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Taking aim at hookah lounges
City council has supported a motion urging that the city’s smoke-free bylaws be expanded to include “non-tobacco combustible substances” — such as herbs consumed using a water pipe — in public places and workplaces.
The Board of Health is to consult with stakeholders and report back in time for expanded bylaws to be implemented by next fall.
Hookah lounges and e-cigarettes have become increasing popular, but there’s a patchwork of bylaws and legislation governing the use of non-tobacco products in public places. Ontario will prohibit the use of e-cigarettes anywhere smoking is banned starting in 2016. Earlier this month, Toronto city council moved to ban hookah lounges starting next April.
Lenny Ailf sits back for a smoke at Cafe Dijla before getting back to work on Nov. 5.
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec and Alberta have already banned the public use of water pipes. Ottawa extended its smoking bylaw to include city parks, beaches and other city-owned properties in 2012 — but that only covers tobacco.
Rob Cunningham, a senior policy analyst with the Canadian Cancer Society said second-hand smoke of any kind can be harmful. There are about a dozen places in Ottawa where people can use a water pipe, he said.
Coun. Shad Qadri, who presented the motion, said allowing these substances to be consumed in public places like patios undermines the progress made by the city’s smoke-free regulations. The motion “aims to protect people from exposure to second-hand smoke because of legislative gaps.”
Crossing the Adàwe cycling bridge
The new pedestrian and cycling bridge that will span the Rideau River linking Donald Street and Somerset Street East has a name — Adàwe, an Algonquin term that means “to trade.”
The name was chosen after a six-month, three-stage process with a selection committee that included Rideau-Rockcliffe Coun. Tobi Nussbaum, Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury, the Overbrook Community Association, Action Sandy Hill, community members from Overbrook and Sandy Hill, Heritage Ottawa, city staff, and a representative from Mayor Jim Watson’s office. The Algonquins of Ontario Consultation Office was also involved.
City council approved the name on Wednesday, but there was an addition: the span will not be known as a bridge (in English) or pont (in French) but a “crossing.” Linking Overbrook and Vanier with Sandy Hill and the University of Ottawa, the bridge, er, crossing will reduce commuting time for cyclists and pedestrians and create better access to existing multi-use pathways.
Adàwe Crossing will be officially opened December 4 at 1 p.m.
Slater Street tower approved
City council has approved a Broccolini Construction Inc. proposal to construct a 27-storey tower at 383 Slater St.
The new building at the corner of Slater and Albert Street will include 300 rental apartments, four storeys of underground parking and street-level commercial space. It will replace the two-storey building occupied by Alterna Savings and Credit Union.
Earlier this month, Somerset Coun. Catherine McKenney told the planning committee that she hoped the commercial tenant would be a grocery store. For people who live in the neighbourhood, the closest supermarket is at the corner of Bank and Somerset streets, about one kilometre away. But committee chair Jan Harder said she doubted the area has enough density to convince a major retailer to commit to such expensive real estate.
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City council has supported a motion urging that the city’s smoke-free bylaws be expanded to include “non-tobacco combustible substances” — such as herbs consumed using a water pipe — in public places and workplaces.
The Board of Health is to consult with stakeholders and report back in time for expanded bylaws to be implemented by next fall.
Hookah lounges and e-cigarettes have become increasing popular, but there’s a patchwork of bylaws and legislation governing the use of non-tobacco products in public places. Ontario will prohibit the use of e-cigarettes anywhere smoking is banned starting in 2016. Earlier this month, Toronto city council moved to ban hookah lounges starting next April.
Lenny Ailf sits back for a smoke at Cafe Dijla before getting back to work on Nov. 5.
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec and Alberta have already banned the public use of water pipes. Ottawa extended its smoking bylaw to include city parks, beaches and other city-owned properties in 2012 — but that only covers tobacco.
Rob Cunningham, a senior policy analyst with the Canadian Cancer Society said second-hand smoke of any kind can be harmful. There are about a dozen places in Ottawa where people can use a water pipe, he said.
Coun. Shad Qadri, who presented the motion, said allowing these substances to be consumed in public places like patios undermines the progress made by the city’s smoke-free regulations. The motion “aims to protect people from exposure to second-hand smoke because of legislative gaps.”
Crossing the Adàwe cycling bridge
The new pedestrian and cycling bridge that will span the Rideau River linking Donald Street and Somerset Street East has a name — Adàwe, an Algonquin term that means “to trade.”
The name was chosen after a six-month, three-stage process with a selection committee that included Rideau-Rockcliffe Coun. Tobi Nussbaum, Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury, the Overbrook Community Association, Action Sandy Hill, community members from Overbrook and Sandy Hill, Heritage Ottawa, city staff, and a representative from Mayor Jim Watson’s office. The Algonquins of Ontario Consultation Office was also involved.
City council approved the name on Wednesday, but there was an addition: the span will not be known as a bridge (in English) or pont (in French) but a “crossing.” Linking Overbrook and Vanier with Sandy Hill and the University of Ottawa, the bridge, er, crossing will reduce commuting time for cyclists and pedestrians and create better access to existing multi-use pathways.
Adàwe Crossing will be officially opened December 4 at 1 p.m.
Slater Street tower approved
City council has approved a Broccolini Construction Inc. proposal to construct a 27-storey tower at 383 Slater St.
The new building at the corner of Slater and Albert Street will include 300 rental apartments, four storeys of underground parking and street-level commercial space. It will replace the two-storey building occupied by Alterna Savings and Credit Union.
Earlier this month, Somerset Coun. Catherine McKenney told the planning committee that she hoped the commercial tenant would be a grocery store. For people who live in the neighbourhood, the closest supermarket is at the corner of Bank and Somerset streets, about one kilometre away. But committee chair Jan Harder said she doubted the area has enough density to convince a major retailer to commit to such expensive real estate.
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