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Protecting greenspace used by the Poets Pathway

New updated content: 2025-10-06 11:40:27 There are lands used by the Poet’s Pathway that are under threat of development. This is particularly true for the Southern Corridor, which in the Woodroffe-Merivale segment could be opened to residential development by a new Secondary Plan, while the McCarthy meadow section is slated for reclassification to Development Reserve in Draft 3 of the new Zoning Bylaw. The loss of greenspace in these segments

Paul Johanis October 6, 2025 October 6, 2025

CEF Advisory Committee meeting

New updated content: 2025-08-13 11:50:47 After a long hiatus, CFAC was reconvened on June 19, 2025. The GA chair attended and heard from the other participants about plans and activities to bolster the image of the Central Experimental Farm and the perception of its value in the general population. The GA considers the Farm as a very valuable major urban greenspace and is dedicated to its preservation. Of direct interest

Paul Johanis August 13, 2025 August 13, 2025

NCC Public Advisory Group on Eastern Bridge project

New updated content: 2025-08-13 11:50:46 The NCC has established an Environmental Public Advisory Group for the proposed Eastern Bridge across the Ottawa River. The GA was invited to sit on the advisory panel. The chair of the GA attended the first meeting of the group on July 10, where an informative and question and answer period filled the 90 minutes allocated. The next meeting is planned for September.

Paul Johanis August 13, 2025 August 13, 2025

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 June 10, 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

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

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

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 July 14, 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

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

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Protecting greenspace used by the Poets Pathway

CEF Advisory Committee meeting

NCC Public Advisory Group on Eastern Bridge project

Removing Alta Vista corridor fromTransporation Master Plan

Sapling clone of centennial elm planted

Ottawa Greenbelt as Urban National Park

Pinesi Paddle

Poets Pathway redux

Enquiry concerning status of sapling clones of Parliamentary elm

New legislation to protect Gatineau Park

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