News & Community Updates
Blais announces National Nutrition Month
Ottawa City Councillor Stephen Blais, Vice Chair of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, is pleased to celebrate National Nutrition…
Cumberland bypass to be named after former mayor
Written by Jon Willing in the Ottawa Sun A road could be named after a former Cumberland mayor and provincial…
Blais announces naming of Brian Coburn Boulevard
Cumberland City Councillor Stephen Blais is proud to announce the renaming of the Blackburn By-pass Extension to Brian Coburn Boulevard….
City proposes renaming Blackburn Bypass extension after former Cumberland Mayor
Written by Joanne Chianello in the Ottawa Citizen The confusingly titled Blackburn Bypass extension may soon be renamed in honour…
Blais champions improvements for Orléans bus commuters
As a member of the City of Ottawa’s Transit Commission, Councillor Stephen Blais is pleased to announce that he is…
City approves zoning for Orléans Health Hub
As a member of the City of Ottawa’s Planning Committe, Councillor Blais is pleased to announce that the City has…
Trim Road widening set to begin
Cumberland City Councillor Stephen Blais today announced that construction on the long awaited widening of Trim Road is scheduled to…
Blais awards school for green bin participation
Cumberland Councillor Stephen Blais together with Orléans Councillor Bob Monette presented a Certificate of Appreciation to the students of Our…
Former St. Peter student receives funds to continue education
Cumberland Ward Councillor Stephen Blais is pleased to announce that former St. Peter Catholic High School student Carley Stewart is…
$103 million earmarked for the east end
Written by Diodora Bucur in the Orléans Star Of Ottawa’s $600 million capital-works budget, more than $100 million will be used…
"Be sincere, be brief, be seated"
Written by Bruce Deachman in the Ottawa Citizen City Councillor Stephen Blais on superheroes and what he stole from FDR…
Blais keeps solar panel promise
Cumberland Councillor Stephen Blais is pleased to announce that he has kept another promise by generating new streams of revenue…
Blais thanks Cumberland volunteer firefighters
As part of Cumberland Councillor Stephen Blais’ effort to provide strong rural representation, he accompanied by Fire Chief Tim McNeely,…
East end councillors vow to protect core service
East end city Councillors Blais, Monette and Tierney all vowed to prevent yet another flawed garbage plan currently being proposed…
Council cleans house
Written by Jon Willing in the Ottawa Sun
Sense of teamwork in air as newly elected members tackle Lansdowne Park, transit and the environment
Residents clearly didn’t like the direction Ottawa was heading in 2010, even though historic city-building projects gained momentum.
East end feels a little left out
Written by Sue Sherring in the Ottawa Sun Shortly after council approved membership on the city’s standing committees and chose…
Blais keeps first promise during first council meeting
Cumberland Councillor Stephen Blais today cast his first vote during his first City Council meeting in support of establishing a…
Young blood keeps it fresh
Written by Jon Willing in the Ottawa Sun
Four council young guns are mindful of not blasting into City Hall in a blaze of glory.
Although they’re eager to get the keys for their new offices Wednesday, the under-40 group of councillors acknowledge the veteran leadership around the council table. Mathieu Fleury, who will represent Rideau-Vanier ward, will be the youngest councillor at 25 years old.
New councillors eye extra work
Written by Jon Willing in the Ottawa Sun
The jockeying for committee positions has begun as the new councillors learn the ropes at City Hall.
Committee structures will be one of the first matters for the new council, which takes office Dec. 1. There are seven standing committees on which councillors sit, but depending on the wishes of the new council, that number could increase, decrease or remain unchanged.