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** Update: Please see our Ottawa Swimming Guide for a list of salt water pools in Ottawa . ** A reader asks: “I am looking for an indoor pool in Ottawa that is chlorine free. Other cities have ozonated pools and salt pools. ...

[ ](http://wendybolandpt.ca/) We’re pleased to announce the launch of WendyBolandPT.ca – a new web site created by OttawaStart Internet Services for Wendy Boland. She’s a physiotherapist in Ottawa , specializing in a wide range of treatments including acupuncture, individual exercise programs, sports injury rehab, and more. ...

The Ottawa Sun is reporting that OC Transpo will be providing real-time updates of the capacity left in park and ride lots starting on Monday. The updates will be available at OC Transpo’s web site . With depleted service in the suburbs, the lots are expected to fill quickly – so this could be a useful tool for commuters. ...

Required reading: Relief - and recimination , by the Ottawa Citizen’s David Reevely. Some highlights: The city botched it. Leave aside the merits of each side's argument and look at how they fought. The city misjudged the importance of work scheduling to the workers — was very possibly ignorant of the system's origins only 10 years ago. ...

Check out the latest from isthebusstrikeoveryet.com ** ** [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/isthebusstrikeoveryet.jpg) ** Related: ** Ottawa OC Transpo Guide

The Ottawa Citizen : Seven weeks into a bus strike that at times, caused winter-road chaos in the nation's capital, the City of Ottawa and workers with its striking transit union reached an agreement Thursday afternoon to send all the outstanding issues in the 51-day-old OC Transpo strike to binding arbitration. ...

** The Ottawa Citizen reports : ** The city and its largest transit union are making a dramatic push to reach an agreement to end the transit strike ahead of federal legislation sending 2,300 OC Transpo workers back on the job. ...

David Reevely blogs about the Canadian Industrial Relations Board : They're holding a public hearing this morning on whether the lack of OC Transpo service poses a direct threat to public health or safety — this is the issue they got 3,000 public submissions on a couple of weeks ago. ...

Is the end in sight? CTV and the Ottawa Citizen are reporting that: Federal Labour Minister Rona Ambrose will introduce back-to-work legislation on Thursday night. * David Reevely has a [ transcript of the scrum ](http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/greaterottawa/archive/2009/01/28/ambrose-to-bring-in-back-to-work-legislation.aspx) with Ambrose outside of the House of Commons from earlier today. ...

Here’s the best idea we’ve seen to put an end to the transit strike. From Woodsy at Coloured Marbles : Deny everyone who is part of the negotiations the use of their car until they reach a settlement. (As seen on ...