What's Goin' on in the West Ottawa region? Google News - Kanata Ottawa Online Ventures - Your guide to Canada's capital Ottawa Start - local goings on Ottawa events National Capital Commission Canada's capital Concerts coming up not too far away The Christian Faith Global Day of Prayer Kanata Churches - Ministerial site Kanata Churches list Upcoming events Ottawa Churches Alpha Ottawa Education without Boundaries - operating in Africa, run by Bob Carson, Kanata "Over my Head" - CKCU 93.1 FM Listen to "Good News in the Morning", 30 minutes program updated every Sunday, from Good News Christian Ministries Deborah Gyapong blogspot - Kanata journalist, activist and author of Christian novel "The Defilers" Renewal - Renewal Ministries Anglican Renewal Ministries The Anglican Planet Ottawa Innercity Ministries Archdiocese of Ottawa Anglican Diocese of Ottawa The Anglican Gathering of Ottawa, local segment of the Anglican Network in Canada Ottawa Presbytery - United Church This week's CHRI-FM99.1 Family Radio

Government and Politics

Governor General of Canada Government of Canada Parliament Conservative - Stephen Harper  NDP - Jack Layton  Liberal - Who?   Gordon O'Connor, M.P. Conservative, Carleton-Mississippi Mills, 992-1119. O'Connor articles by Jeff Maguire, EMC, 12 Jan 06: His aims  A star in cabinet Scott Reid, M.P. Conservative, Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox & Addington  947-2277 or 257-8130 Contact any MP, Senator, Newspaper editor Contact any ambassador Elections Canada - for GENERAL ELECTION 2 May 2011 Service Canada - or phone 800-O Canada (800-622-6232) for "Where do I find government information?" Government of Ontario    Dalton McGuinty - Premier    Jack MacLaren, M.P.P., Carleton—Mississippi Mills Ontario election 6 October 2011. The candidates were: Jack MacLaren, PC   Megan Cornell, Lib   Liam Duff, NDP Scott Simser, Green,   Cynthia Bredfeldt, Family Coalition Party of Ontario Workplace Safety & Insurance Board WSIB

Gordon O'Connor (Cons)

• The White House
• Boris Nemtsof's website: how it's done in Russia

City of Ottawa, Kanata area, present and past City of Ottawa 613-580-2400 or 1-866-261-9799.  - Population 800,000. Kanata on Wikipedia Hill Cam Jim Watson, Mayor of Ottawa Kanata North councillor, Marianne Wilkinson, 613-580-2474 Kanata South councillor, Allan Hubley, 613-580-2752 West Carleton March, Eli El-Chantiry, 613-580-2475 City winter parking - sign up for snow warnings affecting overnight parking. Kanata North candidates debate at a Kanata Group breakfast Municipal Property Assessment Corporation - Is your assessment fair? OttawaWest.com - site for Kanata and surroundings Kanata History - Wikipedia City hotline: 580-2626. Concerned citizens may call this number if you see someone in distress/intoxicated/etc Marchwood-Lakeside.com - Neighbourhood site for Kanata Lakes South Ottawa.ca Kanata area Community Associations Beaverbrook Community Association Bridlewood Community Association Glen Cairn Community Association Kanata Lakes Community Association Kanata Town Centre Community Association Katimavik-Hazeldean Community Association March Rural Community Association Briarbrook & Morgan's Grant And The Kanata Group - with a heart for local community associations Old City of Kanata - with local maps and brief historical information Kanata set to build Town Centre - Ottawa Citizen, Feb 25, 2000

Marianne Wilkinson, Kanata North City Councillor, 13 Nov 2006 Allan Hubley, Kanata South City Councillor, 25 Oct 2010

• City of Ottawa 311 line; or 311@ottawa.ca for help such as by-law services, environmental matters, events
• Project Porchlight
• Charities - some local
• EPOST - the Electronic Post Office
• Canada 411 Directory inquiries.    International country codes
• 1-800 Free 411 Directory inquiries, or call 1-800-373-3411
• Canada Post     Rates & prices    Red dot campaign to reduce junk mail
• Total Free Call - free long distance in National Capital Region
• WIND mobile
• Bell "Smart touch" services     Send a text message to a Bell Mobility phone.  To a Rogers phone
• Bell support - alternative to calling 613-310-Bell (2355)
• Rogers Pay-as-you-go cell-phone pump-up   800-575-9090
• My Telus Mobility.com
• Driving Conversion tables - eg litres to galls; KM to miles
• Internet - search engines, web development
• Hydro Ottawa      Peaksaver remote thermostat operator
         Time of use rates    TOU prices chart    MyHydroLink - for Hydro Ottawa customers
• Independent Electricity Market Operators
          Since deregulation in 2002, you pay less for electicity between 10:00 pm and 6:00 am.
• Long Distance - which carrier are you with? Call 700-555-4141. Don't get slammed.
• Natural Gas price comparisons
• Ottawa gas prices
• Ottawa Region Economic Development
• People finder - Canada.com
• Postal Code look-up     Reverse search (= "find an address")
• Reference Canada - or phone 800-O Canada (800-622-6232) for "Where do I find government information?"
• Smart Communities - Industry Canada initiative, & Smart Capital - OCRI
• SuperPages from Telus, community information and maps
• Welcome Wagon -  1-866-283-7583
  

• Cygnet Better Golf
• Events and festivals in Ottawa
• Kanata Leisure Centre (Wave Pool), 70 Aird Place, off Katimavik, Tel 591-9283
• Kanata Seniors Centre Tel: 599-4480
• Ottawa area camps

• Kanata Employment Resource Centre
• The Furniture Bank of Ottawa
• Welcome Wagon -  1-866-283-7583
  
• Bereavement resource list
• Community Resource Centre, Kanata, Distress Line: 591-3686
• Community Resource Centre, Carlington, Distress Line: 722-4000
• Christian Counselling Ottawa, 613-729-8454
• Urban Christian Outreach - Ottawa
• First Place Pregnancy Centre - Tel 613-228-7475 E-mail: info(at)first-place.ca. Christian organization.
• CAPSS - Christian Association of Pregnancy Support Centres
• Distress Centre of Ottawa:  24-hour crisis line: 238-3311
• Family Services Ottawa - Counselling, education, support
• Rape crisis line: 613-562-2333
• Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime, 613-233-7614 and Ottawa Victim Services, 613-238-2762
       Ontario Victim Support Line: 888-579-2888
• The Assaulted Women's Helpline: 1-866-863-0511, 24/7 manned telephone line for abused women in Ontario.
• Empathy House Rehab centre for women, Ottawa
• Newgate 180 - Addiction Treatment Centre: 613-269-2672 (Merrickville, E. Ontario)
• Anxiety disorder association: 613-729-6761
• Neighbours, friends and families - awareness of signs of women abuse
• City hotline: 580-2626. Concerned citizens may call this number if you see someone in distress/intoxicated/etc
• Ottawa Innercity Ministries and their links to shelters and other resources
• Angel: support help line for street people: 614-8492 (angel2the-rescue@yahoo.com.mx)
• Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness
• The Well, 154 Somerset St. West, 594-2843 - Drop-in centre for women
• Salvation Army pick up service for give aways: 247-1348
• St. Jo's Womens's centre, 151 Laurier Ave, E., 231-6722 - Drop in centre
• St. Jude's Mission, 935 Wellington St, Ottawa, 482-9792 - shelter and source for homeless and underprivileged
• ConnexOntario - Help on line. If you, or someone you know, needs help with substance abuse, problem gambling or mental health issues, contact us. Drugs or Alcohol 1-800-565-8603; Problem Gambling 1-888-230-3505; Mental Health 1-866-531-2600; - Free. Confidential. Anonymous. 24/7
• Local food banks:

  Kanata Food Cupboard.  See Gathering 6 Dec 08 St. Paul's Anglican Church, 20 Young Rd. 836 7847 Lanark County Food Bank 5 Allan, Carleton Place 257-8546 Richmond Food Bank St. Paul's United Church 3452 Mcbean, Richmond 838-5397

  Stittsville Food Bank PO BOx 878, Stittsville 831-0451 West Carleton Emergency Food Aid Memorial Hall, Carp 839-5685 Some local corporations are generous in support of local food banks, including: West Ottawa Hyundai Canderel

• Ottawa Police Service

• Police telephone numbers:

          General Emergency             	               9-1-1
  	To report a non-life-threatening or other police emergency,
  			              		       613-230-6211   
  	For non-emergency calls
          Ottawa and surroundings       		       613-236-1222 xt 7300
           
          Community Police Officer                       613-236-1222 xt 2000   
          
  	No crime is inconsequential - no matter how small it seems to you - report it.  The phone
  	number for making reports is  613-236-1222 xt 7300 
  	Crimestoppers:                613-233-TIPS (8477) - caller anonymity   
  				      1-800-222-TIPS (8477)
  	Phone Busters:		      1-888-495-8501 - to report telemarketing fraud 
  	Police e-mail		      info@ottawapolice.ca
  

• Motor accidents not involving injuries or alcohol on the 416/417 and Ottawa West are handled by the Collision Report Centre (open 7:00 am to 7:00 pm): O.P.P. Ottawa Detachment, 937 Teron Rd., Kanata. After exchanging licence information, drivers must go immediately to the Centre to report the accident, if the damage appears to exceed $1,000. If injuries, alcohol or highway property damage are involved, verhicles should not be moved, and the police should be called: 613-236-1222.

• Red light cameras are now operational in the Ottawa region
  Fine = $105.00 + 3 points
  The following intersections may have red light cameras in operation:

  Albert / Kent   		Conventry / St. Laurent
  Bank / Walkley			Merivale / Meadowlands
  Bronson / Carling		St. Joseph / Jeanned'Arc
  Carling / Richmond		Eagleson / Hazeldean
  - You will receive the fine in the mail...

  Please do not call police for road conditions. Instead, visit Winter road conditions in Ontario

• Neighbourhood Watch

  Kanata Neighbourhood Watch - know your neighbours and neighbourhood; notice anyone who maybe should not be there.
  Local police contact no. for Neighbourhood Watch: 613-236-1222 xt 2001: Vic McNabney.

Fire Services, and prevention Ottawa Fire Service Kanata Firefighters have been very successful in the Combat Challenge Geography and History Reopening of the Museum of Nature, 2010 by John Whelan Canada Mourns 9/11 Kanata History - Wikipedia Old City of Kanata - with local maps and brief historical information Canada Centre for Remote Sensing - look down from space! MapQuest Kanata Diefenbunker Traffic cameras along the 417   Ottawa traffic cameras Trans Canada Trail .. in Bridlewood, Kanata: see pictures ----->>> World Travel Business Build your business by referral through BNI - Business Network International. Kanata Chamber of Commerce Better Business Bureau of Eastern Ontario, Tel 237-4856 Greater Ottawa Chamber of Commerce Canadian Businesses in Kanata - Directory The Home-based Business Page. Just how Hi-Tech are we? The job search - all aspects Kanata Kareer Group for hi-techies looking for new positions. Local Hi-Tech Kanata Home-based Business Directory. Insurance Hotline Consumers Guide to car, house and boat insurance Ottawa Business Journal.com Ottawa Technology Industry Database OttawaWest.com Richmond Agricultural Society Professional Services Dynamic Legal Solutions - Fight traffic violations FPSC - Find a Certified Financial Planner in your area Grape Vine Home Marketing - house sales by owner Home Business Association of the National Capital Region Boomers Active and Alive - Approach a new chapter in your life with guidance from Vickie Townson.   Resources and tips for living life fully. It includes the monthly newsletter "Active and Alive!" Life's New Chapter - Vickie Townson's coaching services for mid-life women and couples adjusting to an empty-nest or retirement. If you may need a coach, phone Vickie, (613) 224-9259. I did, and can strongly recommend her - TC. Insurance Rates.ca - for Ontario residents The Kanata Group Management Consultants Ottawa Real Estate Board Personal Financial Planning - by Tony Copple, CFP. Rosemary Keneford & Chris Hollands, Re/Max, 596-1651, keneford@aol.com Walk'n'Wag pet services X-Copper legal sevices: fight traffic tickets etc. 613-260-7200, 1-888-926-7737 David Anber, Ottawa Lawyer, 613-276-3283 - paralegal services Ontario Court Support - Paralegal Services YMCA-YWCA - including "Women of Distinction" annual awards

The Trans Canada trail passing through Bridlewood, Kanata opened its Kanata office on March 11, 2002. The location is 40, Hines Rd (SW of March Rd, off Solandt). Tel: 591-7639 Walk'n'Wag

Education

• Ottawa school of Piano - includes musical intrument rental, Kanata
• Distance Education links and other education topics
• CFUW Kanata
• Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
• Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board
• Local schools.
• Earl of March Secondary School
• Your own personal selling and business success university

• Ecology, global warming and the environment
• Ontario Drive Clean auto testing and repair program, including local test centres
• Kanata Environmental Network
             Promotes a chemical-free back yard.
  
• Kanata-March Horticultural Society
• Wetlands International
• Winter Parking - Ottawa

Buy / sell, auction, barter, give away

• Check Consumer Reports.org - before you make a major purchase.
• CitySales.ca - find local sales in many categories
• Kanata Freestore (was Kanata Freecycle) - free exchanges of goods
• Ottawa Freecycle
• KanataReUseIt - free exchanges of goods
• Locanto - free buy/sell classifieds
• Take it Back! - send back your old or unwanted goods
• How Bazaar.ca - Free Ottawa classifieds
• Kanata Classifieds.com - buy, sell, advertize, etc, free
• The Shepherd's Guide - Ottawa and E. Ontario
• Auctionwatch.com Search for auctions
• Rideau Auctions and Crown Assets auction unclaimed items from Ottawa Police.
• All Star Charity.com charity auction
• EBay
• Freecycle Ottawa - for that special something that's no longer used, but too good to throw out
• On-line shopping and banking
• Ottawa Pennysaver On-line
• Regional Newsgroups Ottawa Freenet ad service, etc.
• Ottawa Barter.com - 300 Earl Grey Drive Suite 351, Kanata, Rick Goodman
• Used Ottawa.com - buy, sell
• weblocal.ca - rate your barber, and hundreds of other local businesses and services.

Culture, Fine Art

Arts Freenet Arts Court - Box Office 564-7240 KanArt Gallery - Web Gallery Kanata Civic Art Gallery - hours: Wed, Thurs, Fri: 1:00pm to 8:00 pm; Sat: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm; Sun: Sunday: 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Contact us at 580-2424 xt. 33341 Kanata Artists Studio Tour Kanata Symphony Orchestra Kanata Children's Chorus Music lessons in Kanata Kanata Theatre presents...        ...and the kanata theatre kronicles Local Poets' corner Mlacak Art National Arts Centre Ottawa Fringe Festival ... June See what else is going on in the region in the world of Culture.

Sod turning for Ron Maslin Playhouse expansion, April 23, 2001:  Merle Nicholds, Alex Munter, Jenny Haynes

• How to drug-proof your kids - course for parents
• Kanata Environmental Network, KEN. Tel (613) 599-3509 or 592-6370
       Promotes a chemical-free back yard.
• Ontario HEALTHinfo
• Optimum Wellness
• Exercise and local fitness clubs

• QuikCare from TEKS
• Bells Corners Chiropractic Centre - Dr. Ron Burman, 138 Robertson Road, Nepean, 829-3580
• Broadview Travellers Clinic - Dr. Birnbaum. Tel 722-8010. Ottawa West. Shots for foreign travel.
  Which shots do you need? Visit NCID - Travellers' Health
• Chiropractic at Centrum - Dr. Jeff Lowthian
• Family Medical Centre, 6-300 Earl Grey Dr. 599-9676
• Hazeldean Family Chiropractic Clinic 484 Hazeldean Rd, 831-9665, offer free Community Education Programs
• Kanata Holistic Chiropractic Centre 2 Beaverbrook Road, 592-8100
• Village Green Dental Care  6-60 Colchester Square, Kanata

• Delirious? at Change '07 - review
• AMC Kanata 24 or Kanata AMC 24
• Ottawa movie listings 1  movie listings 2
• Film-Can Ottawa Region film listings       Rainbow Cinemas in St. Laurent Centre
  
• Centre Town Movies - downtown Ottawa summer street movies (Tel 232-1534)
• The Silver Screen - the author's personal movie page
• Attractions in Ottawa (City listing)
• Ottawa Sports & Leisure Association
• Ottawa Dragon Boat festival
• Canada Day 1999 in Kanata
• Concerts coming up not too far away, including Ottawa music festivals and Canada Day
• Capital City Chorus - Barbershop
• What's on at Great Canadian Theatre Company
• IMAX Cineplus - Museum of Civilization
• Kanata Theatre presents...
         ...and the kanata theatre kronicles
• Lochdale Farm - the perfect fishing retreat
• Ottawa Entertainment.ca
• Ottawa Beatles Site
• Ottawa Museum of Science & Technology
• Pop.com - Internet entertainment
• Ron Johnstone Paddling Centre - Canoe and Sea Kayak
• Saunders Farm Acres of fun in Munster, including Thanksgiving weekend and "Halloweek"
• Storyland - 10 Km North of Renfrew
• Straits - Bells Corners
• SurfOttawa.com Ottawa happenings
• TV Times On-line
• RiverRun Whitewater Resort - Beachburg.  Tom Hader, Owner
• Wilderness Tours - Beachburg

• Allo Stop: (613) 562-8240 (low cost ride share)
• Virtue Car: Car sharing in Ottawa, tel 798-1900
• West Ottawa Hyundai
• Greyhound 238-5900 (Catherine St.); 592-2151 (Kanata); 800-661-8747 (after hours)
• OC Transpo (Ottawa's bus service) tel 741-4390 for bus times.  Travel planner (amazing!)
     CheckYourRoute.ca - following the Sept 2011 route closures
     Newcomers' guides to Ottawa buses in English and Chinese
• Travel page - local, international, space
• Driver and Vehicle Licence Issuing Office, 150 Katimavik Rd, Ground Fl, Kanata K2L 2N2, tel: 592-4898
• Fight traffic tickets. Call Points, (613) 236-3338 in Ottawa.

• Search for Kanata restaurants - Foodinc.ca
• Bombay Masala  Toothsome Taste of India, 591 March Road, 599-0090, Pratibha Sampat
  
• Cabotto's: Italian, 592-3097, 5816 Hazeldean Rd.
  
• Hongchow Chinese buffet, 462 Hazeldean Rd, 613-836-3172
• La Cucina, Italian, 836-1811, 474 Hazeldean Rd / Castlefrank. Props: Giuseppe & Johnny.
• Joey's Only  Seafood, Kanata Centrum, 599-9800
  
• Graffiti's Italian Eatery & Saloon  Holiday Inn Select Hotel and Suites, 101 Kanata Ave, 613-271-3057
  
• Lapointe's fish restaurant - Colchester Square, 599-1424
• Gaia Java Coffee Company. 1300 Main St, Stittsville, 613-836-5469. Independent.
• The "open late" guide

  Does your favourite Kanata restaurant have a web site? E-mail me!

• Search all Ottawa region public library catalogues including Kanata. Renew books or other items
  There are two Ottawa Public Library branches in Kanata: Mlacak Centre, 2500 Campeau Drive, and 50 Castlefrank Road. Both have Internet terminals with free usage for library members, and (in addition to books!) offer good selections of audiobooks and music CDs. For reviews of many of the audiobooks in the Beaverbrook library, visit Kanata Audio Books.  Most of the books reviewed were borrowed from this library.

Shopping

• Hazeldean Mall
• On-line Banking and Shopping
• Stores and services I personally recommend - by Tony Copple
• Canadian Home Grocers
• On Line Grocer - Ottawa region
• Consumers' Choice Awards - Ottawa

• Music lessons
• Chapters.ca
• Kanata Audio Books and Music

There are four hotels in Kanata:
• Comfort Inn 222 Hearst Way, 613-592-2200, 800-228-5150.
• Country Inn & Suites, 578 Terry Fox Drive at Palladium Drive, 613-599-7767
• Holiday Inn Select 101 Kanata Ave, 613-271-3057
• The Brookstreet Resort - hotel & the Marshes golf club

• Bed and Breakfasts in the Ottawa Region

• ChristianHousing.ca
• Ottawa Living.ca - including appartment rentals
• Shared Accommodation - Kanata Lakes. Humans and animals boarded.
• Shared Accommodation - Orleans
• Kijiji: accommodation for rent
• Craig's List: accommodation for rent
• Housing Maps - a mashup of Craig's List and Google Maps (does not yet cover Ottawa)
• OttawaFSBO.com - For Sale by Owner
• House for sale - Heaven
• OttawaSpot.com - house sales by owner
• Retirement Homes - in Kanata
• Tamarack Homes
• Waterloo U/V Co-op -Student accommodation listings
• Ottawa rental accommodation and resources for tenants
• Ontario Tenants - tenants' rights, issues, and resources

• Kanata EMC local newspaper
• Kanata Kourier-Standard  613-224-3330   E-Mail for editorial and letters: news@yourkanata.com     Community Calendar
• Bourque Newswatch, Ottawa
• Canadian Newswire
• Canadian web-based student newspapers
• Capital News
• Centretown News - Carleton U/V School of Journalism
• China Daily
• Daily Telegraph - London   News.Telegraph
• Deborah Gyapong Blogspot, Kanata journalist, activist and author of novel "The Defilers"
• The Drudge Report - USA
• The Economist
• The Epoch Times - Canadian edition
• The Globe and Mail
• The Hill Times - Newspaper for the Federal Government
• Moscow Times
• National Post  and  FP Infomart - media retrieval service
• Newsplayer.com
• The Ottawa Business Journal.
• The Ottawa Citizen - Search.     Download Ottawa Rush Hour - afternoon paper
• Ottawa Sun.
• The Ottawa XPress
• Southam Newspaper group
• The Times - London
• The Sunday Times - London
• Time Magazine
• USA Today
• World Net Daily
• Daily Nation - Kenya

• BBC On-Line
• BBC World Service including Real Audio
• CBC
• CNN - including current news in streaming video
• CHRI-FM 99.1 - Christian radio (including Real Audio)
• God TV
• CKCU-FM 93.1 - Radio Carleton (including Real Audio)
• Ottawa Information Radio 99.7
• Look TV. Not in Kanata yet but coming soon..
• The Radio page - for more of this ilk
• CFRA - Talk radio (Real Audio)

• Alcatel-Lucent
• AstenJohnson
• Cisco Systems
• Investors Group
• Lockheed Martin
• MDS Nordion
• Mosaid
• Nortel

Region Hi-Tech companies

Garbage and recyclables are collected weekly in Kanata by separate firms coodinated by RMOC.
• Blue, Black & Green bins and yard waste recycling, and the Recycling Calendar
• Rechargeable battery recycling, or call 1-800-822-88379
• Hazardous waste
• Electronic waste, + can go the small depot at the Carp Landfill

• Maria Kanata
• Natalie Park - President, BMGCA
• Surprize e-mail - from Darwin

Disclaimer.
This web site is administered by Tony Copple, who is solely responsible for its content. It is not part of the official web site of the City of Ottawa or any other official body. Information on this web site is intended for general purposes only, and is not intended as any form of solicitation for business, or as a repository of official information. The information on this web site is subject to change without notice, and may not be current or accurate in all respects.