Check out my latest newsletter with important community updates and events! https://mailchi.mp/ac4218b0df11/public-engagement-opportunities-possibilits-dengagement-publique-17083981?e=9df6bba7c1 In this edition, you will find: ✅ September Community Update Video ✅ National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Schedule Changes ✅ LRT: Upcoming traffic impacts ✅ Draft budget 2024 ✅ Cleaning the Capital – Fall registration ✅ Rat Coalition Group ✅ Repair Café Il est aussi disponible en français. Le bulletin inclus: ✅ Nouvelle capsule vidéo – Mise à jour de notre communauté ✅ Changements d’horaire pour la Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation ✅ Construction du TLR – impacts sur la circulation ✅ Budget…
Here is an update I have received from Hydro One regarding reliability in our area. I will continue to follow up with them to push for improvements across the ward. ————— Voici une mise à jour que j’ai reçue d’Hydro One concernant la fiabilité dans notre région. Je continuerai à les suivre afin d’obtenir des améliorations dans l’ensemble de la circonscription. ————— Good afternoon Councillor, I wanted to provide an update on the investigations underway into the reliability concerns in your community. As a brief overview, our distribution system is made up of stations and different types of distribution lines…
This pretty girl had her first school picture day today! These milestones are such a wonderful thing for us to celebrate and brings back memories of growing up here in the east end. I think if she smiled like this, they’ll turn out pretty well. I’m so impressed by how smoothly this school year has started. We know we owe our thanks to everyone working hard to give our little scholars a safe, engaging experience. To all of you, thank you! —————————————— Cette jolie fille a eu sa première photo d’école aujourd’hui ! Ces étapes importantes sont tellement merveilleuses à…
❗️Community Event Notice / Avis d’événement communautaire Forest Valley Terrace is hosting its 5th annual Thanksgiving Give Back to raise money for the Ottawa Food Bank. Tickets are $30 and will get you the following: 🍗 Main course of honey roasted ham or seasoned roasted turkey breast with white wine and rosemary gravy 🥗 Sides including carrot ginger soup, bourbon yams, skillet cornbread with honey butter, seasonal roasted vegetables, and fresh herb stuffing 🥧 Apple pie for dessert Once a ticket is purchased, meals can be picked up between 3:00pm and 5:00pm on Friday October 6th. All proceeds will be…
As part of the Stage 2 LRT project, the following road and ramp closures will be in place this weekend: 🚧 WHAT: Full closure of the OR 174 eastbound between Jeanne d’Arc Boulevard and Place d’Orléans Drive. Eastbound OR 174 on-ramps at Jeanne d’Arc Boulevard will also be closed. 📅 WHEN: Friday, September 29 at 9:00 p.m. until Monday, October 2 at 5:30 a.m. ❓WHY: Paving of highway shoulders and resurfacing of sections of the highway. 📍WHERE: OR 174 eastbound from Jeanne d’Arc Boulevard to Place d’Orléans Drive. Motorists travelling eastbound on the OR 174 will exit at Jeanne d’Arc…
❗️🚧 Reminder that long-term lane reductions on the Jeanne d’Arc bridge are in place to facilitate bridge rehabilitation work. OC Transpo and the Stage 2 LRT team are hosting an information session tomorrow, Wednesday, September 27 at 7 pm to discuss the associated impacts in more detail and to answer resident questions. 💻 Participate in the meeting using this link: https://zoom.us/j/96193270085 💻 Read the full notice here: https://shorturl.at/gtWX0 —- ❗️🚧 Rappel que des réductions de voies à long terme sur le pont Jeanne d’Arc sont en place pour faciliter les travaux de réfection du pont. OC Transpo et l’équipe de…
It is National Daughter’s Day, and I have two of the best. I feel deeply blessed to be these two remarkable girls’ Dad. Happy National Daughter’s Day to all the cool moms and rad dads in Orléans East – Cumberland!  But especially to all the bright young women and girls making us so proud ❤️ C’est la Journée nationale des filles, et j’ai deux des meilleures. Je me sens profondément béni d’être le père de ces deux filles remarquables. Bonne journée nationale des filles à toutes les mamans cool et à tous les papas radicaux d’East Orleans – Cumberland…
What a complete honour to drop the inaugural puck at Les Castors de Cumberland / Cumberland Castors’ home opener tonight. This team, formally of Clarence-Rockland, has come to a Orléans East – Cumberland and now calls Ray Friel Recreation Complex their home. This is some high calibre hockey right here in our community. These guys are seriously impressive. Please join me in welcoming them to our community by coming out to a game and checking them out! You will not regret it!  Check out the full schedule here: https://www.hometeamsonline.com/teams/default.asp?u=LES-CASTORS&s=hockey&p=schedule  ——————- C’est un honneur pour moi de faire la…
When someone in our community needs help, we step up. That’s what it means to be an East Ender.  Time and time again, incredible volunteers, and community members come together to support one another. Cumberland Village has personified this dedication so many times. Isaac et Myro de The Black Walnut Bakery ont deux fils atteints du syndrome de Larsson Sjogren, une maladie génétique rare. Ces garçons courageux travaillent d’arrache-pied pour surmonter les difficultés auxquelles ils sont confrontés chaque jour. Les Fouchard sont très appréciés dans cette communauté, et j’ai eu le cœur serré en voyant le nombre de personnes…
TOMORROW | DEMAIN ❤️ Let’s rally together for a great cause and support the Fouchard family from the Black Walnut! On September 24th, visit the Cumberland Heritage Village Museum for the First Annual Cumberland Boil to support Caleb and Elias, who are bravely facing Sjögren Larsson Syndrome at CHEO. FREE entry starting at Noon, with a BBQ, games, train rides, and more. Donations accepted. #CumberlandCares ❤️ Mobilisons-nous pour une grande cause et soutenons la famille Fouchard du Black Walnut ! Le 24 septembre, rendez-vous au Musée du Village du Patrimoine de Cumberland pour le premier “Cumberland Boil” et soutenir Caleb…
Did you know that there is a living piece of First World War history at Legion Branch 632 – Orléans? A few years ago, I partnered with Vimy Oaks Legacy Corporation to plant a Vimy Oak at the corner of the parade square, right here in Orléans East – Cumberland. The Vimy Oaks Legacy Corporation is a not-for-profit corporation. It is made up of volunteers promoting the memory and legacy of Canadians who fought in the First World War through the planting of “Vimy Oak” saplings that are descendants of acorns gathered after the Battle of Vimy Ridge and planted…
Find your next great read at the Bookworm, located just outside of the Ottawa Public Library / Bibliothèque publique d’Ottawa Cumberland branch at the Ray Friel Centre and support the Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Association! Monday: 10:30am-2:30pm Tuesday: 10:30am-7:30pm Wednesday: 10:30am-3:30pm Thursday: 10:30am-2:30pm Friday: 10:30am-2:30pm —————————- Trouvez votre prochain bon livre au Bookworm, situé juste à l’extérieur de la Bibliothèque publique d’Ottawa Cumberland Branch dans le Ray Friel Centre, et soutenez les Amis de l’Association de la Bibliothèque publique d’Ottawa ! Lundi : de 10 h 30 à 14 h 30 Mardi : de 10 h 30 à…
It was nice to host Laine Johnson – College Ward at Cafe Latte Cino this morning to chat economic development and secondary plans! Laine is working very hard for her community and has several secondary plans coming up, and I was pleased to talk about our experience with the economic corridor study.  It is so important that, no matter where we live in the city, no matter what political views we hold, that we work together for the betterment of Ottawa!  ————————- J’ai eu le plaisir d’accueillir Laine Johnson – College Ward – au Café Latte Cino ce…