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This week’s updates:

• Peak yard waste season
• Thanksgiving schedule changes
• Robert Grant Avenue “pre-opening” recap, plus what’s next
• Regional Group’s housing proposal for 560 Hazeldean Road
• Recap: Stittsville South update meeting
• Council approves Housing Task Force recommendations
• Update on Fernbank truck traffic
• October 25: Learn about sidewalk, accessibility, and cycling improvements for West Ridge
• RSV vaccines for older adults

• weekwithoutdriving recap

• Upcoming events: glengower.ca/events/
• October 11: Stittsville Food Bank pumpkin giveaway
• October 11: Gobblefest
• October 12: Market @ The Barn - last one of the season
• October 16: Stittsville Village Association AGM
• October 18: 9RunRun
• October 18: Eco West Enders tree planting
• October 19: Stittsville Muslim Association coffeehouse

Have a great Thanksgiving weekend!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s update:

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• Constantine Luty Park naming ceremony
• Metric Park grand opening, plus a record-setting attempt for “Longest Open House”
• SEA Canada opens its doors on Hazeldean
• National Day for Truth & Reconciliation - thanks to the Rotary Club & Legacy of Hope Foundation
• Shirley Sergeant celebrates 100 years
• October 7: Stittsville South info meeting
• 1883 Stittsville Main Street - construction info
• 6171 Hazeldean Road - tree removal
• October 4: Lone Mitten Project at the library
• October 5: Treat Accessibly Halloween on Baywood Drive
• October 9: Jokes for Jack
• RSV immunization campaign for infants & high risk children

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s update:

• Jour des Franco-Ontariens et Franco-Ontariennes
• Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)
• Speed cameras: They work!
• Return to office - supporting hybrid work at the City of Ottawa
• OC Transpo contract ratification
• Brae parking motion passes
• Home Bosses Youth Centre (Kiwanis)
• Hydro Ottawa - Alon equipment upgrades on October 2
• Stittsville South - Caivan development info meeting on October 7
• Carp Fair this weekend
• Saturday: Goulbourn Township Historical Society cemetery tour
• Sunday: Stittsville Muslim Association Community Expo Bazaar
• Monday: Western Ottawa Community Centre Open House
• Tuesday: Truth & Reconciliation Day
• October 4: Robert Grant Avenue “pre-opening” special event
• October 4: Constantine Luty Park ceremony
• October 5: Metric Park grand opening

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• 4th Annual Quilt Walk at Mad About Patchwork
• Fall clean-up at R.J. Bell Rotary Peace Park, part of World Clean-up Day
• Shingwàkons student Japnam’s petition for more speed cameras and road safety
• Butter Tart Festival sells over 16,500 butter tarts!
• Robert Grant Avenue pre-opening event - ride/walk/roll/run on October 4
• 10e anniversaire de l’École secondaire catholique Paul-Desmarais
• Update on Caivan’s Stittsville South neighbourhood design
• Waste diversion at local parks, plus recycling responsibility moves from the City to the Province
• Immigrant Entrepreneur Awards
• Borehill drilling along Henry Walker Trail
• Sept 25: Housing & Homelessness Plan - open house / drop-in
• Sept 24: Home Bosses Youth Centre open house
• Sept 30: Truth & Reconciliation event
• Upcoming events: Richmond Fair, Scouting Apple Day, Apple Fest, lots more
• Shout out to Grant Dillenbeck

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Butter Tart Festival today; also Applefest
• Reminder about stopping for school buses
• Council Approves 2026 budget directions
• A motion about parking on Brae Street
• Latest draft of the new zoning by-law
• OC Transpo updates: O-Train testing; Moodie off-ramp; reliability
• Rack & Roll at CARDELREC
• Week Without Driving, September 29-October 5
• Stittsville South - Official Plan Amendment coming to Planning & Housing Committee
• Cleaning the Capital - special clean-up at Rotary Peace Park on September 20
• Borehill drilling along the Henry Walker pathway
• A shout-out to Grant Richardson

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Update on the fire at Flewellyn-Jones House, and a bit of history
• Stittsville Muslim Association - support from the community
• 1174 Carp Road - zoning by-law amendment going to City Council
• 4829 Abbott Street East - development application for low-rise townhomes
• Ottawa Public Health back-to-school vaccination reminder
• Hop123 app from EnviroCentre - walking to school
• Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society Fall Plant Sale today
• Food Drive for Operation Come Home, organized by the Rotary Club
• Next Saturday: Butter Tart Festival
• More events at glengower.ca/events/
• Cleaning the Capital, including a special event on September 20
• Carp Road off-ramp overnight closures for repairs
• A call for neighbourhood skating rink volunteers

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Supporting the Stittsville Muslim Association after an incident of hateful vandalism
• Support for Ottawa’s Jewish community
• Ottawa Public Health resources to help cope with stressful events
• Bike Rodeo today at CARDELREC
• Upcoming events - including the weekly parkrun and Market @ The Barn
• Register for Cleaning the Capital
• The City of Ottawa’s return-to-office mandate
• Update on this week’s power outage
• 1174 Carp Road coming to Planning & Housing Committee on Wednesday
• Idylea Linear Park (Idylea pathway)
• Back to school, OC Transpo, road safety

Have an excellent long weekend!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Capital Pride week
• Robert Grant Avenue update
• Back to school / la rentrée
• Crossing guards needed!
• OC Transpo fall schedule starts Sunday
• Public engagement for Idylea Linear Park (pathway)
• Public engagement on future skateboard parks
• Registration is open for Fall Cleaning the Capital
• West Nile Virus / mosquitos
• Hazeldean Road - construction in Kanata
• Saturday: Block Party in support of the Food Bank
• Saturday: CornFest at Village Square Park
• Thursday: Stittsville Business Association After 5 Exchange

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• A reminder about accessibility & how you can help
• Stittsville events including the Restore Reads book Fair; Zonta Club “Paint the Ladies Orange”; Kiwanis Movie Night; Pride Week Flag Raising; Saturday parkrun; Sunday Market @ The Barn; more.
• Chief Stubbs visited Stittsville and we talked about traffic enforcement
• Update on a potential future Poole Creek Pathway extension
• Glen Cairn stormwater pond maintenance
• Hazeldean @ Savage - development information meeting
• OC Transpo: Route 61/62/63 detour update + fare capping for Presto
• Cleaning the Capital: Stittsville was #1 in the spring + fall registration starts this week
• Heat warning

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• More road safety reminders
• Drowning Prevention Week
• Council approves the Transportation Master Plan
• OC Transpo’s starring role at Bluesfest
• Hazeldean @ Savage development info meeting
• Police Chief Eric Stubbs is coming to Stittsville – what are your questions and feedback
• Stittsville Main Street hanging flower pilot
• Hazardous Waste Depot at Canadian Tire Centre today
• Lasagna Jamboree at Village Square Park
• Pride Week Flag Raising in Stittsville on August 17

Have an excellent week!

—Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Road safety reminders
• E-bike and e-scooter rules
• Congrats to the SVA for a successful “Music and Movies at the Park”
• West Side Pride today Alexander Grove
• “Welcome to Stittsville” Newcomer’s Guide
• Stittsville Main Street hanging flower pilot
• Ottawa Alerts via Alertable - weather and other emergency notifications
• Map of existing and future schools in Stittsville
• Development updates
• Palladium Drive stormwater pond maintenance
• Johnwoods sidewalk renewal
• Transportation Master Plan at City Council this week
• Get your tickets for the Lion on the beach travel lottery!

Have an excellent week!

—Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Staying cool during extreme heat
• Road safety reminders after several serious collisions involving pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists
• Ottawa Safety Council is hiring crossing guards in Stittsville
• Remembering Damien Brown-Graham
• Ottawa Police Mounted Unit (horses) visit Stittsville
• Stittsville Main Street - adopt a flower pot in this year’s pilot project
• Development updates
• Local events, including the Stittsville Village Association’s Music & Movies in the Park, and West Side Pride
• OC Transpo & Bluesfest
• Contacting Canada Post to report vandalism or damage to mailboxes
• Rail bridge replacement on Carling Avenue between Moodie and Hertzberg

Have an excellent week!

—Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Canada Day - thank you to event organizers
• Groundbreaking at “The Station” on Stittsville Main
• Ottawa Symphony Orchestra at Alexander Grove
• Upcoming events glengower.ca/events/
• OC Transpo - 246,000 trips on July 1, next up Bluesfest, plus a local map
• Vacant office building transformed into transitional housing
• Crossing guard recruitment in Stittsville
• Robert Grant Avenue - construction update and overnight work
• Call 3-1-1 for parks maintenance & be nice to your neighbours
• Let’s Bike Month - congrats to our Stittsville riders who logged 4,600km in June!

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Canada Day events and activities in Stittsville
• Fireworks safety reminder
• July 2: Ottawa Symphony Orchestra at Alexander Grove
• Lion on the Beach fundraising raffle
• Transportation Master Plan, and a potential new pathway from Stittsville Main to Amberwood, plus an update on Robert Grant Avenue construction
• OC Transpo facility tour, employee appreciation, plus summer service, Canada Day, Bluesfest
• Hydro Ottawa answers on power outages
• Improvements in Paramedic response times
• Welcome Isabelle Skalski, new councillor for Osgoode Ward
• Overnight construction at Robert Grant Avenue & Abbott
• Wild Parsnip spraying update
• Reminder about accessible parking permits
• Road safety reminder
• Congrats to local graduates!

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This week’s updates:

• Indigenous Celebration for National Indigenous Peoples Day at Holy Spirit Parish
• Events this weekend including Foley-Peeters Party in the Park (Yakabuski Park); Bryanston Gate Community Picnic; Stittsville Lions bottle drive and launch of the Lion on the Beach travel lottery; Stittsville Family Bike Ride
• Stittsville Porch Music Festival continues next Thursday
• Looking ahead to Canada Day events in Stittsville
• City of Ottawa will be examining three options for landfills and waste-to-energy incineration
• Stittsville Main Street secondary plan update
• Transportation Master Plan coming to committee
• 1518 Stittsville Main Street (“The Station”) construction info
• Foxes and other animals
• OC Transpo and route 262
• Tony Graham Youth work-out pass valid for CARDELREC
• E-scooter safety
• Extreme heat resources from Ottawa Public Health

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Welcome to Stittsville Multicultural Festival - THANK YOU!
• June 19: Stittsville Porch Music Festival
• Saturday events: Lions BBQ, Fundraiser market, Nannipat’s Lemonade, Hazeldean Gardens car show
• June 22: Stittsville Family Bike Ride
• Stittsville Public School - an award-winning story from Alex for Habitat for Humanity
• Canadian Red Cross emergency preparedness + new Alertable app from the City of Ottawa
• Planning & development: 2775 Palladium proposed hotel & aquatic centre; Abbott’s Run at Planning & Housing Committee; potential Secondary Plan changes for Stittsville Main Street
• Transit Committee recap: LRT construction update, bus fleet issues
• Tony Graham Youth Workout Pass
• Let’s Bike Month - Stittsville Main cycling shortcuts
• Automated Speed Enforcement (speed camera) coming to Abbott Street
• Hello to Boris in Ukraine

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Welcome to Stittsville Multicultural Festival: Saturday, June 7 from 12pm-4pm at Village Square Park
• Multicultural & Human Rights Calendar
  Lots happening on Stittsville Main Street: “The Workshop”, upcoming groundbreaking, flowers
• Let’s Bike Month, including our Family Bike Ride on June 22
• 1883 Stittsville Main Street - Site Plan meeting
• Johnwoods sidewalk replacement
• Your feedback on Climate Ready Ottawa
• Tuesday: Info meeting for a proposed hotel and aquatic centre on Palladium Drive
• Thursday: Emergency Prep workshop with the Canadian Red Cross
• Today: “The Big Give” at Chapel Ridge Church
• Saturday: Big Wheels Expo at the Ottawa Stadium
• Call 3-1-1 for Wild parsnip on public property
• Congrats Ann Arnone

See you at the festival!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Welcome to Stittsville Multicultural Festival on June 7
• Volunteer Awards recap glengower.ca/volunteer/
• Alcohol in parks pilot
• Administrative Payment System
• Development updates & info sessions glengower.ca/development/
• Police wrap up Road Safety Week
• Ottawa Fire kicks off “Wake Up!” campaign
• Lots of upcoming events: glengower.ca/events/
• Greg McPherson is on the road for mental health
• Erica Wiebe inducted into the Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Ottawa Race Weekend
• King Charles visit
• Breakfast with Bruce Fanjoy
• Stittsville Food Bank volunteer and donor appreciation event
• June 10 info meeting about a proposed hotel and aquatic centre on Palladium Drive
• May 31 Connections community event
• Drilling/testing along the Trans Canada Trail
• Dagenham Park concept plans (Westwood)
• Wild parsnip annual program
• COVID-19 vaccine booster shot for high risk individuals
• May 24: Goulbourn Lawn Bowling Open House
• May 24: Goulbourn Township Historical Society VE Day presentation
• May 30: Fringewood Park Cleaning the Capital
• June is Let’s Bike Month
• June 2 Stittsville bike workshop
• June 12 Canadian Red Cross emergency preparedness workshop
• June 7 Welcome to Stittsville Multicultural Festival - call for volunteers
• Relay for Life - congrats to students form South Carleton and Sacred Heart
• Stittsville Volunteer Awards this week

Have an excellent week!

—Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Victoria Day schedule changes
• Victoria Day fireworks at Hazeldean Gardens on Monday
• Emergency preparedness workshop June 12
• Make the right call:
  3-1-1 for damage to park equipment or city facilities, or to report vandalism
  ottawapolice.ca/report for mischief, hate-motivated incidents
  9-1-1 for crimes in progress, life-threatening emergencies, fire
• Parks maintenance update
• Tips for boulevard gardens
• Wetlands at risk
• Welcome to Stittsville multicultural festival on June 7: call for volunteers
• Cleaning the Capital in Fringewood on Friday
• Congrats to the Amberwood Village Residents Association
• Borehole drilling along Carp Road
• Road safety reminders: speed; impaired driving; distracted driving

Have an excellent long weekend!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Crossway Park concept design for a new playground
• Reminder about motorbikes in parks and on trails/pathways
• Call 3-1-1 to report issues to the City
• National Road Safety Week
• National Nursing Week
• Transportation Master Plan - deadline for comments on capital projects is Monday
• 1412 Stittsville Main - new housing proposal for a 3-storey apartment building
• North Stittsville future neighbourhood update
• South Stittsville future neighbourhood update
• Draft zoning by-law deep dive
• Upcoming construction on Bobolink and Abbott Street East
• Ottawa Alert - subscribe for emergency updates
• Upcoming event highlights

Have a great week!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Jane's Walk on Stittsville Main
• OC Transpo New Ways to Bus + free service this weekend
• Notes on the power outage on Tuesday evening
• Measles alert from Ottawa Public Health
• Draft Zoning By-law deep dive
• Site plan for 1883 Stittsville Main Street (at Parade)
• Ministry of Transportation - Maintenance Patrol Yard
• W2 Stittsville North Open House (west of Timbermere)
• Ralph Street Park swing replacement
• Metric Park - coming soon
• National Volunteer Week - Volunteer Awards, Lionhearts, WOCRC
• Welcome to Stittsville Festival update
• Events: Red Pashmina Walk; parkrun 1st anniversary; Touch-a-Truck; Lions Mother’s Day Tea; Stittsville Garage Sale; glengower.ca/events/
• Congrats to Hollibell Foundation on a succesful “Spay Neuter Palooza”
• Flood watch along the Ottawa River

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Congrats to Kiwanis Club of Kanata-Stittsville on a successful Kids 4 Kids Talent Showcase
• Upcoming events in Stittsville
• Cleaning the Capital continues
• Jane’s Walk on Stittsville Main Street, May 3
• Nominations due today for Volunteer Awards
• Stittsville Main Street zoning changes?
• North Stittsville - new neighbourhood open house
• OC Transpo - New Ways to Bus launches Sunday
• Ottawa Police issue a warning about “distraction thefts”
• It’s bear season
• Monday is election day, please make a plan to vote
• Thank you Amélie!

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Passover begins

• Weekend event rundown: Easter FUNdraiser Market; Seniors Marketplace; Goulbourn Township Historical Society geneology talk; West Side Pride AGM; Spice of Life Wine & Cheese; Puppy Yoga, A Choired Affair, a breakfast for first responders, a cheque presentation from the Rotary Club to Friends of Stittsville Wetlands; Para Hockey tournament!

• Cleaning the Capital - registration and clean-up events continue

• Street sweeping starts

• OC Transpo - New Ways to Bus April 27, bus maintenance, Transecure and Safe Driving Awards

• Deep dive into the Transportation Master Plan

• 1174 Carp Road - retirement home proposal

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Transportation Master Plan - new road and transportation projects for Stittsville
• New Ways to Bus - open house Saturday at CARDELREC, 10am-noon
• Puppy Yoga
• Cleaning the Capital begins
• Income tax clinics at the library
• Volunteer Award nominations
• Welcome to Stittsville Multicultural Festival on June 7
• OC Tranpso’s Safe Driving and Transecure Awards
• Federal election reminder

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Last day of Ramadan, Eid Mubarak!
• Severe weather and emergency preparedness
• Ottawa Stewardship Council contributes $7,000 to Friends of Stittsville Wetlands
• Chapel Ridge Free Methodist Church - One Church One Day prayer event
• Queensway-Carleton Hospital Visionaries Breakfast raises nearly $500,000
• Fire at Flewellyn-Jones House
• EnviroCentre’s Transit Symposium
• Committee approves food gardens in the City right-of-way
• Stormwater pond maintenance at Paul Lindsay Park
• Planning: 425 Culdaff, 2 Pretty Street, Draft Zoning By-law
• Plant Your Place - free tree program
• Deadline to apply for a Stittsville Community Micro-Grant is March 31
• Nominate a volunteer for our annual awards
• Register for Cleaning the Capital
• Welcome to Stittsville Multicultural Festival on June 7
• Today: Eco West Enders Kids Clothing Swap
• April 5: New Ways to Bus info session
• April 8: Transportation Master Plan info session
• Federal election reminders
• Lionhearts deliver over 75 turkeys to the Stittsville Food Bank

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Potholes, including that big one on the Carp Road offramp
• Reminder to slow down!
• Bonne Journée Internationale de la Francophonie!
• International Day for the Elimination of Discrimination
• Cleaning the Capital registration
• Stittsville Community Micro-Grants
• Stittsville Volunteer Awards
• Welcome to Stittsville multicultural festival
• Transit Committee recap and Transit Operator & Worker Appreciation Day
• EnviroCentre - “Connecting the Dots on Transit” event
• April 5: New Ways to Bus open house
• 5618 Hazeldean / Abbott’s Run Phase 2
• New Zoning By-law draft #2
• Ottawa Police CAMSafe program
• Income tax clinics at the Stittsville library
• St. Thomas Anglican Church used clothing sale
• Lionhearts Open House
• Please stay off sports fields!

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Registration is open for Cleaning the Capital
• Stittsville Community Micro-Grants
• Volunteer Award nominations
• Drop-in today at the library
• Sunday service begins for LRT Lines 2/4
• Tax deadline and VUT declarations due March 20
• Update on refugee welcome centres
• Potholes – report via 3-1-1
• Lions St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast
• St. Patty’s Market
• Kiwanis Kids-for-Kids Talent Show auditions
• April 5: New Ways to Bus open house
• Congrats Collinda Joseph
• Support local businesses
• Thank you to hydrant heroes!

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• International Women’s Day
• Drains / catch basins
• Potholes
• Update on Carp Road construction
• City of Ottawa Twitter/X
• Stittsville Community Micro-Grant Program
• Volunteer Award nominations
• Library tax clinics
• Property tax and Vacant Unit Tax declaration due March 20
• New Ways to Bus open house on April 5
• Support Canadian, support local

Have a great week!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Ramadan Mubarak!
• Multicultural calendar
• Parking ban in effect today starting at 10:00am
• Snow clearing continues
• Clearing fire hydrants and drains
• Report potholes to ottawa.ca/311
• Coldest Night of the Year raises nearly $23,000 for Lionhearts
• Black History Month celebrates 130th anniversary of the Coloured Hockey League of the Maritimes
• Traffic safety meetings for Kittiwake (Timbermere) and Maple Grove (Fairwinds)
• Converting the City’s vehicles to zero emission
• Power outages in Stittsville (including Jackson Trails)
• Co-existing with coyotes
• Tree cutting at 6171 Hazeldean Road
• Stittsville Community Micro-Grant Program
• Nominate a volunteer for our annual Stittsville Volunteer Awards
• Reminder to pick up your dog waste!
• Congrats to George Darouze and Karen McCrimmon; thank you to all candidates
• Welcome Mandy and Marlova!

Have a great week!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Shovel out a fire hydrant
• Update on snow removal operations
• Thanks to plow operators
• Coldest Night of the Year fundraiser for Lionhearts tonight! cnoy.org/ottawastittsville
• Upcoming traffic safety meetings for Kittiwake, Maple Grove
• Draft tennis & pickleball strategy
• Volunteer Award nominations are open glengower.ca/volunteer/
• Applications now being accepted for Stittsville Community Micro-Grants glengower.ca/micro-grant
• Upcoming events this weekend & beyond glengower.ca/events/
• Remember to vote! Advance voting today, voting day on Thursday, February 27: elections.on.ca

Have an excellent week … and if you see a snow plow operator, give them a wave or a thumbs up to say thanks!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Snow!
• A reminder to dig out hydrants
• Police look for witnesses to Carp Road collision on Thursday
• National Flag Day and Council’s motion to buy Canadian
• Family Day activities Monday at CARDELREC
• Open Table Dinner at St. Thomas
• Goulbourn Township Historical Society presents “Goulbourn Women of Influence”
• Coldest Night of the Year fundraiser on February 22 https://cnoy.org/ottawastittsville
• Outdoor tennis & pickleball strategy
• OC Transpo updates: Ridership, electric buses, reliability, and the Severe Storm Schedule
• Springbrook Drive - meeting about speed humps
• Heavy trucks on West Ridge
• Ontario Election Debate on Monday

Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Coldest Night of the Year coming up on February 22cnoy.org/location/ottawastittsville
• Snow clearing reminders
• LRT updates - Line 1 testing, Line 2/4 service, more
• A motion to buy Canadian
• Primary Care Health Hub recap
• Expanding the Queensway Carleton Hospital
• Point-In-Time Homelessness Survey results
• Para Transpo Talk sessions
• Traffic safety meetings; February 18 for Springbrook; February 26 for Kittiwake
• School traffic reminder (including Shingwàkons)
• Upcoming events: Valentine’s Market, Jamming for Jack, Family Day @ CARDELREC

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This week’s updates:

• A recap of our Primary Care health hub meeting
• HART Hub funding for the west end
• Police warning about suspicious activity
• Winter Trailfest on Sunday
• Coldest Night of the Year fundraiser for Lionhearts on February 22
• Caivan’s proposed development for Stittsville South
• Multicultural & Human Rights Calendar, including Black History Month
• $180-million in transit funding from the federal government
• Mayor launches a new Housing Task Force
• School parking and traffic reminder
• Police release collision data for 2024
• The Ontario election
• White Pine Chocolates opens today on Stittsville Main

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• They found Banjo the dog!
• Primary Care Health Hub info meeting on Tuesday, January 28
• Coldest Night of the Year fundraising walk for Lionhearts on February 22
• Stittsville Trailfest on February 2
• City receives $10.5-million in homelessness funding from the federal government
• Saturday service starts today for OC Transpo Line 2/4
• New Para Transpo minibuses and new electric buses
• A minor zoning change for the park at 785 Cope in Westwood
• Crimestoppers Month
• International Holocaust Remembrance Day
• National Day of Remembrance of the Quebec City Mosque Attack & Action Against Islamophobia
• Chinese New Year

Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Preparing for cold weather this week ottawapublichealth.ca/coldweather
• Primary Care Health Hub info meeting on January 28
• OC Transpo: Line 2/4 LRT update, plus traffic on the Kichi Zībī Mīkan
• Planning and Housing Committee tackles renovictions
• Development updates: 37 Wildpine, 425 Culdaff, 5000 Robert Grant
• February 2: Stittsville Trailfest
• Stittsville Youth Centre is looking for book donations
• City March Break camp registration starts January 21
• A reminder about garbage
• Thank you Juliana!

Stay warm!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Remembering Doreen Bell

• OC Transpo launches LRT Line 2/4

• Cold weather resources

• Outdoor skating rinks & volunteers

• Primary Care Health Hub meeting on January 28

• 425 Culdaff Road at Committee of Adjustment

• 37 Wildpine at Planning & Housing Committee

• Automated Speed Enforcement (speed camera) update

• Vacant Unit Tax declaration portal is now open

• We’re hiring: Councillor’s Assistant

• Lionhearts e-waste drop-off today

• Snowmobile reminder

• Welcome to Green Fresh Supermarket

• Closing of Kiddie Kobbler (Stittsville) & Handfashioned Fine Craft

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Holiday skate this afternoon at CARDELREC
• OC Transpo food drive collects 2,500 kilograms and over $5,000 for the Stittsville Food Bank
• A ride on the new LRT Line 2/4
• What OC Transpo is doing to improve reliability for buses and Para Transpo
• OC Transpo Winter service change starts tomorrow (December 22)
• City of Ottawa holiday schedule changes
• Call 3-1-1 for any urgent requests over the holidays
• The data so far on Ottawa’s 3-item garbage limit, plus a Christmas reminder
• Snow clearing reminder
• Thank you to volunteers who joined us for this week’s singalong!
• Support a local charity this Christmas

Merry Christmas / Joyeux Noël / Happy Hanukkah / Seasons Greetings!
–Councillor Glen

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Good morning! Today I'm on Cypress Gardens in front of the Turcotte Family Christmas fundraiser for CHEO. It's a great annual tradition in Stittsville and it'll be lit up every night til the end of the month.

This week's updates:

• Thanks to the Stittsville Village Association and volunteers for a great Parade of Lights!

• OC Transpo 40th annual food drive today - at Brown's Independent and No Frills

• Christmas wrapping fundraiser for Chrysalis House today

• Free holiday skate on December 21

• Snow clearing reminders

• Winter Trail survey at glengower.ca/winter-trail

• Council passes my primary care motion

• Council passes the City budget

• Blasting has wrapped up at Idylea

• Updates to the Sweetnam Drive Neighbourhood Traffic Calming plan

• Residential boulevard gardening survey at engage.ottawa.ca

Have a great week!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Christmas displays on Bert G. Argue
• Stittsville Parade of Lights TONIGHT on Stittsville Main Street at 6:00 p.m. and streaming live online; Stittsville Lions will be collecting donations for the Stittsville Food Bank, plus video coverage from iSiLIVE.
• CBC visits Stittsville for Make the Season Kind
• OC Transpo Food Drive next weekend, 40th annual
• All kinds of holiday-themed events coming up, visit glengower.ca/events
• Free holiday skate on December 21
• Ottawa Police RIDE programs / drive sober and plan a ride home
• LRT Lines 2/4 open on January 6
• Dr. Etches is joining CHEO
• Ottawa Public Health encourages families to update immunization records
• Reminder to get your flu shot, COVID shot, RSV shot
• 121 Brae and 1919 Maple Grove approved at Planning & Housing Committee
• Budget day on December 11
• Christmas singalongs

Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Improving access to primary care in Stittsville
• Stittsville Sports Hall of Fame 2024 inductees
• City budget update
• Winter parking restrictions in effect December 1
• 1919 Maple Grove and 121 Brae at Planning & Housing Committee
• An update on the proposed ward boundary change
• Where to find the Community Voice newspaper
• Local books and local authors
• Repair Café today
• December 5: CBC’s Make the Season Kind comes to Stittsville
• December 7: Stittsville Village Association Parade of Lights
• It’s Small Business Saturday / support local business!

Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen

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Good morning! Today the Stittsville Branch of the Ottawa Public Library is celebrating its 50th anniversary! Special events throughout the day - face painting, button making, games. Some speeches, cake and beverages at 2:00pm, and a performance by Rock the Arts puppets at 2:45pm.

This week’s updates:

• Kanata Santa Claus Parade is this morning in Glen Cairn
• Christmas market today at Johnny Leroux Arena
• Goulbourn Museum’s Old Fashioned Christmas on Sunday
• Stittsville Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Thursday at CARDELREC
• Stittsville Spree - shop local and win big
• November 30: Repair Café
• December 5: CBC’s Make the Season Kind in Stittsville
• December 7: Parade of Lights
• City Budget - info meeting on November 26; what’s in it for Stittsville
• Transit Budget - a quick preview of Transit Commission on Monday

Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• City budget, and what’s in it for Stittsville
• Budget 2025 consultation meeting on November 26
• ParaTranspo Talk
• Rally for Refugees on Sunday (Refugee 613)
• Robert Grant Avenue construction update
• Overnight construction on Abbott Street at Metric
• CARDELREC pool closure November 18-22
• Rink volunteers needed at Mark Yakabuski Park and Bradley-Craig Park
• Stittsville Spree (Stittsville Business Association)
• United Church “Holly Jolly Christmas”
• St. Andrew’s Christmas Bazaar
• Goulbourn Township Historical Society guest speaker
• November 20: Trans Day of Remembrance
• November 23: Library 50th anniversary
• December 7: Stittsville Village Association Parade of Light

Upcoming events:
Have a great week!
–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Remembrance Day in Stittsville
• What was that loud “boom” earlier in the week?
• Sprung shelters / Newcomer reception centres
• Affordable housing strategy
• Vacant Unit Tax update
• Board of Health and what the Nutritious Food Basket reveals about food insecurity
• City budget tabling on Wednesday; community meeting on November 26
• Ward boundary change open house on November 13
• Christmas markets on Saturday and Sunday
• Stittsville Business Association “Stittsville Spree” starts November 15
• Stittsville Village Association Parade of Lights on December 7
• Congratulations to Kanata-Stittsville Zonta members
• A quick update about Robert Grant Avenue

Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Happy Diwali!
• The November Multicultural Calendar
• Thanks to the Stittsville Muslim Association for hosting an Open House
• Saturday: Hazardous Waste Depot at Westbrook Snow Dump
• Yellow bags for sale at Home Hardware and CARDELREC, starting November 4
• Reminder: Don’t block sidewalks with your garbage/recycling/green bins
• Winter activity registration (swimming, sports, recreation, arts) coming soon
• Proposed ward boundary change for Stittsville and Rideau-Jock
• 2 Pretty Street at Planning Committee this week
• Ottawa Public Health reminder to get your vaccine: flu, COVID-19, RSV
• Getting closer to opening LRT lines 2/4
• OC Transpo bus cancellations due to maintenance backlog
• Volunteers needed for Christmas light install at Village Square Park TODAY
• Volunteers needed for the Parade of Lights on December 7

Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Stittsville Legion Poppy Campaign

• Stittsville Youth Centre Halloween event on Wednesday

• Lions Club 60th Anniversary

• Stittsville Muslim Association - open house / Islamic Heritage Month

• Diwali on October 31

• Friends of the Stittsville Wetlands need your support

• Early results of the 3-item garbage limit

• OC Transpo - LRT testing continues, plus maintenance this weekend

• Ottawa Public Health reminder about RSV and immunization

• Hazardous Waste Depot on November 2

• 6310 Hazeldean Road - updates and next steps

• 2 Pretty Street rezoning at Planning & Housing Committee

• Rink volunteers needed for Bradley-Craig Park; Albert Argue Black Park; Mark Yakabuski Park

• Small Business Week

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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Good morning! Today I’m at the annual 9runrun event, celebrating 15 years! The event raises money for the First Responders Foundation, focused on improving mental health resources for first responders in Ottawa.
This week’s updates:

• Waste pick-up delayed for some residents but it will be picked up today!
• Bike lanes
• New licensing for vaping product retailers
• City scores 100% on drinking water
• LRT Line 2/4 testing is going well; Line 1 maintenance this weekend
• Point-in-time homelessness count
• Stittsville Main Street construction update
• ParaTranspo Talk
• Our Stittsville transportation survey
• Upcoming events
• Tell us about Stittsville’s best Halloween decor

Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Remembering Nancy Therrien
• Take our Stittsville transportation survey
• Your ideas for Canadian Tire Centre
• 2 Pretty Street re-zoning
• COVID-19 vaccination update from Ottawa Public Health
• Province changes the rules for urban boundary expansion
• OC Transpo updates: September ridership, Line 2/4 trial running, electric bus procurement
• Friends of Stittsville Wetlands and Migratory Bird Day
• Upcoming events including Gobblefest and Market @ The Barn
• 9runrun next weekend
• Rink volunteers needed!
• Happy Thanksgiving!

Have a great week!
–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Treat Accessibly Halloween
• Garage Sale @ St. Thomas Church
• Weekly events
• Multicultural & Human Rights Calendar
• Welcome to Stittsville Newcomer’s Guide
• Final testing for LRT Lines 2/4
• 3-item garbage limit
• Zoning workshop on Tuesday
• Volunteers needed for outdoor skating rinks
• Volunteers needed for the Stittsville Youth Centre
• Reminder about parking
• New 40km/h area speed limit for Cranesbill/Rouncey/Abbott/Cope

Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Jour des Franco-Ontariens

• National Day for Truth & Reconciliation

• 3-item garbage limit starts this week! What counts as an “item”; 140L bins; unlimited compost, recycling, yard waste

• Ottawa Police speed enforcement

• Future of Canadian Tire Centre

• Aggressive dogs and community safety

• Groundbreaking with Ottawa Community Housing for Gladstone Village

• Talking transit with the chair of the Toronto Transit Commission

• Stittsville Youth Centre fall opening

• Rink volunteers needed for: Mary Durling Park, Mark Yakabuski Park, Silas Bradley Park, Albert Argue Black Park

Upcoming events:

• Scouts Apple Day

• Stittsville Rockets Try Hockey Day

• Rotary International Film Festival

• Girls Night In - Interval House fundraiser

• Alfred McCoy Park naming ceremony

Reminders:

• Name the plow

• Cleaning the Capital

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Maplewood Secondary School opens for students on Monday
• Abbott @ Tall Tree pedestrian crossing
• A new pedestrian bridge connecting Baldcypress to Bliss
• Stittsville Youth Centre opens for the season on September 25
• More than 125 trees to be planted this fall
• Update on 1518 Stittsville Main Street (“The Station”)
• Hazeldean fire affects small businesses
• Equator coffee closes
• 6310 Hazeldean Road passes City Council
• City Council sets budget directions; debates LRT off-peak headways; updates wetland designations
• Heads up about construction on Abbott Street East near Terry Fox
• Overnight construction on Abbott Street East near Robert Grant Avenue
• Snow plow operator training in Blackstone + Name our plows
• Immigrant Entrepreneurship Awards
• Ottawa Fire Services fire alarm testing
• Alfred McCoy Park official naming ceremony
• Stittsville Girls Hockey Association welcomes Rebecca Leslie from the Ottawa Charge (PWHL)
• Check out glengower.ca/events/ for more upcoming events

Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Maplewood Secondary School set to open on Tuesday
• A reminder to slow down near schools and a heads up about drop-off and pick-up times
• Events this weekend include the Butter Tart Festival, Applefest, and Operation Come Home Food Drive on Saturday, and a Corn-ival on Sunday.
• 6310 Hazeldean Road at Planning & Housing Committee
• City budget directions and Ottawa’s transit financing
• Transit Commission recap
• Police arrest a man after suspicious incidents in Stittsville
• Ottawa Police alert about Eastern Equine Encephalitis and West Nile Virus
• Name the snow plows
• Cleaning the Capital registration
• 3-item garbage limit starts September 30
• Construction projects: Johnwoods pathway, Abbott/Tall Tree pedestrian crossing, and upcoming work on Abbott near Terry Fox

Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen

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This week's updates:

• Back to school, and an opening date for Maplewood High School
• Heads up about recent vehicle break-ins
• 6310 Hazeldean Road at Planning & Housing Committee on Wednesday
• New Zoning By-Law info session on Wednesday evening
• Mark Sutcliffe’s campaign for financial fairness
• OC Transpo update
• Ottawa Public Health vaccination reminder
• CARDELREC temporary closure for renovations
• 3-item garbage limit starts in Octoboer
• Butter Tart Festival on September 14
• Congrats to Trinity Lowthian, competing at the Paralympics

Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen

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Events today:

• Hazardous Waste Depot at Canadian Tire Centre

• BAPS Walkathon fundraiser

• Lionhearts Great Potato Rescue

• West Side Pride

More upcoming events:

• Sunday: Silas Bradley Park naming ceremony

• July 31: Outdoor movie night at Stittsville Villa

This week’s updates:

• Queensway closure for bridge replacement at Preston Street

• Watermain break on Stittsville Main

• West Nile Virus

• Wastewater surveillance funding

• Summer storm prep

• New traffic calming locations for 2025

• 620 Bobolink construction info

• Stittsville Sports Hall of Fame nominations

• E-bikes and scooters reminder

• Shea & Flewellyn update

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Congrats Trinity Lowthian, named to the Canadian Paralympic team for Wheelchair Fencing
• Tim’s Camp Day
• When will LRT Line 2/4 launch to the south end?
• Stittsville South Open House recap
• Glen Cairn stormwater pond maintenance
• Call for nominations: Stittsville Sports Hall of Fame
• Saturday: Stittsville Crafters & Vendors Market
• Saturday: Brazilian Vibes at Main Street Café
• Sunday: Stittsville Market at the Barn
• July 27: Hazardous Waste Depot at Canadian Tire Centre
• July 27: West Side Pride
• July 28: Silas Bradley Park official naming ceremony
• Welcome to Stittsville Newcomer’s Guide

Upcoming events:Reminder:
Have a great week!
–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Shea & Flewellyn intersection
• City Council wraps up for the summer
• Fernbank area speed reduction
• Friendly Crescent pump station decommissioning
• MVCA wants your feedback on their land conservation strategy
• Stittsville development update
• Transportation trends in Ottawa (Origin-Destination Study)
• LRT maintenance for the next two weeks
• “New Ways to Bus” schedule preview
• Craft & Vendor Fair today
• Market @ The Barn on Sunday (Christmas theme)
• Tim Hortons Camp Day on Wednesday
• West Side Pride on July 27
• Silas Bradley Park opening on July 28

Upcoming events:Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Canada Day recap and thank you to organizers and volunteers!
• Should we ban the sale of fireworks?
• OC Transpo & Bluesfest
• This week at City Hall: Carleton U. Pool; transitional housing; developer donations
• Sweetnam Drive traffic calming survey
• Multicultural calendar & reminder about our Newcomers Guide
• Blackstone/Fernbank/Abbottsville speed reduction
• New little free library at Wildpine
• July 18: Stittsville South open house
• Transportation Master Plan on Engage Ottawa
• Ottawa Public Health launches StopOverdoseOttawa.ca
• A reminder about sidewalks and accessibility

Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Canada Day events in Stittsville: Flag Raising ceremony; Canda Day at the Legion; Car show; Stittsville Village Association fireworks, music, food trucks, more
• OC Transpo is free on Canada Day
• OC Transpo summer schedule starts on Sunday
• Fireworks safety reminder
• Park Run every Saturday
• Market @ The Barn every Sunday (strawberry social this weekend)
• Congrats to organizers of Porch Fest, and the Brazilian Vibes event
• Trees In Trust - deadline is July 1 for fall tree planting
• Transportation Committee approves my request for lower speeds in Fernbank/Blackstone/Abbottsville Crossing
• Stittsville Main Street construction near “The Landing” (at Beverly)
• Update on pedestrian and cycling projects: Forest Creek Park; Johnwoods; Westphalian/Terry Fox pathway; Baldcypress bridge to Bradley Commons; Abbott/Tall Tree crosswalk
• Warning about speed camera text scam
• Reminder: Welcome to Stittsville Newcomer’s Guide
• Call 3-1-1 for help with city services
• Update on Let’s Bike Ottawa

Happy Canada Day!
–Councillor Glen

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Upcoming events:

• Saturday: Party in the Park

• Saturday: Craft & vendor fundraising market

• Sunday: Market at the Barn Strawberry Social

• Sunday: Brazilian Vibes @ Main Street Pub

• Thursday: Porch Concerts (new date)

• Canada Day in Stittsville on July 1

Looking back at the week:

• Welcome to Stittsville multicultural festival

• Ottawa Wildlife Strategy

• Solid Waste Master Plan

• Transportation Master Plan

Local updates:

• Westwood paths

• Huntmar/Maple Grove

• Cloverloft & Lazy Nol repaving

• Trans Canada Trail maintenance from Jinkinson to Dwyer Hill

• 6310 Hazeldean update

• Shea & Flewellyn intersection

• Crossway Park (Connections) update

• 40km/h on Cope, Rouncey, Abbott, Cranesbill

• Congratulations graduates!

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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Today’s update is jam-packed with information… from upcoming events to local construction updates to what’s happening at City Hall.
Local events:

• Welcome to Stittsville Multicultural Festival (+launch of our Newcomers Guide)
• Lemonade fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Foundation at Fringewood Park
• Loonie Circle for Jack on Helm Circle in Fairwinds
• Car Show at Hazeldean Gardens
• Craft & Vendors Market on Stittsville Main
• Sunday: Eco West Enders Native Plant Sale
• June 20: Stittsville Front Porch Concerts
• See our full listing at glengower.ca/events/

Local updates:

• Westwood pathways under construction
• Trans Canada Trail Maintenance between Jinkinson & Dwyer Hill, June 24-28
• Hazeldean sidewalks near the Carp River bridge
• Your property tax is due June 20
• June 20: New Zoning By-Law Virtual Information Session
• Thank you - Community safety & policing meeting
• Brae Street traffic count data
• Ottawa Transit Riders Stittsville forum

City Hall:

• A recap of Transit Commission
• This week: Board of Health, Wildlife Strategy, Solid Waste Master Plan, Planning & Housing Committee, Infrastructure Master Plan

In the community:

• Let’s Bike Month continues
• Pride Month (plus a heads up about our Pride Week flag raising ceremony in August)
• June 21 is National Indigenous People’s Day
• C’est le Festival franco-ontarien

And a reminder about grass cutting on boulevards and your responsibility as a resident.
Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen

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Good morning! Today I’m at the Vic Whittaker stormwater pond near Cope Drive.
A look aback at the week:

• Heavy rain and what to expect with stormwater run-off
• Ottawa Valley Wild Bird Care Centre groundbreaking
• Congrats to SVA volunteers for a successful Art in the Park
• Crossing Guard Appreciation Day, and special recognition for a guard at St. Stephen school
• Stittsville Diversity Committee
• Ride-along with OC Transpo Special Constables
• A new Catholic high school and a new Catholic elementary school for Stittsville
• Let’s Bike Month continues, plus our Family Bike Ride on Sunday

Community updates:

• Repaving on Cloverloft and Lazy Nol
• Village Square Park play structure
• Crossway Park in the Connections neighbourhood
• Deer Run splash pad repairs
• Update on 121 Brae
• Reminders about West Nile Virus & Lyme Disease from Ottawa Public Health

Upcoming events:

• Wednesday: Ottawa Transit Rider Forum
• Thursday: Community Safety & Policing w/ Ottawa Police
• Next Saturday: Welcome to Stittsville multicultural festival; Loonie Circle for Jack; Hazeldean Gardens car show
• June 20: Stittsville Front Porch Concerts
• More at glengower.ca/events/

Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen

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This week's updates:

• Greg MacPherson’s walk for mental health from Niagara Falls to Ottawa
• Collision on Highway 417
• Celebrating Stittsville’s volunteers
• Sunday: Art in the Park
• Saturday: Trail Road Landfill Hazardous Waste Depot
• Saturday: Motorcycle Ride for Dad
• This weekend: Doors Open Ottawa
• This weekend: Asian Fest Night Market
• June 13: Councillor Chat on community safety and policing
• June 15: Welcome to Stittsville multicultural festival
• Wild parsnip
• Cleaning the Capital
• 3-item garbage limit starts September 30
• You can now tap your debit card on OC Transpo buses & trains
• Line 2/4 LRT update
• Draft of the new Zoning By-law, interactive maps, and open house on June 20\
• 10,000 subscribers to our email newsletter
• Update on aggressive dog attacks
• June is Pride Month, National Indigenous History Month, Italian Heritage Month, Filipino Heritage Month, Portuguese Heritage Month
• Let’s Bike Month

Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen

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Good morning! Lots of updates this week...

Happening this weekend:

• Village Square Park play ground re-opening on Sunday

• OC Transpo job fair today at Greenboro

• Road closure this weekend on Robert Grant Avenue & Haliburton Heights

• Writer’s Market – local authors at Main Street Café

• Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society plant sale

• Ottawa West Artists Association new exhibit

From the past week:

• Sacred Heart Relay for Life

• CNIB tour of transit stations

• Second year anniversary of the derecho

• Basketball nets

• Grass cutting

• Ottawa Fire burn permit reminder

• Traffic safety tip: Stop at stop sign

Coming up:

• May 26: iNaturalist Field Training Session

• May 30: Stittsville Volunteer Awards

• June is Let’s Bike Month

• June 2: Arts in the Park

• June 9: Registration is full for our Family Bike Ride

• June 13: Councillor Chat about community safety and policing

• June 15: Welcome to Stittsville multicultural festival

Good luck to everyone taking part in Ottawa Race Weekend!

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Remembering Diane Deans
• Victoria Day Weekend schedule changes + FIREWORKS in Stittsville
• Splash pads are open and so is the Amberwood Pool
• Events this weekend including a Plant Swap at the Stittsville library
• Food Bank celebrates donors and volunteers
• Stittsville Community Micro-Grant recipients
• Cloverloft and Lazy Nol resurfacing update
• Robert Grant Avenue at Haliburton closed next wekeend
• Forest Creek Park pathway rehabilitation starts next week
• 1927 Maple Grove coming to Planning & Housing Committee
• Download the Transit app
• Upcoming events in our community

Have a great long weekend!
–Councillor Glen

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Good morning! This week's updates include:

• New garbage bag limits start September 30
• Brae Street traffic count
• Thank you: Jane’s Walk, McHappy Day, parkrun
• Today: Goulbourn Lawn Bowling Open House
• Today: Amberwood Spring Plant Exchange
• Today: Craft & Vendor Market at Johnny Leroux Arena
• Today: Motorcycle Ride for Disabled Vets
• Sunday: First day for Market @ The Barn
• May 26: Re-opening ceremony for the Village Square Park playground
• June 13: Councillor Chat on community safety & policing
• June 15: Welcome to Stittsville multicultural festival
• Multicultural & Human Rights Calendar for May
• Development Charges & funding new infrastructure
• Administrative Penalty System for parking tickets, speed camera tickets, and red light tickets

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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This morning I was on Stittsville Main Street. I’m hosting a Jane’s Walk on Saturday afternoon – a walking tour about history and urban design in honour of Jane Jacobs. Registration is full, but you can drop by afterwards at Equator, 5pm-6pm for our roundtable discussion.
This week’s updates:

• Thoughts on the federal government hybrid work changes
• Tabling the zoning by-law
• High-rise fire safety
• A new name for Stittsville’s public high school
• June 13: Councillor Chat on Community Safety and Policing
• June 9: Family Bike Ride
• June 15: Welcome to Stittsville multicultural festival
• Multicultural & Human Rights calendar
• Aggressive dogs; dogs on leash; off-leash dog parks
• Construction starts next week for the pedestrian crossing at Abbott and Tall Tree
• Automated speed enforcement coming soon in front of Holy Spirit School
• Things to know about driveway widening
• Stay off sports fields!
• Cleaning the Capital thank you
• park run launch today
• ParaTranspo ride-along
• A shout-out to Ray from Re-Read Used Books

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Councillor Glen’s Weekly Update for Saturday, April 27, 2024

This week’s topics:

• Strengthening the rules for aggressive dogs

• Flewellyn & Shea safety measures

• Crossing Bridge Park play structure replacement

• May 4 Jane’s Walk and roundtable

• Tabling of Ottawa’s new zoning by-law

• Stittsville Community Micro-Grants

• Thanks to everyone for Cleaning the Capital

• Stittsville Kiwanis Youth Centre on Wednesdays and Thursdays (now with pizza)

• Ottawa-Carleton Trailway parkrun starts May 4

• Welcome to Stittsville multicultural festival update

• Third annual Stittsville family bike ride

• Remembering Jeff Kyle

• Celebrating Passover

• Flags at half mast for the National Day of Mourning

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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This week's updates:- National Volunteer Week- Volunteer Award nominations are due Apri l26- Celebrating Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre volunteers- Grand opening of Hollyer House in Bells Corners- Stittsville Community Micro-Grant- Cleaning the Capital continues- Volunteers needed for Lee Boltwood Park- OC Transpo Transecure Awards and Safe Driving Awards- Ottawa Public Health / COVID-19 vaccine reminder- City Council approves new affordable housing incentive- Release of the 1st draft of the New Zoning By-law- 6310 Hazeldean Road - resubmission- Province limits appeal rights under the “Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes” Act- Brae Crescent traffic calming summary- Spring tree planting- Carp River Flood Plain Open House on May 2- Repair Café today at City Hall- Craft and Vendor Market at Johnny Leroux Arena- 1st Anniversary at the Village Café- Jane’s Walk on May 4- Keep your cats indoors- Happy Passover!Have an excellent week!–Councillor Glen

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This week's updates:

• Introducing our Stittsville Community Micro-Grant
• Register for Cleaning the Capital
• Volunteer Award Nominations
• Welcome to Stittsville multicultural festival
• Where to recycle your eclipse glasses
• Recap of the Development Information Meeting for 1174 Carp Road
• Stittsville Kiwanis Youth Centre
• Transit Commission recap, on-time performance is improving
• OC Transpo Transecure & Safe Driving Awards tomorrow
• Please stay off sports fields, because it's still too wet!
• Looking for volunteers to help with gardening at Lee Boltwood Park
• Tree removal near Baldcypress for construction of the new pathway... and an update on the pedestrian bridge
• April 20: Repair Café at City Hall, and a reminder about the Waste Explorer
• More community events at glengower.ca/events/
• Eid Mubarak!
• Vaisakhi & Sikh Heritage Month

Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• April is Cancer Awareness Month and we have daffodils at our ward office at CARDELREC
• Ottawa is now the Shawarma Capital of Canada
• Affordable housing, plus provincial infrastructure funding
• Congrats to Jill & Jennifer on the opening of Showroom Lighting & Furniture on Stittsville Main
• Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore gets a grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation
• Serving Easter meals at the Mission
• Nominate a neighbour for the Stittsville Volunteer Awards
• Register for Cleaning the Capital
• Kiwanis Youth Centre open house on Wednesday
• Welcome to Stittsville multicultural festival - call for participants
• Fernbank Stormwater Pond update
• Fernbank Road closure west of Jinkinson
• Oral Health Month
• 1174 Carp Road development information meeting on Tuesday
• 6171 Hazeldean Road at Planning & Housing Committee on Wednesday
• Good luck to Ottawa West Ringette at the Nationals
• Eid / end of Ramadan
• Para Transpo Challenge

Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:- A new deal for Ottawa with the Province- O.P.P Anti-Fraud workshop - Thank you- Survey on Ottawa’s tree planting programs- Easter weekend schedule changes- Stittsville’s housing growth, decade by decade- Councillor Chat on Wednesday- April 9: 1174 Carp Road Development Information Meeting- April 10: Stittsville Youth Centre open house- Register for Cleaning the Capital- Shout out to Scott Phelan- Congrats to TALK… and his brother Ben- Bike safety reminder- Happy EasterHave an excellent week!–Councillor Glen

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This week's updates:

• Upcoming events in Stittsville
• Congrats to the Stittsville Business Association
• Brae Street traffic calming meeting
• Transit Commission: electric bus update; ridership and reliability; "New Ways to Bus" new route network map
• Climate Resiliency Strategy
• New ambulance dispatch system
• A map of future schools in Stittsville
• Register for Cleaning the Capital
• Councillor Chat on April 3
• Public Information Meeting for 1174 Carp Road on April 9
• Looking for your stories about access to health care in Stittsville
• Reminder to slow down on our roads
• Lots of multicultural observances and celebrations, check out our Multicultural Calendar

Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen

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This week's updates:

• Congratulations to Erica Wiebe on her retirement from wrestling competition
• Ottawa Short Mats Bowling receives $10,200 from the Trillium Foundation
• Registration is open for Cleaning the Capital
• New development proposal for 1174 Carp Road and a meeting on April 9
• Brae Street traffic safety meeting on March 21
• Registration is full for the OPP anti-fraud presentation
• Are you a new (or soon-to-be) parent of young children? The City wants your feedback
• What does affordable housing mean?
• March 21 is the deadline for interim property taxes and to make your Vacant Unit Tax declaration
• Please stay off sports fields
• March 19 is the Stittsville Business Association AGM
• Volunteers needed for the gardens at Lee Boltwood Park; contact the Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society
• Craft & vendor market today at Johnny Leroux Arena
• Monday is Transit Operator & Employee Appreciation Day

Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen

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My weekly Stittsville udpate for Saturday, March 9, 2024.

This week's updates:

• The tragedy in Barrhaven
• Celebrating International Women's Day
• Ramadan begins this weekend
• Congratulations to Katie Xu, Jack Fan, and Michael Raytchev on winning Gold at the Special Olympics Canada Winter Games
• City Council approves new transitional housing on Queen Street
• March 26: OPP anti-fraud presentation
• Street sweeping starts soon
• Fire Station 45 opens on March Road on Monday
• Ottawa Public Health reminder about measles - March 21
• Meeting for Brae Street residents about traffic calming
• Stittsville library income tax clinics
• Cleaning the Capital registration opens March 15
• Stittsville-Kiwanis Youth Centre update
• Opening of Bright Eyes & Bushy Tails this morning at the No Frills plaza.

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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Good morning! This week's update was recorded at the Bradley Commons stormwater pond.
This week’s updates:

• C’est le mois de la francophonie!
• Wednesday’s power outage left more than 10,000 without electricity
• Kiwanis Youth Drop-In
• Congrats to the SVA
• Congrats Goulbourn Skating Club / Starlight Intermediate Synchro
• Weekly Park Run coming in May: 5km run every Saturday morning
• Update on LRT opening: South, East, West
• Deadline for interim tax bill and Vacant Unit Tax declaration is March 21
• Share your feedback on private snow plows
• Share you feedback on the Draft Waste Plan
• 6310 Hazeldean Road: Q&A and what’s next
• Nominations for the Stittsville Volunteer Awards
• Slow down on our roads!
• Call 3-1-1 for help with city services: potholes, construction, graffiti, garbage, etc.

Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen

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Good morning!This week's updates:- Check out the Draft Solid Waste Master Plan and share your feedback at engage.ottawa.ca- Stittsville Village Association Annual General Meeting on February 28 at Hazeldean Gardens- Open House for the Stittsville South lands on February 29 at CARDELREC- February 29: Opening of the Kiwanis Youth Drop-In at Frederick Banting School (1453 Stittsville Main)- 6310 Hazeldean Road: public meeting recap and next steps- Kanata Chinese Seniors Support Centre - Chinese New Year event on Saturday- Coldest Night of the Year / Lionhearts Fundraiser on Saturday evening- Black Youth Action Showcase on Saturday evening at 355 Michael Cowpland Drive- Reminder: Call 3-1-1 if you find a discarded needleHave an excellent week!–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Ottawa receives $176.3-million through the Housing Accelerator Fund
• Kiwanis Stittsville Youth Drop-In opens February 29
• 6310 Hazeldean Road: Reminder about the information meeting on Tuesday, and more of my Notebook series about the proposal
• February 23: Councillor Chat and Draft Waste Plan Open House at CARDELREC
• February 29: Future Neighbourhood Study Open House
• 121 Brae update
• Hydro One vegetation maintenance near Timbermere / Amberlakes / Amberwood
• Stittsville Diversity Committee: Recruiting women
• At glengower.ca: New fee for false fire alarms; OPH overdose prevention training; Water rate structure review; Family Day schedule changes
• TODAY: Goulbourn Township Historical Society Open House: “The role of the horse in the history of Goulbourn Township”, 1:30pm-3:30pm at the Stittsville library.

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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This week's updates:

• Happy Lunar New Year!
• Ottawa Public Health warning about toxic drug supply
• New transitional housing for families on Corkstown Road
• Transit Commission: Fare compliance, ridership, mechanic recruitment
• We want your feedback on the Draft Waste Plan, and there’s an open house in Stittsville on February 23
• Volunteer Award nominations
• 6310 Hazeldean Road: Carp Road upgrade is coming in 2025
• Stittsville South “Notice of Future Neighbourhood Study and Open House #1”
• Changes to Ottawa’s Heritage Registry
• Crossing Guard recruitment (Ottawa Safety Council)
• Ottawa Fire volunteer recruitment
• Emergency Preparedness for Persons with Disabilities
• TODAY: Valentine’s Fundraiser Market at Johnny Leroux Arena
• SUNDAY: Ottawa 67’s visit the Stittsville Minor Hockey Association at Johnny Leroux Arena
• Reminders about parking, especially near schools
• Congrats to Stittsville’s Talk on his JUNO nominations!

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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Good morning! This week was at Village Square Park where it's National Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day.

This week's updates:

• Police look for help in identifying suspects who set fire to the Pride flag at the Goulbourn Museum
• Stittsville Volunteer Awards / Call for Nominations
• 6310 Hazeldean Road: Info meeting on February 20
• Friends of Stittsville Wetlands receive grant from Ottawa Stewardship Council
• Carp Road Corridor Business Association update
• Stittsville Public High School update
• On my web site: Paint It Up! + Recreation program registration
• OC Transpo fare compliance
• Black History Month in Ottawa

–Councillor Glen

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This week:

• Snow removal continues (please watch for no parking signs)
• Clearing your catch basin and fire hydrant
• Emergency Preparedness Workshop on January 30
• Mayor announces agreement with the Federal government for the Housing Accelerator Fund
• 6310 Hazeldean Road: Development information meeting on February 20
• Updates on 37 Wildpine
• How to avoid frozen pipes
• The City wants your feedback on the anti-idling by-law
• Boards & committees recruitment: Ottawa Police Board, Carp Land Fill Public Liaison Committee, Stittsville Diversity Committee
• Ottawa Fire water rescue video
• Upcoming events: glengower.ca/events/
• International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27)
• National Day of Remembrance of the Quebec City Mosque Attack and Action Against Islamophobia (January 29)
• Pride flag stolen from the Goulbourn Museum

–Councillor Glen

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This morning I'm at the skating rink at Trustee M. Curry Park on Hartsmere Drive.
This week's updates:

• Stittsville's outdoor skating rinks and a call for volunteers
• Looking back on last week's snow storm and a reminder about snow removal operations
• Heritage committee and building designations
• Greenfield Residential Land Survey at Planning & Housing Committee
• Advocacy from Alliance to End Homelessness
• A reminder to get your flu shot and COVID-19 vaccination
• Emergency Preparedness Workshop on January 30
• 6310 Hazeldean Road – a revised development proposal for 431 apartments
• Dogs on leash reminder
• Hydro corridor maintenance near Shea Woods
• Recruiting new members for our Diversity Committee
• Speed camera reminder
• Check out our Event Calendar at https://glengower.ca/events/

Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen

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Councillor Glen’s Weekly Update for January 13, 2024

• Winter and snow: A winter parking is in effect on Saturday from 10am-7pm; snow clearing updates; a reminder to keep catch basins and fire hydrants clear.
• Red Cross Emergency Preparedness Workshop on January 30
• Volunteers needed for outdoor rinks
• A reminder to pick up dog waste
• Vacant Unit Tax declaration
• Metric Park concept designs
• March Break & Summer Camp registration
• OC Transpo: updated route maps; Transit app
• Thanks to Sgt. Johnson / Ottawa Police
• Stittsville Main Street new businesses
• Stittsville Youth Centre volunteers

Have an excellent week & good luck with your shovelling.

–Councillor Glen

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Councillor Glen’s Weekly Update for Saturday, December 16, 2023

Updates:

• Ottawa Public Health and local hospitals urge residents to get their updated COVID-19 and annual flu vaccines
• OC Transpo updates:Winter service change begins December 24, with changes to routes 261 and 263; Improvements to GPS and Transit app; Free service New Year’s Eve; Thank you for supporting last week’s food drive
• Ottawa Police safety tips; RIDE program against impaired driving; vehicle thefts
• Safety improvements coming to Flewellyn & Shea intersection
• You can make your Vacant Unit Tax declaration at ottawa.ca
• Abbott Street has re-opened east of Robert Grant Avenue
• A reminder for drivers about safety and courtesy near schools
• This week: Serving meals at the Mission; police ride-along; office-to-residential conversions; another Christmas singalong
• Volunteers needed for local rinks and for the Stittsville Community Youth Centre
• Check out the Turcotte Family Christmas display on Cypress Gardens
• Please call 3-1-1 over the holidays for help with City things / we have reduced office hours over the break

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Season’s Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• OC Transpo - Loblaws Food Drive in support of local food banks. Bring a non-perishable food item or make a cash donation at No Frills or Brown's Independent today, in support of the Stittsville Food Bank.
• Stittsville Parade of Lights thank you's
• Happy Hannukah
• Board of Health & a reminder about COVID and flu vaccines
• Council approves 2024 City Budget
• Recruiting for the Transit Advisory Working Group
• Reducing waste during the holidays
• Upcoming events in Stittsville
• Hydro One maintenance along the hydro corridor near Shea Woods
• Christmas singalongs
• Dogs on leash reminder
• Free the drains!

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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My weekly update for Saturday, December 2, 2023.

This week I’m visiting the Turcotte Family Christmas at 18 Cypress Gardens in Stittsville, an annual fundraiser for the Stittsville Food Bank.

More updates:

• Tonight is the Parade of Lights, organized by the Stittsville Village Association. Volunteers from the Lions Club will be collecting donations for the food bank. Plus a tree lighting ceremony, music and market at Village Square Park after the parade.
• Singers needed for upcoming Christmas singalongs – Opening of the Barbara Crook & Dan Greenberg Mental Health Centre at Queensway-Carleton Hospital
• Stittsville Public Schools’ 75th anniversary
• City of Ottawa’s housing budget adds over $24-million for affordable housing
• Multicultural and Human Rights Calendar on my web site at glengower.ca
• Volunteers needed at community rinks, including Bandmaster Park (Fairwinds) and Trustee M. Curry Park (Hartsmere)
• Volunteers needed for the new Stittsville Youth Drop-In Centre, organized by Kiwanis of Stittsville-Kanata
• December 3: Ahmadiyya Muslim community open house at the library
• December 9: OC Transpo Food Drive
• Winter parking reminders

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Councillor Glen’s weekly update for November 25, 2023.

This week I'm at the new Silas Bradley Park in Edenwylde (corner of Edenwylde and Hickstead).

This week's updates:

• A fire on Snowy Owl
• Emergency plane landing in a field near Fernbank & Shea
• International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
• Thanks to Dash from Terry Fox Pharmacy for my vaccinations (flu & COVID), plus a reminder about new services available from pharmacists for minor ailments
• This week's Budget Q&A for Stittsville residents
• Thanks to Lloydalex residents for your feedback about proposed traffic calming
• Environment Committee speeds up the review of landfill alternatives
• Housing policy at City Hall: Dwelling Approval Pipeline; affordable housing incentives; brownfield remediation grants; staff directed to review four units per lot
• Nutritious Food Basket & food insecurity in Ottawa
• Kanata Santa Parade today
• Stittsville Parade of Lights on December 2 + VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: stittsvillevillage@gmail.com
• Stittsville Public School's 75th anniversary
• Stittsville youth drop-in volunteers needed: glynn.kneebone@kiwanis-kanatastittsville.ca
• Small Business Saturday

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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This week:

• A thank you to the Stittsville Legion for organizing last weekend's Remembrance Day ceremony
• Helping a family in need after a fire on Orville Street
• Tips on preventing vehicle theft
• Congrats to Janet Young, inducted into the Order of Ottawa
• Transit Commission: Transit budget and route review update
• Transportation budget approved - snow clearing, road maintenance (including Cloverloft and Lazy Nol), road construction (including Robert Grant and Carp), traffic safety measures (including a speed camera in front of Holy Spirit on Stittsville Main
• City Budget Q&A for Stittsville on November 21
• Traffic safety meeting for Lloydalex residents on November 22
• Upcoming holiday markets
• Parade of Lights on December 2, volunteers needed
• Small Business Saturday

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Remembrance Day ceremony in Stittsville today: parade at 1:45pm and ceremony at 2:00pm at the Stittsville Cenotaph located in front of the Johnny Leroux Arena on Warner-Colpitts Lane.
• Best wishes for Diwali, the Festival of Lights
• A visit to the new St. Bernadette school
• Abbott Street closure – thanks for your patience
• Lane closure on Shea Road (between Fernbank & Flewellyn) starts Monday
• Minor closure on Putney this week
• Stittsville Shooting Ranges: training exercises for law enforcement
• Call 3-1-1 for help with homelessness
• Board of Health: Overdose strategy, and a reminder to get your flu and COVID-19 vaccinations
• City of Ottawa Draft Budget: Q&A for Stittsville on November 21 and a survey at engage.ottawa.ca
• Lansdowne park approved: more money for affordable housing, and a major driver of jobs and tourism.

Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen

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This week’s update:

• Abbott Street will be temporarily closed east of Robert Grant starting this week
• Lansdowne Park
• Draft Solid Waste Master Plan
• Office-to-residential conversions
• The OC Transpo bus route review and highlights for Stittsville
• Flu & COVID vaccines available
• Tennis & pickleball survey
• Stittsville Public High School update
• New Kiwanis little free library
• Putney temporary closure
• Coming up: Board of Health Budget; Stittsville Main Street Steering Committee, incentives for affordable housing builds
• Upcoming events in our community
• November 11 Remembrance Day
• Diversity & multicultural calendar
• Volunteer at a community rink

Have a great week!

–Councillor Glen

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This week's updates:

• November 1 Pumpkin Parade
• Provincial changes to Ottawa's Official Plan and urban expansion areas, and what it means for Stittsville
• Hydro Ottawa's annual report to Council
• Light Rail Stage 2 update
• Winter recreation program guide available October 30
• Lloydalex traffic safety meeting on November 22
• Lansdowne Park redevleopment on the agenda this week
• Office-to-residential conversions
• I'm selling poppies at Brown's Independent from 12pm-2pm today for the Stittsville Legion
• Flag raising for the National Republic Day of Türkiye
• Volunteers needed for outdoor rinks
• Volunteers needed for Christmas lights at Village Square Park, today and next Saturday (organized by the Stittsville Lions)
• Reminder: Flex stakes are coming out for the winter, please slow down on residential streets

–Councillor Glen

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Recorded in front of a haunted house on Allan Moore Place in Potter’s Key.
This week's updates:

• Food bank challenge at CARDELREC
• Humanitarian aid for Gaza
• Treat Accessibly: thank you to residents and volunteers on Baywood Drive
• Goulbourn Museum: new history centre, including John Curry's archive of Stittsville newspapers
• Tree planting: Lady Bird Park, Joe Lewis Park, Eco West Enders on Sweetnam
• Volunteer Connect
• Para Transpo ride-along
• Neighbourwood Watch and community safety
• Cloverloft Court hydro pole replacement
• Shea Road construction/paving
• Huntmar & Maple Grove construction update
• Stittsville Main & Brae intersection
• Wildlife Speaker Series: Bats
• Community events this weekend
• Queensway closed at Percy this weekend
• Peak leaf & yard waste season
• Thank you to Cleaning the Capital participants

Have an excellent weekend!

–Councillor Glen

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This morning I'm on Abbott Street at the 9runrun races. Hope you can join us this morning to cheer on the participants, in support of the Ottawa First Responders Foundation.This week's updates:• The horrific attacks on civilians in Israel & standing in solidarity with Ottawa's Jewish community.• Events today: 9RunRun, St. Thomas Garage Sale; Treat Accessibly; Jo-Jo's Pumpkin Party; Crantham Crescent Halloween movie night; Kanata Businesswomen Expo• Event tomorrow & Monday: Open House Shopping Extravaganza at Stittsville United Church• Next Saturday: Volunteers needed for Eco West Enders tree planting event• Flex stake removals• Update on OSTA school bus shortage• Reminder about parking near schools• OPH update on COVID and flu vaccines• Silas Bradley Park is open!• OC Transpo: Root cause report and good news about ridership• Thank yous: Emergency Workshop participants; volunteers and staff at the MissionHave an excellent weekend!–Councillor Glen

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This morning I’m at the skeleton house on Crantham Crescent in Crossing Bridge.This week's updates:- Canadian Islamic History Month- Latin American Heritage Month- Library Month: "Your library, your democracy"- Ottawa Police launch Project Safe Trade- Register for our Emergency Preparedness Workshop- Share your feedback on the Ottawa Police draft strategic plan- Thanksgiving schedule changes, including delays to garbage/recycling/green bin pick-up next week- Transit Commission coming up this week - root cause reports- Today: Gobblefest craft & vendor fair at Johnny Leroux Arena- Today: Cupcakes for a Cause at 303 Bobolink- October 11: Stittsville Lions Open House- October 14: 9RunRun- Thanksgiving Thank YouHave an excellent Thanksgiving Weekend!–Councillor Glen

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This week's updates include:

• Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
• Jour des Franco-Ontariens et Franco-Ontariennes
• A visit to the Drave Smith Youth Treatment Centre
• Para Transpo Awareness event
• Diversity Committee / CAWI (City For All Women Initiative
• Councillors ask province to review 2022 expansion land decision
• Transportation Committee discusses Queen Elizabeth Driveway closure
• LRT Sub-Committee meeting: Update on progress of south, east and west LRT extensions
• School drop-off and pick-up times
• Hydro work on Hobin and Cherokee
• City consultation on the distinctive trees
• Village Square Park renewal update
• October 1: Seniors Day Tea at Hazeldean Gardens
• October 1: Hazardous Waste Depot at the Westbrook Snow Dump (near Carp Road)
• October 4: Unveiling of the historical railway signage at Bradley Square
• October 12: Emergency Preparedness Workshop
• More community events at glengower.ca/events/

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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Today's update was recorded at the Outdoor Quilt Path at Mad About Patchwork, located on Huntley Road just south of Fallowfield. (Just a little bit outside of Stittsville.)

This week's updates:

• Sunday, October 1: My Seniors Day Tea at Hazeldean Gardens, 2pm-4pm
• New Sens owner Michael Andlauer
• Hydro Ottawa strike is over
• Board of Health: Opioid crisis + respiratory virus season https://ottawapublichealth.ca/respvirus
• Updated long range financial plan for transit
• Aggressive dogs and why it takes so long to get in front of a judge
• Over 600 trees will be planted in Stittsville this fall
• Changes to Ottawa's waste collection, including sending some waste to the landfill on Carp Road starting 2026
• Rain-ready gardens
• Emergency Preparedness Workshop with the Red Cross on October 12

Upcoming events:

• Saturday: Rotary Club Pancake Breakfast at Stittsville United Church
• Saturday: Week 2 of Apple Fest on Stittsville Main
• This week: Rotary Club International Film Series
• Monday: Diversity Committee meeting with guests from CAWI (Centre for All Women Initiative)
• October 1: Seniors Tea
• October 4: Unveiling of the historical railway panels

Reminders:

• Coyote Run park is an off-leash park, but keep away from the play structure
• DriveYellow.ca bus driver recruitment + important traffic safety reminders
• Yom Kippur September 24-25

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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My weekly Stittsville update for Saturday, September 16, 2023.This week's updates:- Rosh Hashanah / Jewish New Year- Apple Festival today- Unity Square Grand Opening today- Sunday Fun Day at Stittsville United Church tomorrow- Rotary Breakfast at Stittsville United Church on September 23- Mexican Independence Day- Butter Tart Festival - 7,000 butter tarts sold in just a few hours!- Happy 100th birthday to Clara Biggar – still golfing at Amberwood!- Update on OSTA school bus shortages- A reminder about traffic safety and parking restrictions around schools- OC Transpo / Transit Commission: Why are buses being cancelled and what is OC Transpo doing about it?- Pancake fundraiser for Ottawa Network for Education- Council sets budget direction of 2.5% for 2024- Mayor Sutcliffe will be in Stittsville on Saturday afternoon- Board of Health on Monday- Environment Committee on Tuesday, including sending some of Ottawa's waste to the Carp Road landfill- Planning and Housing Committee on Wednesday; Federal government waives GST on new apartmentsThanks for watching and have an excellent week!–Councillor Glen

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This week I'm at St. Bernadette School at the corner of Cope and Defense. Stittsville’s newest school opened for the first time on Tuesday. (Recorded on Friday afternoon.)

This week's updates:

• School road safety reminders
• School buses & OSTA
• Butter Tart Festival today
• Charity Car Wash at the fire station on Iber Road
• OC Transpo launches O-Payment tap-and-ride, plus fare capping
• The future of the Pretty Street Community Centre
• Naming ceremony for Bradley-Craig Park
• A visit from the Governor General
• Finance Committee approves 2.5% budget direction
• Planning & Housing Committee approves Affordable Housing plan
• Why are there so many applications for apartments in Stittsville these days?
• Construction info
• Zoning By-law update open houses
• Drop by our office for multi-lingual emergency preparedness pamphlets

Have a great week!
–Councillor Glen

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My weekly update for Saturday, September 2.
This week:

• OSTA school buses; driver recruitment at DriveYellow.ca
• Light rail subcommittee: update on Stage 2 LRT
• 37 Wildpine info meeting
• Brew Revolution & friends fundraiser for the food bank
• Happy 9th anniversary to StittsvilleCentral.ca
• Construction at Abbott's Run and update on Robert Grant Avenue
• Livery Street closure (Ginseng to Bobolink) starting September 11
• Trans Canada Trail lookout repairs
• Register for Fall Cleaning the Capital
• Multicultural & Human Rights calendar
• Pretty Street Community Center update
• Investing in supportive housing
• Budget direction report at Finance Commmitee

• Zoning by-law update at Planning Committee: Bill 23 & 3 units per lot

• Bradley-Craig Park naming ceremony on Thursday at 3pm

• September 9 Butter Tart Festival

• Don't drain your pool into sewers with a fish logo

• Back to school traffic safety reminder

Coming up in the community;Reminders:

Have an excellent long weekend!
–Councillor Glen

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This week's updates:

• Events today include the Corn Festival (1469 Stittsville Main); Kiddie Kobbler's fundraiser for "Shoes on their Feet" (Hazeldean at the Shoppes at Fairwinds); Centre 33's Pride Family Picnic (Kanata United Church, 33 Leacock Drive)
• Events tomorrow include the Pride Parade downtown
• Thanks to everyone who attended this week's Pride Week Flag Raising Ceremony
• Recap: 121 Brae info meeting and traffic lights at Stittsville Main & Brae
• 37 Wildpine info meeting on Wednesday, August 30
• New City Manager is Wendy Stephenson
• My motion to tweak the Vacant Unit Tax (VUT)
• Fall registration for Cleaning the Capital continues at ottawa.ca
• Huntmar is back open between Maple Grove and Palladium
• Mosquitoes: Check out ottawapublichealth.ca and protect against West Nile Virus
• OC Transpo Fall Service begins Sunday, with more weekend service for Route 61
• Cope Park concept plans at engage.ottawa.ca
• Bradley-Craig Park commemorative naming ceremony on September 7
• Reminder about backyard open air fires
• Back-to-school safety reminder
• School Crossing Guard recruitment at ottawasafetycouncil.ca
• We have "Slow Down For Us" signs available

–Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:

• Pride Week Flag Raising Ceremony, on Monday, August 21 at 4pm at Village Square Park
• Cleaning the Capital: Fall registration is open
• New housing pipeline dashboard
• Ottawa Public Health: mpox vaccinations; protecting against mosquito bites
• CARDELREC yearly maintenance & closures
• Info meeting about 121 Brae on August 22
• Huntmar will be closed from Maple Grove to Palladium from August 20-27
• Registration for fall rec programs delayed
• Electric vehicle survey at engage.ottawa.ca
• OC Transpo fall service changes at octranspo.com

Upcoming events:

• Tonight: Stittsville-Kanata Kiwanis outdoor movie night at Village Square Park
• Sunday: Mill of Kintail 50th Anniversary
• Monday: Pride Week Flag Raising at Village Square Park

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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I’m along the Trans Canada Trail just west of Stittsville Main Street.
(Pre-recorded on Friday, August 11)

Updates this week:

• Remembering Brad Schoenherr
• Thursday's storm; 417 closure postponed
• OC Transpo & LRT
• A meeting with Police Chief Eric Stubbs
• Thanks to Ottawa Fire for organizing this week's blood donor clinic
• Upcoming blasting glengower.ca/blasting
• August 22: Meeting for 121 Brae
• August 30: Meeting for 37 Wildpine

Upcoming events:

• Saturday: Stittsville Legion fundraiser
• Saturday: Operation Come Home Food Drive / Rotary Club
• Saturday: Zida Summer Festival
• Saturday craft & vendor market
• Sunday farmers' market
• August 19: Kiwanis outdoor movie night
• August 21: Pride Week Flag Raising

And finally:

• Reminder about cycling safety
• Congrats Stittsville – #1 in Ottawa for Cleaning the Capital!

Have an excellent weekend.

–Councillor Glen

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This week I'm at JoJo's Community Garden on Stittsville Main Street. (I recorded this on Friday afternoon.)

A quick update of the OC Transpo LRT situation and then some local info: - Blasting at 360 Bobolink glengower.ca/blasting/ - Cathodic watermain protection - 121 Brae – info meeting on August 22 - 37 Wildpine – info meeting on August 30 - Next week’s waste pick-up delayed due to the long weekend - Planning Advisory Committee - La comité consultatif sur les services en français - Court case delayed for aggressive dog incident

Upcoming events: - August 5: Company of Fools present Hamlet at Alexander Grove - August 10: “A Night at the Museum” farmer’s market fundraiser at Goulbourn Museum - August 12: 618 Fest: Fundraiser at the Stittsville Legion - August 21: Pride Week Flag Raising - Multicultural & Human Rights Calendar - More info and events at glengower.ca/events/

Have an excellent long weekend!

-Councillor Glen

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My weekly update for Saturday, July 8

This week’s updates:

• Charges laid in last month’s serious assault at Wyldewood Park
• Police strategic plan consultation survey
• 23.5% increase in hate motivated incidents in Ottawa
• Canada Day: thank you to volunteers and event organizers
• Kids 12 and under ride free on OC Transpo
• Pimisi Station
• 1650 Shea Road Site Plan
• Wetlands meeting recap
• Highway 417 closed at Bronson July 13-17
• Huntmar & Maple Grove intersection work – Cherry Drive resurfacing
• TODAY: Stittsville-Kiwanis Garage Sale at Village Square Park
• JULY 22: West Side Pride @ Alexander Grove Park

Reminders:

• Subscribe to our email newsletter
• Call 311 for garbage, graffiti, street lights, wild parsnip, etc.
• Traffic safety / slow down
• Check out OttawaPublicHealth.ca for info about extreme heat

Note: No video update July 15 or 22 due to summer holidays.

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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My weekly update for June 20, 2023:

Canada Day 2023:

• Join us at 9am at Kavanagh Green for a Stittsville Canada Day flag raising ceremony. (In front of the Stittsville sign at Hazeldean & Stittsville Main). This event is free and co-hosted by Hazeldean Gardens. Tea and coffee will be served in the outdoor courtyard at Hazeldean Gardens afterwards.
• The Stittsville Village Association is organizing a free family-friendly Canada Day event from 1pm-10pm at Sacred Heart High School (Abbott @ Shea), including music, and international food court, face painting, fireworks, and more.
• Canada Day Car Show. Vintage and exotic cars from the 50s to 80s. In the Holy Spirit Parish parking lot (Shea near Abbott), 12pm-4pm. Organized by the Knights of Columbus, Stittsville
• Drop by the Stittsville Legion from 11am-3pm for kids activities, games, karaoke, music, BBQ and more. Followed by activities for adults after 3pm.

City Hall & Community Updates

• Update on last April's dog attack court case
• Community safety and vandalism
• Protecting our wetlands
• Alternative response for mental health and substance use crises
• Celebrating Eid al-Adha with the Stittsville Muslim Association
• City Council relaxes "right of way" rules for gardens and little free libraries
• Know the rules before you expand your driveway
• Hydro Ottawa strike
• OC Transpo updates: Transit on demand + kids 12 and under are free starting July 1
• Hazardous waste and the City's Waste Explorer tool: ottawa.ca/wasteexplorer
• YOUth Decides recreation programming for teens
• Slow Down For Us signs available
• OttawaPublicHealth.ca resources for poor air quality
• Multicultural & Human Rights calendar for July
• Let's Bike Stittsville - congrats to all participants. Over 3,350km = 859 kg of greenhouse gas emissions averted
• Congratulations to all graduates / felicitations aux finissants et finissantes!

Have a great Canada Day weekend!
–Councillor Glen

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Councillor Glen's Weekly Update for Saturday, June 24

This week I'm at the stormwater management pond on Iber Road.
Upcoming events:

• Saturday: Craft & vendors market at Stittsville United Church
• Saturday: Party in the Park at Pioneer Plains Park
• Sunday: Market @ The Barn strawberry social
• Sunday: Household Hazardous Waste Depot
• Monday: Help Protect Stittsville's Wetlands
• Wednesday: Stittsville Muslim Association Eid Prayer
• Thursday: Stittsville Business Association "Biz Chat" at Jimmy's Waffle World

• July 1: Canada Day activities in Stittsville

• Police seek witnesses to June 9 assault at Wyldewood Park + community meeting recap

• Bear sightings and safety tips
• LRT readiness for rail for the new line opening to Limebank Road and the Ottawa Airport
• OC Transpo "Transit" app enhancement with Royale
• Roadside gardens and little free libraries
• Nominations are open for Order of Ottawa awards and Brian Kilrea coaching award
• Request for feedback: Trees and Forests Outreach and Engagement Strategy
• Testing starts on Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) camera near St. Stephen school

Community & City Hall Updates:
Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen

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My weekly update, recorded at Village Square Park ahead of today’s Welcome to Stittsville Multicultural Festival
This week's updates:

• New 3-item limit for garbage: What it means and my thoughts
• Household Hazardous Waste Depot on June 25 at Canadian Tire Centre
• Journey with Jonathan: biking across Canada to raise awareness for MS
• MaxxOttawa extends outreach to Stittsville/Kanata
• Encouraging news about a mental health urgent care centre for Stittsville/Kanata
• Pelletée de terre pour la nouvelle école du CEPEO à Stittsville
• Shingwàkons public school pedestrian safety audit
• Bear safety and prevention of bear encounters
• Granary Grove Park preliminary designs
• Hiring 40 new paramedics per year to address "level zero"
• Community safety / incident at Wyldewood Park

Upcoming events:

• TODAY, June 17 12pm-4pm: Welcome to Stittsville Multicultural Festival at Village Square Park
• TODAY, June 17: Party in the Park at Yakabuski Park hosted by Foley-Peeters
• Tuesday, June 20: Collinda Joseph / Councillor's Speaker Series
• Thursday, June 22: Stittsville Porch Music Festival
• Monday, June 26: Help Protect Stittsville's Wetlands
• July 1: Canada Day events in Stittsville

Reminder:

• Watch for wild parsnip

Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen

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Councillor Glen’s weekly update for Saturday, June 10.

Updates this week: - Recap: Protecting our Wetlands meeting - Fire on Poplarwood - Update on 5618 Hazeldean / Minto's Abbott's Run community - Wild parsnip treatment - Pioneer Plains Park: proposal for dogs-off-leash hours - Hydro Ottawa power outages - Council will decide next week on garbage "pay-as-you-throw" / bag tags - June 17: Welcome to Stittsville Multicultural Festival - June 20: Collinda Joseph at our Councillor's Speaker Series - June 22: Front Porch Concert Series - More events at glengower.ca/events/ - Reminder: Speeding & parking

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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Good morning from the lookout along the Trans Canada Trail just west of Stittsville.

This week's updates:

• June is Let's Bike Month - sign up at letsbike.ca
• Stittsville Volunteer Awards - congratulations to nominees and recipients
• Celebrating Pride Month and National Indigenous History Month
• Changes to Ottawa's development review process
• Branch clean-up coming to an end
• Waste and garbage in Ottawa - watch my videos on YouTube, Instagram, and my web site
• 5618 Hazeldean Road: Minto's Abbott's Run Phase 1 - back at Planning & Housing Committee this week
• Greg and Aaron McPherson are On The Road for Mental Health
• Ottawa Fire Services: "Wake Up!" program - check your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms
• Hydro Ottawa - work starts this week on Horseshoe Crescent, Cloverloft Court, Fringewood Drive
• Upcoming events - check out the listing on my web site glengower.ca/events/
• June 8: Protecting Our Wetlands
• June 17: Welcome to Stittsville Multicultural Festival
• June 4 - Arts in the Park
• This weekend: Doors Open Ottawa
• Sunday: Public Works Big Vehicle Expo
• Today: Goulbourn Lawn Bowling Club Open House
• This weekend: Asian Night Market

Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen

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Good morning!

Event reminders:

• Sunday, March 28: “Mission to Mars” family bike ride. You can sign up at glengower.ca
• Wednesday, May 31: 2023 Stittsville Volunteer Awards at Johnny Leroux Arena
• Saturday, June 17: Welcome to Stittsville Multicultural Festival

Updates from this week:

• OCH receives $24.1-million from the Ontario government for Mikinak, an affordable housing project
• Shingwàkons walk to school day
• Westwind celebrates opening of outdoor classroom

On my web site – glengower.ca:

• Cathodic watermain maintenanance
• Betty Hill Walkway consultation
• Ottawa Public Health: West Nile Virus and ticks / Lyme disease
• Infrastructure Master Plan
• OC Transpo driver recruitment

More:

• Update on branch pick-up
• Co-existing with coyotes
• Waste collection calendar and Waste Explorer tool

Upcoming events:

• Rotary Club International Film Series
• Eco West Enders Pollinator Patch
• June is Let’s Bike Month

Reminders:

• Ottawa Race Weekend – good luck to runners!
• Drivers – slow down & road safety

Have a great week!

–Councillor Glen

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Good morning! This morning I was swatting mosquitoes next to the Poole Creek Walk Way on Jonathan Pack Street.

This week’s updates:

• Slow Down For Us signs are still available at our ward office at CARDELREC
• Update on 5618 Hazeldean / Minto’s Abbott’s Run: Committee sends the file back to staff
• OC Route Review – virtual and in-person open houses next week
• Phase one of the City’s Anti-Racism Strategy
• New Program for Youth Ages 11 to 14 years: YOUth Decides
• Victoria Day Schedule Changes
• Grand opening for Shingwàkons Public School
• Update on branch pick-up
• Flex stakes are being installed

Events this weekend:

• Stittsville-Goulbourn Horticultural Society Plant Sale today
• Library plant swap & seeds for kids today & Sunday
• Craft and vendor market today
• Market @ The Barn Sunday
• Jade Aitkin’s walk for the Ottawa First Responders Foundation begins Sunday morning in Stittsville
• Fireworks on Monday evening at Hazeldean Gardens

Upcoming events

• May 28 – Mission to Mars family bike ride
• June 8 – Protecting our Wetlands public meeting
• June 17 – Welcome to Stittsville Multicultural Festival (volunteers needed!)

Also:

• Marking one year since the derecho & ensuring you’re prepared for the next emergency
• Reminder to call 9-1-1 if you see a crime in progress

Have an excellent long weekend!

–Councillor Glen

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Good morning! Today I was at Alexander Grove near Johnny Leroux Arena / Warner-Colpitts Lane.
This week:

• OC Transpo prepares for launch of the next stage of light rail towards the Airport and Riverside South
• City Council & High Performance Development Standards
• McHappy Day raising money for an expansion of Ronald McDonald House
• Transit Commission: 6-million rider trips in March, GPS & data updates; e-bus pilot results
• Ice storm clean-up update, including a branch collection blitz on Tuesday
• New regulations for little free libraries and roadside gardens
• Tow trucks - know your rights
• 1981 Maple Grove Road - Ontario Land Tribunal orders approval
• Spring tree planting update
• How police are tackling auto theft
• Shea Road temporary closure south of Fernbank
• 5618 Hazeldean Road at Planning Committee / Minto's Abbott's Run
• Emergency Preparedness Week + Red Cross workshops
• Councillor Chat - Saturday (today) 11am-1pm at Village Square Park including Slow Down For Us signs
• Ride for Disabled Vets - 10am-3pm - expect lots of motorbikes on Stittsville Main
• owaa new artwork - "My Happy Place" at CARDELREC (1500 Shea Road)
• Check out my newsletter for more local events each week
• Happy Mother's Day!
• Report street racing and loud vehicles to ottawapolice.ca/report/

Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen

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Good morning! This week's update was recorded on Saturday morning at Crossing Bridge Park.

• Ottawa River Flooding - volunteers needed, visit WestCarletonRelief.ca- Bear sightings- Proposal for a new "Pay-As-You-Throw" garbage bag system- Crossing Bridge Park renewal- OC Transpo bus route review / survey- Nightlife commissioner- Affordable Housing - Scaling Up report- Sod turning for the new St. Bernadette Catholic School- CPI Interiors - celebrating 25 years- Tour of the City's traffic facilities- Today - Jane's Walk on Stittsville Main Street - registration is full- May 18 - Councillor Chat & "Slow Down for Us" sign giveaway- May 28 - Mission to Mars family bike ride- May 31 - Volunteer Awards- Cleaning the Capital - Thank you to volunteers! 66 groups registered, over 1,400 volunteers in Stittsville- Multicultural & Human Rights Calendar- Make the right call! 9-1-1 for emergencies & crimes in progress; 3-1-1 for City issues - parks, graffiti, potholes, trees, etc.Have an excellent week!--Councillor Glen

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Good morning! This week's update was recorded at the Amberwood golf course on Springbrook Drive. A real gem in our community with golf, pickleball, swimming, ALE restaurant, and more.
This week's updates:

• Provincial funding for supportive housing and homelessness programs
• Light Rail Sub-Committee: Action plan in response to the OLRT Public Inquiry
• Transportation Master Plan Part 1 approval
• Environmental Assessment for Huntmar & Stittsville Main approved
• OC Transpo route review - survey launches
• Waste Diversion Plan briefing on Thursday
• Wildlife Speaker Series about ticks on Tuesday
• Vacant Unit Tax - 99% of property owners have completed the declaration - thank you!
• Cleaning the Capital continues - thanks to volunteers
• Storm clean-up update, plus free wood chips
• Rotary Club visit + Stittsville Main Street Steering Committee
• Youth Decide - new recreation program for youth ages 11-14
• Jane's Walk on May 6
• Mission to Mars family bike ride on May 28
• "Try Rugby" today - hosted by the Ottawa Ospreys
• OBA Ontario Cup U14 Boys Basketball this weekend
• National Immunization Week
• Multicultural & Human Rights Calendar
• Please stay off sports fields
• Dog waste reminder

https://glengower.ca
Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen

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Good morning! It's Earth Day, so I recorded my update this morning from Kemp Woodland along the Trans Canada Trail.
This week:

• An update on the dog attack
• Volunteer Firefighter recruitment
• Transportation Committee - new Transportation Master Plan
• Ottawa Public Health - new mental health dashboard
• Thanks to Buddha / Councillor's Speaker Series
• Bus Rapid Transit vs. Light Rail
• Density and the suburbs
• Tree and branch clean-up continues, free wood chips at Kanata Rec Centre
• LRT Action Plan
• 1981 Maple Grove update
• TTC install begins
• Earth Day workshops
• Cleaning the Capital
• Volunteer Week
• OC Transpo spring service
• Huntmar & Stittsville Main Environmental Assessment at Transportation Committee
• Craft & Vendor Market today Have an excellent week!

You can find more info at https://glengower.ca

–Councillor Glen

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My Saturday morning update from Howard A. Maguire Park on Parade Drive.

• Celebrating Vaisakhi
• Update on the Welcome to Stittsville Multicultural Festival in June
• Councillor Chat TODAY, 11am-1pm at No Frills (Iber Road)
• Sunday - Sledge Hockey Tournament at CARDELREC
• Sunday - Volunteer Firefighter info session at Station 46 on Iber Road
• Tuesday - Councillor's Speaker Series with Stephen "Buddha" Leafloor
• Play Free - new free youth drop-in programs at City recreation centres
• Stittsville street sweeping starts
• Bell fibre optic installations
• Recap of Transit Commission
• Storm update - tree & branch clean-up
• Volunteer Award nominations
• Cleaning the Capital registration
• A reminder about traffic safety and speed

Have an excellent week!
–Councillor Glen

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My Saturday morning update near the W.J. Bell Rotary Peace Park

This week’s updates:

• Update on storm clean-up efforts and ongoing power outages
• This week’s LRT outage
• The airport hotel
• OC Transpo safe driving & Transecure awards
• April 15 – Councillor Chat at No Frills, 11am-1pm
• April 18 – Councillor’s Speaker Series with Stephen “Buddha” Leafloor
• Kiwanis Homework Club continues at the Legion Mondays & Wednesdays
• Cleaning the Capital
• Volunteer Awards
• Out West pride event
• Passover, Easter, & Ramadan
• Weekend closures & schedule changes

More info at https://glengower.ca

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

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My Saturday morning update for April 1, 2023.
This week's updates: 

• Stage 2 Light Rail construction update - south, east, and west
• After Action Report on the City's response to the 2022 derecho
• Now accepting nominations for the 2023 Stittsville Volunteer Awards
• Homework Club open Mondays and Wednesdays at the Stittsville Legion
• Register today for Cleaning the Capital
• Traffic safety reminders: Slow down, stop at stop signs, report dangerous driving to https://ottawapolice.ca/report/
• Beware of phone scams targeting seniors
• Upcoming events in the community
• Schedule changes for Easter
• April 2023 multicultural & human rights calendar

Have an excellent week!
--Councillor Glen

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Recorded on Saturday morning from in front of the Stittsville Legion on Stittsville Main Street, originally built as the Loyal Orange Lodge in 1930.

This week:

• Remembering John Brummell and Amanda Epp
• Update on the incident at Trustee M. Curry Park
• New Youth Homework Club on Mondays and Wednesdays, thanks to the Legion and the Stittsville-Kanata Kiwanis Club
• 2023 Stittsville Volunteer Awards – nominations are now open
• Cleaning the Capital
• 23 projects in 2023
• Revised site plan for the next phase of Wellings
• Construction impacts for Abbott’s Run
• New zoning by-law discussion papers
• Transportation Master Plan updated policy documents
• Welcome to Stittsville Multicultural Festival on June 17
• Ramadan Mubarek!

Have an excellent week.

–Councillor Glen

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My weekly update from Village Square Park for Saturday, March 11:

• Thanks to rink volunteers
• March 8 was Holi - the Hindu Festival of Colour
• March 21 is Nowruz the Persian New Year, also known as Naw-Rúz, the first day of the Baháʼí calendar year
• Celebrating International Women's Day
• City Council declares intimate partner violence (IPV) an epidemic
• Councillor Chat TODAY from 11am-1pm at Bronwn's Independent on Stittsville Main
• Thanks to Elie Nesrallah for participating in our Councillor's Speaker Series
• Village Square Park renewal update
• Thank you to Hydrant Heroes!
• An update on snow clearing
• A reminder about parking and traffic near schools
• Vacant Unit Tax deadline is Thursday, March 16
• Applications are now open for the 2023 Paint it Up! mural program
• Kiwanis youth homework drop-in starts March 22, 3pm-7pm at the Stittsville Legion. Students in grades 9-12 are welcome. We're also looking for volunteers for a basketball drop-in
• Auditions are open for Stittsville-Kanata Kiwanis Kids For Kids Talent Show
• Cleaning the Capital launches this week
• 2023 Volunteer Awards coming soon
• Welcome to Stittsville Festival - a call for individuals and groups to participate
• Seedy Saturday today at the Carp Fairgrounds
• A porta-potty for Village Square Park - and perhaps a second location?
• A visit to Ottawa Community Housing's Mikinak construction site

Have an excellent week and March Break!

-Councillor Glen

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My weekly update from Stittsville Main Street, just south of Abbott Street.

• Mars est le mois de la Francophonie
• Wednesday is International Women's Day
• This week is Black Mental Health Week
• Check out our multicultural calendar on my web site / glengower.ca
• Reminder about the overnight winter parking ban, 7pm Saturday to 7am Sunday
• City budget highlights: Carp Road, Shea Woods, Fernbank District Park, hiring police and paramedics, more money for affordable housing, 5% increase to transit operations... plus a portapottie for Village Square Park
• OC Transpo - 5.5-million riders in January, up from 5.1-million in December
• OC Transpo - 3 most frequently-asked questions
• Shingwàkons Public School - crossing guard update
• Vacant Unity Tax reminder calls (deadline is March 16)
• Volunteers needed for a youth basketball drop-in
• Coyotes
• March 7 - Councillor Speaker Series with Elie Nesrallah
• March 11 - Councillor Chat
• March 24 - Free family skate
• Reminder: Slow down on our roads, and stop for school buses

Have an excellent week!

-Councillor Glen

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Councillor Glen's weekly update for Saturday, February 25. From the rink at Lee Boltwood Park at Abbott & Malahat.  

This week:

• It’s cold! If you see someone who needs help due to the cold, call 3-1-1. You can also call 9-1-1 if it’s a medical emergency.
• See a pothole? Call 3-1-1
• Automated Speed Enforcement – one additional camera near St. Stephen School in Jackson Trails
• Transportation Committee budget – money to design the Carp Road expansion
• City Council & reports on last year’s occupation
• A visit with Leigh Couture at Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre
• Ottawa Public Health – new data on youth mental health, substance use, and addiction
• Busy week ahead at City Hall: Planning & Housing Committee, Board of Health, City Council budget day, Transit Commission
• Volunteers needed for a youth homework drop-in and youth basketball drop-in
• Welcome to Stittsville Festival – a call for performers & exhibitors
• Upcoming community events
• March 7 – Councillor’s Speaker Series with Elie Nesrallah
• March 11 – Councillor Chat @ Brown’s Independent

Stay warm & have an excellent week!

-Councillor Glen

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My Saturday morning update for February 18, 2023.

This week: 

• A message about hateful graffiti and speaking out against racism 

• March 7: Councillor's Speaker Series with Elie Nesrallah 

• LRT and the Transportation Safety Board letter 

• Budget Q&A recap 

• Potholes: call 3-1-1 

• Coyote mating season 

• Volunteers needed for a youth homework drop-in 

• Good luck to the Goulbourn Skaters at the synchro nationals in Calgary 

• Happy Family Day 

• Today is the Stittsville Craft & Vendor Market at the Legion 

• February 23 is Kids Vaccine Day 

• February 24 - Vigil on Parliament Hill to mark one year since Russia invaded Ukraine 

• Thrive - high-end thrift shop at Emerald Plaza, raising funds for Big Brothers Big Sisters Ottawa   

Have an excellent week!  

-Councillor Glen

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My weekly update for Saturday, February 11, 2023.

This week’s updates:

• Snow clearing updates
• Health roundable on primary care / family doctors
• Transit commission budget approved with $27.5-million more for OC Transpo operations
• Donate to redcross.ca to help with relief efforts in Türkiye and Syria
• Updates on the Kittiwake fire and Spindle fire
• 585 Bobolink – upcoming construction and blasting
• Converting empty offices to housing
• School parking reminder – don’t block driveways or roadways
• Abbott Street winter parking restrictions near Stittsville Main
• February 13 – Stittsville budget Q&A on zoom
• February 20 – Family Day skate – registration is full
• Volunteers needed for youth homework drop-in
• Upcoming events

Have an excellent week!

-Councillor Glen

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From my ward office at CARDELREC on a very cold Saturday morning.

• Update on the Kittiwake fire and thank you to firefighters and paramedics. Reminder to check your smoke detector
• Black History Month
• Extreme cold & resources available
• Snow removal update, fire hydrants, parking reminder
• Board of Health update on family doctors / primary care
• Council approves Zero Emission Bus procurement; tables draft 2023 budget
• Transit Commission this week including 2023 budget
• Meeting with the Carp Road Corridor BIA
• Vacant Unit Tax - 246,000 (76%) of property owners have made the declaration; deadline is March 16
• Economic Development Survey at engage.ottawa.ca
• Crystal Hawkins receives a Community Police Award
• Upcoming blasting at 585 Bobolink (near Robert Grant)
• February 9 - Stittsville Business Association Winter Social at Village Square Park
• February 20 - Family Day Skate
• Reminders: garbage at rinks and picking up dog waste

-Councillor Glen

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This week:

• Happy Lunar New Year
• We've had a lot of snow!
• Zero emission buses - reducing 30,000 tonnes of GHG emissions each year
• Settlement - LRT issues - City of Ottawa & RTG
• January 27 - International Holocaust Remembrance Day
• Renaming a section of Metcalfe Street for Mahsa Amini
• Committee votes to temporarily reopen Wellington
• Jan 31 - public meeting for the Huntmar widening and Stittsville Main Street extension Environmental Assessment
• Feb 13 - Stittsville budget Q&A
• Feb 20 - Family Day Skate
• Upcoming community events
• Congrats Goulbourn Skating Club - heading to the Synchro Nationals
• January 29 is International Day of Remembrance of the Quebec City Mosque Attacks & Action Against Islamophobia

-Councillor Glen

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Councillor Glen's Weekly Update for Saturday, January 21

From the skating rink at Upcountry Park near Hartsmere Drive.

This week's update:
- Federal government contributes $350-million for OC Transpo's electric bus program
- Snow clearing & winter parking
- Reminder to stay up to date with your COVID-19 vaccine
- Westwood Phase 4 public meeting recap
- Revised plans for 360 Bobolink
- Shingwàkons - update on traffic safety
- CARDELREC after-school programs
- City's frozen pipe program
- Upcoming blasting for Bobolink development
- Volunteer tax help
- Volunteers needed for a new youth homework drop-in
- January 25: Friendship Club luncheon
- January 31: Huntmar widening & Stittsville Main extension Environmental Assessment
- February 13: Budget Q&A for Stittsville residents
- Wellington Street - should it be re-opened?

Have an excellent week!

-Councillor Glen

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From the skating rink in Crossing Bridge next to A. Lorne Cassidy School.  

This week: 

• Thanks to volunteers for helping to maintain rinks in our community 

• Snow removal & winter parking https://ottawa.ca/winterparking/

• LRT back in service, some thoughts on whats next

- Queensway-Carleton Hospital - respiratory assessment centre https://qch.on.ca 

• Vacant Unit Tax - 42% of property owners have made their declaration https://ottawa.ca/vut/

• Shingwàkons Public School & traffic safety 

• Volunteer Connect: https://glengower.ca/volunteers 

• Friendship Club luncheon on January 25

• Volunteer available for help with taxes 

• Good luck Collinda Joseph at the World Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Curling Championship  

Have an excellent week!  

-Councillor Glen

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Councillor Glen's Weekly Update for Saturday, January 7 

From Village Square Park in Stittsville.  

This week: 

• Happy New Year! / Bonne année! 

• Sign up for winter parking alerts at ottawa.ca/winterparking 

• LRT repairs continue this weekend - Skiing on the TransCanada Trail - looking for volunteers 

• Ottawa Public Health - respiratory virus on the rise 

• Vacant Unit Tax update ottawa.ca/vut 

• January 16: Public info meeting for Westwood Phase 4 subdivision  

• Back to school - first day for students at Shingwàkons Public School  

Have an excellent week!  

-Councillor Glen

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Councillor Glen's Weekly Update:

• Winter Parking Ban - thanks for your co-operation
• My committee assignments for this term, including Chair of the Transit Commission
• OC Transpo winter schedule changes start December 25
• Council directs staff to draft a budget with a 2.5% property tax increase
• Congrats to Trinity Lothian - medalist in wheelchair fencing
• Co-existing with coyotes
• Holiday singalongs
• Watch for my newsletter
• Our office is closed from Dec 23 to Jan 2
• Happy Hannukah!
• Merry Christmas, Joyeux Noël, Joyous Kwanzaa, Happy Holidays

-Councillor Glen

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This week's update is live from the "Elf" house at 18 Cypress Gardens, a fundraiser for the CHEO Foundation and mental health initiatives.

This week's updates:
- City Council - new LRT Oversight Committee established
- Thanks to Parade of Lights volunteers
- OC Transpo food drive for the Stittsville Food Bank: over 15,000 food items and more than $8,000
- Book launch for Elie Nesrallah's "Gates & Walls"
- A report on the May 21 Derecho
- Police warning about vehicle thefts from public areas
- I'm reading at the Stittsville Library today at 10:30am
- Lépine is removing soil from their 5000 Robert Grant property starting this week
- Shingwàkons Public School opens January 10
- Sign up for winter parking alerts at ottawa.ca/winterparking
- Monday: Kids Come First Health webinar on respiratory illnesses: https://www.youtube.com/@kidscomefirsthealthteam
- Saturday & Sunday: Elf Café at The Barn (Abbott Street near Stittsville Main)

Have an excellent week!

-Councillor Glen

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This week’s updates:
– Parade of Lights TONIGHT on Stittsville Main Street. Parade starts at  6pm from in front of Brown’s Independent, and ends at Carleton Cathcart  Street near the Library. Stittsville Main Street will be closed from  about 5:30pm-8:00pm between Hazeldean and Carleton Cathcart.
– OC Transpo fundraiser for the Food Bank. The Stittsville Food Bank is  collecting donations at Brown’s Independent and No Frills today.
– LRT Public Inquiry Report released
– Bill 23 passed at Queens Park
– Recreation registration starts on Monday with an upgraded system
– Join a committee or board
– 6310 Hazeldean Road: UDRP comments on design
– new street lights on Stittsville Main
– Vacant Unit Tax
– The “Elf” home at 18 Cypress Gardens
– Call for rink volunteers
– Welcome Juliana
– Congrats Amélie & family on the arrival of Nola!

Have an excellent week!

-Councillor Glen

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Saturday morning update for November 26, 2022. From Frederick Banting School on Stittsville Main Street.

This week:
– Dog rescue at the Fernbank stormwater pond
– Ottawa Public Health reminders: Wear a mask indoors and in crowded  spaces; get vaccinated; wash your hands; stay home when sick
– Bill 23 – Q&A Webinar recap; financial hit to the City
– City Council gets an update on LRT legal issues this week, plus tabling of the governance report
– Provincial Inquiry LRT recommendations coming on Wednesday
– Why we’re seeing delays on road work projects
– Sign up for winter parking alerts at ottawa.ca/parking
– Volunteers needed for the Stittsville Parade of Lights on December 3
– Volunteers needed to help run outdoor skating rinks
– Upcoming community events
– Welcome Lisa; good luck Amélie!

Have an excellent week!

-Councillor Glen

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My weekly update for November 19, 2022.
From the Vik Whittaker stormwater pond in Blackstone, with some very loud geese nearby.

This week:
- Volunteers needed for the Parade of Lights on December 3. Contact stittsvillevillage@gmail.com
- O-Train scheduled maintenance & testing on Saturday
- Baseline closed near Woodroffe Saturday & Sunday
- Swearing-in ceremony this week at City Hall
- November 23: Q&A Webinar about Bill 23 and changes to Ottawa city planning https://www.glengower.ca/development/qa-webinar-bill-23-and-changes-to-ottawa-city-planning/
- Planning files: Westwood Phase 4; École Paul-Desmarais addition
- Ottawa Public Health reminders
- Hydro Ottawa storm report
- Eco West-Enders used furniture survey
- Goulbourn Middle School "Art for Aid" art supply drive
- Goulbourn Museum - Outdoor Artisan Market on Sunday
- Dog waste reminder

Have an excellent week!

-GG.

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My weekly update for Saturday, November 12, 2022.

This week's updates include: 

• A wrap-up of Remembrance Day / Veterans Week 

• The Province has approved Ottawa's Official Plan - with some big changes 

• Ottawa Public Health: Wear a mask; wash your hands; stay home when sick; get vaccinated 

• Edenwylde @ Fernbank has re-opened 

• Coyotes - call 3-1-1 

• Graffiti - call 3-1-1 

• We're hiring! 

• Upcoming events in our community 

• Volunteers needed for the Parade of Lights on December 3: stittsvillevillage@gmail.com    

Have a great week!  

-GG.

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From the stormwater pond behind Unity Place in the new Connections neighbourhood.

(With apologies for the wind noise!)

This week:

• New provincial housing legislation and updates to the Official Plan

• Resources to help people experiencing homelessness

• Car thefts in Stittsville

• LRT construction update

• Ottawa Police reminder to drivers: slow down, don't drive distracted

• Councillor Chat today from 10am-11am

• Guides & Scouts food drive this week

• Diabetes Month

• Good luck to people participating in the Army Run

• Remembrance Day on November 11

Have an excellent week!

-GG.

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My weekly Stittsville update from Hedgerow Lane.

This week:

• Under election rules I'm not allowed to say "thank you" to residents, but I can say: "I am proud and honoured to continue representing Stittsville."

• Big thoughts on Bill 23, the new housing legislation from the provincial government

• Police look for tips in hate graffiti incidents on October 17

• Police make more arrests in connection with car thefts in our area

• Commemorative naming ceremony for Bob Mills Park

• Flu vaccines are available starting November 1

• Update on Flewellyn House at Fernbank & Shea

• Renshaw sidewalk rehabilitation

• Safety & accessibility improvements at Granite Ridge & Harry Douglas

• Overnight replacement of Stittsville Main street lights - November 8/9/10

• November 1 - new Vacant Property By-law comes into effect

• Overview of upcoming events

• November 5 - Councillor Chat

Have a great week & Happy Halloween!

-GG.

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Councillor Glen's update for Saturday, August 20.

From Bob Mills Park on Atlas Terrace in the Fernbank Area.

This week:

• Councillor Chat TODAY from 10am-11am at Rouncey Park

• Recruiting crossing guards and school bus drivers

• Call-out for rink volunteers, including Joe Lewis Park and Mark Yakabuski Park

• Cleaning the Capital Fall Campaign - register at ottawa.ca/clean

• May 21 storm clean-up: Update on stump removal

• Car theft reminders from the Ottawa Police

• Local construction updates - Jonathan Pack, Abbott, Hobin, Maple Grove, Idylea

• At glengower.ca - update on Lee Boltwood Park gardening, and a profile of youth volunteer Lara Sweiden

Upcoming events:

• August 22 - Pride Week Flag Raising Ceremony, noon at Village Square Park

• August 27 - Bollywood Movie Night - outdoors at Holy Spirit Parish on Shea Road

• August 27 - 1st Annual Sweet Corn Festival - 10am-3pm at Holy Spirit Parish (outdoors)

• September 14 - Rotary Club Tree Giveaway

Have a great week!

-GG.

NOTE: The City’s Election-Related Resources Policy prohibits councillors who are seeking re-election in a municipal election from using their office budgets to publish newsletters, advertisements, flyers or householders during the 60-day period leading up to and including voting day, with very few exceptions.

I will not be sharing video updates or my weekly email newsletter from August 25, 2022, up to and including October 24, 2022. My office will remain open to deal with day-to-day resident inquiries.

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Councillor Glen's Weekly Update / August 13, 2022

Live from Albert Argue Black Park in Fairwinds-Poole Creek

Lots of updates today:

• Thank you to Kanata-Stittsville Kiwanis for hosting last night's movie night at Village Square Park. Their next big event is the "Kids for Kids Talent Showcase" on October 21. Check their web site and Facebook page for audition info.

• August 22: Pride Week flag raising ceremony at Village Square Park

• Cleaning the Capital registration opens on Monday

• August 20: Councillor Chat at Rouncey Park, 10am-11am

• Springbrook Poole Creek garden recap

• Swimming registration - technology upgrade

• Queensway (Highway 417) closure this weekend

• Construction resumes on Abbott and Hobin

• Maple Grove road closure between Warmstone and Cento

• Fringewood construction for permanent traffic camling

• Cope Drive @ Rouncey - changes to the roundabout

• OC Transpo - cancellations; new bus stops on Palladium, bus pad upgrades

• Discounted bike racks for retail, employers, multi-res: ottawa.ca/helloveloprogram

• My thoughts on the "Strong Mayor" proposal

• Recruiting for crossing guards (Ottawa Safety Council) and school bus drivers (OSTA)

• Municipal election black-out period

More info at https://glengower.ca

Thanks for watching & have a great week.

-Councillor Glen

NOTE: The City’s Election-Related Resources Policy prohibits councillors who are seeking re-election in a municipal election from using their office budgets to publish newsletters, advertisements, flyers or householders during the 60-day period leading up to and including voting day, with very few exceptions.

I will not be sharing video updates or my weekly email newsletter from August 25, 2022, up to and including October 24, 2022. My office will remain open to deal with day-to-day resident inquiries.

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Councillor Glen's weekly update for Saturday, August 6. Live at Rouncey Park (Rouncey @ Groningen) in the Blackstone neighbourhood.

This week:

• Splash pads in Stittsville

• Heat warning & tips from OttawaPublicHealth.ca

• Reminder to check in on older & vulnerable neighbours

• Update on Abbott & Hobin road repaving

• Blasting at Idylea (Fernbank near Liard)

• Maple Grove road closure August 12

• 417 closure at Booth Street Aug 11-15

• August 12: Kiwanis Movie Night @ Village Square Park

• August 20: Councillor Chat @ Rouncey Park

• e-bikes - where they are & aren't allowed

• Robert Grant Avenue - work starts this fall to extend the road from Abbott to Hazeldean

• Wildlife reminders from Lynn

• Henry Goulbourn - planned power outage August 9 for transformer replacement

More info at https://glengower.ca

NOTE: The City’s Election-Related Resources Policy prohibits councillors who are seeking re-election in a municipal election from using their office budgets to publish newsletters, advertisements, flyers or householders during the 60-day period leading up to and including voting day, with very few exceptions.

I will not be sharing video updates or my weekly email newsletter from August 25, 2022, up to and including October 24, 2022. My office will remain open to deal with day-to-day resident inquiries.

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Councillor Glen's Weekly Update for Saturday, July 23, 2022.

Live from Maize Park in the new Mapleton neighbourhood, off Maple Grove Road.

This week:

• COVID-19 in Ottawa - the current situation, 4th doses, and vaccines for younger kids

• Hydro Ottawa - an update on recent outages & what they're doing to fix it

• Ottawa Police recruitment - 80 new hires in 2022

• Car thefts in Stittsville

• Police enforcement blitz on stunt driving & excessive speeds

• Slow Down For Us sign giveaway on August 5

• Upcoming road closures: Jonathan Pack @ Beverly, and Maple Grove between Cento and Warmstone

• Youth Connection - supporting & engage youth this summer

• Diversity Committee - join us on Monday

Thanks for watching & have a great week.

-Councillor Glen

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Councillor Glen's Weekly Update for July 16, 2022.

Live from the Amberwood Village sign. A big thanks to all of the volunteers who are helping with the landscaping & care of this entrance area!

This week's updates:

• EV Experience thank you

• COVID-19 update - where to get your 4th dose

• Free woodchips continue at Maple Grove depot

• Infrastructure Master Plan consultation

• Profile of Stittsville's Shiva Yan

• What you should know about extending your driveway

• Wild parsnip control

• Pioneer Plains splash pad update

• Vacant Unit Tax reminder

• Thoughts on fare-free transit

• Dirt bikes & ATVs are not permitted on the Trans Canada Trail

• E-scooters are not permitted on sidewalks (bike lanes, pathways, and roads only)

• All road users - remember to be courteous and follow the rules of the road

• Call 3-1-1 for help with city issues

• Library programming for all ages this summer

• Free Little Art Gallery on Stittsville Main

More info at https://glengower.ca

Have a great week!

--Councillor Glen

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Councillor Glen's Weekly Update / Saturday, July 9, 2022.

Good morning from Kavanagh Square (Stittsville Main @ Hazeldean)

This week:

• Stittsville Front Porch Music Festival thank you

• Bradley Square - commemorating one of Stittsville's legacy business families

• New policy for parks in new developments

• Road resurfacing delayed due to strike

• Increase in suspected overdose-related deaths

• Free woodchips & other storm clean-up updates

Events:

• Responsible Dog Owners of Canada garage sale on Elderwood Trail

• Goulbourn Museum grand re-opening today

• Amberwood Village Recreation Association celebrates 40th anniversary

• Tuesday: EV Test Drive @ Johnny Leroux Arena (EnviroCentre and Electric Vehicle Council of Ottawa)

Reminder:

• Please call 3-1-1 to report city issues.

Have an excellent week!

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Councillor Glen's weekly update for Saturday, July 7, from the Carp River Pathway near Maple Grove Road.

• Aberdeen Heritage Festival today at Lansdowne Park

• Thoughts on driver responsibility & cyclists

• Tree replanting program

• Blasting updates

• Upcoming construction

• Installation of temporary traffic calming (TTC)

• Update on Pioneer Plains splash pad

Upcoming events:

• THURSDAY: Stittsville Front Porch Concert Series

• FRIDAY: Bradley Square naming ceremony

• SATURDAY: Councillor Chat 10am at Kavanagh Green (Stittsville main @ Hazeldean)

Enjoy your long weekend!

-Councillor Glen

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Happy Canada Day! Bonne fête du Canada! 🇨🇦

A quick update about events and activities in Stittsville and the  Nation’s Capital today… and a challenge to get involved in your community!

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Councillor Glen's Weekly Update for Saturday, June 25

This week:

• TODAY, 12pm-4pm: "Welcome to Stittsville" multicultural event at Village Square Park (Abbott @ Stittsville Main)

• Planning Committee approves Stittsville Main Street Public Realm Plan

• Mandy Hambly receives the Mayor's City Builder Award

• Car theft information session

• Naming ceremony for Lee Boltwood Park

• Congratulations to graduating high school students

• Let's Bike Month - Team Stittsville has logged 5,600km!

Upcoming Events:

• Party in the Park today at Pioneer Plains Park (Jackson Trails)

• Ottawa West Artists Association - new art at CARDELREC

• Weekly market at Holy Spirit Parish (Shea Road)

• Strawberry Social at tomorrow's Market @ The Barn

• Hazardous waste depot on Sunday at Canadian Tire Centre

• Canada Day July 1

Reminders:

• Take the survey about future expansion of Huntmar & Stittsville Main north of Maple Grove at https://glengower.ca

• Construction beginning soon on Abbott & Hobin for road re-paving, and replacement of the Beechfern pedestrian bridge along Poole Creek

• Clean-up continues from the May 21 storm. Leave your debris curbside.

• Road safety reminders: Follow the posted limit and come to a complete stop at stop signs. Cyclists, make sure you have a bell & yield to pedestrians.

• Dog owners - please keep your pets on-leash unless in a designated off-leash area. Please pick up after your pet & don't use your neighbour's lawn as a bathroom for your pet!

Have an excellent week & Happy Canada Day!

-Councillor Glen

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Councillor Glen's Weekly Update for Saturday, June 18. Live from the corner of Abbott & Iber. Feels more like an October day than a June day! (Note - due to a technical issue the first few minutes of today's video are not available. To see/hear the full video, please visit: https://fb.watch/dJCpXC13_U/)

This week's updates:

• Upcoming construction in our community. Road resurfacing on Abbott Street and Hobin Street; temporary road closure on Trailway Circle; Beechfern pedestrian bridge replacement; Jonathan Pack culvert repair

• Storm clean-up continues - 1st pass of curbside pick-up complete. Park clean-up continues, and it's still impacting regular park maintenance. Thanks for your patience!

• Stittsville Main extension and Huntmar widening – visit engage.ottawa.ca to share your feedback

• Transit Commission - LRT 99% reliability (good!) but a bus operator shortage is causing some cancellations and delays

• City committees discuss renovictions and inclusionary zoning

• June 22 - Car theft webinar

• June 25 - Welcome to Stittsville multicultural event

• June 29 - Family cycling workshop

• Today: Foley-Peters Party in the Park @ Yakabuski Park

• Tonight: Community dance & sing-along at Stittsville United Church

• Next Sunday: Eco West-Enders Family Cycle Sunday

• Bell utility updates: https://glengower.ca/bell/

• Blasting updates: https://glengower.ca/blasting/

Thank you for watching & have a great week!

More info at https://glengower.ca

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Councillor Glen's Weekly Update for Saturday, June 11. Live at Susanna Kemp Park on Ponderosa Street in Abbottsville Crossing.

This week:

• Storm clean-up continues

• A request for Provincial Disaster Recovery Assistance

• Free the Free Little Library!

• Congratulations to Stittsville Volunteer Award nominees and recipients

• OC Transpo & masks, plus some thoughts about changing ridership in our community

• Committee approves new Anti-Racism strategy

• Committee approves affordable housing investments - but the cost of building these homes and apartments is going up

• Wednesday: Public meeting re: Environmental Assessment for upgrades to Huntmar and Stittsville Main

• Re-paving Abbott and Hobin

• June 22: Webinar on preventing car thefts

• June 25: Welcome to Stittsville multicultural event

• Participate in Let's Bike Month / Let's Bike Ottawa

• Watch out for turtles in our community, especially near Poole Creek and Feedmill Creek.

More info at https://glengower.ca

Have a great week!

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Councillor Glen's Weekly Update for Saturday, June 4, 2022.

This week:

• Update on power restoration and storm clean-up

• Fernbank @ Edenwylde closure/detour

• 6310 Hazeldean Road meeting recap

• Ottawa Fire Services door knocking

• Look out for turtles crossing!

• Cleaning the Capital - 79 projects! (Stittsville had more than any other ward in Ottawa!)

Upcoming events:

• June 4 - Councillor Chat @ 10am

• June 4-5 - Doors Open Ottawa

• June 5 - Arts in the Park

• June 6 - Volunteer Awards

• June 8 - Market at Wellings

• June 25 - "Welcome to Stittsville" multicultural event

• June is Pride Month

• June is National Indigenous History Month

• This week is National AccessAbility Week

Have an excellent week!

-Councillor Glen

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My weekly update for Saturday, May 28 on Henry Goulbourn Street, near Cordukes.

This week's update:

• The latest on power & storm clean-up. A few minutes into the video, we hear directly from a hydro technician about work being done on Henry Goulbourn & area today to restore power

• A huge thank you to the community, my team, volunteers, City staff, the Red Cross, Salvation Army, and especially Hydro Ottawa and their partners for help this week.

• A look ahead at upcoming events in the community.

My updates will be less frequent this weekend as I take some time to rest & recharge. Thank you everyone for your support and kind words over the last few days. ❤️

-Councillor Glen

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Live on the Trans Canada Trail near West Ridge. 

• Planetary Pathway launch on the Trans Canada Trail 

• A note about racism in our community & World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue & Development 

• "Welcome to Stittsville" - multicultural event on June 25 

• Victoria Day Weekend & firework safety 

• Blossom Fest on May 22 

• Lee Boltwood Park - planting day today & naming ceremony on May 27 

• Open Office Hours May 27, 10am-11am 

• Upcoming events: Councillor Chat, Arts int the Park, Volunteer Awards, community planning meetings 

• Missing manhole covers? Call 3-1-1

- Reminder that e-scooters are not allowed on sidewalks

- A challenge: Leave your car at home and walk, bike, or take transit for an errand this week  

Enjoy the long weekend! 

-Councillor Glen

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Live from Sunray Park in the southern end of Stittsville

• Tick key giveaway from Ottawa Public Health - email glen.gower@ottawa.ca

• Family Bike Ride tomorrow - register at https://glengower.ca

• Stittsville Main Street Public Realm Plan - see the plan for  pedestrians and cyclists, and five things we're doing to help with  traffic on the street

• May 19 - public meeting for 1364 Stittsville Main Street

• May 31 - public meeting for 6310 Hazeldean Road

• Police launch "Project Noisemaker" - targeting speeding and noise. Hear it, see it, report it.

• May 22 - Blossom Fest (volunteers needed)

• June 25 - "Welcome to Stittsville" - diversity showcase

• June 4 - Equal Voice presents "They Govern"

• May 15 - Goulbourn Rockets girls hockey - "try hockey" day at CARDELREC

• Splash pads are open

• Nominate a "Stittsville Super Kid"!

More info at https://glengower.ca

Have a great week!

-GG.

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Councillor Glen’s weekly update for Saturday, May 7, 2022.

So many updates today:

• Committee approves Shea Woods acquisition

• 6310 Hazeldean - new development application (east of Carp)

• Recap - 6015 Fernbank pre-construction meeting

• Update on Bell fibre installations

• Update on the City's Women & Gender Equity Strategy

• Street sweepers are out - please take your car off the road

• Remember to slow down & follow the posted speed limit; traffic calming being installed now; police enforcement in school zones

• The Ottawa Hospital - request for the City to contribute $150-million to local share funding

• Rebuilding the arena and north side stands at Lansdowne Park

• The Stittsville Diversity Project - identifying needs and service gaps in our community

• Asian Heritage Month and Canadian Jewish Heritage Month

• 174 closure this weekend between Blair & Montreal Road

• May 7: Jane's Walk (registration is full!)

• May 7: Labyrinth Peace Walk for Ukraine at RJ Bell Rotary Peace Park this afternoon

• May 7: New artwork from OWAA at CARDELREC

• May 13: Open Office Hours at CARDELREC, 10am-11am

• May 15: Family Bike Ride

• Mental Health Week - supports at https://ottawapublichealth.ca

• Nominate a "Stittsville Super Kid"

• Happy Mother's Day!

Have a great week!

-GG.

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Councillor Glen’s weekly update for Saturday, April 30. Live at the Poole Creek Pathway near Springbrook in Amberwood.

• Cleaning the Capital

• Motorcycle event downtown

• Shea Woods update

• Police Neighbourhood Resource Teams

• Monday - pre-construction meeting for 6015 Fernbank

• Stittsville Main Street Public Realm Plan

• LRT - Mott MacDonald report

• Councillor Chat TODAY at Maverick’s

• Jane’s Walk May 7

• Bell Rotary Park Labyrinth Peace Walk May 7

• Family Bike Ride May 15

• Planting day at Lee Boltwood Park May 21

• Reminders: dog waste in your green bin; slow down on our roads; stay off wet fields

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Councillor Glen's Weekly Update for Saturday, April 23. Live at West Ridge Park "A".

This week's updates:

• OC Transpo improvements for Fernbank area - new route 67

• New "My Para Transpo" booking app

• Encouraging reliability stats for bus & LRT in March/April

• April 27: Stittsville Main Street Public Realm Plan - Zoom meeting

• What to know before you expand your driveway

• Over 60 "Cleaning the Capital" events in Stittsville

• Do you know a "Stittsville Super Kid"?  (kicking off Volunteer Week)

• New development application for a french public elementary school on Cope

• New retail-residential proposal for Stittsville Main, next to Papa Sam's

Upcoming events:

• Today - FUNdraiser at Holy Spirit Parish (Knights of Columbus)

• April 30 - Councillor Chat @ Maverick's

• May 2 - 6015 Fernbank pre-construction meeting

• May 7 - Jane's Walk on Stittsville Main

• May 15 - Stittsville family bike ride

Reminders:

• Dog owners - please follow "dogs on leash" signage in our parks and on our pathways

• Cycle safety reminder - drivers please give cyclists lots of space; cyclists please stay off sidewalks

• Call 3-1-1 to report potholes, waste bins that need emptied, burnt out street lights, etc.

Have a great week!

-GG.

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Councillor Glen's weekly update for Saturday, April 16, 2022.

This week:

• Free skate at CARDELREC with special guest Tyrone Henry, Canadian Men's Para Team. (Collinda Joseph is feeling sick today and unable to join us.)

• Greg & Aaron MacPherson will walk from Orleans to Stittsville today to raise funds for the Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa / Bureau des services à la jeunesse. Welcome them back this evening at Cooligan Martial Arts (Cedarrow Court)

• Easter schedule changes, including waste collection changes next week

• Cleaning the Capital - over 50 groups have signed up in Stittsville so far https://ottawa.ca/clean/

• A commemorative park naming for Constantine Luty

• City adopts High Performance Development Standards for new buildings

• Will homes be built west of Timbermere?

• Info about construction blasting in our community, including weekday blasting at Spratt Aggregates https://glengower.ca/blasting/

• Volunteer Award nominations due this week

• Reminder to slow down & keep our roads safe.

Upcoming events:

• Today: Craft & artisan market at the Holy Spirit Parish parking lot, 10am-3pm. Organized by Knights of Columbus

• April 21: Info session on Ottawa's Solid Waste Master Plan

• April 27: Stittsville Main Street Public Realm meeting

• May 2: 6015 Fernbank pre-construction meeting

• May 7: Jane's Walk

More info at https://glengower.ca

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Councillor Glen's Weekly Update for Saturday, April 9, 2022.

Live from Lee Boltwood Park in Abbottsville Crossing (Abbott @ Malahat).

This week:

• Establishing a pollinator garden at Lee Boltwood Park - donations needed- contact the Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society at sghorticultural@gmail.com
• 4 reminders for COVID-19
• Transportation Committee approves safety enhancements in Stittsville
• New traffic calming measures coming in April
• Iber Road transit survey
• Curbing car thefts in our community
• Street sweeping continues
• Cleaning up the Capital - over 40 groups have signed up so far https://ottawa.ca/clean/
• Nominate a volunteer for the 2022 Volunteer Awards https://glengower.ca/volunteer/
• April 16 free skate @ CARDELREC, with special guest Collinda Joseph
• Stittsville Muslim Association Ramadan potluck tonight

Have a great week!

More info at https://glengower.ca

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Councillor Glen’s weekly update for April 2, 2022. Live from William Bradley Park on Porter Street.  

This week: 

• Marking the start of Ramadan
• Sikh Heritage Month
• Automated Speed Enforcement (photo radar) on Abbott Street - and how  we can improve the program
• Recap of our Affordable Housing webinar
• Transportation Committee this week - including a speed reduction for Kimpton and stop signs at Kimpton/Overland and Liard/Basswood
• Free family skate on April 16, plus meet & greet with paralympian Collinda Joseph
• Cleaning The Capital - sign up to help clean a local park
• Volunteer Awards - nominations continue
• Call 311 for potholes
• COVID - reminder to get your third dose (or fourth dose if eligible)

More info at https://glengower.ca … updated almost every day with new info. 👍  

(Take two because of audio issues with the first version!)

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Councillor Glen’s weekly update for March 26, 2022 from Rubicon Park (Rouncey @ Rubicon, betwen Cope & Fernbank).

This week:

• Construction progress on Fernbank elementary school and public high school
• Robert Grant Avenue – Council approves next phase of construction from Abbott to Hazeldean
• Tuesday, March 29 – zoom meeting about Ottawa’s affordable housing strategy
• Reminder for drivers: Slow down & take care – watch for cyclists and pedestrians
• Cleaning The Capital – Registration continues
• Nominations for Stittsville Volunteer Awards
• Provincial goverenment – Strengthening rules on developers who breach code of ethics
• 2022 Hazardous Waste Depots (new date at Canadian Tire Centre)
• Where to find info about traffic & construction
• New “Save our Pets” decal from Humane Society & Ottawa Fire
• Rain water runoff rebates
• City Council this week including a Mayor’s City Builder Award for Zexi Li
• Waste diversion survey at engage.ottawa.ca
• Planning Committee – master plan for Manor Park including protection for tenants and affordable housing commitment
• Open Office Hours on Thursday this week
• New art at CARDELREC from OWAA

Have a great weekend!

More info, updated daily, at https://glengower.ca

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Councillor Glen's Weekly Update from Wyldewood Park on Wintergreen Drive in Stittsville.  

• Cleaning the Capital - registration is now open
• Take the survey on waste diversion at engage.ottawa.ca
• Councillor Chat about Affordable Housing Strategy on March 29
• Nominations are open for the Stittsville Volunteer Awards glengower.ca/volunteer/
• New proposal for townhomes at 585 Bobolink
• Making a Difference: AmaturRaheem Salam-Alada
• Recap of pre-construction meetings for Campanale (Fringewood) and Mattamy (Maple Grove)
• COVID-19 - Vaccine clinic moving to Kanata Rec Centre
• https://ottawapublichealth.ca/riskreduction

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Councillor Glen's weekly update for Saturday, March 12, 2022.

This week:

• Congratulations Collinda Joseph
• Ukraine relief efforts & rally on Sunday
• Winter Parking ban in effect 10am-7pm Saturday
• Snowmobiles are not allowed on pathways or the Trans Canada Trail (only allowed west of West Ridge)
• Call 3-1-1 if you see a pothole
• Nominations are open for the 2022 Stittsville Volunteer Awards
• Movie production on Snowberry
• Site Plan for Dunrobin Distillery / 1498 Stittsville Main Street
• Stittsville community diversity - meeting on March 21
• Webinar on Ottawa's Affordable Housing Strategy on March 28
• Provincial Task Force on housing affordability
• COVID-19 mask mandates + advice from Ottawa Public Health: https://ottawapublichealth.ca/RiskReduction
• Heritage Watch List: Two Stittsville properties move from "high risk" to "low risk"
• High Performance Development Standards for new homes - reducing emissions from new buildings
• Rising home prices & property taxes
• Survey on waste reduction

More info at https://glengower.ca

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Councillor Glen's weekly update for Saturday, March 5, 2022.

This week:

• Ukraine humanitarian relief - donations accepted at St. Andrew's Church for the Ukranian Orthodox Church relief efforts https://standrews-stittsville.ca/
• COVID-19 update
• Mental health resources from Ottawa Public Health
• Beechfern/Poole Creek pedestrian bridge replacement
• 620 Bobolink - traffic safety analysis
• 1837 Maple Grove - pre-construction meeting with Mattamy
• Shea Village zoning at Planning Committee on Thursday
• See a pothole? Call 3-1-1
• A reminder about smoke detectors & fire safety
• Co-existing with coyotes
• Local events & activities
• International Women's Day on March 8

More info at https://glengower.ca

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Councillor Glen's weekly update for Saturday, February 26

This week:

• Farewell (and thank you) to Quitters Coffee

• Standing in solidarity with Ukraine

• Supporting downtown businesses after the occupation: free bus/train/parking, tax deferrals, business investments, provincial and federal relief

• Wellington Street temporarily closed from Bank to Elgin, could become permanent pending more study

• COVID-19 - drop-in appointments available for first dose, second dose, and booster shots

• Auditor General's report on Ottawa's zero-emission bus pilot

• Committee gives go-ahead for next phase of Robert Grant Avenue, from Abbott to Hazeldean

• Stittsville Volunteer Connect: https://glengower.ca/volunteers/

• A call for leaders of Stittsville's multicultural communities

• March 1: Pre-construction meeting for Campanale's 5 Orchard development

• Fernbank Trunk Sewer detours start in mid-March - heads up for Edenwylde residents

• A reminder about school safety and parking rules

• Open office hours: Friday, March 4 11am-1pm

More info at https://glengower.ca

Have an excellent week!

-GG.

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Councillor Glen's weekly update for Saturday, February 19, 2022.  

This week: 

• Update on police operations to remove the occupation downtown & City Council this week 

• Why we've closed comments on social media

• Booster shots now available for youth ages 12-17 

• Family Day schedule changes 

• Pre-construction meetings for 5 Orchard and 1837 Maple Grove 

• Next phase of Robert Grant Avenue coming to Planning Committee

- Friday: Association of Local Public Health Agencies 

• Drop-in office hours Tuesday, 10am-12pm. 

• Congrats to the Starlight Skaters, heading to the nationals!  

More info at https://glengower.ca

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This week's update: 

• Remembering John Curry 

• Free rapid tests from the Provincial Government, locations in Stittsville  

• 6015 Fernbank coming to Planning Committee 

• School Crossing Guard recruitment 

• Another milestone for the Ottawa Hospital's new Civic development 

• An update on the situation downtown  

More info at https://glengower.ca

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Councillor Glen's weekly update for Saturday, February 5, 2022. 

This week: - Thanking volunteers who help maintain outdoor rinks, including the rink at Pioneer Plains Park in Jackson Trails 

• Stittsville's Amatur Raheem Salam-Alada receives a Black History Month Community Builder Award 

• Scott Phelan profiled in our "Making a Difference" series 

• Nearly 200 have signed up for "Stittsville Volunteer Connect" https://glengower.ca/volunteers/ 

• Reminder about the Holy Spirit Parish parking lot / Shea Woods dog walkers 

• Share your feedback about sidewalks & pathway projects: http://engage.ottawa.ca 

• An update on the situation downtown  

• Urban Winter Trail Challenge: https://events.com/r/en_US/registration/urban-winter-trail-challenge-826559

More info at https://glengower.ca

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Councillor Glen's weekly update for Saturday, January 29, 2022.  Live from the skating rink at Fringewood Park.

This week:

• COVID-19 vaccine access (including a weekend vaccine clinic hosted by the Ottawa Birth & Wellness Centre)

• Stittsville Volunteer Connect: glengower.ca/volunteers

• Reminder to stay off stormwater management ponds

• Dog walkers in Shea Woods - church parking lot reminders

• Ryan Reynolds Way in Cumberland

• Planning Committee & tenant protection

• Your feedback on sidewalks & pathways + transportation policy: engage.ottawa.ca

• Black History Month launch today

• Provincial restrictions change on Monday; City rec centres re-open

• Avoid travel downtown this weekend due to the truck convoy

• Welcome Tracy & Aline to our team!

More info at http://glengower.ca/

Have a great week.

-GG.

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Councillor Glen's weekly update along the trails near Paul Lindsay Park in Amberwood.

This week:

• Community support for families affected by fires

• Cleaning up from Monday's storm: Thank you & tips (parking, hydrants, frozen pipes, tobogganing & more)

• The latest COVID-19 vaccination stats

• Councillor Chat on Thursday evening

• A look ahead to City Hall this week

More info at http://glengower.ca

Stay warm!

-GG.

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Saturday morning update from the skating rink at Village Square Park.  

• Thanks to outdoor rink volunteers 

• New: Stittsville Volunteer Connection https://www.glengower.ca/volunteers/ 

• COVID-19 vaccination updates; drop-in appointments available 

• Back to school on Monday 

• Supporting local business 

• Transportation Master Plan: Need your feedback on Active Transportation (sidewalk & bike missing links) and new  transportation/mobility policies 

• Anti-Racism Town Halls on Jan 15 & Jan 20 

• Vacant Unit Tax coming in 2023

- January 20 - public meeting for 1927 Maple Grove subdivision 

• Snow on the way Sunday/Monday 

• Slow down! Only 23% of drivers came to a full stop at an all-way stop 

• Be kind, be patient  More info at https://glengower.ca  

Stay warm! 

-GG.

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Councillor Glen's Saturday morning update recorded at the skating rink at Crossing Bridge Park.

Lots of COVID-19 info this week:

• A new phase in the pandemic

• Mitigating harm through vaccination and staying home when you're sick

• Vaccine appointments

• Emergency childcare

• A thank you to kids, parents, teachers, small businesses, and health care professionals

More information at http://glengower.ca

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Saturday, December 18. This week's update was recorded along the Trans Canada Trail just west of Stittsville Main.

This week:

• COVID-19 - new restrictions; rapid tests; Fringewood test centre; 53% of kids with at least 1 dose; booster shots; why it's important to keep schools open

• OC Transpo & LRT - details about new Provincial commission; escalation of legal action versus RTG; trains are running well; winter service starts Sunday; free transit continues til end of December; take our Fernbank transit survey

• 360 Bobolink development needs more retail

• Rosehill & Santolina - debris and fill removed from future school site

• Remember to slow down!

• Turkey giveaway today at Jameel Insurance & Financial Services Ltd - Stittsville Kanata Ottawa

• Bottle drive today at Stittsville Lions Club

• Remember to call 3-1-1 during the holidays for help with City issues

More info at https://glengower.ca

No updates on Dec 25 or January 1, see you in 2022!

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Last week City Council approved the 2022 Budget, including a number of  investments that will directly benefit our Stittsville community.  

In this bonus episode, Councillor Glen provides some highlights about what's planned for 2022, as well as how the City is addressing pressing health and social needs in the City like affordable housing, public health, social services, and  crime prevention.  

You can find more info here: https://www.glengower.ca/notebook/notebook-council-approves-2022-budget-plus-highlights-for-stittsville/

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Saturday Morning update from the “Home Alone” house on Cypress Gardens in Stittsville. It's the Turcotte family's fundraiser for mental health programs at CHEO.

This week's updates include:

• This week's snow and nasty weather

• Purolator pilot to reduce trucks & GHG's

• City budget highlights - infrastructure, affordable housing, crime prevention funding & more

• COVID-19 updates. 89% of 12+ fully vaccinated; 43% of kids 5-11 have at least one dose

• Fringewood Community Centre testing clinic SATURDAY til 1pm and Monday evening

• A. Lorne Cassidy drop-in vaccine clinic Friday, December 17, 4:15 pm to 7:25 pm

• OC Transpo food drive - 103,000 lbs and $15,000

• Stittsville Business Association awards - congrats to Mahogany Salon and Spa and StittsvilleCentral.ca

• OC Transpo survey for the Fernbank community

• 360 Bobolink development info meeting on Wednesday

• Looking for outdoor rink volunteers

More info at http://glengower.ca

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Saturday morning update. I’m at No Frills this morning reminding residents about the OC Transpo Food Drive. Drop off a grocery or cash donation at No Frills or Brown’s Independent until 5pm today. Let’s fill the bus!

In this weeks update:

• Happy Hanukkah

• OC Transpo Food Drive for the Stittsville Food Bank

• COVID-19: 25% of kids have been vaccinated; booster shots; new testing at Fringewood Community Centre on Monday evenings

• Free transit during December

• Transportation budget includes $76-million for road resurfacing

• December 1 - winter one-sided parking restrictions

• Stopping for school buses

• Lock your vehicles & report thefts to police

• Volunteers needed for outdoor rinks

• 37 Wildpine meeting on Monday

• Ecology Ottawa / Walkable Ottawa workshop for Stittsville on Wednesday

• City recreation program registration this week

• Dec 3 - International Day of Persons with Disabilities

• Dec 5 - International Volunteer Day

• Dec 6 - National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

More info at http://glengower.ca

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Saturday morning update from the Poole Creek Pathway near Wyldewood.

• "Alex in Amberwood" children's book

• Vaccinations & flu shots

• Councillor Chat - development updates

• Stittsville Main Street Steering Committee

• 37 Wildpine & 360 Bobolink Q&A

• Affordable housing investments - $17-million for 2022

• OC Transpo launches first battery-electric buses

• Outdoor Rinks - Volunteers needed for Mark Yakabuski Park, Ralph Street Park, Joe Lewis Park

• Lions tree lighting TONIGHT at 7pm - Village Square Park

More info & updates at http://glengower.ca

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Saturday morning update from the Trans Canada Trail near Stittsville Main Street.

• Vaccines for kids aged 5-11

• LRT & local bus service update

• Order of Ottawa recipients

• New businesses - Ritual, Farm Boy, Masakali

• Construction of public high school

• Development updates & meetings

• Future roads & transportation

• Councillor Chat on Monday

• Better Homes loan program

• Outdoor rink volunteers

• City budget & affordable housing

More info at http://glengower.ca

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Councillor Glen's Saturday morning update for November 13.

This week:

• Looking back on Remembrance Day

• Volunteer firefighters at Station 81

• LRT return to service & free fares for December

• A new councillor for Kanata North

• Bradley Commons street signage

• Development applications - 1927 Maple Grove, 360 Bobolink

• Green Parks - what we heard

• Farm Boy opening Thursday; Ritual on Main opening this week; Sod turning at new public high school

More info at http://glengower.ca

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Saturday morning update from the Stittsville Cenotaph at Johnny Leroux Arena.

• Remembrance Day

• Celebrating Diwali

• Cleaning up at Sacred Heart

• Traffic calming fall removal

• Local development updates

• Shea Road & Fernbank Road construction

• City budget

• LRT return to service update

• Ottawa Public Health - flu and COVID-19 vaccination updates

• Anti-Racism Secretariat

• Outdoor rink volunteers

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Saturday morning update in front of an elaborate Halloween display on Joseph Circle (off Johnwoods).

This week's updates include:

• COVID-19: Capacity limits, vaccinations for children, police

• Crossing guards

• Hazeldean/Carp advance arrow

• 1037 Carp Road - new office proposed

• HOP! a new app to encourage walking to school

• LRT return-to-service update

• Council approves new Official Plan

• Upcoming events and activities in Stittsville

• WOCRC call for volunteers

Happy Halloween!

More info at http://glengower.ca

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Saturday morning update from Crantham Crescent.

• COVID-19: 90% have a first dose; Ontario lifting some restrictions; flu shots 

• Cathodic protection - extending the life of water mains

• Bell set to start fiber installation work in the Liard/Cherry/Caribou area

• Getting set for sewer construction - Shea Road and Fernbank @ Edenwylde

• Reminder about emptying your pool

• This week at City Hall: Official Plan; Ādisoke library update; The latest on LRT return to service

• Oct 25: Webinar on Indigeneity

• Oct 25: City budget presentation

• Oct 26: Councillor Chat

• Oct 30: Cleanup @ Kemp Woodland - Stittsville Landkeepers

• Oct 31: Halloween treats @ Village Square Park + costume contest

• Nov 1: Pumpkin Parade & Toasty Toes

• John Edkins photography at the library

More info at http://glengower.ca

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Councillor Glen's Saturday update, recorded at Pioneer Plains Park in Jackson Trails.  

This week's updates include:

• COVID-19 - Letter for parents from Dr. Etches

• 37 Wildpine development     

• Paul Desmarais petition     

• Fall tree planting     

• A reminder for dog owners re: school property & picking up after your pets     

• Welcoming Nobility Performance to our community     

• Nominating a new councillor for Kanata North     

• Official Plan deliberations     

• LRT - investigations & transparency     

• Bike safety giveaway @ 3pm     

• Oct 24 - Hazardous Waste Depot     

• Oct 25 - Webinar on Indigeneity     

• Oct 25 - Budget workshop     

• Oct 26 - Councillor Chat     

• 417 highway closures for repairs to the Marianne Wilkinson Pedestrian Bridge   

More info at http://glengower.ca

Have a great week!

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Saturday morning update near the Trans Canada Trail.  

This week: 

• Wednesday's fire 

• Opening of Mark Yakabuski Park 

• COVID - Thanksgiving, Halloween 

• Speed cameras 

• No to a gravel pit on Fernbank 

• Cleaning up the Capital 

• Blasting for new trunk sewer 

• LRT issues & judicial inquiry 

• Upcoming events 

• Happy Thanksgiving!  

More info at http://glengower.ca

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Saturday morning update from Village Square Park in Stittsville.

• COVID-19 - printing & laminating your proof of vaccination at the Stittsville library

• New pedestrian crosswalk on Stittsville Main

• Stittsville Main Street Public Realm Plan

• Alexander Grove Park - safety issues

• Green Parks pilot

• Cathodic protection program

• The new site for the Civic Hospital

• Parks & Recreation Master Plan

• Property tax breaks for small businesses

• LRT legal update coming this week

• Friday: Mark Yakabuski park opening

• Two new speed cameras ("automated speed enforcement") recommended for Stittsville

• A reminder about road safety and parking

• Contact us via WhatsApp: 613-277-0193

More info at http://glengower.ca

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Saturday morning update from Paul Lindsay Park in Amberwood.

• Bonne fête aux Franco-Ontariennes et aux Franco-Ontariens!  

• COVID-19 - proof of vaccination, more options for testing 

• LRT safety 

• New towing regulations 

• E-cargo bike pilot 

• Stittsville Main Street Public Realm Plan 

• Blasting east of Shea 

• Ladybird Park reforestation 

• Meetings re: green parks pilot 

• Rotary Club tree giveaway 

• Sept. 30  - National Day for Truth & Reconciliation 

More info at http://glengower.ca

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Councillor Glen's weekly update from Traditions Park:

• Federal election on Monday (https://elections.ca)

• School traffic & parking, school buses & OC Transpo

• Councillor Chat - Sept 22

• Green Parks Pilot - meetings on Sept 27 & 28

• New towing rules

• Roundabout opens at Palladium & Robert Grant

• Graffiti - call 3-1-1

• Doctors & clinics: https://www.glengower.ca/information/a-list-of-doctors-and-clinics-in-and-around-stittsville/

• Bell utility updates: https://glengower.ca/bell/

• Blasting: http://glengower.ca/blasting/

More info at http://glengower.ca

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Saturday morning update from Stittsville Main Street.  

• Support Local Business / new Stittsville Business Association banners 

• Schools: bus cancellations, crowding @ Westwind, traffic & safety 

• Growth in Stittsville and the housing crisis 

• September 30 - National Day for Truth & Reconciliation 

• Goodlife (Carp Road) vaccination clinic - Sept 15 

• West Nile / mosquitoes 

• New name for Stittsville Ward?

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Saturday morning update near École Paul-Desmarais  

• COVID updates: vaccine policy toolkit 

• Federal candidate debate Tuesday @ 7pm - Village Square Park 

• Paving in Abbottsville Crossing & Fairwinds Phase 6 

• 155 Iber - warehouse proposal 

• Police budget survey 

• Bell Fiber install in South Stittsville 

• New blasting info page: glengower.ca/blasting/ 

• Carp Landfill Municipal Host Agreement 

• OC Fall service starts Sunday 

• Brigantine/Khasmin development at Planning Committee 

• School safety reminder  

More info at https://glengower.ca 

Have a great long weekend!

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Councillor Glen's Saturday morning update from the Amberwood golf course. 

The golf course is hosting a putting contest today. $2 per putt ($5 for 5 putts) with all proceeds to the Stittsville Food Bank.  

This week's updates include: 

• COVID-19 - vaccinations, schools, etc. 

• Back to school this week for some students 

• Tartan lands - tree cutting 

• Carp landfill update 

• Blasting update 

• Housing affordability 

• Site plan for the new Catholic School on Defence Street 

• Brightside pedestrian/pathway upgrades 

• Trans Canada Trail maintenance 

• Market & fundraiser on Sunday  

Thanks for watching! More info at http://glengower.ca

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Saturday morning update from the Henry Walker Grove Trail.

• Dr. Etches COVID-19 update
• Family doctors
• Cleaning the Capital registration is now open
• Maintenance work Tuesday along Henry Walker Trail & Trans Canada Trail
• 417 detours & local road closures
• LRT construction detour at Moodie
• Brightside pedestrian upgrades - info meeting August 30
• Upcoming events
• We're hiring for a PT case work position
• Make the right call to 3-1-1

More information at http://glengower.ca

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Councillor Glen's Saturday morning update from Jo-Jo’s Community Garden on Stittsville Main Street.

This week we have updates aboutn:

• COVID-19 vaccine rates: https://www.ottawapublichealth.ca/en/reports-research-and-statistics/covid-19-vaccinations-by-neighbourhood.aspx

• Phoebe the bearded dragon lizard reunited with family

• Curbside waste pick-up survey

• Dirt bikes & ATV's

• Upcoming road closures / construction

• 620 Bobolink information meeting on Wednesday

• Monday - Goulbourn Museum hosts "Indigeneity in Canada - a Webinar" with Jibby King: https://goulbournmuseum.ca/event/indigeneity-in-canada/

More updates at http://glengower.ca