by Glen Gower | Dec 11, 2025 | Notebook
(Originally published in my Substack newsletter.) (Photo: With my council colleagues Marty Carr and Jeff Leiper, checking out the train schedule back in December 2024.) City Council passed the 2026 City Budget late on Wednesday night. Some notes and numbers about the...
by Glen Gower | Dec 5, 2025 | Information, Notebook
La version française suit Earlier this week I dropped in to the Stittsville Food Bank to check in with Theresa Qadri, the organization’s Chair. She says that December is always their busiest time of year, with donations ramping up as the need continues to grow. They...
by Glen Gower | Dec 5, 2025 | Notebook
La version française suit For the last several weeks we have been asking Stittsville residents to share their feedback about the 2026 Draft Budget. We’ve held three pop-up activities at local grocery stores where we talked to dozens of residents on a wide...
by Glen Gower | Nov 25, 2025 | Notebook
La version française suit This week, the Transit Committee approved OC Transpo’s 2026 draft budget and it will now rise to Council on December 10, 2026. Operating and capital budgets continue to make significant investments in the transit system, bringing the draft...
by Glen Gower | Nov 16, 2025 | Information, Notebook
La version française suit (This post was originally shared on my Substack newsletter.) Here’s part of an email I received from a Stittsville resident named Vince back in June: “I would just like to register my dissatisfaction with this 3 bag garbage limit nonsense....
by Glen Gower | Nov 3, 2025 | Notebook
La version française suit City Council will be making a decision on Friday, November 7 on the future of Lansdowne Park. At committee last week, we heard from nearly 90 delegations, we asked questions to city staff, and we debated the pros and cons of the plan in front...
