The popular Ottawa Farmers’ Christmas Market makes a return to the beautiful and rustic Aberdeen Pavilion at Lansdowne Park on Sunday November 30 at 9:00 a.m. Fondly known as the “cattle castle”, Aberdeen Pavilion’s past as an agricultural exhibition hall makes it the perfect home for exhibiting the fresh produce, meats, cheeses and Christmas wares of more than 100 local vendors from Ottawa and the area. ...

Along with toys and goodies, Santa Claus may be delivering minor traffic disruptions on Saturday, November 22, starting at 11 a.m. during the 2014 Help Santa Toy Parade. The City of Ottawa is advising motorists to expect delays due to road closures to accommodate the parade starting at 11 a. ...

OSSC Winter 2015 Registration is now OPEN! It’s time to start thinking of your Winter sports & classes with the Ottawa Sport & Social Club! Adult, Co-ed and 19+ sports. You can sign-up as an individual, with friends, or as a full team. ...

Cornerstone Housing for Women will be celebrating its 30 th Anniversary this Friday night with a special gala featuring inspirational speaker Amanda Lindhout, who was released by Islamist insurgents after 460 days in captivity. Amanda Lindhout is the Canadian journalist who was kidnapped in 2008 in southern Somalia. ...

After leaked documents exposed a TransCanada plan to attack organizations and municipalities opposed to the controversial Energy East pipeline, many of those groups signalled their intention to not be silenced by TransCanada. The documents highlighting a strategy to promote the Energy East pipeline by undertaking a pseudo-grassroots campaign were released earlier on Greenpeace’s website. ...

Little Voice is giving away 5 ebooks to 5 lucky winners! With the launch of our children’s ebook, we’re happy to announce our first giveaway! Little Voice was written and illustr ated by both Ottawa natives Amanda Bernardo and Samantha Clusiau-Lawlor. ...

Staging Our Histories is a new event in Ottawa, ON which explores the convergence of history, memory and performance. Bringing together performing artists of diverse traditions with members of academia and the general public, Staging Our Histories will provide a space for engagement and dialogue about the ways we express our histories beyond the page. ...

_ (This post originally appeared on StittsvilleCentral.ca .) _ The Goulbourn Museum was yarn bombed on Sunday afternoon. Yarn bombing is the art of adding a knit cover to everything from park benches to entire buses. Known as fibre graffiti, it’s easy to remove yet makes a statement by transforming cold urban landscapes into warm, colourful spaces. ...

TransCanada is planning to return to the Ottawa-area on Tuesday, November 18th, to host an open-house around its controversial proposed Energy East pipeline. Local groups, including Sustainable North Grenville, Ecology Ottawa, the Council of Canadians, and 350.org, are planning to attend the open house to distribute their information and show the visible opposition of Ottawa and Kemptville residents. ...

The City of Ottawa is receiving a Sustainable Communities Award from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities) for the Laurier Avenue segregated bike lanes, Ontario’s first in a downtown location, and a major component of the City’s bicycle network.  “We are proud of the work we have done to earn this prestigious award and of the investments we have made to ensure a safer cycling and pedestrian-friendly city,” said Mayor Jim Watson. ...