The Order of Ottawa recognizes the professional achievements and outstanding service of exceptional Ottawa residents. This prestigious civic award honours up to 15 of Ottawa’s most deserving individuals each year. Any resident of Ottawa who has made a significant contribution in a professional capacity that has been of benefit to our community may be nominated. ...

OCDSB has much to celebrate about the work of our students and staff. This week, the success of the district was highlighted with the provincial announcement about graduation rates and an incredible OCDSB student conference. The Ministry of Education released the annual five-year cohort graduation rate. ...

The Canadian Museum of History is proud to have acquired a number of objects from the Winkworth Collection of Canadiana following an auction held by Christie’s Auction House in London today.  Born in 1929 to an English father and Canadian mother, Peter Winkworth was raised in Montréal. ...

_ Our crowdsourced list of the best events in Ottawa this week. You can find even more events on our Ottawa Event Calendar . _ ** Thursday, April 2: Patrick Watson at the Blacksheep Inn ** You will be hard-pressed to find a more beautiful voice than that of Patrick Watson and there are few venues more suitable to such a voice than the Blacksheep Inn. ...

The Canadian Museum of History is marking the 35th anniversary of Terry Fox’s heroic Marathon of Hope by presenting the most comprehensive exhibition ever organized on the run and Terry’s remarkable and continuing legacy. ** Terry Fox – Running to the Heart of Canada ** provides an in-depth look at Terry’s epic 143 day, 3,339 mile (5,373 kilometre) journey from St. ...

Cairine Wilson Secondary School and We Day Corporate Sponsor Westjet Surprise 13 Thunder Bay - Winston Churchill Collegiate & Vocational Institute Students Cairine Wilson Secondary School’s population expanded today - when 13 students were jetted from their school - Winston Churchill Collegiate & Vocational Institute in Thunder Bay to the Ottawa high school. ...

The inaugural season of the Skating Court at Lansdowne Park ended today. It will open again in the fall when weather conditions permit.  The Skating Court at Lansdowne opened for outdoor skating on December 2, 2014. It was open for 114 days of skating and was enjoyed by more than 10,000 skaters. ...

The Canadian Museum of History is now accepting applications for its RBC Aboriginal Training Program in Museum Practices. This eight-month program offers professional and technical training in museum practices to First Nations, Métis and Inuit people from across Canada. The deadline for applications is ** ...

Join and support Final Round Club in Ottawa and their initiative with the Youth Program that was recently created to help keep the kids in Ottawa off the streets, out of the trouble and gangs. So that we all would live in a nice, safe and peaceful city with no gun shooting between teenager gangs. ...

_ ** Cognoscape selected Roaring Penguin's CanIt-Domain-PRO anti-spam software because ** _ _ ** is tightly integrated with the Autotask PSA ** _ ** Ottawa, Ontario, Canada ** – Roaring Penguin Software Inc. , the e-mail filtering experts announced the release of the Cognoscape case study today. ...