New Edinburgh

CCC Annual General Meeting
2023-06-12 19:00 - 19:30 (America/Toronto) | New Edinburgh Park Fieldhouse, 203 Stanley Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Annual General Meeting of the Crichton Community Council (CCC)
Agenda:

Opening Remarks
Approval of the 2022 Crichton Community Council AGM Minutes
President’s Report
Treasurer’s Report
Comments by Members of the Board of Directors
Election of Officers
Adjournment

The Annual General Meeting will be followed by a regular meeting of the CCC.
Regular Crichton Community Council meetings are typically held on the second Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. in the New Edinburgh Park Field House at 203 Stanley Avenue. All meetings are open to the public. Occasionally meeting times and dates are rescheduled to accommodate the availability of CCC Directors and guests. Please contact us if there is a topic you would like to discuss with the Board of Directors.

Music and Meditation
2023-06-06 19:00 | MacKay United Church, 39 Dufferin Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1M 2H3, Canada
Music and Meditation at MacKay United Church , 39 Dufferin Rd. 7 p.m. For more information on this event, visit mackayunitedchurch.org

Doors Open Ottawa
2023-06-03 08:00 - 2023-06-04 17:00 | Across Ottawa
The City of Ottawa hosts its annual Doors Open event at various locations across the city from June 3-4. Visit more than 100 significant buildings, including many that normally charge admission or are closed to the public, for free. Some in-person and others online. Explore embassies, breweries, churches, museums and other fascinating places during Doors Open Ottawa. Check online for the complete list of participating buildings for this year’s event. Visit ottawa.ca.

Beechwood Cemetery Stroll
2023-05-28 13:00 | Beechwood Cemetary, 280 Beechwood Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1L 8A6, Canada
Beechwood, the National Cemetery of Canada, hosts a guided historical tour through its grounds, 280 Beechwood Ave. Rain or shine at 1 p.m. The stroll is led by trained volunteers and focuses on local history and notable features and sections within this National Historic Site. This free, family friendly stroll is a gentle 1.5–2 hour walk and is wheelchair accessible. Wear suitable clothing. Register online at beechwoodottawa.ca.

Ottawa Marathon Cheering Station (CCC)
2023-05-28 08:30 - 12:30 | 255 MacKay Street, 255 MacKay Street, Ottawa
The New Edinburgh Cheering Station is back on course with the support of the Crichton Community Council’s (https://newedinburgh.ca/ccc/) volunteers and the cooperation of Mackay United Church. Join us to welcome thousands of participants in this year’s Ottawa Marathon! Come to the Cheering Station located on MacKay Street this year due to the construction on Stanley Avenue.The New Edinburgh Cheering Station is strategically located between kilometre 35 and 36, on MacKay Street between Dufferin Road and Keefer Street. The leg between kilometre 35 and 36 of the 42.2 km course will run down MacKay Street this year. (The traditional route through the neighbourhood has been modified because of the construction on Stanley between Union and Sussex.).
Come and be amazed at the athleticism of the early morning elite runners. Stay on through the morning to support those who are moving at a slower pace. Together, we’ll energize runners with all kinds of positive encouragement as they head into the challenges of the final 7 kilometres of the marathon: music; sign making; face painting; sidewalk chalk; noise makers; personalized words of encouragement amplified to runners as they pass; coffee and treats for the early risers; freezies and other refreshments later on; indoor public washrooms on site.

The elite runners should make their first pass by the neighbourhood, heading west along Sussex, around 8:25 a.m.. More than 5,000 runners will follow them. The fastest of the pack will return to the neighbourhood from Beechwood around 8:45 a.m. (after looping around Rockcliffe and Manor Park).
Give runners some positive memories of the several minutes they’ll spend in New Edinburgh. Show our neighbourhood’s pride. Bring your most positive energy to the cheering station on MacKay Street, near Dufferin Road. Loud words of encouragement, noise makers, signs and costumes are all welcome.
By 10:00 a.m. all of the elite runners will have long finished the race, but those that remain on course need your support! Given that most people run a marathon in about 4.5 hours, at about 10:45 a.m. the hordes will be passing the cheering station on MacKay .
The last 7 km of a marathon are the most difficult for many people. Let’s rally to raise the spirits of all participants, many of whom may be in the midst of one of the most difficult challenges they have ever undertaken.
More information about the Ottawa Marathon can be found here: https://www.runottawa.ca/races-and-events/ottawa-marathon

Book event: "The Castleton Massacre"
2023-05-24 19:00 | MacKay United Church, 39 Dufferin Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1M 2H3, Canada
Ottawa author Sharon Cook will give a presentation about her latest novel The Castleton Massacre – Survivors’ Stories of the Killins Femicide. Q&A and discussion to follow. This event will take place at MacKay United Church. 7 p.m. 39 Dufferin Rd. mackayunitedchurch.org.

NECA Board Meeting
2023-05-16 19:30 | Online
All New Edinburgh residents are welcome to attend the board meeting of the New Edinburgh Community Alliance (NECA). Meeting link and agenda will be posted closer to the meeting date.

Pick Up Soccer Game (CCC)
2023-05-14 16:00 - 18:00 | New Edinburgh Park Field, 203 Stanley Avenue, Ottawa, Canada
The New Edinburgh Park Fieldhouse is surrounded by an excellent collection of sports fields and courts. These play spaces are used by individuals (at their leisure) and by organized leagues (who reserve the spaces through the City of Ottawa’s Centralized Allocations group).
If you like to play with others, but don’t want the commitment of playing in a league, consider joining or starting a regular pick-up game at New Edinburgh Park. There is a group of sports enthusiasts in the neighbourhood who love your game.
“The beautiful game” is played on Sunday afternoons at the New Edinburgh field by a group of friendly footballers who welcome players of all ages and skill levels. Come with a willingness to run and have fun. Play starts and finishes an earlier as the days get shorter.
If you would like to announce a pick up game at New Edinburgh Park (or a group run, or a mass ride, or a hike) please send an email to: CrichtonCommunityCouncil@gmail.com

Fieldhouse Films: Little Shop of Horrors (CCC)
2023-05-13 19:30 - 21:30 | New Edinburgh Park Fieldhouse, 203 Stanley Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
After a day of plants at Garden Day, join your neighbours for a showing of the comedy-horror-musical “Little Shop of Horrors”. This musical take on the 1960s low-budget cult-classic about a poor shopkeep and his strange plant from outer space is sure to GROW on you. Starring Rick Moranis, Steve Martin, Bill Murray, Ellen Greene and John Candy, plus lots of fun cameos. Directed by Frank Oz (the voice of Yoda, Miss Piggy, Cookie Monster and Grover), Little Shop of Horros features songs from Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, before they found Disney fame penning beloved songs from “The Little Mermaid”, “Beauty and the Beast” and “Alladin”. Stay after the film to see the newly discovered original not so happy ending. Remember, whatever they offer you, don’t feed the plants!

Garden Day & Plant Sale (CCC)
2023-05-13 09:00 - 13:00 | New Edinburgh Park Fieldhouse, 203 Stanley Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
The Crichton Community Council in New Edinburgh invite you to the New Edinburgh Garden Sale on Saturday May 13th, 2023 from 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM at New Edinburgh Park at 203 Stanley Avenue, Ottawa.
For more than 20 years New Edinburgh residents have purchased their plants on the Fieldhouse’s front lawn the Saturday before Mother’s Day. This spring the event is evolving to feature a speaker series on the lawn of the Fieldhouse:
9:00 AM – Mélanie Ouellette from the Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library promoting the local native seed ‘library’ exchange program
9:30 AM – Tina Liu, Landscape Architect and head of the NCC Floral Program on edible/productive gardening
10:30 AM – Sarah Coulber with the Canadian Wildlife Federation on the importance of pollinator gardens (mailto:Federationsarahc@cwf-fcf.org)
11:30AM – Brian Holley, horticulturalist, from the Canadensis Botanical Garden (previously at RBG, Cleveland and Naples Florida Botanical Gardens) providing expert gardening advice in a Question and Answer format. Bring your questions!
Various Community Groups will be staffing information tables, including:
Nora Lee with Wild Pollinators that provides education and resources to support and coordinate pollinator gardens
Social Harvest that runs an urban farm out of Rideau High School contributing to the Good Box Food Program out of Rideau-Rockcliffe Community Resource Centre.
Ferme Lève-Tot will be selling edible plants for your gardens and answering questions about Community Supported Agriculture.
The Crichton Community Council will be selling a limited number of unique hanging baskets and planters from Les Serres Oli-Ève.
The CCC will be recruiting kids to help rejuvenate the park’s flower bed by planting new native plants. We will also be planting vines at the base of the walls of the concrete storage shed. A few holes need to be dug for new trees to be planted in the park. Bring your kids, some small shovels and gloves!
Enjoy the event by savouring world-renown (or at least should be) treats and coffee brought to you by New Edinburgh’s own Union Street Café
Return to the Fieldhouse later on in the day to watch a film classic, “Little Shop of Horrors”, featuring a giant plant who demands to be fed.
Hope to see you there!

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Garden Day at the New Edinburgh Park Fieldhouse, 203 Stanley Ave.
On Saturday, May 13, Garden Day at the New Edinburgh Park Fieldhouse will add to the traditional plant sale. Come with your wagon, your wallet and your gardening questions! Proceeds support Crichton Community Council (CCC) events and programs.
Stay for a variety of speakers: edible gardening; pollinator gardens; questions for a master gardener; and, Canadensis – the proposed Ottawa Botanical Garden.
There is no cost to participate.
Union Street Café will be on site with coffee and their delicious treats for sale.
Later on in the day return to the Fieldhouse to watch a film classic “Little Shop of Horrors” featuring a giant plant who demands to be fed.
Enjoy a series of speakers, question and answer forums, information tables and a garden bed ready to be planted out by children.
The CCC is a volunteer organization that provides seasonal programs and ongoing community service in New Edinburgh. Since its establishment in 1993, the CCC has worked to enhance New Edinburgh’s sense of community by activating the public spaces New Edinburgh Park on the bank of the Rideau River. The CCC acts as the steward of the New Edinburgh Fieldhouse and the surrounding public spaces, on behalf of the City of Ottawa, in the interest of New Edinburgh residents.

Music and Meditation
2023-05-02 19:00 | MacKay United Church, 39 Dufferin Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1M 2H3, Canada
Music and Meditation at MacKay United Church, 39 Dufferin Rd. 7p.m.
For more information on this event, visit mackayunitedchurch.org

Book Drive
2023-04-30 11:00 - 15:00 | Rockcliffe Park Library Branch, 380 Springfield Rd., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Pack your donations of gently used books (English and French only) in wine-size boxes; place in the trunk of your vehicle; then drive to the parking lot where volunteers with the Rockcliffe Park Spring Book Sale will guide you. Please use Springfield Road entrance, 380 Springfield Rd. 11 a.m.– 3 p.m.
All proceeds go to the library.

Ontario Welsh Festival
2023-04-21 08:00 - 2023-04-23 17:00 | Hilton Garden Inn, 361 Queen St., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
The Ontario Gymanfa Ganu Association hosts the Ontario Welsh Festival from April 21-23 at Hilton Garden Inn, 361 Queen St. featuring concerts by Welsh performers and a hymn sing at Christ Church Cathedral on Apr. 23.
ontariowelshfestival.ca. info2023@ontariowelshfestival.ca.
