Public safety

Advisory: crime prevention tips for the holiday season

The Ottawa Police Service issued a media advisory this week that we’d like to share with our readers in South Keys Greenboro. With the holiday season upon us, the Ottawa Police Service and your Community Police Centres would like to remind Ottawa residents of a few simple steps to ensure everyone has a safe holiday [...]

Gloucester-Southgate Community Safety Forum tonight

Our city councillor, Diane Deans, is hosting a Community Safety Forum this evening at the Greenboro Community Centre, and all are invited to attend. See below for a message from Diane: You are invited to attend a Gloucester-Southgate Community Safety Forum, which I am hosting on Monday, November 21 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. [...]

Town hall meeting: your help is needed

Your Community Association was pleased to see so many people getting involved at last night’s meeting on noise and property concerns. We reached capacity at the Greenboro Pavilion quite early on, and apologize for the event becoming a standing-room-only affair – we truly did not expect to have so many of our neighbours in attendance. [...]

Discussion of noise and property concerns

Your community association is hosting a town hall meeting to discuss noise and property upkeep concerns in South Keys Greenboro. If you’re having problems or are concerned about the influx of student housing due to our close proximity to the O-Train and Transitway, please join us. We want to discuss realistic strategies to deal with [...]

Grandparent “emergency scam” targeting seniors

Constable Gary McCoy, our community police officer, sends the following update: I would like to bring to your attention a recent scam that has been targeting seniors in our community. It is called the Grandparent Emergency Scam. It has been around for years and it appears to have been have picked up recently in the [...]