On the morning of Saturday, September 27, 2025, the streets of Convent Glen North filled with the cheerful sound of laughter, bike bells, and even a handful of cow bells. This Orléans edition of the K...

For October, check out our upcoming events, community news, featured photos taken by our residents, and so much more!

For October, check out our upcoming events, community news, featured photos taken by our residents, and so much more!

Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com I recently took responsibility for a group of 7-8-year-old scouts (castor with “les Scouts d’Orléans”). I have been immersed in learning the new program, as I have never been involved at that level as an adult and have been out of the Scouts for a long time. I have been tangentially aware of the problems our kids face as a father of two kids (3 and 7), but I have not taken a deep dive into those issues until now.

By Chantal Boudreau, member of the Environment Committee Fall is just around the corner and that means harvest season is here for several fruit trees! Elderberry cluster, harvested here in Orléans! Over the Summer, I became a Neighbourhood Leader with Hidden Harvest (more on them below!). I’d participated in harvests with them before and enjoyed how accessible they were. There's no experience required, all specialized equipment is provided, and there's something everyone can help with, such as picking or sorting.

Get ready to pedal and play! On Saturday, September 27, 2025, the streets of Convent Glen North will be filled with smiling families, colorful bikes, and a collective call for safer neighbourhoods to ...

For the past three days, something remarkable has been happening in my neighborhood of Convent Glen North. A newly updated park (‘The Sand Park’, as my kids have called it) just reopened on Monday in ...

For September, check out our upcoming events, community news, featured photos taken by our residents, and so much more!

The concept for this article started with a simple, hopeful idea: to organize a Kidical Mass family bike ride in my community. We’ve been doing Pedal and Play rides throughout the spring and summer,…

Earlier this week, the Ottawa Citizen published an interesting article about the upload of the 174 to the province. While I generally agree that the residents of Ottawa should not be on the hook for paying for infrastructure that is designed to move people across different cities, the article shows a risk that we will be exposed to because of that upload.

September 27 @ 9:30 am – 12:00 pm Family Bike Ride – September 27, 2025 Registration not required but encouraged to receive updates to this event (such as weather). RVSP Directly

Photo by Jess Bailey Designs on Pexels.com Hello Convent Glen Orleans Wood CA Members, I frequently hear from people who aren't aware of our ongoing and upcoming events, so I'll share them here. You can also check out the following pages at any time for the latest community information: Community Activities – Annual Roadmap Events Calendar Current Volunteer Opportunities Recurring Events (Next 7 Days)

In the ongoing conversation about how to solve Ottawa’s housing and transportation crises, a single solution is often presented as a silver bullet. As presented, Transit-Oriented Development, or TOD i...

“It’s 2 PM on a Thursday, why am I going 10 kph on the highway?!” It’s a near-universal frustration for residents of Orléans: being stuck in traffic. Most of us have experienced the rush-hour crawl on...

by Gillian Cantello, CGOW Environment Committee Source: https://24x7mag.com/standards/servicing-legislation/right-to-repair/inside-the-right-to-repair/ When was the last time your smartphone slowed to...

Let’s take a hypothetical drive down any of Orleans’ commercial strips – in particular I usually focus on St. Joseph Boulevard. What often strikes me first isn’t the vibrant shops, services, and local...

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The Nebula | Home-based Business Rentals | Evospace | 845 Champlain A new multi-unit apartment building is currently being built in our neighbourhood, and it’s a frequent topic of conversation among locals. It’s not the first infill development, and it won’t be the last, but this one is right at the intersection of two main streets, so it’s more visible than most of these developments will be.