The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF), North America’s leading animation film event, announced the winners of its 2015 Official Competition today at an awards ceremony held at Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ This year’s Grand Prizes went to Sarina Nihei’s _ Small People With Hats _ for Best Independent Short Animation, and Patrick McHale’s _ Over The Garden Wall _ took the Grand Prize for Best Animated Feature. ...

Iceberg , a software and service provider for Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC), has been named one of Canada’s fastest growing companies by PROFIT magazine. Iceberg placed 59th overall in a list of 500 companies on the PROFIT 500 , and had revenue growth of over 1,100% in the last five years. ...

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: ** This week we meet up with the pastry overlord, Michael Holland, owner of Holland’s Cake and Shake on Armstrong street. ...

The City of Ottawa wants to remind motorists and OC Transpo riders to expect traffic disruptions as downtown streets and bridges will be impacted this Sunday, September 20 to accommodate the Canadian Army Run.  Visit the Canadian Army Run website to see the complete list of streets that will be affected. ...

Starting Monday, September 21, lanes will be reduced on Sussex Drive, St. Patrick Street and in the eastbound direction from the Alexandra Bridge to allow for installation of new cycling and pedestrian facilities. These lanes will be closed till the work is completed at the end of November. ...

Starting on Monday, September 21, and continuing until Monday, November 30, from 9 am to 3 pm, a 100-metre section of the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway eastbound right lane will be closed, between Woodroffe Avenue and Island Park Drive. This localized closure is required to allow the City of Ottawa to undertake the rehabilitation of the storm sewer system. ...

The City of Ottawa will recognize National Tree Day on Wednesday, September 23 by launching the development of Ottawa’s Urban Forest Management Plan. Residents are invited to learn more about the development of a forest management plan by attending ** Urban Trees: Putting Down Roots for the Future ** at the Horticulture Building at Lansdowne Park. ...

The National Arts Centre and the Canadian Arts Presenting Association (CAPACOA) are once again extending a call for nominations for the National Arts Centre Award for Distinguished Contribution to Touring. ** The deadline for nominations is _ Friday, October 16, 2015 _ . ...

Lyon Street will be fully closed from Queen Street to Albert Street over the next two weekends for construction related to the O-Train Confederation Line project. The closure will be in effect from the evening of Friday September 18 until 6 a. ...

The Carp Fair is a fun filled country fair and one of the best in Canada, and it’s happening from September 24-27. Featuring a huge midway, a horse show, PC Superdogs, chainsaw carving competition, and ** musical headliners ** Jordan McIntosh & Silver Creek (Friday night0 and George Canyon & Blackwell (Saturday night). ...