From Milkman Unlimited : The Gods of Rock descend on Ottawa this afternoon at 4 pm when Astral Media owned radio station The Bear 106.9 flips to Virgin Radio 1069. This is Canada’s third Virgin Radio station to launch after Virgin Radio 999 Toronto and Virgin Radio 953 Vancouver; all part a commercial association to develop Virgin Radio in Canada entered into by Astral Media and Richard Branson’s Virgin Radio International. ...

In the news today: * The majority of the transit union members vote " [ no ](http://www.transitottawa.ca/2009/01/union-soundly-rejects-citys-offer.html) " to the city's offer ... but [ 25% vote yes ](http://gordon.dewis.ca/2009/01/09/25-of-the-atu-279-voted-to-accept-the-offer/) . * [ A mediator will meet with both sides on Monday ](http://watch. ...

A neat idea from the Ottawa Public Library: [ Ottawa Public Library - chatting with a librarian just got easier ](http://caslisottawainformation.blogspot.com/2009/01/ottawa-public-library-chatting-with.html) The [ Ottawa Public Library ](http://www.biblioottawalibrary.ca/index_e.html) (OPL) is the newest member of askON, the real-time research and information service staffed by Ontario’s libraries. ...

Ottawa bloggers have been busy today writing about the OC Transpo Strike. It’s Day 30, and also the day the union votes on the city’s offer. * FlackLife: [ Ottawa bus strike, YouTube edition ](http://www.flacklife.com/2009/01/ottawa-bus-strike-youtube-edition.html) * gordon.dewis.ca: [ Mr. Pot meet Mr. ...

David Reevely blogged about this video today - a 1942 “travelogue” about Ontario, including about 5 minutes of colour footage of Ottawa’s downtown. It’s pretty rare to see colour photos of Ottawa from this era, and even rarer still to see video. ...

Team Canada sings the national anthem after winning their 5th straight gold medal at the 2009 World Juniors Championships. Watch it here from TSN. ** Related: ** Ottawa Hockey Guide

Update: TSN’s Brent Wallace tells the story of the flag: " 1,800 feet of Canadiana " Great photo from last night’s New Year’s Eve game at the World Juniors between Canada and the USA. Flashbulbs went off all over the place as a giant Canadian flag was passed around the lower bowl at Scotiabank Place. ...

Here are ten facts about Canada’s World Junior team , courtesy of IIHF.com. 1. Canada has hosted the World U20 Championship seven times, winning gold three times, silver three times, and bronze once. 2. In five of the last six times Canada has hosted the event it set new attendance records . ...

** What’s new today: ** * [ Talks between the union & OC Transpo will begin again on Saturday ](http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/greaterottawa/archive/2008/12/18/encouraging-news-on-the-bus-strike.aspx) * [ The union launches a web site (finally) ](http://www.ottawatransitstrike.com/) ** Related: ** Ottawa OC Transpo Guide

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