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_ (press release) _ (Ottawa)—The Ottawa Police Service (OPS), the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the Service de police de la Ville de Gatineau (SPVG) and the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) will join forces to monitor the gathering of 500+ Hells Angels motorcycle riders in Ottawa from July 22 to 24 ...

Confederation Park was packed Tuesday for an afternoon of Pokémon GO. Hundreds of players gathered for a “luring party” - over 400 people showed up to try catch ‘em all. The game uses phone cameras to show Pokémon characters in the real world, requiring gamers to move around to catch them. ...

_ (via City of Ottawa) _ Every four years, the ** Ontario Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) ** mails property assessment notifications to residential, commercial and industrial property owners providing them with the latest assessed value of their property. MPAC will begin mailing property assessment notices for residential properties in Ottawa on July 18. ...

An incorrectly addressed letter from an 11-year-old girl to her Grandma has been delivered, thanks to the efforts of Perth mail carrier Tash Villeneuve. The letter, sent by a young girl named Abby while at summer camp, simply said “To Grandma from Abby,” along with the postal code of a home on RR #3 - a route with over 800 homes, impossible to know who to give it to. ...

_ (press release) _ (Ottawa)-The Ottawa Police Service responded to two separate stabbing incidents which occurred in the ByWard market overnight and we are looking for the public’s assistance. The first occurred at 10pm at Waller and Rideau Street. 1 male victim was stabbed and sustained non-life-threatening injuries. ...

_ (press release) _ ** Ottawa ** – Baseball fans who came to RCGT Park last evening to watch the Ottawa Champions host the Rockland Boulders first joined Mayor Jim Watson, president of the Ottawa Champions David Gourlay and Mr. Keeping’s family to remember popular local community builder Max Keeping. ...

_ (press release) _ ** Ottawa – ** The City of Ottawa will create a heritage matters task force that will monitor heritage properties on a regular basis to help encourage the proper maintenance and protection of Ottawa’s heritage buildings. ...

_ Editor’s note: City Manager Steve Kanellakos introduced a new structure for the various city departments. The restructuring will result in at least 5o jobs lost. The cuts will save around $2.7 million. _ [caption id=“attachment_43367” align=“aligncenter” width=“987”] Old structure[/caption] ...

_ Editor’s note: The City of Ottawa will soon be home to 41 new electric vehicle chargers, in ten different locations. Check out a map of the future locations here . _ _ (press release) _ Ontario is building almost 500 electric vehicle charging stations at over 250 convenient locations across the province to help reduce greenhouse gas pollution and fight climate change. ...

_ (press release) _ Ottawa, July 13, 2016 – The Ottawa Public Library (OPL) today released the list of candidate sites to be evaluated in the search for the best possible location for the new flagship Central Library. Twelve sites, both publicly- and privately-owned, were identified by the City of Ottawa’s (City) Real Estate Partnerships and Development Office (REPDO). ...