All the world’s best animation is back on display in the capital for the Ottawa International Animation Festival. For the next five days, downtown Ottawa will be transformed into a stage for everything from the thought-provoking to the hilarious. So long as it’s animated, you’ll find it. ...

_ (press release) _ ** Ottawa, September 21, 2016 – ** Today, Energy Ottawa, a subsidiary of Hydro Ottawa, announced its solar rooftop installation project alongside the City of Ottawa and Mayor Jim Watson. The Jim Durrell Recreation Centre is one of eight large installation projects being planned on municipal buildings, including arenas, pools and city garages. ...

_ (via Heritage Ottawa ) _ ** Related: Additions to Ottawa heritage buildings that actually worked ** HERITAGE OTTAWA The widespread public outcry against a proposed addition to Ottawa’s Château Laurier, presented last week by Larco Investments, clearly demonstrates that passions for this beloved heritage structure run high. ...

[caption id=“attachment_52040” align=“aligncenter” width=“859”] Conceptual view of the Wing of the Canada Goose Arctic Gallery. Four zones cover themes related to geography, climate, ecosystems and sustainability. GSM/CMN © Canadian Museum of Nature.[/caption] _ (press release) _ ** OTTAWA, Sept. 20, 2016 ** —The Arctic’s rich natural diversity and its important connections to humans are the focus of a new permanent gallery to open June 21, 2017 at the Canadian Museum of Nature, Canada’s national museum of natural history and natural sciences. ...

_ (press release) _ ** Tuesday, September 20, 2016// Ottawa, ON ** —In conjunction with the release of _ Secret Path _ , the forthcoming album, book and film, ** Gord Downie ** ...

[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/daveyjphoto/8373334576) _ Scrubbing The Clock by David Johnson, from the OttawaStart Flickr Group _ The music of Justin Bieber, Joel Plaskett and Leonard Cohen will be performed on the Peace Tower Carillon this Thursday, September 22 in a concert starting at noon. ...

Here’s a video from CityFolk’s executive director Mark Monahan in review of the 2016 program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW6LvNcIEyc&feature=youtu.be

_ (press release) _ ** OTTAWA ** - Earlier this month, Los Angeles crowds anxiously stood outside for the world premiere of _ Kickboxer: Vengeance _ _ , _ the first film in the rebooted _ Kickboxer _ franchise. ...

_ ** (Editor’s note: The intersection has since reopened) ** _ _ (press release) _ Paramedics responded to a call for a Motor Vehicle Collision involving an SUV and Motorcyclist that occurred in the area of Dalhousie and George Street. The Ottawa Paramedic Service Communications Centre received the call at 1847 hrs today (September 16th 2016). ...

_ (press release) _ ** Canada Army Run road closures in Ottawa and Gatineau on September 17-18 ** The 2016 Canada Army Run is taking place this Sunday, September 18, and several road closures will occur over the weekend. The Queen Elizabeth Driveway will be closed on both Saturday, September 17, and Sunday, September 18, between Somerset Street West and the Laurier Avenue west on-ramp. ...