Nearly 200 demonstrators gathered outside Ottawa Police Headquarters Wednesday, marking the one-month anniversary of Abdirahman Abdi’s death. Abdi died July 24 after a confrontation with police in Hintonburg. Black Lives Matter organized the protest along with several across the country. ...

_ (Via Ottawa Public Health) _ ** Ottawa ** – Ottawa Public Health, in partnership with the Overdose Prevention Task Force, is reminding college and university students to be aware of the risk of drug and alcohol-related harms, including overdose, during welcome-back and orientation week activities. ...

_ ** Update x2: The frequency swap from 101.9 to 101.7 has been delayed, but the format change went ahead Friday. ** _ _ ** Update: DAWG has posted a news release to their website, explaining DAWG will become an online blues-only station after its frequency change. ...

_ (Via REDBLACKS) _ ** OTTAWA-GATINEAU ** The Ottawa REDBLACKS host the BC Lions Thursday night at TD Place for the annual Canadian Forces Appreciate Night. Less than 1,000 tickets remain for Thursday’s game that will feature a fly-past by a CF-18 jet on two occasions prior to the game. ...

_ (Via Ottawa REDBLACKS) _ ** OTTAWA, ON ** The euphoria and thrills of the Panda Game presented by Air Canada, return to TD Place on October 1st as the Carleton University Ravens and University of Ottawa Gee-Gees football teams clash in what promises to be another memorable afternoon between these two CIS rivals. ...

_ (Via Government of Canada) _ The governments of Canada and Ontario, as well as municipalities across Ontario are making investments that will help create jobs and grow the middle class now while building a strong foundation for a sustainable economic future. ...

_ (Via Science and Tech Museum) _ *Media are invited to attend, the public is invited to watch the live stream of the event on Facebook OTTAWA, Tuesday, August 23, 2016 — The Canada Science and Technology Museum will tell the story of Erica Wiebe’s path to Olympic gold with a display of her biometric training gear in the new Museum, set to open in fall 2017. ...

_ (Via Ottawa Junior Senators) _ The Ottawa Junior Senators announced their intention to bid for the 2018 Fred Page Cup earlier today in a media release. A Hockey Canada event, the Fred Page Cup pits the top tier-two junior hockey teams against each other in a tournament to determine the representative from Eastern Canada at the RBC Cup, Canada’s national Junior ‘A’ championship. ...

A hero’s welcome for Olympic champions Erica Wiebe and Natasha Watcham-Roy Tuesday morning at the Ottawa airport. Wiebe, of Stittsville, had won a gold medal in wrestling. Watcham-Roy hails from Gatineau and won a bronze in rugby sevens. A large contingent awaited Wiebe, including residents from her hometown, mayor Jim Watson and west-end councillors Shad Qadri and Marianne Wilkinson. ...

_ (Via Rideau Valley Conservation Authority) _ ** August 22, 2016 – ** Despite the recent rainfall the Rideau Valley remains in a ** Severe ** Drought Status. The 90-day accumulation of rainfall since August 13 recorded at Environment Canada climate stations in and around the Rideau River watershed has increased to an average of 82 percent of the historical average. ...