Join us for a relaxed and intimate night of poetry! We'll explore concepts of ecopoetry and collage to generate ideas and create momentos. Local poet, Ellen Chang-Richardson, will lead you through a v...

Anishinabe Algonquin Days (September 18-19, 2026) image from Anishinabe Algonquin Nation / City of Ottawa event page The land, water, natural environment we live in, and our relationships with and …

Poster courtesy Fridays For Future Ottawa After this summer’s flooding, record rainfall, and wildfire smoke, the effects of climate change are all too evident for Ottawa residents. The extreme weat…

Anishinabe Algonquin Days (September 18-19, 2026) image from Anishinabe Algonquin Nation / City of Ottawa event page The land, water, natural environment we live in, and our relationships with and …

Poster courtesy Fridays For Future Ottawa After this summer’s flooding, record rainfall, and wildfire smoke, the effects of climate change are all too evident for Ottawa residents. The extreme weat…

City staff says Bill 60 will have a "relatively modest impact" on city's ability to build planned cycling infrastructure.

An Ontario provincial government fund that pays insurance claims to people including those who were injured and killed hit and runs has scaled back the compensation it pays out to be in line with rece...

Image courtesy of School of Never-Ending Learning Here’s a wonderful opportunity to reflect on forests and their significance—and much more: to learn from and about the Algonquin people on whose la…

Photo by Nicolai Papove Gregory, NPG Studio, submitted by Jennifer Haughton, CPAWS-OV Guest post by Jennifer Haughton, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) Ottawa Valley Chapter. Thank you…

Statement from Sam Hersh, Clean Transportation Program Manager Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – Cutting $5

May this new calendar year bring you renewed energy for the paths ahead—to move through sometimes overwhelming challenges toward a more sustainable and just world. The concept of “new year&#8…

O-Train – D. Deby photo Following weeks of consultations and committee deliberations, the City’s 2026 budget goes to Ottawa City Council on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025 for a final decision. The …

The City of Ottawa has named EBC Inc. as the successful bidder to build Lansdowne 2.0, as the project moves toward a final decision at council with a total cost that has barely budged in two years.

Poster courtesy of Fridays For Future Ottawa Every day seems to bring intensifying crises, each more unthinkable than the last. Canada is burning, while its political leaders pull out the same old …

Kichi Sibi (Ottawa River) from Kìwekì Point – D. Deby photo What if we treated the natural world around us with respect? As if we (humans) were part of it, contributors to it and interdepende…

Image via Climate Justice Ottawa In the previous post, I wrote about problematic federal and provincial “nation-building” legislation, and alternatives that move towards a just and sustainable futu…

Mayor Mark Sutcliffe boasted that Canada Day had record-breaking ridership on the LRT Line 1. He forgot to mention OC Transpo was free.