Some Ottawa dog owners say they're running out of off-leash dog parks, as a popular but informal park on Lemieux Island will be closed while construction goes ahead on the Chief William Commanda Bridge. There will be no public access to Lemieux Island as of Monday, and construction is authorized to last until July 2024. Lemieux Island is 'basically the only place we can take [Mikey] and let him off-leash,' said McBeath. Petition gets hundreds of signaturesMany dog owners learned about the closure in a newsletter to constituents circulated by Kitchissippi Coun. "Lemieux Island is one of very few dog parks in the city of Ottawa that includes water access," it reads.

Source: CBC News September 12, 2021 07:52 UTC