LIGHT RAIL OPEN HOUSE TONIGHT ! - Thursday Dec.

7th from 5:30 to 8:00 pm

(presentation 6:00 pm) at the Kanata Recreation Complex, Hall A. This is your last
opportunity to provide input on the route being finalized by the consultants for approval by
Council in the spring. If you have any questions, please dont hesitate to contact me or
Angela Taylor, the Senior Project Engineer atangela.taylor@ottawa.ca.

KANATA HIGHLANDS EXPANSION LANDS PUBLIC MEETING - Tuesday Dec 12th, 6-

8 pm at the Mlacak Centre. We will be discussing the Kanata Highlands Urban Expansion
Lands (from Terry Fox to Huntmar across from the Richardson Ridge). Both the owners and
city staff will be presenting their plans for development.

OTTAWA HOSPITAL I attended a presentation on the proposed new Civic Campus on

November 27th. Our Queensway Carleton Hospital provides a lot of basic service for us but
we also need the Civic for serious cases which also has impacts on us. They said that the
new campus will take about 5 years to plan and design and 5 years to build. The public is
asked to be involved and be part of the process so go www.greatertogether.ca/engage to
find out how and see lots of information about the site and what is planned.

KANATA KOURIER-STANDARD
Like many of you I was saddened to hear about the plans to shut our local newspaper down.
Ive been involved with contributing to this paper since the late 1960s when it was a
mimeographed monthly produced by the Community Association to becoming the paper we
receive today. Despite what some say, many people in Kanata look forward to reading the
paper every week. I provide a column every week and have done that all of the time that
Ive been in office, so residents can know where I stand on issues and how they can become
involved in local issues that impact them. Weve had independently written articles about
matters in our community, photos of events and community notices. For now if you have
any information you would like to send out to the community please email it my office and
we can put it on our website.

OC TRANSPO CHANGES
Tickets are not available for purchase anymore you must use cash or the Presto e-Purse
instead. It will cost you the same or less. The new winter schedules take effect on most
routes on Christmas Eve. The new routes and route extensions will add service to growing
communities. The Transitway will be extended west to Moodie Station at Moodie and
Corkstown by the end of 2017. Special holiday service will be in place from Dec. 24 to Jan.
5.

CHRISTMAS CARD CONTEST Thank you to everyone who participated in the my

Christmas Card contest. It was definitely a tough decision this year the entries
were amazing. I will have the winning entries posted on my website.

Christmas Social What a great event we enjoyed songs, dancing from other
cultures and harp music from my granddaughter. It was a wondering way to start
the holiday season.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Dec 7 LRT Environmental Assessment Open House, 5:30pm, KRC

Dec. 9 Goulbourn Male Chorus Concert, 7pm, Trinity Church, 1817
Richardson Side Rd
Dec. 12 Kanata Highlands Expansion Open House, 6pm
Dec 16 - Kanata Choral Society, 7:30pm, St. Pauls Church, 20 Young Rd