Here is a digest of the latest news from the RPCA, including updates from the City of Ottawa and our River Ward City Councillor.
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It takes a whole community to keep the BCFC supplied and open every Wednesday. Drop by and drop off all is totally appreciated.
Riverside Pub
HELPING THOSE IN NEED
The Riverside Pub is committed to helping those in need . We raised 1500.00 in cash + 4 pick ups for food for Brookfield community food cupboard. Thank you very much !
Now We are one of the drop off stations all year round !
We have countless individuals in our community’s are struggling with out a place to call home.
As I’ve always called our Pub The Family pub for 28 years now . We want to do our best to help again.
They need our help and together we can make an impact !
Now it’s the Shelters turn.
The staff is going out AM to get clothes / jackets / blankets/ underwear/ socks and bring them to the Shelter , already raised 500$ towards this just today !
All week we will be accepting donations till Friday January 17 th
We will make the drop of Saturday morning , as they need this ASAP !
Please help and make a difference, support our homeless neighbours
Opens every Wednesday with the support of the community.


Join our friends from the Ottawa South Eco-Action Network at Ernie Calcutt Park (
The entire event is FREE!! For those that have the means, donations to the Brookfield Community Food Cupboard are welcome. Both Non-perishable food items and financial donations are accepted.
Join us for:
🎨 Face painting and kid’s activities
🕵️♀️ Scavenger hunt
📷 Photo backdrop and photographer
🚒 Section 34 Firefighters, pumper truck, and Obi the Dalmation at 2 p.m.
👻 Capital Ghostbusters
☕ Hot chocolate
🎃 Piles of creative Jack o’lanterns who will be travelling to farms on Tuesday Nov 5th thanks to 1-800-GOT-JUNK? (You can also drop off your carved and intact pumpkins too so they can find enjoy a second home after Halloween)
🤝 Community booths from our partners and colleagues working addressing poverty, food security, food waste and community building: Brookfield Community Food Cupboard, Lionhearts, Andrew Fleck Children’s Centre, Ottawa South Eco Action Network
With thanks to The Awesome Foundation for making this event possible!
See you there!

It’s almost that time of year again! In the week following Halloween, the Ottawa South Eco-Action Network will again collect carved and intact pumpkins in Ottawa South and pass them on to local farms and food centre kitchens.
In doing so, we combat food insecurity while diverting them from the City compost facility and the landfill.
We’re looking for individuals and farms to support our 2024 effort! There are lots of different roles including on-site and online tasks suitable for volunteers of all abilities and ages. Visit https://www.osean.org/
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Sign up your home as a collection site, where neighbours will drop off pumpkins between Nov 1 and Nov 3.
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Drop off pumpkins to local collection sites in Ottawa South between Friday Nov 1 and Sunday Nov 3. Collection sites will be added to this page.
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Or drop off pumpkins at Ernie Calcutt Park
Help us make this the biggest year yet and surpass 2,500 repurposed pumpkins!!

Residential Protective Plumbing Program Public Consultation (Document PDF)
CAFES (Community Associations for Environmental Sustainability) cordially invites you to an information/consultation session on the City’s Residential Protective Plumbing Program.
A presentation will be provided by the City of Ottawa and should be of strong interest to those interested in Storm and Sanitary Backwater Valves and Sump Pumps to mitigate water damage from high rain volume weather events.
The session will be at the Jim Durrell Recreation Centre (1265 Walkley Road), just east of Bank Street and will be held on Friday October 25 at 10am. See the attached poster for details.
You are encouraged to share this email with neighbours who may be interested.
Sincerely,
Riley Brockington
City Councillor, River Ward
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