A patient at The Ottawa Hospital’s General Campus is undergoing tests for the Ebola virus disease. The patient, who had recently visited a West African country where Ebola has been reported, arrived at the hospital yesterday. In keeping with recommended infection prevention and control practices, the patient was immediately placed in isolation until the source of the illness can be identified. ...

New OC Transpo service to Tanger Outlets mall in Kanata will be available seven days a week. Currently, Route 96A is providing weekday service to Tanger Outlets every 30 minutes. Connections to Route 96A can be made downtown, along the Transitway and in Stittsville. ...

Two photos came up on my Twitter feed this week related to Ottawa mascots. First, a throwback Thursday shot of some classic Ottawa mascots from 1992. https://twitter.com/JordanTimm/status/520224101273575424 Can you help name them all? From left to right: 1. ? 2. ...

Babes4Breasts (B4B) announced today the launch of the 2014 Babes4Breasts Benefit Concert and lead up campaign! For the first time, the Ottawa Integrative Cancer Centre (OICC) and Babes4Breasts have come together to launch a new and innovative Babes4Breasts Head Start Program for women newly diagnosed with breast cancer. ...

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: ** The episode was recorded in the back of an Uber car. We meet up with local singer/songwriter Craig Cardiff who continually tours across the country to discuss life of the road, Ottawa, Uber, Partick Artists and so much more! ...

[caption id=“attachment_4926” align=“alignnone” width=“1038”] Ryan Fitzpatrick. Photo by Glen Gower[/caption] _ (This article originally appeared on our sister site, StittsvilleCentral.ca ) _ Ryan Fitzpatrick is a busy guy. He’s 15 years old, in Grade 10 at Sacred Heart High School, has a paper route, plays guitar and sings. ...

[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/daveyjphoto/14883097830) Ottawa Sunset by David Johnson, from the OttawaStart Flickr Group _ Here’s our crowdsourced list of the best events in Ottawa this week. _ ** See also: ** What’s open and closed in Ottawa for Thanksgiving 2014 ** ** ** Until Monday, October 13: Carleton University Biology Butterfly Show ** 1,300 real live butterflies and 41 different species from around the world. ...

** Merivale ** ** ** ** High School ** ** Celebrates ** ** 50 Years of Educational Excellence ** ** 50th ** ** Reunion ** ** Thursday, October 9 ** ** 10:15 a.m. ** ** 1755 Merivale Rd. ** Canada got a new flag; The Stone Angel by Margaret Lawrence and The Circle Game by Margaret Atwood were on book shelves; the Toronto Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup; the BC Lions beat the Hamilton Tiger Cats 34-24 to win the Grey Cup; the average yearly income was $5,800; a new home cost between $8,900 - $17, 900 and a Rolls Royce Silver Cloud III Sedan costs $16,655; but the biggest news in education in Ottawa was that a new high school was opening – that school was Merivale High School and it turns 50 this year! ...

The Canadian War Museum has just won a 2014 Travelers’ Choice Award from TripAdvisor in the category of Top Museums — Canada. The award is based on reviews and opinions from millions of real travellers, posted on the TripAdvisor website. ...

_ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . _ A few years back, when I was single, I was out on the town and waved down an Ottawa taxi. ...