{"id":116283,"date":"2026-07-04T17:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T17:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/116283\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T17:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T17:26:13","slug":"city-waives-garbage-limit-for-three-west-end-wards-starting-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/116283\/","title":{"rendered":"City waives garbage limit for three west end wards starting Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"

The City of Ottawa is waiving its three-item limit for garbage on curbside garbage days for three Ottawa wards after a record-breaking Canada Day storm<\/a> left residents picking up the pieces<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Starting Monday, Bay, College and Knoxdale-Merivale residents will be able to dispose of storm debris<\/a> with no item limits.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this time, there are over 3,200 reports of flooded basements across the city,\u201d Public Works general manager Alain Gonthier wrote in a memo sent to the mayor and city councillors Friday announcing the changes to curbside collection.<\/p>\n

As part of the city\u2019s \u201cSpecial Collection\u201d operation, Wards 7, 8 and 9 residents can also put out two items of construction waste bins starting Monday, according to the memo.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will continue to assess the situation in the coming days and will adjust as needed. We will do everything we can to support affected families,\u201d Sutcliffe said.<\/p>\n

In the aftermath of the historic Canada Day storms and flooding, thousands of Ottawa residents had their basements flooded and were left without power.<\/p>\n

Ottawa\u2019s West End area, including Nepean, experienced the heaviest concentrated rainfall and localized flooding, according to Hydro Ottawa spokesperson Jos\u00e9e Larocque.<\/p>\n

As of Friday, Hydro Ottawa crews were still managing power outages, including in the Bay, College and Kitchissippi wards. Larocque said other wards have also been impacted, including Knoxdale-Merivale.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the current volume of requests being received, it is anticipated that collection of storm-related debris may take many weeks,\u201d Johnson said on social media Friday. \u201cBig thanks to city staff for blowing up their regular operations to make this response happen for the ward\u2019s hardest hit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once the initial round is completed, Johnson said the Special Collection operation will continue to collect debris throughout the city based on service requests received by 3-1-1.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know this has been really hard,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cCheck in on each other. Remember these are just normal people picking up our garbage, so let\u2019s not take advantage of this situation too much because we really want it to be related to this storm and show good faith, because \u2026 this is wild.\u201d<\/p>\n

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