If you have been diagnosed with celiac disease or are suffering from non-celiac gluten sensitivities, Gluten Free Utopia, which will be held this weekend this Sunday at the Ukrainian Banquet Hall on Byron, is THE event to visit. GFU is the brainchild of Ottawa native Samantha Maloney, owner/baker at BEZ Gluten Free, a bakery created on the belief that everyone’s body should be able to have and eat the food it loves. ...

Today, the City of Ottawa released 11 Royal swans onto the shores of the Rideau River for another season on the Ottawa waterway. The swans will make the Rideau River their home until the cold weather returns in late October. ...

The City of Ottawa is committed to helping residents dispose of their waste in the safest and most environmentally friendly way and reminds residents that some of the waste in garages, basements and sheds is hazardous and cannot be safely left at the curb for pickup. ...

_ Our crowdsourced list of the best events in Ottawa this week. You can find even more events on our Ottawa Event Calendar . _ ** Friday, May 29: Ottawa Fury FC VS Edmonton FC ** It’s the last home game of the Ottawa Fury until after the Women’s World Cup break - and the first evening game of the season! ...

Pop quiz: You’re helping a family member or friend to replace a light fixture. Unknown to you, the DIY enthusiast you’re helping hasn’t turned off the main breaker. Suddenly, there’s a shower of sparks and the person with the screwdriver in their hand falls motionless in front of you. ...

** Hillcrest ** ** ** ** High School ** ** Impact Club Makes a $5,000 Impact ** ** ** ** Thursday, May 28, 2015 ** ** 11:40 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. ** ** Hillcrest ** ** ** ** High School ** ** ** ** 1900 Dauphin Road ** Hillcrest High School students just keep on giving. ...

[caption id=“attachment_14591” align=“aligncenter” width=“580”] Experience the inspiration of The Global Savages. Photo credit: Peter van Beek[/caption] Canada’s ** Magnetic North Theatre Festival ** features 10 days of thought-provoking theatre and fun audience encounters from June 4-13 in Ottawa. One of the highlights of the festival is a pay-what-you-can outdoor performance of _ ** The Global Savages ** _ at the Rideau Canal Locks (below the Bytown Museum near the Ottawa River). ...

_ Improves Secure Messaging and Improves support for DKIM-signing of outbound mail _ 26 May 2015 – Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – Roaring Penguin Software Inc., the email filtering experts, makers of the acclaimed CanIt-PRO, CanIt-Domain-PRO, CanIt Archiver and Hosted CanIt anti-spam outbound filtering, email encryption and email archiving solutions, announce the release of CanIt 9 . ...

Celebrate ** National Aboriginal Day ** with 3 days of FREE family fun in Ottawa’s Vincent Massey Park at the ** Summer Solstice Aboriginal Festival & Competition Pow Wow , June 19-21. ** With a great lineup of entertainment throughout the weekend, guests will experience and celebrate the diverse Aboriginal cultures of the National Capital Region. ...

Ken Vincent is an established artist living in the beautiful Val-des-Monts Quebec, just 40km north of Ottawa. The beautiful country drive makes a great day trip from Ottawa. With many of his breath-taking landscape paintings on display in galleries, Ken is also pleased to be able to offer tours of the studio/gallery attached to his home. ...