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Nicholas Street, between Highway 417 and Laurier Avenue, will be reduced to one lane in each direction beginning Monday, May 11 and continuing until October.  The lane reductions are necessary to allow for the installation of new sewer and watermain infrastructure along Nicholas Street, rehabilitation of the Mann Avenue overpass and resurfacing of the road. ...

Mayor Jim Watson and Councillor Diane Deans, chair of the City’s Community and Protective Services Committee, launched Emergency Preparedness Week today at City Hall. The event was both a celebration of the City’s achievements in emergency preparedness and a reminder to all that preparing for emergencies is a job that’s never really done. ...

The Gatineau Police Service and Ottawa Police Service’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) will focus on motorcycle safety and unsafe vehicles and heavy trucks during the month of May. Motorcycle Safety Between 2009 and 2013, there were 790 collisions involving motorcycles resulting in 542 ...

The flags at all City of Ottawa sites will be lowered to half-mast from sunrise to sunset on Tuesday, April 28 to commemorate the National Day of Mourning for Persons Killed or Injured in the Workplace (Workers' Mourning Day).  This day, to memorialize lives lost in the workplace and to resolve to prevent future tragedies, was officially recognized by the federal government in 1991, and has since spread to about 80 countries around the world. ...

Finally, urban gardeners have pesticide free protection for growing vegetables and herbs. They can produce higher yields from the small garden spaces typical of this rapidly expanding market segment. Seed Haven blocks crawling pests, concentrates sunlight on seedlings, and captures nutrient rich rainwater. ...

Here’s an email sent out on Thursday from Arthur McGregor, the owner of the Ottawa Folklore Centre in Old Ottawa South. About $4,000 worth of guitars were stolen in a credit card scam. _ From: Arthur McGregor _ _ Subject: Stolen Guitars _ ...

The Ottawa Police Service would like to make the public aware about a scam whereby phone calls are received from the “Marriott Hotel”. People are being asked for personal information over the phone. Marriott International is aware that people have been receiving calls about a “free Marriott Hotel rooms” prize. ...

The Ottawa Police Service Robbery Unit is working with the National Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program and the Canadian Bankers Association with respect to several ongoing 2015 bank robbery investigations. The Robbery Unit is today releasing video footage from 5 different bank robberies< [ https://www. ...

Lyon Street has been reduced by one lane from Queen Street to Albert Street to accommodate utility relocation work in advance of light rail transit station construction for the O-Train Confederation Line. The work is scheduled to be completed in early May. ...

Canton, NY – The first annual St. Lawrence International Film Festival (October 22-25, 2015) taking place on both sides of the US/Canada border announces its open Call for Entries in the categories of Feature, Short, and Digital projects. Events for the Festival are scheduled to take place in Ottawa,ON, Canton, NY, Potsdam, NY and Brockville, ON. ...