In-person Canada Day celebrations have returned to the capital. This will result in some road closures and restrictions. The locations and times are indicated below. Getting around downtown on Canada Day will be more complicated than usual this year. Plan your route ahead of time and expect delays. ...

Strawberry Season. Big, beautiful, juicy strawberries wherever you look. Photo by Lydia Bociurkiw. Ottawa is surrounded by farmland, and many of the farms offer pick-your-own berry facilities. Strawberry season in Ottawa typically starts in late June/early July. Strawberry picking is on for the 2022 season! ...

TD Ottawa Jazz Festival crowd at City Hall in 2018. (Photo/Chris Parker) With word of the so-called freedom convoy making a return to Ottawa for Canada Day, TD Ottawa Jazz Festival is seeking to reassure ticketholders. “The TD Ottawa Jazz Festival, in recent consultation with Ottawa Special Events, has been reassured that a significant police presence will ensure the safety of all jazz fans over the Opening and Canada Day weekends. ...

Photo: Post Malone, seen here performing at the 2017 edition of CityFolk in Ottawa, Canada (Via CityFolk) CityFolk organizers today announced that they will be moving forward with a star-studded lineup of live acts for this year’s festival. CityFolk will take place on the Great Lawn at Lansdowne Park on September 8, 9, 10 and September 15, 16, 17, 2022. ...

Photo: The O-Train boasted improved service recently, but buses not so much. (Devyn Barrie/OttawaStart.com). OC Transpo says measures are being taken to improve the reliability of bus service, which has been poorer in recent months. However, it’s not clear exactly when riders can expect bus cancellations and lateness to get back under control. ...

Ian Black on the CBC, long (long) ago. (CBC screengrab) Ottawa’s go-to weatherman Ian Black retired from the CBC on Thursday, closing out his 33-year career on the air. CBC Ottawa has a story about him up now, including a video mashup with some of his many TV appearances. ...

Ottawa City Hall. If you’re looking for an interesting way to be part of local democracy—while getting a decent paycheque, too—then working in the City of Ottawa 2022 election may interest you. The city’s elections office is currently recruiting poll workers for the upcoming October vote. ...

(Via Ottawa Public Library) A quick reminder that Sunday hours will be paused for the months of July and August and will return in September, as in previous years. The last Sunday to enjoy Library services is June 26. However, Sunday hours will return in the Fall on September 11. ...

“New Flyer” Photo by Justin S. Campbell, via Flickr. (Used under a Creative Commons License.) As of Saturday, June 11, you will no longer be required to wear a face mask when taking transit in Ottawa. The provincial rules requiring masks in most settings had been lifted in late March, but stuck around for some things such as transit. ...

Kelly Egan retired on Friday from the Ottawa Citizen, after 43 years at the paper. "Over the years, readers have been the greatest, and there is no way to suitably express the gratitude for so much priceless encouragement, so many story ideas, so many laughs and tears," he wrote in his last regular column. ...