This Saturday, May 25, members of the public can pay their respects to the late Ottawa City Councillor Diane Deans.
The celebration of life will take place at 2 p.m. at the Infinity Convention Centre on Gibford Drive and will be followed by a reception.
Deans died May 14 after a five-year battle with ovarian cancer after heading to palliative care a few days prior. She was first elected to the former Southgate Ward, which was later amalgamated to Gloucester-Southgate Ward. She was a councillor for almost 30 years.
Among some of her accomplishments, she chaired several “high-profile” committees including being the first woman to chair the Ottawa Police Services Board.
Deans was diagnosed with cancer in 2019 and had a “tough” battle that she fought with “the same passion, tenacity and fearless spirit that she brought to her work,” a press release from the city reads.
The flags at Ottawa City Hall will be lowered to half-mast on May 25 for Deans.