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Coun. Scott Moffatt hosts a podcast about Rideau-Goulbourn. The Rideau Goulbourn Podcast, hosted by Coun. Scott Moffatt, is in its 11th episode now. The latest edition focuses on the current City of Ottawa ward boundary review, which considers how to potentially redraw Ottawa’s wards in order to be more representative of the population. ...

The city’s projects to revitalize Vanier are a part of “Vision Vanier”. The City of Ottawa has posted this video on their website to explain the Vision Vanier initiatives. Here’s some details from their website: Vision Vanier is an umbrella initiative of City projects that aim to revitalize Vanier and turn it into a liveable neighbourhood. ...

City Hall (photo/Devyn Barrie) The city is looking for your feedback on their “Five Big Moves” report for the new official plan. There are surveys on engage.ottawa.ca on five topics: Growth, Mobility, Urban Design, Resiliency and the Economy. The surveys are very quick to fill out and are one way for you to have a say on each of the big moves discussed in the report. ...

Photo/Devyn Barrie Councillors Scott Moffatt and Jeff Leiper had an interesting exchange on Twitter today, where they laid out some boilerplate comments heard often in municipal politics and what they really mean. “I’m in favour of development but just not this development” ...

Ottawa City Hall (Photo/Devyn Barrie) Say what you will about Kanata South Coun. Allan Hubley, but the man is efficient. He not only smeared a respected reporter last week, but in doing so also debased himself and embarrassed our city and the rest of council. ...

Photo: OttWatch’s Kevin O’Donnell enters political donation data. (Via Twitter) After about two weeks of effort, OttWatch and volunteers have digitized almost all campaign donation records for the 2018 municipal election. The website for city hall nerds, run by Kevin O’Donnell, now has more than 2,700 (over 78 per cent) of 3,490 donations for the 2018 vote entered into their database. ...

The City of Ottawa posted this pic to their Twitter feed back in January 2013. That’s a lot of snow. See also: Ottawa winter storm guide Toboggan hills Ski and snowboard guide This post was originally published Feb. 3, 2013

The city is working on replacing its clunky e-agenda system and you can now take a look at what will replace it. The current system, SIRE, was adopted around 2011 and hosts all agendas, minutes, supporting materials and recordings for city meetings. ...

There was a lot of news in city politics this week. Here’s a recap: Committee chairs and members picked On Wednesday, council approved nominations for committees, boards and agencies as well as deputy mayors. The deputy mayors, a ceremonial position, are Matthew Luloff, Laura Dudas and George Darouze. ...

Ottawa’s new city council has taken office for the 2018-2022 term. While there are many familiar faces, this council features seven newbies. Here’s how to get in touch with them. Not sure who your councillor is? Look them up on ottawa. ...