_ (press release) _ The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) Auxiliary Police Unit is inviting Ottawa residents to join the Auxiliary Policing volunteer program. The volunteer program is intended to enhance community based policing by providing an opportunity for citizens to participate and volunteer with law enforcement. ...

Great photo from Mauler of Hot 89.9, showing the moment the street sign for Hélène Campbell Road in Barrhaven was unveiled in a special ceremony on Friday. From left to right, that’s Campbell, Mayor Jim Watson, Councillor Jan Harder and MPP Lisa MacLeod. ...

The European Union Short Film Festival has grown quite a bit in only three years. After turning away audiences due to overwhelming popularity in 2015, the free three-day short film series and Tastes of Europe sampling nights returns with a third edition that gets underway on May 26 in Ottawa in a new, spacious venue: Arts Court Theatre and Studio. ...

Barrhaven Councillor Jan Harder will host the unveiling of the new street sign marking Hélène Campbell Road, on Friday, May 20. Guests will include Mayor Jim Watson, MPP Lisa MacLeod and Hélène Campbell, a local resident and double lung transplant recipient who raised awareness of, and participation in, organ donation registrations across North America. ...

The flags at the Kanata Client Service Centre will be lowered to half-mast from sunrise to sunset on Wednesday, May 18, the day of the memorial service for Mr. Ernest Robert (Bob) Kingham, former City of Kanata Councillor. Mr. Kingham passed away suddenly at his home on Saturday, May 14. ...

_ (press release) _ The Water Environment Strategy is a multi-decade plan to manage and protect Ottawa’s water resources. The City Environment Committee was asked to approve the Water Environment Strategy report today. However, the Strategy lacks ambition on the critical issue of green infrastructure. ...

_ (press release) _ With the help of the Shaw Centre, Pharmasave has made a generous donation to the Ottawa Food Bank and Cornerstone, a community organization dedicated to improving the lives of homeless women. As part of the Leave a Legacy Program launched earlier this year, Shaw Centre employees packaged up the equivalent of a 27-foot (8. ...

** Kevin McDonald ** (Kids in the Hall) returns to Ottawa and Arts Court Theatre for one packed night of live comedy. This show will feature Kevin’s latest solo comedy act plus an improv set with Ottawa’s comedy sweethearts, Crush Improv. ...

_ (press release via Ottawa Police) _ The Ottawa Police Service Collisions Investigation Unit is investigating a serious collision involving an elderly male cyclist and a large commercial vehicle. On Tuesday, May 17th, 2016 at approximately 7:20am, a 79 year old male cyclist traveling northbound on Knudson Drive and a large garbage truck also driving northbound collided near the intersection of Shrek Crescent. ...

The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) and the Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre (OCTC) – the two leading providers of specialized pediatric health services in the region – intend to join forces to create a new organization. “Today we are setting a new course for the future – building a new organization that will be stronger for the families of this community,” says Alex Munter, CHEO’s President and CEO. ...