The HCMCA will be hosting our 5th Annual Winter Family Fun Day on Saturday, February 11, 2012 at Cresthaven Park from 10 am to 2 pm.  Fun, games, skating, hockey with the Ottawa Police Services, and much more.  Keep an eye open for moe details!  Spread the word with friends and neighbours.

If you are available to help organize games that day, please let us know at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Remember our rinks are maintained by volunteers.  We are always looking for more people to help shovel snow, run the snowblowers, and flood the rinks to ensure our kids get as much enjoyment as possible throughout the winter.

To attend the parade: please visit  www.barrhavensantaclausparade.com for details.

The float will have an "Outdoor Rinks" theme as many people in our community, including the teachers and students from St Andrew and Farley Mowat Schools use and share the rinks.

To help prepare the Float, join us at Cresthaven Park on Sunday, November 20 at 1:30 pm.

To join the float on the parade, please meet us by 5pm on the North side of Chapman Mills Drive, behind the Strandherd Crossing Plaza.

We are Float # 21.

All Kids and Adults participating with our float are asked to bring a hockey stick and (if you wish) helmet, and to wear a Hockey Jersey.

Please let us know in advance at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you are going to join us.

Hope to see you there!

The HCMCA, together with our local schools, will be entering a float in Sunday's Santa Claus Parade.  If you would like to participate, please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

The 15th Annual Santa Claus Parade, coordinated by the Barrhaven Lions Club, will take place this Sunday, November 20th, starting at 5:30 pm.  The theme is "Light up the night!"

The float will have a theme of our Outdoor Hockey Rinks, used by local residents evenings and weekend, and also by the teachers and students at our local schools -- St Andrew and Farley Mowat -- regularly throughout the winter.  With the rinks maintained by volunteers in the community (most of which are parents of school kids), our float is an opportunity to raise awareness of the great work our volunteers do to encourage their kids to get out on the rinks. We're always looking for more volunteers to help keep the rinks cleared of snow and flooded.

We'd be happy for you to join us on the float.  Please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  Final set up is planned for Sunday at Cresthaven Park, before the Parade.

Or for Parade information visit www.barrhavensantaclausparade.com.

The City of Ottawa will be holding public consultations on the design of the new splash pad on October 25, 2011 between 5pm and 7pm in the library of Adrienne Clarkson Elementary School, located at 170 Stoneway Drive, Nepean.

At the public consultation, residents will be asked to choose their favourite from two different concept plans. Both concepts include variations of upward spray jets, a downward sprayer and one or more cannons.

Splash pad construction would begin in the spring of 2012 at Stonecrest Park, to be open for use in the summer months.

In the News:

On October 11, Deputy Mayor and City Councillor Steve Desroches announced that the city will be installing a splash pad at Stonecrest Park on Stoneway Drive in Ward 22.  More information is available at www.stevedesroches.ca.