Everyone has an opinion about how the City of Ottawa maintains its roads in the winter, and residents have an opportunity to share that opinion with the City right now. The City of Ottawa is reviewing its Winter Maintenance Quality Standards (WMQS). The standards determine when...
The City of Ottawa has clarified how the Province of Ontario’s new stay-at-home measures will alter public access to some of its facilities and temporarily suspend in-person counter services. The Province is requiring everyone to remain at home with exceptions for permitted purposes or activities, such...
Premier Ford announced today that the province of Ontario has now entered a state of emergency effective immediately. The Premier has also announced effective Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 12:01 a.m., the government is issuing a stay-at-home order requiring everyone to remain at home with...
Ottawa’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Vera Etches, has issued an order under the Health Protection and Promotion Act to restrict the number of people at skating rinks and sledding hills to 25 at one time – ensuring physical distancing to help prevent the spread...
Check out our Virtual Arts and Recreation Centre! Start 2021 with a new virtual hobby. The City will be offering a wide range of classes including arts, cooking, fitness, meditation, languages and more. These courses are offered in a real-time, live stream, interactive format. Firstly, there...
River Ward Community Update Dear Friends and Neighbours of River Ward, Happy New Year. I hope you have been able to take some time to rest, communicate with friends and loved ones, and enjoy this festive season. We have been in lockdown since December 26. I hope it will...
OC Transpo fares are changing on January 1, 2021. All fares, except the EquiPass, Community Pass, and Access Pass, will increase by an average of 2.5 per cent to keep pace with inflation and the cost of providing transportation. There is no increase to EquiPass, Community...
With the province-wide shutdown scheduled to start at 12:01 am on Saturday, December 26, the City will temporarily close City-managed recreation and cultural facilities to the public and suspend some in-person services until Saturday, January 23, 2021. This excludes respite centres, COVID-19 assessment centres and...
Welcome to the second edition of the new Civic development CheckPoint! The new Civic development project team continues to work towards the completion of Stage 2 of the Capital Planning process, scheduled for delivery to Ontario’s Ministry of Health in early 2021. The team is focused...
The City’s Standing Committee on Environmental Protection, Water and Waste Management today received an update on the Climate Change Master Plan. This is the City’s plan to transition to clean, renewable energy and making Ottawa more resilient to the effects of climate change. Council declared a...