Reporting Traffic Incidents
If you don’t tell ’em, they don’t know…
Billings Bridge Changes, Bank Street Bike Lanes
On September 14, 2023, Council approved a plan to add a bike lane in each direction on Bank Street between Riverside Drive westbound and Chesley Street, including on the Billings Bridge. The recommended plan proposes reducing the number of through-lanes for vehicles on this segment from two per direction to one, in order to accommodate the bike lanes. The plan also includes modifications at the Riverside Drive and Riverdale Avenue intersections to provide right-turn…
SpareOurAir
A heated debate on improving air quality.
IDEA Committee Tolerance Letter
Dear members of our community, In times of uncertainty, it is easy to separate ourselves. While the trail of division has not always been a clear-cut path, it should be the road less travelled. It is vital that we open the lines of communication and listen to one another. Now more than ever, education and compassion should be the means to reaching an understanding.
Indigenous Resource List
The recently renamed OSCA Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) Committee offers the following list of educational resources regarding Indigenous issues in Canada.
Healthy Aging in Old Ottawa South
Should we make OOS a model community for healthy aging? Help SWOOS with this creative visioning exercise! Senior Watch of Old Ottawa South believes that healthy aging, community involvement and economic regeneration are synergistic. We would like to demonstrate this by making Old Ottawa South a model age-friendly community as we rebuild from the pandemic. Our group of volunteers are working to identify needs as well as creative responses. We need to hear from…
Diversity & Inclusion Assistant Job Posting
OSCA’s Diversity & Inclusion Working Group is now hiring a Diversity & Inclusion Assistant! Check out the full job posting here and if you are interested, please submit your resume and cover letter to diversityandinclusion@oldottawasouth.ca.
Your responses to the question about physicians and other health care needs in OOS
Last month in the OSCAR and on line we asked OOS residents whether they are concerned about not having a doctor in the neighbourhood.
SWOOS Terms of Reference 2020
OSCA Senior Watch Old Ottawa South (SWOOS) Terms of Reference 2020 Role Senior Watch Old Ottawa South: Advises the OSCA Board on issues related to senior residents in Old Ottawa South Acts as a liaison between community members, public bodies and the Board Increases awareness of resources available to seniors Informs the community and invites dialogue by various means, such as its monthly columns in the OSCAR, on OSCA’s Social Media listing it’s e-mail…
SWOOS Objectives & Strategies 2020-2021
OSCA Senior Watch Old Ottawa South (SWOOS) Objectives & Strategies May 2020 – 2021 Old Ottawa South is a great community for young and old. SWOOS endeavours to enhance the quality of life for and with our senior residents in terms of:
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