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The City of Ottawa announced the winners of the 2015 Environmental Excellence Awards during a special presentation today at the City’s Environment Committee. This year’s winners were chosen from a total of nine nominated projects that featured the work of 75 employees. ...

The Ottawa Public Library (OPL) has partnered with Ottawa Therapy Dogs and Therapeutic Paws of Canada to offer dog therapy programs at various branches during the summer teen exam period. The dog therapy programs will offer teens a chance to meet and interact with therapy dogs, and to de-stress while they are studying for their exams. ...

The City of Ottawa invites residents to an Open House to learn more about and discuss the Airport Parkway and Lester Road Widening Environmental Assessment Study.  The study will help determine the most appropriate means to accommodate and manage increasing transportation requirements related to growth in the surrounding communities and airport lands. ...

The City of Ottawa today received the Fraud and Waste Hotline Report tabled at Audit Committee by Auditor General Ken Hughes.  The Office of the Auditor General identified instances reported to the City’s Fraud and Waste Hotline in 2013 and 2014 which resulted in a range of management actions from discipline and suspension to termination. ...

** Fewer persons accessing shelters – but longer periods of homelessness point to a missing key ingredient in solutions to homelessness: affordable housing. ** The latest _ Progress Report on Ending Homelessness _ (attached), summarizing the state of homelessness in Ottawa at the end of 2014, was released by the Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa on ...

The Ottawa Police Service Break and Enter Unit has noticed an increase in reports of residential break and enters in which the suspect(s) enter the residence by an unlocked front or rear door, including patio doors. Residents are reminded to keep their doors locked, even when at home, and to ensure any access point from the garage into the main area of the home is also locked. ...

For 25 years, Options Bytown has been successfully housing the homeless by instilling hope and providing the most vulnerable people in Ottawa with the skills they need to live independently in the community. Options Bytown has ensured that hundreds of men and women have been able to leave homeless shelters and move to permanent housing – and stay there. ...

Ottawa Fire Services invites Alta Vista and Beacon Hill-Cyrville residents and businesses to an information session to learn more about the details and staff recommendations outlined in the Station Location Study – including how the locations of the fire stations serving these two areas will continue to meet the needs of the community. ...

Mayor Jim Watson and City Manager Kent Kirkpatrick presented the 2015 City Manager’s Award for Excellence (CMAE) at today’s City Council meeting. The annual CMAE, now in its ninth year, is comprised of four categories and represents the highest distinction employees can receive through the City’s corporate recognition program. ...

Mayor Jim Watson and River Ward Councillor Riley Brockington presented the Mayor’s City Builder Award today to Helen Synek, recognizing her 30 years of volunteer work at the Caldwell Family Centre in Carlington.  In 1954, Helen left school in Youghal, Ireland, at 14 to start helping to support her family by working in a textile factory. ...