904...Lansdowne Park

A park in Ottawa about 3 kms south of Parliament Hill, Lansdowne has been a park since 1868 and has had a stadium since 1889. Last refitted completely in the mid 1960's the time has come to redo Lansdowne.

My friend and Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi sent me a note with a list of meeting places next week that will be dealing with this issue, an issue that doesn't just impact Ottawa but also impacts the country.

Public Consultation Schedule

Monday, September 28, 6 to 9 p.m.
Lansdowne Park, Salon A
1015 Bank Street

Tuesday, September 29, 6 to 9 p.m.
Ron Maslin Playhouse, Lobby
1 Ron Maslin Way, Kanata

Wednesday, September 30, 6 to 9 p.m.
Ottawa City Hall, Jean Pigott Place
110 Laurier Avenue West

Thursday, October 1, 6 to 9 p.m.
Jim Durrell Complex, Elwood Hall
1265 Walkley Road

Monday, October 5, 6 to 9 p.m.
Tom Brown Arena, Hall
141 Bayview Road

Tuesday, October 6, 6 to 9 p.m.
Shenkman Arts Centre, Lower Lobby
245 Centrum Boulevard, Orléans

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896...I Am On The Wireless Tomorrow Morning

www.ckcufm.com

93.1 in Ottawa/Gatineau.

With Concillia Muonde to talk about Take Back The Night which goes down on Thursday. It is a march where women TBTN. No dudes, just womyn marching in many cities in our country [and their country too] to TBTN.

Although I am not a fan of anything that is exclusionary, I think that selecting out is counter productive, I am a big fan of Concillia Muonde and am glad to get the word out.

Later in the hour that starts at six I will have Neil deMause from www.fieldofschemes.com to get his view on the Lansdowne sitch in Ottawa.

For those of you not current on Lansdowne, it is one of the most important pieces of public land on the continent. A public park since 1868 Lansdowne is up for a well need refitting. The question is who is going to do it and who is going to pay for it.

Look, federal money is going to be involved so if you are in Moose Jaw, Halifax or Saanich-Gulf Islands this impacts you.

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809...WednesdayMorningCKCUDoucetLansdowne

93.1CKCU tomorrow morning it is moi, Candace Hanna and Clive Doucet, longtime councillor for Capital Ward in Ottawa talking about the current most pressing issue of the day, Lansdowne Park and what the f'ck are they going to do with it?

I have no clue.

Mr. Doucet has a clue.

Six bells, be there.

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372...Grasping At Straws In Ottawa

In a move that to The World Famous Dan Shields smacks of desperation, the Lansdowne Live group, a group of business men that want to transform ancient Lansdowne Park, the fair grounds and football and hockey venue in the heart of Canada's capital, into a commercial and play mecca, are throwing support behind the return of football to my Alma mater, the mighty U of K, Carleton University.

Football was killed at Carleton over a decade ago because the team sucked and because the team sucked they had hardly any fans.

Oursportscentral.com reports that Carleton University is currently working with former Raven cornerback John Ruddy, current president of Trinity Development Group, in concert with other donors on a business model that would fully fund a football program through outside sources. Once the business model is established the university would be required to apply to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) for permission to field a team.

The Lansdowne Live people also intend to bring back the CFL to Ottawa in the form of an expansion team.

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204...What Once Was New Is Now Old

While we in my hometown of Ottawa, Ontario debate what to do with Lansdowne Park, our venerable football stadium, which was last refurbished as a Centennial Project in the mid 1960's, comes this little tidbit of information courtesy of Wednesday's Toronto Star: Roger's Centre, the former Skydome, home of the Toronto Blue Jays, Argonauts and Monster Truck Shows, is now the 9th oldest stadium in Major League Baseball.

If you recall, when the stadium, which cost about four times what basic stadiums were going for back in the day, the day being the late 1980's, it was an ohh, ah, omg kind of place what with its retractable roof and all.

Now it is venerable, bordering on dinosaurish. A bit dingy and cave like with the roof closed too.

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