Press Clips
OCTOBER 2009
Oct. 14, NCC Press Release: AECOM – Delcan to lead next phase of the interprovincial crossings Environmental Assessment Study
AUGUST 2009
Aug. 30, Maria Cook’s blog: Today’s Classic Air Rally is reminder of Kettle Island bridge impact
JUNE 2009
June 25, Designing Ottawa: Design Tourist Ottawa: The Musical Ride
MAY 2009
May 13, Ottawa Citizen: Bridge building
APRIL 2009
Apr. 10, Ottawa Citizen: Need a transit plan
Apr. 7, Ottawa Citizen: New NCC ombudsman set to solve problems
Apr. 7, Orleans Star: New community group opposes Greenbelt bridge options
Apr. 3, Ottawa Citizen: Tinkering with the Split
MARCH 2009
Mar. 25, Ottawa Business Journal: Chamber plans stimulus of its own
Mar. 21, Globe and Mail: ‘Abuse’ foreseen in assessment exemptions
Mar. 20, Orleans Star: Lower Duck best for city, traffic woes, politicians
Mar. 19, Orleans Star: Say no to a bridge in Orleans
Mar. 14, Ottawa Citizen: Slow it down in Lowertown: Bédard
Mar. 10, Ontario Tourism Press Release: Ontario helps attract Genies to Ottawa
FEBRUARY 2009
Feb. 28. Ottawa Citizen: Letter calls for public input on bridge study
Feb. 28, Orleans Star: Jurisdictional confusion plagues bridge debate
Feb. 24, Ottawa Citizen: MPP would transfer bridge problem
Feb. 22, Orleans Star: NCC takes departure from the past
Feb. 18, Press Release: MP Mauril Bélanger congratulates the NCC for its latest decision
Feb. 17, Ottawa Citizen: No bridge without agreement: Meilleur
Feb. 14, Orleans Online: Motivation to build new bridge questionable
Feb. 14, Ottawa Citizen: NCC opts to study 3 bridge routes
Feb. 14, Ottawa Sun: NCC adds 2 options to new bridge plan
Feb. 13, CBC Ottawa: Ottawa given 3 choices for new interprovincial bridge
Feb. 13, Orleans Star: Study to look at Lower Duck, Kettle Island sites NCC decides
Feb. 13, CTV Ottawa: NCC to study three locations for new inter-provincial bridge (with video clip)
Feb. 13, MPCA Press Release: Opponents of Kettle Island Corridor undaunted by NCC decision
Feb. 13, Ottawa Citizen: Trashing treasures
Feb. 13, Ottawa Citizen: Smarten up, city politicians
Feb. 12, Ottawa Citizen: Council meeting spins out of control
Feb. 11, Maria Cook’s blog: Interprovincial bridge: update
Feb. 11, Ottawa Citizen: Bridge work can’t give short-term stimulus
Feb. 10, Ottawa Citizen: Kettle Island best bridge site, mayors say
Feb. 9, Ottawa Citizen: Build the bridge — now
Feb. 7, Ottawa Citizen: Preposterous Proposal
Feb. 7, Ottawa Citizen: Autoroute 50 better investment than $500M bridge
Feb. 6, Orleans Star: City deferral on bridge angers residents
Feb. 6, Orleans Star: Mayor supports Kettle Island crossing
Feb. 6, Ottawa Citizen: Bridge process at risk right from the start
Feb. 4, Ottawa Sun: NCC not bound to Kettle plan: CEO
Feb. 3, Ottawa Citizen: Time to move on a new bridge, NCC head says
Feb. 2, Ottawa Citizen: There’s good reason to delay bridge choice
JANUARY 2009
Jan. 31, Ottawa Citizen: Kettle Island editorial defies all logic
Jan. 29, Ottawa Citizen: Provinces wade into bridge dispute
Jan. 28, Ottawa Citizen: Backlash grows against Kettle Island bridge
Jan. 28, Ottawa Citizen: Three councillors wrong on Kettle Island
Jan. 28, Ottawa Citizen: Approve bridge to aid economy
Jan. 23, Ottawa Citizen: NCC waits on council before backing bridge
Jan. 20, Ottawa Citizen: A bridge at Quyon
Jan. 19, Ottawa Citizen: Pollution our concern
Jan. 16, Ottawa Citizen: It’s not OK for humans to get noisy bridge
Jan. 14, Orleans Star: Council pushes ahead Kettle Island, reconsiders Lower Duck
Jan. 14, Ottawa Citizen: Council votes to consider second bridge plan
Jan. 14, Ottawa Citizen: Gatineau has its own concerns
Jan. 13, Ottawa Citizen: Council to vote on bridge plan
Jan. 13, CBC Ottawa: NCC should look at 2nd site for interprovincial bridge: Ottawa committee
Jan. 13, Ottawa Citizen: Residents fight over route of river
Jan. 12, CBC Ottawa: Fight continues over planned Kettle Island bridge (with video clip)
Jan. 12, CTV Ottawa: Residents say ‘No’ to bridge at Kettle Island
Jan. 12, Ottawa Citizen: Residents fight over route of bridge
Jan. 9, Orleans Online: Community associations endorse Kettle Island bridge recommendation
Jan. 8, Ottawa Citizen: Kettle Island report downplays our concerns
Jan. 7, Metro Ottawa: Community says bridge over Kettle Island still best
Jan. 6, Ottawa Citizen: Kettle Island best bet for bridge
Jan. 5, Ottawa Citizen: A response to the bridge
DECEMBER 2008
Dec. 26, Ottawa Citizen (From 2008 Year in Review): ‘Best’ bridge site are actually ‘the worst’
Dec. 22, Ottawa Citizen: Aviation museum to get $7m expansion
Dec. 22, Ottawa Citizen: We must protect our neighbourhoods
Dec. 22, Ottawa Citizen: Get on with bridge
Dec. 19, Ottawa Citizen: What kind of Ottawa do you want?
Dec. 16, Ottawa Citizen: It’s quality of life
Dec. 15, Ottawa Citizen: Amusing himself
Dec. 12, Ottawa Citizen: By Jeeves. A bridge? Humbug
Dec. 11, Ottawa Citizen: Bridge decision to take 6 months
Dec. 11, Ottawa Citizen: Growing traffic problems
Dec. 10, Ottawa Citizen: Added pressures
Dec. 8, Ottawa Citizen: Kettle Island bridge study has many failings
Dec. 5, Ottawa Citizen: Panic in the east-end parks
Dec. 4, Ottawa Citizen: Critics of Kettle Island bridge steal show at NCC meeting
NOVEMBER 2008
Nov. 16, Ottawa Citizen: Use tracks, not trucks
Nov. 15, Ottawa Citizen: Surely the people most affected by a new bridge should have some say
Nov. 13, Metro Ottawa: Pedestrian deaths avoidable: Group
Nov. 7, Orleans Star: Kettle Island crossing not an option
Nov. 6, Ottawa Citizen: Bridge won’t affect Montfort, expert says
Nov. 6, Ottawa Citizen: Governments must end carnage on truck routes
Nov. 5, Ottawa Citizen: Montfort urges rejection of Kettle Island Bridge
Nov. 5, CBC News: Montfort Hospital fights proposed Kettle Island bridge
Nov. 5, Orleans Star: Montfort Hospital opposes Kettle Island bridge
Nov. 4, Ottawa Citizen: Truck terror
OCTOBER 2008
Oct. 31, Orleans Star: New campaign supports Kettle Island crossing
Oct. 23, Ottawa Citizen: Algonquins seek full hearing as NCC plans Ottawa bridge
Oct. 12, Ottawa Citizen: Easterly bridge will draw trucks
Oct. 7, Ottawa Citizen: No bridge option
Oct. 7, Ottawa Citizen: Truck routes should go around, not through, city
Oct. 4, Ottawa Citizen: Moving bridge 5 km makes sense
Oct. 3, Orleans Star: Interprovincial crossing controversy heats up
Oct. 3, Ottawa Citizen: Q&A – Putting it on the Kettle (an interview with Steve Taylor)
Oct. 2, Ottawa Citizen: Hands off Kettle Island
Oct. 1, Ottawa Citizen: Liberal incumbent confident he’ll take riding for sixth time
SEPTEMBER 2008
Sept. 30, Ottawa Citizen: Kettle Island bridge generally unpopular
Sept. 30, Ottawa Citizen: We need to decide on a downtown truck ban
Sept. 29, Ottawa Citizen: Disfiguring project
Sept. 29, Ottawa Citizen: Our Spadina battle
Sept. 28, Ottawa Citizen: A wilful disregard
Sept. 28, Ottawa Citizen: Let the people choose bridge site in a city referendum
Sept. 27, Ottawa Sun: Activist says fix is in for island span plan
Sept. 27, Ottawa Citizen: Who has the political guts to stop Kettle Island option?
Sept. 26, Ottawa Citizen: Build Bridge at Kettle Island
Sept. 25, Orleans Star: Kettle Island bridge debate boils over
Sept. 23, Ottawa Citizen: Emotions run high at Kettle Island bridge meeting
Sept. 23, Ottawa Citizen: A bridge too close: Residents gird for Kettle Island fight
Sept. 18, Ottawa Citizen: Bridging the chasm
Sept. 10, Orleans Star: Stirring the pot with Kettle Island
Sept. 9, Ottawa Citizen: Our city is merely a blip on federal parties’ radar
Sept. 6, Ottawa Citizen: Bridge choice ruins greenspace
Sept. 5, CBC News: Trucks to remain on King Edward after new bridge built
Sept. 4, CBC News: New interprovincial crossing should be at Kettle Island: study
Sept. 4, Ottawa Citizen: Kettle Island chosen as site for new bridge
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