On December 12 , Rachel Lindgren, a fourth-year journalism student at Carleton University will become the 99th journalism or communications student to receive a Margaret Graham Award from the Media Club of Ottawa at the Club’s Christmas Social. On November 16, the Media Club presented a Margaret Graham award to Algonquin College journalism student Amelia Buchanan during a monthly club meeting. ...

Today Ottawa 2017 along with Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson announced that CIBC (CM:TSX) (CM:NYSE) will be the lead partner as the city hosts a year of celebrations to mark Canada’s 150 th birthday.  The partnership will see a number of high caliber events and activities presented in the Capital throughout 2017, a year that marks both Canada and CIBC’s 150 ...

As Canadians get ready for Canada’s 150th anniversary celebrations, the National Capital Commission (NCC) is preparing the Plan for Canada’s Capital, 2017–2067, the signature planning framework that will shape the vision for the nation’s capital until Canada’s bicentennial in 2067. ...

_ This is a two part series that looks at the mystery of the Vikings lost settlements in Canada. This post originally appeared on Andrew King’s Ottawa Rewind . _ ** _ PART 1: Vikings Cometh _ ** This week the Canadian Museum of History opened a special exhibit called ** “Vikings” ** described in the promotional material as “engaging interactive displays and 500 outstanding artifacts from The Swedish History Museum”. ...

Rick Chiarelli’s Alcohol-free Family New Year’s Eve will be another huge success going into its 23 rd year thanks to Thales Canada who have signed on to be the event’s title sponsor this year. The annual event invites residents City-wide to enjoy indoor and outdoor fun, including sleigh rides, skating, bouncy castle, games, live music, magic and juggling, and the biggest and best musical fireworks show in Ottawa on New Year’s Eve. ...

The Ottawa Public Library’s 21 st annual Awesome Authors Youth Writing Contest is underway. This contest, for aspiring young poets and short story authors, is open to writers between the ages of 9 and 17. They are invited to submit poems and short stories in English or French. ...

LVD Fitness is a fitness apparel brand working towards global access to clean water. For every item purchased, LVD provides one month of clean water to a child in need. The apparel brand sells t-shirts, snapback hats, zip-ups and decals on their website and offer personal delivery to anyone located in the Ottawa area. ...

The numbers are in for the fall radio ratings, and two talk radio stations are at the top of the list, probably thanks to the federal election happening during the ratings period. The ratings were conducted by Numeris between September 7 and November 1, 2015, and include all English radio listeners ages 12 and older. ...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/daveyjphoto/15980984748/ _ Instagrammin' by David Johnson. A young girl on the shoulders of her dad takes a photo with an iPhone of the chaos on Sparks St. _ How do you want to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Ottawa? With friends and family? ...

Thanks to the overwhelming support of the generous Ottawa community, Canadian furniture and home décor retailer, Urban Barn, will be making a very special holiday delivery. Hundreds of brand new fleece blankets will be delivered to Knox Presbyterian Church Centre 120 (Out of the Cold) of Ottawa on Wednesday Dec. ...