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A hero’s welcome for Olympic champions Erica Wiebe and Natasha Watcham-Roy Tuesday morning at the Ottawa airport. Wiebe, of Stittsville, had won a gold medal in wrestling. Watcham-Roy hails from Gatineau and won a bronze in rugby sevens. A large contingent awaited Wiebe, including residents from her hometown, mayor Jim Watson and west-end councillors Shad Qadri and Marianne Wilkinson. ...

_ (Via City of Ottawa) _ ** Ottawa ** – The City of Ottawa is in the process of converting 58,000 streetlights to Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology, an initiative that, upon completion, will save the City an estimated $6 million annually. ...

Ottawa Fire Services received a call at 9:56 pm on Thursday, August 18th from a very concerned pet owner. The family’s dog, Luna, had gotten her paw stuck in the drain of the sink and after numerous attempts they found it impossible to free the paw. ...

_ (Via Mayor’s office) _ ** Ottawa, ON ** – Today, Mayor Jim Watson announced the high-profile names of world leaders from politics, entertainment, business and the community who will be attending the 2016 One Young World Summit taking place in Ottawa from September 28 to October 1, 2016. ...

_ ** Editor’s note: It recently surfaced the city was planning to install barriers at the abandoned Prince of Wales truss bridge. The bridge is popular with pedestrians and cyclists between Ottawa and Gatineau, or just for people looking for a neat sight. ...

It’s official - August 18, 2016 is Tragically Hip Day in Ottawa. Mayor Jim Watson made the declaration Wednesday on BOOM 99.7. He also released a statement on Twitter. https://twitter.com/JimWatsonOttawa/status/765945469155565568 The band plays at the Canadian Tire Centre on the same day. ...

[caption id=“attachment_48348” align=“aligncenter” width=“387”] Belanger in the House of Commons. Source: http://www.mauril.ca/ [/caption] MP Mauril Bélanger has passed away at age 61 after a battle with ALS / Lou Gehrig’s disease. Appropriately, we heard the news tonight via Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. ...

It’s one of those days. One woman in Brockville took lawn care a little too far when she started flinging dog poop at her neighbour’s yard. _ (Via Brockville Police) _ On August 11th at 6:45 pm, Brockville Police attended a neighbour dispute between two women in the center/east portion of the city. ...

_ (Via Ottawa Police) _ (Ottawa)—The Ottawa Police Service responded to a call for service involving dog attacks. Several people, including a child, are reported to have been injured this morning by two large dogs. Both animals were loose in the Orleans area bordered by 10th Line Road, Tompkins Avenue, ...

_ (Via City Solicitor Rick O’Connor) _ Mayor Watson and Members of Council, Earlier this afternoon, the City was served with a Statement of Claim filed in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on behalf of members of the taxi industry. ...