Neighbourhood visits of the feline kind
It was a normal weekday, and Janet Wright received a call from St. George Catholic School, telling her that Jacob got in trouble and needed to be picked up from the principal’s office.
“Neighbourwoods” Community tree mapping takes root
By Andrea Prazmowski – Daniel Buckles and Catherine Shearer are getting better acquainted with their neighbourhood, one tree at a time. You might see them and other volunteers out on the streets, peering at the leaves of trees, inspecting their branches, wrapping measuring tape around their trunks, and […]
Saving Kitchissippi’s big trees
By Denise Deby – Community groups are calling for better protection of Ottawa’s trees after a mature black walnut tree was cut down in a Champlain Park backyard. The tree, which Daniel Avenue residents estimate at 65 years old and to be more than 45 feet high, was […]
Letter to the Editor: “Unfettered” tree damage must stop
Dear Editor, When the front door is barred, a clever intruder tests the back door. That’s what infill developers in Kitchissippi have been doing in the last year to 18 months. They are aware that the City’s 2009 Urban Tree Conservation By-law prevents them from cutting trees 50 […]
A Kitchissippi history mystery: Why were there two roads to the Champlain Bridge?
This photo was taken on May 5, 1933 and shows an area bounded by Carleton Avenue (visible in the lower right-hand corner), the Ottawa River across the top of the photo (with the newly completed Champlain Bridge), the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks across the bottom, and the eastern-most […]
Local advocate takes up UN role
By Denise Deby – Champlain Park resident Leilani Farha has a new part-time job: investigating and recommending improvements in people’s housing conditions around the world. On May 8, the United Nations Human Rights Council selected Farha from a global list of candidates to serve as UN Special Rapporteur […]
Speaking for the trees: residents bring concerns and ideas to “Tree House”
By Denise Deby – Local trees are at risk, and the community and city need to do more to protect them, according to residents who attended a March 8 Ecology Ottawa meeting to gather ideas for a new program called Tree Ottawa. “Treed neighbourhoods are wonderful to live […]
Saving our skiing: Tracking the future of winter sports
By Denise Deby – A passion for cross-country skiing prompted Charles Hodgson to get more active in another way: he’s raising awareness of climate change. Hodgson, a Champlain Park resident, organized “The Future of Snow and Skiing in a Warming World,” a panel discussion at the Canadian Aviation […]
Former Nepean H.S. principal named one of Canada’s finest
He may just have been named as one of Canada’s Outstanding Principals, but Champlain Park’s René Bibaud admits he was initially quite reluctant to step into the principal’s office. “I spent 25 years in the classroom and loved the dynamics and the daily interaction with students. […]
Kitchissippi likes its ice!
By Anita Grace – Lacing up your skates and heading out on a neighbourhood rink is for many a quintessential part of Canadian winters. Conveniently, there are 247 outdoor rinks in Ottawa, with 10 here in the Kitchissippi Ward. “Being able to walk somewhere to go skating, meet […]
Champlain Park resident digs into history of “Captain Dan”
By Debra Huron – The family names that Christine Jackson has researched and written about since February dominate a map of the neighbourhood she lives in, including the street she has called home for 25 years. Jackson lives on Cowley Avenue in Champlain Park. Nearby streets carry the […]
Seeing the trees
By Denise Deby – Kids and adults celebrated their neighbourhood and some very special trees on September 25, National Tree Day, thanks to Champlain Park community members who’ve taken an interest in the area’s bur oaks. About 70 students in Grades 2 and 6 at St. George School […]
Leilani Farha: First recipient of the Spirit of Barbra Schlifer Award
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