The City of Ottawa is warning residents to be vigilant of door-to-door salespeople making false claims about the quality of City drinking water. The City has received complaints from residents who have been contacted by vendors selling water-filtration or treatment systems and providing incorrect information about...
City Council today approved the 2015 Operating and Capital Budgets, limiting the total residential property tax increase to 2 per cent, while moving ahead with significant city-building projects such as Light Rail Transit, Arts Court, and the Bayview Innovation Centre. “This budget was designed to ensure...
A Working Group comprised of representatives from the National Capital Commission (NCC) and the City of Ottawa has reached an agreement in principle that would allow the City’s western light rail transit (LRT) extension to be fully buried under the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway....
Ottawa residents can now take advantage of more comfortable, convenient and reliable transit service on OC Transpo’s O-Train Trillium Line. “Today is yet another milestone in Ottawa’s transit history,” said Mayor Jim Watson. “The completion of the O-Train Trillium Line Expansion project demonstrates our City’s continued...
Ottawa – The Recreation eGuide and Mon Cyberguide francophone des loisirs are now online at ottawa.ca for spring and summer programs. Choose from a wide variety of activities including swimming lessons, fitness classes and summer camps. Registration for swimming and aquafitness classes begins online and by...
Starting Monday, March 2, the public will be able to take advantage of more comfortable, convenient and reliable O-Train Trillium Line service with the completion of the expansion project, which includes the introduction of six new Alstom Coradia Lint trains. The new service will operate four...
I often receive many inquiries and requests from residents on the snow removal operations for their respective streets. I have recently received the following update with information on snow removal operations across Ottawa. Weather permitting, City crews are removing snow daily and nightly. With three snow...
Ice breaking operations on the Rideau River began on February 9th between Rideau Falls and Hog’s Back. Blasting will follow starting on March 7, 2015. [caption id="attachment_10313" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo courtesy Wikipedia[/caption] The City, in partnership with the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority, undertakes ice breaking operations each...
Ottawa – O-Train Trillium Line service will be temporarily replaced by bus Route 107 from February 14 to 22, in order to complete necessary commissioning and preparation for the new expanded O-Train Trillium Line service. During this time, trains will be running but will not...
The City of Ottawa would like to remind residents of the following schedule changes for Family Day, Monday, February 16. Recreation services: Sens Rink of Dreams, located on Marion Dewar Plaza at Ottawa City Hall, is open daily from 6 a.m. to11 p.m. The heated changing facility...
Ottawa residents have an opportunity to learn more about the City’s Draft Budget 2015 and ask questions at one of four multi-ward budget consultations occurring February 9 to 14. Here are the dates, times and locations of each consultation session: Central District – Monday, February 9, 7...
English video: [embed]http://youtu.be/Q4Y32dliXe0[/embed] French video: [embed]http://youtu.be/yUDgMFlE1qM[/embed]...