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2 tables open – RSVP email:  Riley.Brockington@Ottawa.ca

Winter is here a great activity & skill to have for the neighbourhood park and family rink.

Help plan the ‘Sun Snow Ice Rain Festival’ Feb 14 – volunteer too!

We will be there, contact us at Rinks@riversidepark.ca, let us know if you have questions and we can connect there too! DaveCoyle@riversidepark.ca

Hello Rink Sponsors, Operators, and Volunteers.

You’re invited to our Outdoor Rink Program – Open House Information Session

Join us for a drop-in open house covering everything you need to know about operating an outdoor rink. Explore displays and chat with our team about:

• The full process of building and maintaining ice
• Recommended tools and equipment, including samples and displays.
• Required maintenance tasks and practical tips on how to complete them
• Operator responsibilities
• Key processes, policies, rules, and regulations Troubleshooting common ice issues

This is a drop-in session designed to respect your time. Please visit anytime between10:00am and 12:30pm to browse the displays, learn at your own pace, and connect with staff who can answer all your questions.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Where?

Nepean Sportsplex (Richmond Room).

Park at the back of the building and enter through Entrance 4.

When?

Saturday, December 6th, 2025. From 10:00am and 12:30pm

Contact us at Rinks@riversidepark.ca 

Priority Topic Agenda based on email inputs. Please send us topics you are interested in discussing with the Community, choose from list, blog posts or your own:

7:00 Open Greetings December 10: ZOOM LINK CLICK to Join meeting

Confirm Agenda (check web BLOG for information)

• Councillor Brockington
• Committees (as time allows)
  • Requested topics
  • Greenspace (Gardens)
  • PWI – formerly Transpiration
  • Land Use Development
  • Rinks
  • New winter festival “Sun Ice Snow or Rain” Feb 14
  • Meeting Schedule 2026 (2^nd Wednesday of month)
  • Event Schedule 2026
  • Brookfield HUB and BCFC

8:00 Adjournment

• NCC and City rezoning Greenspace and Parks in Riverside Park to Development Reserve (DR)

Email: President@RiversidePark.ca

Check back here for link to be posted with Agenda of topics submitted. Be sure to check out the Web Blog for topic updates.

Thank you

Exciting times in the North of the Riverside Park community. Our MP addressed the group and said he is quickly learning about the Ottawa-Center’s new southern peninsula.

Ottawa Center is in the top most heavily populated districts in Ottawa, by orders of magnitude.

Refresher presentation link here – CLICK

What they heard from use here – CLICK

Check out our Federal District neighbours.

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Over 1,500 pumpkins recovered from a land fill destiny, 30 plus Organizations engaged, 16 feeder sites in one fun day experience. Well except OSEAN and teams who went well into the night and week in organizing and delivering.

THANK YOU all!

Dr. Sarah Gelbard’s Carleton Community Engagement Project on Invasive Species – Thank you

From September to December 2025 CAFES once again partnered with Carleton University on the fifth annual Community Engagement Project with a 2nd year sociology/anthropology undergraduate course. This year, the theme was on Invasive Plant Species. Here is our teams project, individual and team outcomes: PDF Click to link

River Ward’s Holiday Dinner is Back! Please join me in celebration of the holiday season with your friends, family and neighbours for a holiday meal!

When: Thursday, December 18 at 5 pm and 6:15pm (two seatings)
Where: Hunt Club Riverside Park Community Centre, 3320 Paul Anka Drive
Admission: FREE
RSVP: Riley.Brockington@ottawa.ca

Accepting non-perishable food items for the Brookfield Food Cupboard

Free transportation will be provided from the Carlington neighbourhood to the dinner. You must book your transportation with my office when you RSVP your dinner seats.

River Ward Trivia Night – Christmas theme

When: Friday December 5
Where: Hunt Club Riverside Park Community Centre, 3320 Paul Anka Drive (Bus Routes:  90 and 92)
Pizza dinner: 5:15pm, Trivia: 6 pm
RSVP your team of 4 players at RIley.Brockington@ottawa.ca