_ (Via Farm Boy) _ ** Ottawa, ON (December 7, 2017) ** – Farm Boy today announced the official opening of its newest urban fresh food experience, Farm Boy Rideau; set to open its doors this Saturday, December 9th. Located at the mall entrance off Rideau Street at Sussex Drive, this marks the 24th store for the locally grown fresh food chain which began over 36 years ago in Cornwall, Ontario. ...

[caption id=“attachment_84124” align=“aligncenter” width=“720”] Rendering of Parliament Hill rink. (Canadian Heritage)[/caption] Skating passes for the Parliament Hill rink became available Tuesday and most skating times for opening day Thursday appeared booked by evening. The free passes are available at canada150rink.com and must be reserved 48 hours in advance of skating time, which is limited to 40 minutes. ...

_ ** Update: This event has been cancelled. ** _ https://twitter.com/OttawaJazz/status/938082968123437057 ** Tuesday, December 12 @ 7:00pm _ Dominion Chalmers United Church _ ** Jerry Granelli is joined by renowned jazz artists Simon Fisk on bass and Chris Gestrin on piano, backed by _ The Cross Town Youth Chorus _ . ...

Here’s what we’ve been reading this week from Ottawa bloggers: * ** Andrea ** from Fishbowl shares why [ newspaper closures hit close to home for her ](http://quietfish.com/notebook/2017/11/close-to-home/) . * ** Ross ** shares [ some amazing pics of kitesurfers ](https://rossbrownfoot. ...

Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson is looking to set up a community news site to replace the _ Kanata Kourier-Standard _ , which is to be closed in January, writes Paul Adams, an _ iPolitics _ columnist. The _ Kourier-Standard _ is closing along with _ Metro Ottawa _ and seven other Ottawa community newspapers previously owned by Torstar Corp. ...

OC Transpo wants you to know about a whole slew service changes that take effect on Christmas Eve as part of the changeover to its winter schedules. New routes, new route numbers changes to route names, and an extension of the western Transitway from Bayshore to Moodie. ...

_ (Via Ottawa Senators) _ ** OTTAWA ** The [ Ottawa Senators ](http://senators.nhl.com/index.html) ( [ @Senators ](http://www.twitter.com/Senators) ) announced today their programming contributions to the Canada 150 Rink, located on Parliament Hill. The Ottawa International Hockey Festival (OIHF), who received a Government of Canada contribution for the design, construction, relocation and programming of the Canada 150 Rink turned to their partner, the Ottawa Senators, to deliver a week of unique programming and special events. ...

While voting day won’t be until later in the month, the earliest you’ll be able to cast a ballot for mayor, councillor and school board trustee in 2018 is 10 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 4. Rick O’Connor, the city clerk and solicitor, set the dates for 2018 advanced polls in a memo to city council on Tuesday, outlining the dates and locations. ...

** Crush Improv ** celebrates 10 years of improv comedy in Ottawa by bringing the whole darn gang back together for a whole evening of shows! Saturday, December 9 - Starts at 7:00pm At the Gladstone Theatre (910 Gladstone Avenue near Preston) ...

With its website launched last week and logo drawn up on a napkin, Ottawa’s newest media outlet is rolling with a core staff of uOttawa students and some contributors from around the community. _ Undercurrent Ottawa _ takes a new approach to local news, focusing on the “intersection” of politics and social justice in the capital, which the outlet’s founders say is often underestimated. ...