Greenspace Alliance of Canada's CapitalCarp River / Kanata West: New Part II Order Requests Filed
Fourteen months after City Council accepted the Third Party Review (TPR) report, staff posted Notices of Completion for the amended Kanata West / Carp River environmental assessments. By the August 29, 2010 deadline, several Part II Order Requests had been filed:
Invitation to a fund-raising Garden Party for the Poets' Pathway
You're invited to a Garden Party to help raise funds for the Poets' Pathway!
Date: Sunday, September 5, 2010
(Rain date: September 6, Labour Day)
Please see the attached for further details.
Mayoralty Debate Set for September 26
Sixteen environmental organizations in Ottawa, including the Greenspace Alliance, are organizing a mayoralty debate for the October 25 municipal election.
The debate will take place on Sunday, September 26, 7 - 9 p.m. in the Auditorium of St. Paul's University, 223 Main Street. (Come at 6:30 as the debate will start promptly at 7.)
For more information and detail, including a media release, please go to the Ecology Ottawa web site.
Appeal of Water Taking Permit at Leitrim Settled
On March 23, 2010, the Environmental Review Tribunal accepted a settlement that had been reached between the developers of Findlay Creek Village and the Appellants (the Greenspace Alliance and Sierra Club Canada) acting on behalf of the Friends of Leitrim Wetland. In July 2009, the Tribunal had granted leave to appeal a 10-year Permit To Take Water on three narrow grounds. Ever since, Ecojustice at uOttawa, led by its Director, Linda McCaffrey, and a dedicated core of the Friends and their advisers have been hard at work to make the most of what could be accomplished under the circumstances.
Greenspace Alliance Online - Welcome
Welcome to the Greenspace Alliance of Canada's Capital – an organization that joins individuals and citizens' groups to protect significant green spaces in the national capital area.
We provide sensible, reliable information, and have earned a reputation for it in city planning circles. Our members include scientists, journalists and economists, and we place emphasis on factual information. We are not opposed to development – in fact, we support good planning and a rational, sustainable relationship with our environment in order to create livable, breathable urban spaces.
Our website offers a lot of information on things happening right here in Canada's capital and environs, much of which you will not find in any paid publication or government website. Here's why: we do not rely on advertising or corporate contributions, all work is done on a volunteer basis, and we have nothing to hide.
We hope you find this site enriching and useful. You're invited to create an account and participate in the discussion forums.
Thank you for visiting.
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