Winter is almost over. The Ottawa Farmers’ Market (Barrhaven) restarts this Sunday, and will be at the Nepean Woods Park and Ride every Sunday from 10 am to 2 pm until the end of October.
This week’s newsletter includes:
an update on the upcoming installation of three-stream waste containers at Cresthaven and Stonecrest parks
information about the future of parks waste collection
and the usual bite-sized updates
A friendly reminder that waste collection (garbage, blue bin, green bin, yard waste) is delayed by a day this week, as Monday was Victoria Day.
This week’s newsletter includes an update on the proposed disc golf baskets and the usual smorgasbord of bite-sized updates.
Happy belated Mother’s Day! In this week’s newsletter:
3400 Woodroffe, notes from the public meeting
South end truck route study
Bite-sized updates from around the community
It’s a shorter newsletter this week, as substantive updates have been flowing bi-weekly lately. There are a few bite-sized items that have been added or updated, though!
This month, Ottawa joins communities across Canada in celebrating National Pride Month. June is a time to uplift the voices, histories and contributions of 2SLGBTQQIA+ people.
The City will continue the Alcohol in Parks pilot this year, running from Monday, June 1 to Saturday, October 31.
This pilot project, which was approved by City Council in spring 2025, allows the personal consumption of alcohol in designated areas of select parks between 11 am and 9 pm.
The Impact of Ottawa Public Library (2025) showed that 88 per cent of clients and 65 per cent of non-clients agreed that a public library allows them to discover a much broader range of knowledge than they would be able to on their own. Learn more about the Ottawa Public Library in our 2025 Annual Report.
Cancer screening helps to find cancers earlier when survival is better and treatments are less intensive. Your primary care provider (PCP) can ensure your cancer screening is up to date.
If you don’t have a PCP, you can access cancer screening through the one-of-a-kind Champlain Screening Outreach program.
Ottawa Fire Services has officially migrated to Next Generation 9-1-1, following Ottawa Police Service’s successful migration in March. Next Generation 9-1-1, also known as NG9-1-1, is a behind-the-scenes upgrade to the core infrastructure of Canada’s 9-1-1 network.
💡Ottawa Public Library has hosted 11,547 programs in 2025 Learn more about the Ottawa Public Library in our 2025 Annual Report.
