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The Southern Corridor under threat

New updated content: 2025-07-14 10:32:14 The Poets Pathway goes through what is called the Southern Corridor. At the western end, the Woodroffe-Merivale corridor is a linear greenspace that runs north of the abandoned Beachburg rail line. This section is within the study area for the new Baseline-Merivale Secondary Plan. It is also on the list of vacant lands that are being offered for residential development by the federal government. At

Paul Johanis July 14, 2025 July 14, 2025

New acquisition by City of Ottawa

New updated content: 2025-07-14 10:32:14 The City of Ottawa has finalized the acquisition of a 4.77-hectare forested property from Canderel Real Estate Firm through the federal Ecological Gifts Program (EGP). The property, located adjacent to Trillium Woods, is part of a designated core area within the City’s Natural Heritage System, as outlined in the Official Plan. It includes important wetland features along Shirley’s Brook and provides critical habitat for species

Paul Johanis July 14, 2025 July 14, 2025

Development project at 3930 – 3960 Riverside Drive approved

New updated content: 2025-07-14 10:32:14 Paul reported on a development application for multiple residential and mixed-use structures on a 5-acre waterfront lot at the corner of Riverside Drive and Hunt Club Road. This property on the Rideau River was first proposed for development in 2018, at which time the GA attended the open house and made representations. This new proposal is an improvement, with appropriate environment, parkland and cultural heritage

Paul Johanis July 13, 2025 July 16, 2025

Kavanagh West Carleton quarry expansion denied

New updated content: 2025-06-06 13:18:15 The application by Kavanagh to expand an existing quarry adjacent to the Burnt Lands ANSI in rural Ottawa, which the GA opposed in submissions made to staff and Committee, was turned down by Council, counter to the Committee recommendation, on a 13 to 11 vote. This decision will likely be appealed to the OLT, with a high probability of success for the proponent. However, this

Paul Johanis June 6, 2025 June 10, 2025

Two victories in court

New updated content: 2025-05-28 10:30:56 J.P reported on two court victories regarding the planned Near Surface Disposal Facility for nuclear waste at Chalk River. In the first case, the court ruled in favour of a judicial review of the ECCC decision to issue a species at risk permit for the giant radioactive waste dump (NSDF). This is a very important win, as it shines a spotlight on the site chosen

Paul Johanis May 28, 2025 June 6, 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

Update on City purchase of 5689 Ferry Road for conservation purposes

New updated content: 2025-03-27 11:10:29 As expected, ARAC did not approve the motion to purchase this property for conservation purposes. Instead, they passed their own motion to have City staff prepare an inventory of other rural properties currently available for purchase to better inform a decision on the matter. Both the initial motion by the Finance and Corporate Services Committee to purchase the property and the ARAC motion were referred

Paul Johanis March 27, 2025 June 10, 2025

Latest legal maneover to save this Kanata Greenspace

New updated content: 2025-03-27 11:10:30 From the the Kanata Greenspace Protection Coalition campaign to save the Kanata Golf and Country Club. Recent developments in this epic battle by the local community to preserve the greenspace provided by the golf course saw the latest decision by the Ontario Court of Appeal essentially voiding the 60%/40% agreement in its entirety. Previous decisions had found only certain sections to be inoperable. The City

Paul Johanis March 27, 2025 May 31, 2025

Purchase of conservation land

New updated content: 2025-02-28 11:27:47 City purchase of 5689 Ferry Road for conservation purposes, ARAC January 23 On December 3, the Finance and Corporate Services Committee approved a staff recommendation to purchase a 223-acre greenspace with frontage on the Ottawa River near Fitzroy Harbour for conservation purposes. The item will also be considered by ARAC at the January 23 meeting and our understanding is that considerable opposition is expected from

Paul Johanis February 28, 2025 February 28, 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

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The Southern Corridor under threat

New acquisition by City of Ottawa

Development project at 3930 – 3960 Riverside Drive approved

Kavanagh West Carleton quarry expansion denied

Two victories in court

Removing Alta Vista corridor fromTransporation Master Plan

Update on City purchase of 5689 Ferry Road for conservation purposes

Latest legal maneover to save this Kanata Greenspace

Purchase of conservation land

Sapling clone of centennial elm planted

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