weather

Earlier today on CBC’s Ontario Today they were talking about a local gas station with a sign out front advertising a price of $1.25 cents per litre. It wasn’t really that high - but it was so cold out over night that the numbers froze in place on the incorrect price and couldn’t be adjusted. ...

We all complain about the cold and the bad traffic during winter – but really, Ottawa is a great city when it’s cold and snowy. Here are six links to OttawaStart Guides to help you make the most out of it: ...

Jason White , a reporter with 1310News in Ottawa, just tweeted about a woman who was treated for ** _ frozen eyeballs _ ** while on the Rideau Canal. [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/frozen-2Beyeballs.png) ** Related: ** [ Ottawa Weather Guide ](http://ottawastart. ...

We have fresher air than Toronto. Awesome. From a City of Ottawa press release : The City of Ottawa welcomes the results of an air quality report released today that finds Ottawa’s air is the purest of all southern Ontario cities. ...

It’s official - the Rideau Canal Skateway opens on Saturday morning . The section between the Bank Street Bridge and Pretoria Bridge (the east side of the Glebe) will be open for skating at 8 a.m. A great website for tracking current skating conditions is canalconditions. ...

I enjoyed this post from Rose Simpson on her blog The $10 Life . An excerpt: Only in Ottawa would commuters blame the government for bad weather. Yesterday, there was a light smattering of snow on the highway, and there were dozens of crashes, and hundreds of irate motorists who took up to three hours to get to work. ...

Today’s guest blog comes from Gordon Dewis, and was originally published on his blog , which you should visit often! The recent winter storm in Southwestern Ontario has seen some people [ stuck in their cars for more than 24 hours ](http://www. ...

** PLEASE NOTE: ** These links may be out of date. For the latest storm info, please visit OttawaStart’s Winter Storm Guide . * Check out our [ Ottawa Weather Guide ](http://ottawastart.com/weather.php) for forecasts, radar maps, weather warnings, and current conditions. ...

The next time a big storm rolls through the region, you can test out Hydro One’s Storm Centre . It’s a live, realtime map showing large planned and unplanned outages in Ontario, including Ottawa and the surrounding area. The site takes data from Hydro One and maps it onto a Bing interface. ...

Here’s a photo snapped yesterdayby Stuntmant Stu at St. James the Apostle Anglican Church in Manotick. ** [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/126441356.jpg) ** (Original is here .) ** Related: ** Ottawa Weather Guide & Ottawa Religion & Churches Guide