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Kiwanis Club co-founder Osman Naqvi receives Mayor’s City Builder Award Kiwanis Club cofounder Osman Naqvi receives Mayor’s City Builder Award Last week, Osman Naqvi was presented with the Mayor’s City Builder Award by myself, Mayor Jim Watson, and Bay Ward Councillor Mark Taylor. Osman Naqvi helped found the Kiwanis Club of Barrhaven/Riverside South, and helped to create the YOUth Heroes initiative – a citywide campaign that empowers local youth to create positive social change in their communities. Osman has been an active leader with the Caring and Sharing Exchange, Carleton University’s Young Liberals Association, the Canadian Hearing Society and the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa. He is currently in the process of developing a social enterprise to bring hygiene products to areas in need. Name the Trains Winners Announced The City recently announced the Name the Trains winning submissions. There were 40 trains to name in all, 34
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O-Train Confederation Line and six O-Train Trillium Line train cars. This competition was open to children and youth 16 years of age and under and the City received almost two thousand entries. The names submitted reflect Ottawa’s and Canada’s historical figures, arts, our military history as well as honoring Indigenous peoples. The O-Train Trillium Line coming to Ottawa South in 2021 will include names such as Northern Lights and Dreamcatcher! To see the full list of names, you can visit octranspo. com/ready4rail. Smart Cities Challenge Do you want to make a meaningful impact in your community by solving local challenges with a smart city approach? Consider filling out the “Smart Cities Challen-
ges” questionnaire online to have your say! Your answers will help the City identify and address the most important challenges facing our communities and could also help secure the top prize of $50 million to go towards implementing these changes. For more information about this challenge and how you can participate, please visit ottawa.ca. Registration Now Open for Spring and Summer Recreation Programs The Recreation eGuide and Mon Cyberguide francophone des loisirs for spring and summer programs are
now available online at ottawa.ca. Residents can choose from a variety of activities and programs for all ages including swimming lessons, fitness classes, generalinterest courses, sports and classes in the arts. You can register online, by phone or in person. If you would like more information, visit ottawa. ca. Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) to focus on Distracted Driving & Speeding This month STEP will focus on distracted driving and speeding in the City of Ottawa. Between 2012 and 2016, there
were 28,603 reported collisions involving distracted driving resulting in 21 fatalities and 5,767 injuries. Throughout the same timeframe there were 15,367 collisions resulting in 3,028 injuries and 55 fatalities because of speeding. There are some shocking numbers and we all have to do our part to make sure, when we are on the roads we are driving safe and following the rules and posted speed limits. International Women’s Day at City Hall Thursday, March 8th marked International Women’s Day. In cele-
bration of this international day of recognition, I was joined by leaders of our community for Mayor Jim Watson’s breakfast reception at City Hall with special guests of honour. Speakers for this event included Her Excellency Susan le Jeune d’Allegeershecque, British High Commissioner to Canada, Her Excellency Kareen Rispal, Ambassador of France to Canada, Her Excellency Sabine Sparwasser, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Canada, and Her Excellency Kelly Craft, Ambassador of the United States to Canada.
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