nature & environment

The goats at the Constance Creek Wildlife Refuge in Dunrobin love feasting on old Christmas trees. From their Facebook page : _ Drop off your trees at CCWR! The goats enjoy nibbling away every needle and piece of bark … they get a welcome change of diet, vitamin C and natural deworming! ...

The City of Ottawa Commemorative Naming Committee is conducting public consultations on three separate naming proposals to: * Rename the North Gower Bowling Alley as “Gerry Lines Bowling Alley” * Rename Arena 1 within the Ray Friel Recreation Complex as “Ron Racette Arena” * Name the kitchen in the Tanglewood Park Community Centre as the “Franz Gierer Kitchen” ** Gerry Lines Bowling Alley (Ward 21 – Rideau-Goulbourn) ** In recognition of Gerry Lines’ extensive community service, the City of Ottawa has been asked to rename the North Gower Bowling Alley as the “Gerry Lines Bowling Alley”. ...

The Rideau Valley Wildlife Sanctuary is asking motorists on Hunt Club to stop feeding a coyote who lives in the forest nearby. The coyote’s starting to become comfortable approaching cars, and the group is concerned he’s going to be hit, or get too comfortable with humans. ...

The City congratulated 48 Ottawa residents tonight during the inaugural Snow Angels Recognition Event held at Centrepointe Studio Theatre. A Snow Angel is a neighbour or friend who has volunteered to help someone who is elderly or has a disability, to improve their accessibility during the winter by clearing snow or ice from their driveway, steps or walkway. ...

After leaked documents exposed a TransCanada plan to attack organizations and municipalities opposed to the controversial Energy East pipeline, many of those groups signalled their intention to not be silenced by TransCanada. The documents highlighting a strategy to promote the Energy East pipeline by undertaking a pseudo-grassroots campaign were released earlier on Greenpeace’s website. ...

TransCanada is planning to return to the Ottawa-area on Tuesday, November 18th, to host an open-house around its controversial proposed Energy East pipeline. Local groups, including Sustainable North Grenville, Ecology Ottawa, the Council of Canadians, and 350.org, are planning to attend the open house to distribute their information and show the visible opposition of Ottawa and Kemptville residents. ...

** Garden Dedication ** ** Norman Johnston Alternate Program ** ** Friday, November 14 ** ** 11:00 - 11:45 am ** ** 2401 Cleroux Cres. ** ** ** ** Blackburn ** ** Hamlet ** Norman Johnston Alternate Program never looked so green. ...

_ Ecology Ottawa and 350.org have planned an action to deploy “No Energy East” Jack-O-Lanterns tonight around the ** Prime Minister’s Office (Langevin Block) at 6:30pm ** . _ With TransCanada today filing their application with the National Energy Board to build the Energy East pipeline, Ecology Ottawa joins communities and organizations across the country who have pledged to not allow the Energy East pipeline to be built. ...

A pro-environment consensus among candidates for city council is not shared by all candidates for mayor, raising the potential for conflict over issues such as transportation, climate change and the Energy East pipeline proposal according to an elections survey released today by local environmental organization Ecology Ottawa. ...

A birchbark canoe, made by Algonquin Elder William Commanda and gifted to the Friends of Gatineau Park by the Waddell family, will now be part of the National Capital Commission’s (NCC) Gatineau Park Visitor Centre.  The canoe was unveiled this morning in Gatineau Park by Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Chief Gilbert W. ...