Category: Canal Woods

New updated content: 2026-09-30 14:42:32 Local residents have been put in touch with the Ottawa South Environmental Action Network and the Friends of McCarthy Woods, both of which are also dealing with proposed NCC dispositions of greenspaces for residential development. Local councillors and federal MPs have been engaged. Social media campaigns have been launched and the GA has posted a video of Canal Woods on its Facebook page.

New updated content: 2026-06-10 16:48:01 A resident reached out to the GA to seek support in defending a small woodland owned by the NCC bordering Bronson Avenue in Old Ottawa South. The NCC is planning to sell this well-treed property for housing construction. Having gathered basic information on the property, members agreed that the GA should put its full weight behind the residents for whom this is a valuable greenspace.