grandmothers Campaign. Tickets and more information are available on Eventbrite or by calling 613-729-0077.
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You are invited to a magical evening of stories, music, refreshments & camaraderie in support of the Stephen Lewis Foundation Grandmothers Campaign. Performers include well-known Ottawa storytellers and musicians Gail Anglin, Susan Sweeney Hermon, Jack Pyl, Anne Hurley, and Canadian grandmother Peggy Edwards recounting a conversation in Swaziland with a local grandmother under the moon. The evening also celebrates of 18 years of Canadian-African grandmother solidarity and the resilience of African grandmothers who are caring for the millions of children and young people affected by the AIDS pandemic. Your ticket also includes a chance on several door prizes. Tickets are available on Eventbrite or by calling 613-729-0077. If you are unable to attend, you can make a donation to the Grandmothers Campaign.]](https://champlainpark.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/20240626-stephen-lewis-foundation-grandmothers-campaign.png)
The City will host a virtual meeting on June 20, 2024, to provide an overview of the proposed new comprehensive zoning by-law. The Zoom meeting will be held from 6:30-8:30 pm. Register here.
Champlain Park residents take note: at the end of 2025, our Zoning will be changed radically, to comply with the policies in Ottawa’s new Official Plan (OP), which dictates increasing population density and small-c commercial development in neighbourhoods.
Engage Ottawa link for past and ongoing information:
https://engage.ottawa.ca/zoning
Final Official Plan:
https://ottawa.ca/en/planning-development-and-construction/official-plan-and-master-plans/official-plan
Heather
Update – now going to June 11th, as the NCC says in their closure advisory / avis de fermeture.
A message from the NCC, looks like they will be doing bike lane enhancements…
National Capital Region—There will be full overnight closures of Champlain Bridge as part of the final phase of the Champlain Bridge Rehabilitation Project.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Fermeture du pont Champlain en soirée et durant la nuit, du 26 mai au 6 juin 2024
Région de la capitale nationale – Le pont Champlain sera fermé en soirée et durant la nuit pour la dernière étape du projet de sa réfection.
Merci de votre collaboration.
On 2024-05-02 19:00, Daniel Buckles wrote (and had a later version published in the Ottawa Citizen):
When I was a teenager, decades ago, I read The Waste Makers by Vance Packard. Published in 1960, two years before Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, the book was one of the earliest bestsellers on consumerism. It showed how industry pushes over-consumption and the impact this has on our values and the environment.
The lessons of this book have come home to roost for me over the last few months as my wife and I downsize in preparation for a move from Ottawa to Toronto where our son and his growing family now live. Downsizing—going from a three bedroom house we have lived in for almost thirty years into a small Toronto apartment—is both painful and liberating. A life-time of accumulation, even for a modest consumer such as myself, has taken months to go through, sort, separate and find homes for. My goal has been to re-home as much as possible, and not waste my priceless time on Facebook finding buyers for ten dollar items.
Continue reading “Daniel Buckles on Downsizing”
Our wading pool will open for the season starting on June 24, 2024 (weather dependent) and run until August 18. It’s usually open noonish until around dinner time, closed on Wednesdays. The city’s Wading Pool Information Page has more information and a map. The opening of wading pools is dependent on the weather. If the weather looks uncertain, call the Seasonal Recreation Office at 613-580-2590 to find out if the wading pool is open that day.
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Our Pool is Located at Champlain Park – 140 Carleton Ave.
Visitors are reminded to abide by admission requirements and water safety rules.
| Day | July & August |
|---|---|
| Monday | 11 am to 6 pm |
| Tuesday | noon to 7pm |
| Wednesday | Closed |
| Thursday | noon to 7pm |
| Friday | 11 am to 6 pm |
| Saturday | noon to 5 pm |
| Sunday | noon to 5 pm |
Other pools and beaches are listed on the City’s swimming page.
There’s also the RA Outdoor Pool Schedule
The 2024 Kitchissipi Ward-wide Yard Sale is scheduled to happen on Saturday, June 1, starting at 8AM (usually ending around 1pm but it can go longer). Our city councillor Jeff Leiper is hosting a map of sale locations. Write to him if you want to be added, but it’s not necessary.
![[Poster for the 2024 Kitchissippi Ward Yard Sale]](https://champlainpark.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/kitchissippi-yard-sale-2024-poster.jpeg?w=791&h=1024)
Kitchissippi Yard Sale 2024 – poster.pdf
Here’s a possibly useful 2017 article about preparing for a garage sale in the Kitchissippi Times.
For late breaking news and posts about the garage sale, see https://champlainpark.org/category/community-news/garage-sale/
From: Bill Baggs <billbggs@gmail.com>
Date: May 11, 2024 at 11:45:39 AM EDT
Subject: Stolen Bike
Good morning, I just wanted to pass along an incident that happened last night on the corner of Cowley and Sunnymede. Someone had broken into the resident’s shed and stolen his bicycle. A police report is being or has been filed.
If anyone has a door cam could you kindly review the footage to see if there is anything that might be useful for the police.
For those of you who have bikes, I would suggest registering them with Garage 529 (Bike registration to reduce theft and help recovery | 529 Garage project529.com). Also, I would suggest that even if you store your bikes in a locked shed, or in the backyard, that you lock your bike to a solid structure. It’s just any added level of defence.
Thanks very much.
Bill Baggs
Block Captain – Central Cowley
You may wish to see our usual spring theft warning post and an earlier Garage 529 Bulletin.
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