Preston Street will be closed in both directions from Carling Avenue to Sidney Street from Saturday, September 15 until the morning of Thursday, September 20. Significant traffic impacts are expected. This closure is required for a private company to connect services for the Claridge ICON Building at the corner of Preston Street and Carling Avenue. ...

Goldie Ghamari, PC MPP for Carleton. (Barry Gray) Goldie Ghamari, the PC MPP for Carleton (who is also a lawyer), has posted an explainer on her website on why she supports Premier Doug Ford’s choice to use the Notwithstanding Clause to pass a controversial law. ...

Artist’s rendering of a completed Rideau Station. In news that should surprise nobody who had been paying attention, the City of Ottawa revealed Monday that the Confederation Line won’t be ready in 2018 at all. Instead, it should be operational in Q1 2019. ...

The Cats Are Back and Once Again Invading the Nepean Sportsplex! The Ottawa Valley Cat Club will be holding their annual Cat Show on September 22nd and 23rd, 2018, 9:00am - 4:00pm. Come and see stunning purebred cats like the Maine Coons, Siberians, Cornish Rexs, and Bengals as well as the beautiful household pets. ...

Welcome to Canada’s Parliament by Daniel Dewan I was scrolling through OttawaStart’s Flickr pool the other day (check it out sometime!) and this photo by Daniel Dewan really caught my eyes – partly because of the striking title: “Welcome to Canada’s Parliament. ...

CBC Ottawa has posted questionnaires filled out by mayoral candidates as well as council candidates across the city, with many informative answers on city issues such as transit and taxes as well as ward-specific issues. You can see it all here…

OttawaStart.com in 2018 is a very different website than what it was when launched in September 1998 by Glen Gower, then a journalism student at Carleton University. At that time, it was a simple web portal – a typical variety of website in the early days of the internet. ...

The City of Ottawa would like to remind residents of the following schedule changes for Labour Day, Monday, September 3. Client services Ottawa City Hall and all seven Client Service Centres, including the Government Service Centre located at 110 Laurier Avenue West, will be closed. ...

(Via NAC) – The NAC Orchestra FOCUS Festival’s Beethoven edition opens on Thursday, September 13th, 2018 and runs until Saturday, September 22nd, 2018 at the NAC. Over the course of 10 days, NAC Music Director Alexander Shelley brings to light the creative musical genius of Beethoven the composer, whose work irrevocably changed classical music and bridged the Classical and Romantic Eras. ...

Photo via City of Ottawa Ottawa – A new City of Ottawa Archives’ exhibit opened to the public today. Postcards from Ottawa: Traveller Tales, opened in the Barbara Ann Scott Gallery and will remain until 2023. Postcards from Ottawa: Traveller Tales invites you to take a brief journey across Ottawa’s history through individuals that have come to this city. ...