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Here’s a cool graphic from the City of Ottawa that really puts into perspective the size of Ottawa. That’s right – Ottawa is geographically larger than Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal combined. As David Reevely notes, this is pretty much Mayor Jim Watson’s favourite map (and he’s been flashing it around for years, too). ...

While voting day won’t be until later in the month, the earliest you’ll be able to cast a ballot for mayor, councillor and school board trustee in 2018 is 10 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 4. Rick O’Connor, the city clerk and solicitor, set the dates for 2018 advanced polls in a memo to city council on Tuesday, outlining the dates and locations. ...

[caption id=“attachment_67963” align=“aligncenter” width=“1000”] Mayor Jim Watson says OC Transpo bus drivers who operate in Gatineau will be instructed to ignore Bill 62, a new Quebec law which bans people from wearing face coverings which receiving public services. (Devyn Barrie/OttawaStart.com)[/caption] ...

_ (Via City of Ottawa) _ For the past 27 years, local emergency services have joined OC Transpo’s Transecure Committee to recognize OC Transpo employees who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to help those in need. This recognition is part of the Transecure Program, which is a community watch program on wheels. ...

[caption id=“attachment_67965” align=“aligncenter” width=“1000”] March for Life protesters in downtown Ottawa on May 11, 2017. (Howard Whiting/Lightchasers.ca)[/caption] When the flag of a group opposed to abortion went up a flagpole on Thursday outside Ottawa City Hall, it set off a chain reaction of events that made for a messy day. ...

[caption id=“attachment_67965” align=“aligncenter” width=“1000”] March for Life protesters in downtown Ottawa on May 11, 2017. (Howard Whiting/Lightchasers.ca)[/caption] City Clerk Rick O’Connor said the raising of an anti-abortion flag at City Hall should not have happened because it was against the city’s flag policy. ...

[caption id=“attachment_67986” align=“alignright” width=“382”] One of the trains to be used on the Confederation Line when it opens. (Jim Watson/Twitter)[/caption] The City of Ottawa should know by the end of the year the date that the Confederation Line will start carrying passengers, city council was told Thursday in a memo prepared by Steve Cripps, director of O-Train construction. ...

[caption id=“attachment_67020” align=“aligncenter” width=“1000”] Ottawa 2017’s executive director says parking spaces on York Street were re-accommodated as Inspiration Village takes over this month. Shipping containers being installed on Thursday, April 27. (Devyn Barrie/OttawaStart.com[/caption] The 92 parking spaces taken up by Ottawa 2017’s shipping container extravaganza do not represent a net loss of parking in the ByWard Market, because the city was able to shift them elsewhere, Ottawa 2017 Executive Director Guy Laflamme said. ...

[caption id=“attachment_65587” align=“aligncenter” width=“1038”] (Aaron Toth/ Flickr )[/caption] And you thought your property tax bill was high… Somebody was asking the other day in a local Facebook group how much the Senators pay in property tax is each year, and how much of that goes to Stittsville. ...

_ (Via City of Ottawa) _ ** Ottawa ** ** – ** Finance and Economic Development Committee today approved a plan to revitalize the ByWard and Parkdale markets by approving the establishment of a Municipal Services Corporation to provide dedicated management and leadership. ...