As a resident of our suburban neighborhood with family roots here since the early 90s, I’ve come to appreciate the tranquility, space, and sense of calm that comes with living outside the hustle and bustle of the inner city.
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Dec 21
Greenwashing
A Pathway Alliance ad on a Vancouver bus. These kinds of ads were quickly removed after Bill C-59 passed in Parliament. Amrit Khosla, Environment Committee What is greenwashing and why do businesses do it? After many decades of public concern over the climate warming, the Paris Accord was signed by 196 countries. Resulting from its …
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Dec 01
Third places in Convent Glen Orléans Wood
Photo by Quang Nguyen Vinh on Pexels.com Matthieu Gagnon, Vice-President The Pumpkin Alley organized by my fellow community association board member, Arnold van den Hoeven, made me realize two important things, our neighbours are generally awesome and we need more of these types of things. The highlight of the event to me was …
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Nov 29
Restoring the Heart of the Suburbs
Obviously, anybody reading this is bringing with them their own life experiences and unique history.
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Nov 29
My First Time Winter Sowing
Gillian Cantello, Environment Committee I have always loved gardens, but I am far from being an accomplished gardener. I had never grown anything from seed. That changed when I became part of the Convent Glen Orleans Wood Community Association’s Environment Committee and got to know some of the members, who are wonderful gardeners. One of …
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Nov 19
CGOW Monthly Photo Contest
Starting with the rest of the month of November, the Convent Glen Orleans Wood Community Association’s Outreach Committee will be running a monthly photo contest. For this first (shortened) month, the theme will be ‘Fall’ while the leaves change and drop off their trees. The only ‘rule’ for this contest will be that to win, …
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Oct 29
CGOWCA Pilot Project – A Community Forum
Starting in November 2024, the Convent Glen Orleans Wood Community Association will be launching a new pilot initiative: a community forum (minus the Facebook algorithm). I wanted to share some of the reasons we wanted to try this out for the community and what we hope to do to keep it as a safe, productive …
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Oct 28
Budget 2025: Active Transportation Priorities
Matthieu Gagnon, Vice-President, CGOWCA Board Last spring, I did a series on my personal blog about what I consider the top priorities for active transportation in Orléans. I came up with four general objectives and wrote a post about each of them: Allowing kids to move around the neighbourhood Getting people to the …
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