Eight years after The Ottawa Hospital decided it wanted land on the Central Experimental Farm for a new Civic campus, and sixteen months after then Minister Baird granted its wish, the public was finally invited to a public meeting under the banner “A Community Discussion on a 21st Century Hospital in the heart of Ottawa.” …
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February 10, 2016 Published on StittsvilleCentral.ca and on UnpublishedOttawa.com: Developer’s plan fails to show ‘overall benefit’ for Kanata Lakes species at risk After intensive negotiations with the provincial Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Kanata Lakes North Development Inc. (KNL) has applied for a permit to destroy up to 124 hectares of Blanding’s Turtle habitat,…
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PDF of this submission 4 February 2016 To: Mr. Scott Lee, Resources Operations Supervisor Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Regional Operations Division, Southern Region, Kemptville District By Email – scott.lee [at] ontario.ca Re: “Overall benefit” application by KNL (EBR 012-6270) Dear Mr. Lee, SUMMARY + This Notice was defective from the start because the…
January 30, 2016 Documents obtained through Access to Information lift the veil off the much-repeated assertion that, absolutely, 60 acres across the road from the Civic Hospital is the best and only option for a new campus. In March 2014 a senior official of The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) responded to the National Capital Commission answering…
January 28, 2016 – Minister Catherine McKenna expresses concern about the lack of paperwork leading to the November 2014 “gift” of 60 acres of the Experimental Farm. She agrees that Ottawa needs a new hospital but will look at all the options — CBC News story & video. An overwhelming number of the large number…
27 January 2016 (updated 29, 30 Jan) NEWSFLASH: The comment period has been extended to February 17. The development of Phases 7, 8 and 9 proposed by Kanata Lakes North (KNL) would sit as a hole-in-a-donut, surrounded by the South March Highlands Conservation Forest (map). The land has been irrevocably approved for development but the…
+ Shortly after the federal announcement, on November 26, 2014, a scientist at the Farm provided an Agriculture official involved in the negotiations with a summary of experiments taking place at Field No. 1. In response, the official asked the scientist: “When would these experiments naturally end or would we ever stop the experiments/data collection?”…
+ On March 11, 2015 Heritage Ottawa sent a letter to the Hon. Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment and Minister responsible for Historic Sites. Here is Min. Leona Aglukkaq‘s reply. On April 21, Heritage Ottawa sent similar letters to the Ontario Ministers for Health and Long Term Care; Tourism, Culture and Sport (Min. Michael Coteau…
+ David Reevely’s report in the Ottawa Citizen, with video, November 3, 2014 + Ottawa Citizen editorial, November 4, 2014 + David Reevely’s follow-up piece, about the dubious value of a heritage designation, November 4, 2014 + Randall Denley in the Ottawa Citizen opining that the C.E.F. should be turned into Ottawa’s Central Park, November…