Every week we publish a link to the Lunch Out Loud podcast, a weekly show produced by Nick Bachusky and co-hosted by Andrew Miller. ** This week: ** We meet up with Amie and Malorie from the Unshaven Mavens to talk all things cancer awareness and their great charitable organization and how it is helping those in Ottawa. ...

The National Capital Commission (NCC) wishes to advise the public that a number of dead or dying elm trees will be removed from the Wellington Street section of Confederation Boulevard, starting Monday morning, October 20. Although the NCC has successfully extended the lives of many of these trees by over a decade, through its comprehensive Dutch elm disease management program, there are now 18 trees on Wellington Street that constitute a safety hazard for pedestrians and motorists, as they are dead or dying of Dutch elm disease. ...

As part of the Ottawa Public Library’s ongoing work to better serve its customers, a self-serve DVD holds dispenser will be available at the Main branch on October 22, 2014 .  The DVD Holds Dispenser will enable customers to retrieve their DVD holds independently. ...

A group of graduate students at Carleton University are getting an exceptional learning opportunity, thanks to an innovative collaboration between the university and the Canadian Museum of History. The students — enrolled in the Master’s Program in Public History at Carleton — are participating this fall in the development of the Museum’s signature gallery, the Canadian History Hall. ...

[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/ssstevieb/14910056614) Cliché Fall Parliament. By ssstevieb, from the OttawaStart Flickr Group _ _ _ Here’s our crowdsourced list of the best events in Ottawa this week. _ ** Thursday-Sunday, October 16-19: Merrickville’s Jazz Fest ** It’s the fourth year for the little-jazz-festival-that-could, which showcases a wide variety of local and imported jazz groups. ...

The Salvation Army is seeking volunteers for its iconic red Christmas Kettle campaign which begins on November 20th and runs until December 24, 2014. Bell Ringers are needed to raise funds at Christmas Kettles located in shopping centres throughout the city. ...

The City of Ottawa and the Ottawa Senators Hockey Club are introducing changes that will assist hockey fans leaving the Canadian Tire Centre, via Cyclone Taylor Boulevard onto Huntmar Drive. For approximately one hour, beginning immediately after each Senators evening home game this season, Huntmar Drive from Cyclone Taylor Boulevard will operate with two lanes heading northbound across the Highway 417 overpass to Campeau Drive and the newly constructed roundabout. ...

On October 20, 2014, programming at the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa’s Vanier Clubhouse (430 McArthur Avenue) will be moving to a temporary home at the Ottawa Technical Secondary School (OTSS) at 485 Donald Street. The Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa (BGCO) expects to run its innovative after-school programming from OTSS until the summer of 2015, as extensive renovations are occurring at the McArthur Avenue Clubhouse. ...

Tree Ottawa, an ambitious plan to plant one million trees in Ottawa as a gift to Canada for its 150 th anniversary, will be launched today at 9:30am in Champlain Park. Ecology Ottawa also released this morning a new report that shows overwhelming support among city council candidates for the million tree goal. ...

The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) and Ottawa Public Health (OPH) have received the results of the Ebola test that was sent to the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg earlier today. The result was negative. The patient at The Ottawa Hospital’s General Campus will no longer require isolation. ...