On Monday, June 22, lanes will be reduced at the intersection of Sussex Drive and King Edward Avenue. These lanes will be closed around the clock for approximately three weeks (weather permitting). The lane closures are required to allow the installation of concrete crosswalks at the intersection of King Edward Avenue and Sussex Drive. ...

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[caption id=“attachment_15348” align=“aligncenter” width=“600”] The new Ottawa Garden Map is available at [ www.gardensottawa.org ](http://The new Ottawa Garden Map is available at http://www.gardensottawa.org) [/caption] It’s that time of year when so many gorgeous plants are in brilliant bloom. Another thing that’s in bloom is an event called Garden Days . ...

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 Brock and Krista from the ever growing seoplus+ to talk all things SEO, the future of social media, what they do exactly, how companies in Ottawa can increase sales, their CRM, being a Google Partner and so much more! ...

Competition at the highly-anticipated Ottawa International Horse Show got underway on Wednesday, June 17, welcoming show jumping talent to the nation’s capital. At an opening day press conference held at Wesley Clover Parks in Ottawa, ON, Karen Sparks, Executive Director of Wesley Clover Parks, welcomed media to the facility alongside Deputy Mayor Mark Taylor, ten-time Canadian Olympian Ian Millar, and Ottawa International course designer Guilherme Jorge of Brazil. ...

St. Anthony Catholic School is teaming up with local residents and Ecology Ottawa to tear up a portion of their school grounds and plant a garden. On June 20 th , MP Paul Dewar, MPP Yasir Naqvi and Councillor Catherine McKenney will help kick off the event from 10am-10:45am. ...

The work to expand Highway 417 from Nicholas to the Split is winding down. Starting Sunday June 28, a dedicated bus lane on Highway 417 in both directions will be used so the O-Train Confederation Line project can start converting the Transitway from Hurdman to Blair to a Light Rail Transit system. ...

Residents are invited to a one-hour budget primer session on June 24, offering a look at how the City of Ottawa spends and how the annual municipal budget is put together.  City Treasurer Marian Simulik and Deputy City Treasurer Isabelle Jasmin will lead the session, which will consist of an overview of the budget process followed by a question-and-answer period. ...

Residents of Ottawa are invited to an open house on Tuesday, June 23 at the Jim Durrell Recreation Centre, 1265 Walkley Road, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. to discuss the City’s facility allocation policy in relation to the use of arenas, sports fields and ball diamonds. ...

Mayor Jim Watson invites residents to call into a pre-budget Tele-Town Hall on Thursday, June 25. Residents will be able to ask questions and share their views before City staff begins developing the draft Budget 2016, which will tabled later this fall. ...