Mayor Jim Watson and Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward Councillor Tim Tierney presented the Mayor’s City Builder Award today to Dr. Safaa Fouda for her volunteer work in bringing together Canadians and new immigrants, as well as all kinds of faith groups, with the goal of promoting mutual understanding and compassion. ...

Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind is seeking long-term foster homes for female dogs in its breeding program. Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind breeds golden retrievers and Labrador retrievers. At this time, they are currently seeking long-term foster homes for female breeding dogs, which are fully trained adult dogs, specifically selected from the guide dog program for breeding purposes, to produce future guide dogs. ...

_ (This post originally appeared on Green Living Ottawa .) _ It’s one of my favourite times of the year— ** Jane’s Walk ** time! ** Jane’s Walk ** is an international celebration of cities and the people who live in and shape them. ...

The search for the new voice of Ottawa radio started in early March, with over 160 hopefuls looking to land the “Greatest Gig On Earth” as the new co-host of JUMP! 106.9’s breakfast show. That list is now down to five. ...

Sir John A. Macdonald Waterfront Linear Park Plan Workshop _ A workshop on the plan for the proposed park along the Ottawa River _ ** Tuesday, May 5, 7 pm to 9 pm ** The National Capital Commission (NCC) is pleased to invite the public to participate in a workshop on the plan for the proposed ** Sir John A. ...

The flags at all City of Ottawa sites will be lowered to half-mast from sunrise to sunset on Tuesday, April 28 to commemorate the National Day of Mourning for Persons Killed or Injured in the Workplace (Workers' Mourning Day).  This day, to memorialize lives lost in the workplace and to resolve to prevent future tragedies, was officially recognized by the federal government in 1991, and has since spread to about 80 countries around the world. ...

Beginning on Monday, April 27, there will be lane reductions on Main Street between Riverdale Avenue and Smyth Road. Hydro Ottawa will be undertaking work along Main Street to accommodate the installation of electrical infrastructure. This utility work is being done for the O-Train Confederation Line project. ...

Beginning Monday, April 27 there will be lane reductions on Innes Road between Highway 417 and Blair Road. These lane reductions are required to construct an additional eastbound lane on Innes Road from the Highway 417 off-ramp to Blair Road. The construction will be completed in September. ...

27 Apr 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 . ...

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