Councillor Glen's Stittsville Updates

By Councillor Glen Gower

Every Saturday morning, Councillor Glen Gower shares news and info for Stittsville residents.... more

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August 26, 2023August 26: Tweaking the Vacant Unit Tax
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

Have an excellent week!
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12min
August 19, 2023August 19: Celebrating Pride Week
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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8min
August 12, 2023Aug 12: Remembering Brad Schoenherr
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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11min
August 05, 2023 August 5: Transit, blasting, development & more
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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7min
July 08, 2023July 8: Charges laid in Wyldewood Park assault
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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11min
June 30, 2023June 30: Canada Day in Stittsville + community updates
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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14min
June 24, 2023June 24: Bear sightings & safety tips
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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14min
June 17, 2023JUNE 17: Ottawa's new three-item garbage limit
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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14min
June 10, 2023 June 10: From the Jackson Trails wetland along Feedmill Creek
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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9min
June 03, 2023June 3: Stittsville Volunteer Awards + Protecting Our Wetlands
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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14min

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