This week’s updates:

• Remembrance Day activities

• Budget survey + a drop-in event this morning at Brown’s Independent

• November 10: “Are We Ready?” a panel about adapting to climate change and growth

• November 13: Carp Road construction meeting

• November 19: O.P.P. anti-fraud workshop

• Volunteers needed for the Parade of Lights

• Volunteers needed for outdoor rinks

• The law is changing for carbon monoxide alarms in homes

• Changes are coming to recycling (blue bin and black bin) on January 1

• Automated speed enforcement (speed camera) ban starts November 14

• Construction work along Huntmar, between Maple Grove and Palladium

• Saturday: Stittsville United Church Holly Jolly Christmas

• Saturday: FUNdraiser Market at Johnny Leroux arena

• Saturday: Ottawa West Arts Association launches “Beautiful Things” exhibit at CARDELREC

• Sunday: Market @ the Barn Holiday Market

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

This week’s updates:

• Stittsville Legion Poppy Campaign
• Hazardous Waste Depot today on Westbrook Drive (off Carp)
• Pumpkin Parade tonight at Village Square Park
• Ottawa Public Health measles alert
• November 10: Are We Ready - a panel on climate change and resilience
• November 13: Carp Road construction meeting
• November 19: Anti-fraud workshop
• Rouncey @ Tapadero; Rouncey @ Westphalian: Sidewalk upgrades
• Granite Ridge stormwater pond maintenance
• Terry Fox / Westphalian pathway upgrades
• Take our budget survey
• Lansdowne Park update
• Province bans speed cameras (Speed cameras work!)
• Traffic safety reminder
• Parade of Lights volunteers
• Outdoor rink volunteers
• Lion on the Beach travel raffle

Have a great week!

–Councillor Glen

This week’s updates:

• Robert Grant Avenue is open!

• Carp Road construction meeting on November 13

• West Ridge - pedestrian & cyclist safety & accessibility drop-in today 10am-noon

• Council approves primary care strategy + Kanata-Stittsville Health Hub motion

• We’re sending less to the landfill

• Site plans for a new school on Triangle, and for low-rise homes at 815 Roger Griffiths in Mapleton

• Training for snow plow operators

• Small Business Week

• Events today: Octoboofest, Fall Supper at Stittsville United Church

• November 1: Pumpkin Parade

• November 10: “Are We Ready” Resiliency panel

• November 19: O.P.P. Anti-fraud workshop

• Remembering Robin Derrick

• Remembering Robyn Guest

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

This week’s updates:

• Tree planting event by the Eco West Enders

• Stittsville Muslim Association coffeehouse on Sunday

• Primary care update: A new recruitment & retention strategy for Ottawa, plus a step forward on our Kanata-Stittsvile Primary Care Health Hub

• New license program for landscapers

• COVID & flu vaccine reminder

• Ottawa Police warn about distraction thefts

• Kichi Zībī Mīkan closures this weekend

• New pathway construction along Terry Fox near Westphalian

• October 25: West Ridge sidewalk & bike lane info

• November 10: Are We Ready? a panel about adapting to climate change and growth

• November 13: Carp Road construction info meeting

• Robert Grant Avenue update

• Legion poppy sales - volunteer opportunity

• Diwali starts on Monday

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

This week’s updates:

• Peak yard waste season
• Thanksgiving schedule changes
• Robert Grant Avenue “pre-opening” recap, plus what’s next
• Regional Group’s housing proposal for 560 Hazeldean Road
• Recap: Stittsville South update meeting
• Council approves Housing Task Force recommendations
• Update on Fernbank truck traffic
• October 25: Learn about sidewalk, accessibility, and cycling improvements for West Ridge
• RSV vaccines for older adults
• #weekwithoutdriving recap
• Upcoming events: glengower.ca/events/
• October 11: Stittsville Food Bank pumpkin giveaway
• October 11: Gobblefest
• October 12: Market @ The Barn - last one of the season
• October 16: Stittsville Village Association AGM
• October 18: 9RunRun
• October 18: Eco West Enders tree planting
• October 19: Stittsville Muslim Association coffeehouse

Have a great Thanksgiving weekend!

–Councillor Glen

This week’s update:

• #weekwithoutdriving
• Constantine Luty Park naming ceremony
• Metric Park grand opening, plus a record-setting attempt for “Longest Open House”
• SEA Canada opens its doors on Hazeldean
• National Day for Truth & Reconciliation - thanks to the Rotary Club & Legacy of Hope Foundation
• Shirley Sergeant celebrates 100 years
• October 7: Stittsville South info meeting
• 1883 Stittsville Main Street - construction info
• 6171 Hazeldean Road - tree removal
• October 4: Lone Mitten Project at the library
• October 5: Treat Accessibly Halloween on Baywood Drive
• October 9: Jokes for Jack
• RSV immunization campaign for infants & high risk children

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

This week’s update:

• Jour des Franco-Ontariens et Franco-Ontariennes
• Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)
• Speed cameras: They work!
• Return to office - supporting hybrid work at the City of Ottawa
• OC Transpo contract ratification
• Brae parking motion passes
• Home Bosses Youth Centre (Kiwanis)
• Hydro Ottawa - Alon equipment upgrades on October 2
• Stittsville South - Caivan development info meeting on October 7
• Carp Fair this weekend
• Saturday: Goulbourn Township Historical Society cemetery tour
• Sunday: Stittsville Muslim Association Community Expo Bazaar
• Monday: Western Ottawa Community Centre Open House
• Tuesday: Truth & Reconciliation Day
• October 4: Robert Grant Avenue “pre-opening” special event
• October 4: Constantine Luty Park ceremony
• October 5: Metric Park grand opening

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

This week’s updates:

• 4th Annual Quilt Walk at Mad About Patchwork
• Fall clean-up at R.J. Bell Rotary Peace Park, part of World Clean-up Day
• Shingwàkons student Japnam’s petition for more speed cameras and road safety
• Butter Tart Festival sells over 16,500 butter tarts!
• Robert Grant Avenue pre-opening event - ride/walk/roll/run on October 4
• 10e anniversaire de l’École secondaire catholique Paul-Desmarais
• Update on Caivan’s Stittsville South neighbourhood design
• Waste diversion at local parks, plus recycling responsibility moves from the City to the Province
• Immigrant Entrepreneur Awards
• Borehill drilling along Henry Walker Trail
• Sept 25: Housing & Homelessness Plan - open house / drop-in
• Sept 24: Home Bosses Youth Centre open house
• Sept 30: Truth & Reconciliation event
• Upcoming events: Richmond Fair, Scouting Apple Day, Apple Fest, lots more
• Shout out to Grant Dillenbeck

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

This week’s updates:

• Butter Tart Festival today; also Applefest

• Reminder about stopping for school buses

• Council Approves 2026 budget directions

• A motion about parking on Brae Street

• Latest draft of the new zoning by-law

• OC Transpo updates: O-Train testing; Moodie off-ramp; reliability

• Rack & Roll at CARDELREC

• Week Without Driving, September 29-October 5

• Stittsville South - Official Plan Amendment coming to Planning & Housing Committee

• Cleaning the Capital - special clean-up at Rotary Peace Park on September 20

• Borehill drilling along the Henry Walker pathway

• A shout-out to Grant Richardson

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

This week’s updates:

• Update on the fire at Flewellyn-Jones House, and a bit of history

• Stittsville Muslim Association - support from the community

• 1174 Carp Road - zoning by-law amendment going to City Council

• 4829 Abbott Street East - development application for low-rise townhomes

• Ottawa Public Health back-to-school vaccination reminder

• Hop123 app from EnviroCentre - walking to school

• Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society Fall Plant Sale today

• Food Drive for Operation Come Home, organized by the Rotary Club

• Next Saturday: Butter Tart Festival

• More events at glengower.ca/events/

• Cleaning the Capital, including a special event on September 20

• Carp Road off-ramp overnight closures for repairs

• A call for neighbourhood skating rink volunteers

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

This week’s updates:

• Supporting the Stittsville Muslim Association after an incident of hateful vandalism
• Support for Ottawa’s Jewish community
• Ottawa Public Health resources to help cope with stressful events
• Bike Rodeo today at CARDELREC
• Upcoming events - including the weekly parkrun and Market @ The Barn
• Register for Cleaning the Capital
• The City of Ottawa’s return-to-office mandate
• Update on this week’s power outage
• 1174 Carp Road coming to Planning & Housing Committee on Wednesday
• Idylea Linear Park (Idylea pathway)
• Back to school, OC Transpo, road safety

Have an excellent long weekend!

–Councillor Glen

This week’s updates:

• Capital Pride week

• Robert Grant Avenue update

• Back to school / la rentrée

• Crossing guards needed!

• OC Transpo fall schedule starts Sunday

• Public engagement for Idylea Linear Park (pathway)

• Public engagement on future skateboard parks

• Registration is open for Fall Cleaning the Capital

• West Nile Virus / mosquitos

• Hazeldean Road - construction in Kanata

• Saturday: Block Party in support of the Food Bank

• Saturday: CornFest at Village Square Park

• Thursday: Stittsville Business Association After 5 Exchange

   

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

This week’s updates:

• A reminder about accessibility & how you can help
• Stittsville events including the Restore Reads book Fair; Zonta Club “Paint the Ladies Orange”; Kiwanis Movie Night; Pride Week Flag Raising; Saturday parkrun; Sunday Market @ The Barn; more.
• Chief Stubbs visited Stittsville and we talked about traffic enforcement
• Update on a potential future Poole Creek Pathway extension
• Glen Cairn stormwater pond maintenance
• Hazeldean @ Savage - development information meeting
• OC Transpo: Route 61/62/63 detour update + fare capping for Presto
• Cleaning the Capital: Stittsville was #1 in the spring + fall registration starts this week
• Heat warning

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

This week’s updates:

• More road safety reminders

• Drowning Prevention Week

• Council approves the Transportation Master Plan

• OC Transpo’s starring role at Bluesfest

• Hazeldean @ Savage development info meeting

• Police Chief Eric Stubbs is coming to Stittsville – what are your questions and feedback

• Stittsville Main Street hanging flower pilot

• Hazardous Waste Depot at Canadian Tire Centre today

• Lasagna Jamboree at Village Square Park

• Pride Week Flag Raising in Stittsville on August 17

   

Have an excellent week!

—Councillor Glen

This week’s updates:

• Road safety reminders
• E-bike and e-scooter rules
• Congrats to the SVA for a successful “Music and Movies at the Park”
• West Side Pride today Alexander Grove
• “Welcome to Stittsville” Newcomer’s Guide
• Stittsville Main Street hanging flower pilot
• Ottawa Alerts via Alertable - weather and other emergency notifications
• Map of existing and future schools in Stittsville
• Development updates
• Palladium Drive stormwater pond maintenance
• Johnwoods sidewalk renewal
• Transportation Master Plan at City Council this week
• Get your tickets for the Lion on the beach travel lottery!

Have an excellent week!

—Councillor Glen

This week’s updates:

• Staying cool during extreme heat
• Road safety reminders after several serious collisions involving pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists
• Ottawa Safety Council is hiring crossing guards in Stittsville
• Remembering Damien Brown-Graham
• Ottawa Police Mounted Unit (horses) visit Stittsville
• Stittsville Main Street - adopt a flower pot in this year’s pilot project
• Development updates
• Local events, including the Stittsville Village Association’s Music & Movies in the Park, and West Side Pride
• OC Transpo & Bluesfest
• Contacting Canada Post to report vandalism or damage to mailboxes
• Rail bridge replacement on Carling Avenue between Moodie and Hertzberg

Have an excellent week!

—Councillor Glen

This week’s updates:

• Canada Day - thank you to event organizers
• Groundbreaking at “The Station” on Stittsville Main
• Ottawa Symphony Orchestra at Alexander Grove
• Upcoming events glengower.ca/events/
• OC Transpo - 246,000 trips on July 1, next up Bluesfest, plus a local map
• Vacant office building transformed into transitional housing
• Crossing guard recruitment in Stittsville
• Robert Grant Avenue - construction update and overnight work
• Call 3-1-1 for parks maintenance & be nice to your neighbours
• Let’s Bike Month - congrats to our Stittsville riders who logged 4,600km in June!

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

This week’s updates:

• Canada Day events and activities in Stittsville
• Fireworks safety reminder
• July 2: Ottawa Symphony Orchestra at Alexander Grove
• Lion on the Beach fundraising raffle
• Transportation Master Plan, and a potential new pathway from Stittsville Main to Amberwood, plus an update on Robert Grant Avenue construction
• OC Transpo facility tour, employee appreciation, plus summer service, Canada Day, Bluesfest
• Hydro Ottawa answers on power outages
• Improvements in Paramedic response times
• Welcome Isabelle Skalski, new councillor for Osgoode Ward
• Overnight construction at Robert Grant Avenue & Abbott
• Wild Parsnip spraying update
• Reminder about accessible parking permits
• Road safety reminder
• Congrats to local graduates!

–Councillor Glen

This week’s updates:

• Indigenous Celebration for National Indigenous Peoples Day at Holy Spirit Parish

• Events this weekend including Foley-Peeters Party in the Park (Yakabuski Park); Bryanston Gate Community Picnic; Stittsville Lions bottle drive and launch of the Lion on the Beach travel lottery; Stittsville Family Bike Ride
• Stittsville Porch Music Festival continues next Thursday
• Looking ahead to Canada Day events in Stittsville
• City of Ottawa will be examining three options for landfills and waste-to-energy incineration
• Stittsville Main Street secondary plan update
• Transportation Master Plan coming to committee
• 1518 Stittsville Main Street (“The Station”) construction info
• Foxes and other animals
• OC Transpo and route 262
• Tony Graham Youth work-out pass valid for CARDELREC
• E-scooter safety
• Extreme heat resources from Ottawa Public Health

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen

This week’s updates:

• Welcome to Stittsville Multicultural Festival - THANK YOU!
• June 19: Stittsville Porch Music Festival
• Saturday events: Lions BBQ, Fundraiser market, Nannipat’s Lemonade, Hazeldean Gardens car show
• June 22: Stittsville Family Bike Ride
• Stittsville Public School - an award-winning story from Alex for Habitat for Humanity
• Canadian Red Cross emergency preparedness + new Alertable app from the City of Ottawa
• Planning & development: 2775 Palladium proposed hotel & aquatic centre; Abbott’s Run at Planning & Housing Committee; potential Secondary Plan changes for Stittsville Main Street
• Transit Committee recap: LRT construction update, bus fleet issues
• Tony Graham Youth Workout Pass
• Let’s Bike Month - Stittsville Main cycling shortcuts
• Automated Speed Enforcement (speed camera) coming to Abbott Street
• Hello to Boris in Ukraine

Have an excellent week!

–Councillor Glen