sports & recreation

[caption id=“attachment_65587” align=“aligncenter” width=“1038”] (Aaron Toth/ Flickr )[/caption] And you thought your property tax bill was high… Somebody was asking the other day in a local Facebook group how much the Senators pay in property tax is each year, and how much of that goes to Stittsville. ...

[caption id=“attachment_64742” align=“aligncenter” width=“720”] Ottawa Senators forward Clarke MacArthur will make his season debut Tuesday night. (Screengrab)[/caption] Ottawa Senators forward Clarke MacArthur will take the ice with the team Tuesday night for the first time this season, team general manager Pierre Dorion announced. ...

Ottawa’s bid for the 2021 Canada Summer Games, the largest multi-sport event in the country, lost out to Niagara Region, officials announced Thursday. Organizers with the Canada Games Council announced the news in Toronto. City officials and organizers of Ottawa’s bid gathered at Ben Franklin Place to hear the news, which was streamed via Periscope. ...

_ (Via Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group) _ ** OTTAWA-GATINEAU ** In less than eight months, RNation welcomes OUR NATION to Lansdowne and Ottawa for the 105th Grey Cup Festival presented by Shaw from November 21-26. This week-long celebration will showcase Canadian culture and attract over 250,000 visitors throughout the multi-day festival that culminates with the 105th Grey Cup presented by Shaw on Sunday, November 26 at TD Place. ...

_ (Via Ottawa 2017) _ ** Ottawa – ** The Ottawa 2017 Bureau and Mayor Jim Watson are thrilled that an NHL centennial outdoor game will be held in Ottawa on Saturday, December 16, 2017, and congratulate the NHL for bringing this prestigious sporting event to Canada’s capital for the first time. ...

_ (Via Rideau Hall) _ OTTAWA ** — ** On the occasion of the 125 th anniversary of the Stanley Cup ® , His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, will welcome Canadians to Rideau Hall to see both the original bowl and the Stanley Cup on ** Thursday, March 16, 2017 ** . ...

_ (Via Ottawa 2017) _ Due to conflicting and inaccurate reports on attendance numbers for this past weekend’s Red Bull Crashed Ice, we would like to provide the following information on site capacity for the event. Approved site capacities based on the emergency plans of the City of Ottawa: ...

“Trophy’s in my spot,” said Cameron Naasz as he walked into the drawing room of the Château Laurier, around 10:30 p.m. Saturday night. Less than 30 minutes earlier, he had been crowned the Red Bull Crashed Ice world champion for the second season in a row, making him the only man to defend the title. ...

Finnish athlete Mirko Lahti won the Red Bull Crashed Ice Junior World Championship Friday night, just beating Canadian Samuel Nadeau in a photo finish. It was day one of competition (Thursday was practice runs) and it continues Saturday from 6:30 p. ...

_ (Via National Capital Commission) _ The mild weather and the forecast of the mild nights will cause considerable deterioration of the ice on the Rideau Canal Skateway, to the extent that it will not be possible to restore the surface for skating. ...