Emily Carr Middle School will be closed today due to a water main break in the area of the school. City of Ottawa officials say it could take between 8-12 hours to complete repairs. The OCDSB will update the community as details become available. ...

[caption id=“attachment_6180” align=“alignnone” width=“342”] Rose Simpson poses with a security guard at her wedding on Parliament Hill.[/caption] _ (This post originally appeared on Rose’s Cantina on October 23.) _ For many of us in Ottawa, Parliament Hill is more than a place of political wrangling and policy making. ...

After a smashing welcome to The Glebe this summer {segue} at 749 Bank Street is moving forward and giving itself a face-lift. Ottawa restaurateur Ion Aimers, along with partners Chef Rich Wilson & Sommelier Lindsay Gordon took over the amazing central Glebe location in June, and opened without a hiccup in the old Fratelli's on Bank. ...

** A Giant Party Celebrates Giant Tiger’s Support for Boys and Girls Clubs ** ** Who ** ** : ** Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa and Friendly, the Giant Tiger ** What : ** A Basketball Game and Party Celebrating Giant Tiger’s Donation ...

His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, is issuing a challenge to all Canadians: dare someone to give with you! ** Dare2Give ** , the latest in the ** My Giving Moment campaign ** , is an opportunity for Canadians to dare their friends, family and colleagues to donate or volunteer with them. ...

The Canadian War Museum invites all Canadians from across the country and around the world to participate in one of the most moving Remembrance Day ceremonies in Canada. On November 11 at exactly 11 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, sunlight shines through a single window in the War Museum’s Memorial Hall to illuminate the headstone of Canada’s Unknown Soldier. ...

Today, John Baird, Member of Parliament for Ottawa West–Nepean and Minister responsible for the National Capital Commission (NCC); Dr. Mark Kristmanson, Chief Executive Officer of the NCC; and Dr. Jack Kitts, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Ottawa Hospital, announced that the Government of Canada has taken the first steps toward securing land for a new Civic Hospital campus. ...

The Poppy flag will be flown at Ottawa City Hall and all Client Service Centres from November 5 to November 11 to commemorate Veterans’ Week. In addition, the flags at all City of Ottawa sites will be lowered to half-mast on Tuesday, November 11 from sunrise to sunset in observance of Remembrance Day, and to pay tribute to all Canadians who have served their country. ...

[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/daveyjphoto/8373334576) _ Scrubbing The Clock by David Johnson, from the OttawaStart Flickr Group _ Every weekday at noon there’s a 15-minute concert played by the Peace Tower Carillon, the massive collection of bells that ring out from inside the tower on Parliament Hill. ...

[caption id=“attachment_6064” align=“alignnone” width=“400”] Mr. Loaf by Andrew King[/caption]