Manotick Local Community News

Greely happy with city's three-park plan

Posted on Jan 26, 2012 by Emma Jackson

A small group of residents applauded the city of Ottawa's plans for three neighbourhood parks in Greely, after staff hosted an open house on Thursday, Jan. 12. The three...

Greely teen wins top scholarship for math

Posted on Jan 26, 2012 by Emma Jackson

A Greely teen is one of three high school students in Canada to win the most prestigious undergraduate scholarship in the country, sending him to England's Cambridge University next fall to study math. James Rickards, a Grade 12 Colonel By Secondary School student who lives off Manotick Station Road,...

Shiverfest heats up with new attractions

Posted on Jan 26, 2012 by Emma Jackson

Shiverfest returns to Manotick this weekend with some new and exciting additions. The Manotick Village Community Association has expanded its chili cook-off, planned a showcase of local bands and added a trivia contest at the Mill Tavern. Association vice president and Shiverfest organizer Jan...

OC Transpo backtracks on bus GPS release, Money to be made if data kept secret, transit agency says

Posted on Jan 26, 2012 by Laura Mueller

OC Transpo thinks it's a better idea to make money off live GPS transit data than to release it openly to the public, the city's transit commission heard at a meeting on Jan. 17. Previously, OC Transpo general manager Alain Mercier promised the bus location information would be released as "open data"...

Bus data suddenly top secret

Posted on Jan 26, 2012 by EMC News

The writing has been on the walls for months, but the powers that be at OC Transpo made it official last week: the transit authority thinks it's a bad idea to give citizens direct access to information about where their buses are. The new attitude flies in the face of the city's relatively new and...