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Removing Alta Vista corridor fromTransporation Master Plan

New updated content: 2024-11-25 12:23:34 A campaign led by a group associated with Carleton University, and a separate one sponsored by Councillor Menard, have been launched to remove from the Transportation Master Plan a proposed new road through AltaVista greenspace. This is a very old proposal (it was one of the triggers for the founding of the Greenspace Alliance in 1997) that will just not die. We agreed to support

Paul Johanis March 27, 2025 March 27, 2025

Sapling clone of centennial elm planted

New updated content: 2025-02-28 11:27:47 We have received a response to our enquiry on the status of the plan to clone scions from the Parliamentary Elm that was removed in 2019 for replanting on Parliament Hill at a future date. As it turns out, 8 saplings were successfully cloned. Six were returned to Parliament Hill and two were retained in Guelph for scientific research. Last May, Parliamentarians approved the planting

Paul Johanis February 28, 2025 February 28, 2025

Pinesi Paddle

New updated content: 2025-01-27 15:22:36 The Greenspace Alliance partnered with Kichi Sibi Trails in 2021 to develop and promote the Chief Pinesi Portage Trail. The first Chief Pinesi Day, celebrating this trail and the Algonquin presence in this area of the country, was held on July 1, 2022. Since then, this event has been held yearly at New Edinburgh Park on July 1. In 2024, the celebration included a weeklong

Paul Johanis January 27, 2025 January 27, 2025

Ottawa Greenbelt as Urban National Park

New updated content: 2025-01-27 15:22:36 An editorial appeared in the Citizen on December 9 based on new information obtained through Access to Information that the Greenbelt is indeed the subject of discussions between Parks Canada and the National Capital Commission as a possible new Urban National Park. No new announcements have been made, however.

Paul Johanis January 27, 2025 January 27, 2025

Enquiry concerning status of sapling clones of Parliamentary elm

New updated content: 2025-01-27 15:22:36 Seeing a notice of the commencement of the next phase of the Centre Block restoration project, Paul reached out to the contacts we made while advocating in 2019 for the preservation of the centenary elm that stood just east of the Centre Block. Even though the elm was lost, a plan was made by the project team to take cuttings from the tree and to

Paul Johanis January 27, 2025 January 27, 2025

Poets Pathway redux

New updated content: 2025-01-27 15:22:36 Thanks to new contacts from members of the Rideau Trail Association and following our walking the complete circuit around this time last year, there is renewed interest in the Poets’ Pathway. A preliminary meeting with these new contacts and members of the original Poets’ Pathway team was held on November 28 to revisit the status of the trail based on our collective observations last year

Paul Johanis January 27, 2025 January 27, 2025

New legislation to protect Gatineau Park

New updated content: 2024-11-25 12:23:34 We have learned that a bill to protect Gatineau Park has been introduced in the Senate. Quebec Senator Rosa Galvez, supported by Pontiac Liberal MP Sophie Chatel, introduced a Bill S-289 to further protect Gatineau Park and strengthen collaboration with the Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation. While this is good news, members were skeptical as to whether this would lead to any real change as many similar

Paul Johanis November 25, 2024 November 25, 2024

GA submission on NCC parkways planning and design guidelines

New updated content: 2024-11-25 12:23:33 The GA provided a detailed submission to the NCC’s request for feedback to the draft Parkways Planning and Design Guidelines they published. Many thanks to member Arto Keklikian for his diligence in preparing this response.

Paul Johanis November 25, 2024 November 25, 2024

New threat to the Central Experimental Farm

The City of Ottawa’s Planning and Housing Committee approved an application to build two high-rise towers adjacent to the Central Experimental Farm, despite the clear message from Agriculture Canada that it will cause irreparable harm to the CEF. But it is not over yet. The issue will go to full Council for final approval on Wednesday September 27. We are organizing a letter writing campaign ahead of the meeting. See

Erwin Dreessen September 25, 2023 June 24, 2024

Development Proposal at 1081 Carling Avenue

New updated content: 2023-07-31 12:25:48 A development application for two apartment towers at the corner of Parkdale and Carling Avenue, immediately adjacent to the Central Experimental Farm, has come to our attention. The shading they would produce would render unusable a large section of research fields on the Central Experimental Farm. The whole point of Protecting the Farm during the Ottawa Hospital siting controversy was to preserve the research fields,

Paul Johanis July 31, 2023 August 30, 2024

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Removing Alta Vista corridor fromTransporation Master Plan

Sapling clone of centennial elm planted

Pinesi Paddle

Ottawa Greenbelt as Urban National Park

Enquiry concerning status of sapling clones of Parliamentary elm

Poets Pathway redux

New legislation to protect Gatineau Park

GA submission on NCC parkways planning and design guidelines

New threat to the Central Experimental Farm

Development Proposal at 1081 Carling Avenue

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