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[caption id=“attachment_85791” align=“aligncenter” width=“640”] Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle include three “biospheres” filled with plants and endangered species. (Photo by brewbooks , used under a Creative Commons license.)[/caption] Amazon passed over Ottawa in its bid to find a location for a second headquarters on Thursday, when it released a list of 20 finalist cities that contained but one Canadian option – Toronto. ...

[caption id=“attachment_77411” align=“aligncenter” width=“1000”] A Canadian flag was supported by two firetrucks outside the Canadian Tire Centre Thursday for Bryan Murray’s celebration of life ceremony. (Charlie Senack for OttawaStart.com)[/caption] Bryan Murray was remembered during a celebration of life Thursday afternoon at the Canadian Tire Centre as a community-oriented man whose big heart touched the lives of all who knew him. ...

When the Confederation Line opens in 2017, the existing Trillium Line will become OC Transpo’s number two line. And given the history of the number two bus, those are big shoes to fill. OC Transpo route two has been running for decades and, over the generations, ingrained itself into the nostalgia of old Ottawa and the memories of its regular riders. ...

[caption id=“attachment_66477” align=“aligncenter” width=“1920”] Screengrab from the Parliament Hill cam showing a blanket of smoke during the annual April 20 marijuana demonstration, around 4:20 p.m.[/caption] Things moved slowly on Parliament Hill Thursday – and not just because the House of Commons is adjourned until May 1. ...

CityLab reports of a program in Singapore that will scent buses in order to attract more riders. So, what would you like OC Transpo buses to smell like? We asked our followers on Twitter, here’s what they came up with: ...

Conservative Party leadership candidate Kellie Leitch’s pledge to “drain the canal” has caught the ire of some on social media. [caption id=“attachment_60292” align=“alignright” width=“150”] Leitch (Facebook)[/caption] Leitch’s version of Donald Trump’s “drain the swamp” slogan appeared Saturday in an email to supporters, Metro News reported. ...

Susan Sherring has been a part of the _ ** Ottawa Sun ** _ since day one, when the paper launched in 1988. Now, she’s taking a buyout. Sherring announced the news Thursday evening on Twitter. https://twitter.com/SusanSherring/status/801910296138878976 It comes amid a grim financial picture at parent company Postmedia, which also publishes the _ ** Ottawa Citizen ** _ . ...

Ottawa had its first serious snowfall Thursday, with several centimetres falling from the late afternoon into the night. https://twitter.com/ottawastart/status/791797307016642560 There had been short but sweet sprinkles of the white stuff over the capital region over the past few days, although Thursday took it a little too far. ...

OC Transpo says it is investigating after a person was caught on live television riding the bumper of a bus Tuesday evening. The incident unfolded during a live report on CTV Ottawa’s “News at Six.” The report was, somewhat fittingly, about the introduction of a low-income bus pass. ...

_ ** Update: Rideau Street was reopened as of Monday morning. ** _ IT’S BACK! https://twitter.com/amkfoote/status/782664245259436036 Months after an enormous sinkhole opened up on Rideau Street, another one has appeared. Ottawa Police issued a news release Sunday afternoon: _ "While in the midst of construction a small sink hole appeared on Rideau St. ...