_ (PHOTO: “Take the O” by Payton Chung. Used under a Creative Commons license.) _ _ (Via City of Ottawa) _ ** Ottawa ** – For the next two Sundays, August 14 and August 21, the O-Train service on the Trillium Line will be temporarily replaced by Route 107 bus service, to facilitate planned maintenance activities. ...

_ (Editor’s note: Below is a clipping from a GoFundMe for KoKo, a service dog with a malignant anal tumour. The dog’s owner Dan has limited income and can’t afford the cost of care. The Blair Animal Hospital did confirm the claims to ** OttawaStart. ...

_ (Via City Solicitor Rick O’Connor) _ Mayor Watson and Members of Council, Earlier this afternoon, the City was served with a Statement of Claim filed in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on behalf of members of the taxi industry. ...

_ (Via Rideau Valley Conservation Authority) _ ** August 12, 2016 – ** Based on the 30 Day Precipitation drought indicator, the Rideau River Watershed is in the “ ** Severe” Drought ** category. There has been no rain recorded at the Ottawa Airport since July 25. ...

_ (Via Bayshore Shopping Centre) _ ** Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, August 11, 2016 ** – Beginning August 15, 2016 , Bayshore Shopping Centre will be going entirely smoke-free, prohibiting smoking throughout their western Ottawa property. The smoke-free initiative is a first-of-its-kind for a shopping centre in the city, banning smoking in all indoor and outdoor spaces, including entrances, parking areas and sidewalks. ...

If you’re a fan of beer, these are for you. Three brewery events came across the _ ** OttawaStart.com ** _ events desk this week, all starting this Friday. Yep, it’s gonna be a good weekend in the capital region! ** Goose Island Beer Co. ...

_ (Via CFIA) _ Ottawa, August 11, 2016 - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has become aware of a report from a Walmart store located in Kanata, Ontario of tampering by product substitution in an infant formula product. This type of issue is not typically associated with the manufacturing process but can occur occasionally when a consumer returns altered products to the retail store for a refund. ...

_ (Via Algonquin College) _ Aug. 11, 2016 (Ottawa) — The Algonquin College Board of Governors has directed senior management to take steps for the transfer of responsibility of the Algonquin College Saudi Arabia campus back to Colleges of Excellence. ...

_ (press release) _ _ 230,000 square foot expansion and renovation cements CF Rideau Centre as _ _ Ottawa’s leading shopping destination _ ** Ottawa, Ontario, August 10, 2016 ** – Cadillac Fairview (CF) is proud to celebrate the completion of its multi-phase $360 million redevelopment of CF Rideau Centre. ...

_ (press release) _ ** Ottawa ** – Earlier today the Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority issued a severe drought warning for several sub watersheds of the Mississippi River. This includes the Fall River, Clyde River, Indian River and Carp River watersheds. ...