TASTE of Wellington West 2021 – September 21 to October 31

Our nearby neighbours are having their food festival this fall over several weeks. There’s even a calendar to keep all the action straight. Local neighbour Dennis Van Staalduinen, who runs the Wellington West BIA, appeared in an Ottawa Citizen interview on the event.

[Poster for the TASTE 2021 Event]

Their description from https://wellingtonwest.ca/taste-returns-for-2021/:

TASTE of Wellington West is back again for another year of modified festivities to showcase the very best flavours and features of our beautiful neighbourhoods in Hintonburg and Wellington West. As always, we are using this annual festival as an opportunity to raise money for our charity partner, The Parkdale Food Centre.

This year we will have an exciting combination of both virtual and in person events showcasing the food, art and fun of Wellington West. Visit our TASTE 2021 webpage for more details on all these festive features and more to come.

Community Association Board Meeting Agenda – September 14

Oops, sorry for the short notice. At least we don’t need to send a reminder around.

– Alex

Agenda

Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA) Board Meeting

Tuesday September 14, 2021
7:30 PM via Google Meet
Everybody Welcome

Board meetings will have an open session for community residents to observe business discussions. Non board community members will also be invited to participate at certain times by the chair and there will be “in camera” topics for the board members only. Please contact the secretary via champlainpark@gmail.com to request a link to join the meeting.

Open session – final agenda

  1. Approval of minutes of June 10, 2021 – Liz
  2. Report of interim motions – all
    • $100 donation to federal all candidates meeting for Ottawa Centre (doodle carried).
    • Assign $1,000 donation to Mini Forest project as per donor request (doodle carried).
    • Fieldhouse Election Polling Station Lease discussion; decision to request City to sign the lease
  3. Financial Update – Dave, Lynne – (10 to 15 minutes)
  4. Operations for Fall 2021 – Lynne, Liz, Laurie, Jennie – (5 minutes)  Given continuing pandemic, assume operations to continue status quo:  Virtual Meetings, Fieldhouse closed, Door to Door Membership Drive deferred.
  5. All Candidates Meeting Questions from CA’s – Lynne –(5 minutes)
  6. Insurance and Contracts – Liz, Lynne –  (7 minutes)
  7. Official Plan Update – Heather, Roland –  (10 minutes)
  8. Increased sightings of tents and wood “forts” in the Champlain woods and beach – Ian – (Information/Decision, 10 minutes)
  9. Outdoor Rink update – Dan – (Information, 5 minutes)
  10. Update on river water quality testing – Dan – (information, 2 minutes)
  11. Other Business
  12. Next Meeting

Federal All Candidates Virtual Debate – September 13 – Reminder

You are invited to the virtual Federal All Candidates Debate, Monday, September 13, 2021, at 7 pm.

  • The debate is sponsored by your local community associations.
  • Visit http://hamptoniona.ca/ for Zoom video conference links.

Original post: https://champlainpark.org/2021/08/27/federal-all-candidates-virtual-debate-september-13/

Presentation on Proportional Representation – September 14

Earth Speaks: Making Governments Truly Democratic
This Tuesday, September 14
7:30pm – 9pm

It’s election time, and Climate Change is a top voter concern. The promotion and implementation of real democratic practices in the various layers of government – through Proportional Representation and Citizens’ Assemblies – is essential to address the existential threat of the climate crisis in the long term. This Tuesday, September 14th, at 7:30pm, join guest Peter Black, of Fair Vote Canada, for a discussion of Proportional Representation and the potential for implementing it in Canada.
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Local 100 Debates on the Environment – September 8

As part of the nation-wide “100 Debates on the Environment” initiative, Evidence for Democracy is organising a debate in Ottawa-Centre on September 8 at 6 pm. RSVP here, and share the Facebook event here.

The 2021 Federal Candidates for Ottawa Centre:

Ecology Ottawa is co-hosting three election debates as part of GreenPAC’s nation-wide “100 Debates on the Environment” initiative.

The first is in Ottawa West-Nepean, on Wednesday, September 8 at 6pm with First Unitarian Congregation. RSVP here, and share the Facebook event with your contacts here.

The second is in Kanata-Carleton, on Thursday, September 9 at 6pm. RSVP here, and share the Facebook event here.

The third is Ottawa-Vanier with Lowertown Community Association, Vanier Community Association, For Our Kids Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario Committee of Canadian Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) on Thursday, September 9 at 8 pm, RSVP here, and share the Facebook event here.