The City of Ottawa wants you to make sure you can ** Hear the BEEP where you SLEEP ** . That is the theme of Fire Prevention Week, October 4 to 10.  In Ontario, newly built homes must include a smoke alarm, combined with a strobe light, in each bedroom. ...

The City of Ottawa has launched the Streetside Spots pilot project today by inviting businesses and community groups to redefine parking spaces with different looks, designs and uses.  Streetside spots are small outdoor spaces created by temporarily re-purposing on-street parking spaces. ...

Babies and toddlers and their mothers celebrated breastfeeding anywhere, anytime at the _ _ _ Parenting in Ottawa _ Breastfeeding Challenge Saturday , with 80 babies breastfeeding at one site at 11 a.m. at City Hall. The Breastfeeding Challenge, which began in 2001 by the Quintessence Foundation as part of World Breastfeeding Week, is a friendly competition that brings together mothers from around the world by challenging them to set the record for the most babies breastfeeding at one time. ...

The Lunch Out Loud podcast looks to promote the amazing talent, food, events and music Ottawa has to offer. Every week we will introduce you to new things about Ottawa you never knew existed. ** This week: ** We meet up with Ian Capstick, founding partner of MediaStyle. ...

“Shawarma City”, a documentary by Conor DeVries, about his search for Mustafa, the man behind Maroush Shawarma. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XNC81ZHNYY

Whether you’re looking to hit a few balls for fun or want some serious batting practice, here’s a few places in Ottawa where you can get in front of a pitching machine. (Unfortunately the closure of Dingerz in 2018 means one less great facility. ...

Taverns and Troublemakers, the newest exhibit at the City of Ottawa Central Archives, is now open.  Taverns and Troublemakers gives you a seat at the bar to drink in the history of Ottawa’s taverns, and a front-row view of the battle with the Temperance Movement, the troublemakers who had a different plan for society. ...

To prepare for winter operations, the City of Ottawa has begun driver training for the operation of snow-clearing equipment.  Winter driver training starts in the classroom with instruction on roadway safety, equipment orientation, operating principles and operation of the vehicle attachments. ...

Mayor Jim Watson joined the Honourable Madeleine Meilleur, MPP for Ottawa-Vanier and Rideau-Vanier Ward Councillor Mathieu Fleury today for a first look at construction of the Ottawa Art Gallery Expansion and Arts Court Redevelopment project. Project partners were also in attendance, including representatives from the Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG), the University of Ottawa, EBC Inc. ...

Today, Mayor Jim Watson welcomed residents, local agencies, and subject-matter experts at City Hall to mobilize the community to help refugees of the Syrian crisis. The Mayor’s Public Forum on Syrian Refugee Resettlement Efforts saw the launch of Refugee 613, a short-term project in response to the global refugee crisis, and United for Refugees, a new fundraising initiative to support local sponsorship and settlement efforts. ...