The students of St. Anthony Catholic School are teaming up with local residents and Ecology Ottawa to replace their pavement-covered schoolyard with flower-filled gardens. Mayor Jim Watson, City Councillor Catherine McKenney and Ottawa-Centre candidates Paul Dewar (NDP) and Catherine McKenna (Liberal) will help kick-off the day of planting beginning at 10am. ...

Mayor Jim Watson and Barrhaven Ward Councillor Jan Harder presented an Ontario Senior of the Year Award today to Ernie Hughes, recognizing his outstanding contributions after age 65 to the social, cultural and civic life of his community.  Ernie served in the Canadian Armed Forces Primary Reserve for 27 years and completed 35 years of service with Correctional Service Canada. ...

Mayor Jim Watson and Osgoode Ward Councillor George Darouze presented a Mayor’s City Builder Award to Stuart Holmes at today’s City Council meeting, recognizing 40 years of leadership and volunteer work improving the quality of life of residents of Osgoode and the surrounding area. ...

Construction work will begin on Wednesday, September 9 to extend the Trillium multi-use pathway, located east of the O-Train Trillium Line, from Young Street to just south of Carling Avenue. This project is being built in partnership with the National Capital Commission. ...

The National Capital Commission (NCC) presented its Capital Urbanism Lab lecture series for the coming year at its public board of directors meeting today.  The Capital Urbanism Lab was launched in 2014 as a pop-up space to foster dialogue among members of the public, community leaders, experts and students on topics related to the planning and stewardship of the Capital. ...

Fall and winter are typically the busiest seasons for art and craft shows and this year we’re kicking off early! Here are 5 great events - which all take place this weekend - that you can’t afford to miss! ** Harvest Food and Drink Show ** – Sept. ...

[caption id=“attachment_17276” align=“alignright” width=“211”] Paul Kitchen - Win, Tie, or Wrangle[/caption] _ I was sad to hear that Paul Kitchen passed away last month. Paul was a hockey historian who wrote the excellent “Win, Tie or Wrangle”, an account of the early years of the Ottawa Senators. ...

The annual Clayton Jazz Festival: Jazz on the River is back for its second year and has named the AAA Four Diamond 1000 Islands Harbor Hotel as its official hotel sponsor. From Friday, Sept. 25 through Sunday, Sept. 27, visitors from far and wide will head to the Thousand Islands to groove to the beats of acclaimed jazz acts including Fritzel’s New Orleans Jazz Band and Watertown-based group The Arrhythmias . ...

** The religious leaders from the six different religions gathered to discuss the matter of peace. ** The leaders of six different religions had discussions about peace at the first World Alliance of Religions Peace (WARP) Office conference that was held at the St. ...

Figureworks is calling artists in all media to participate in our sixth annual juried award show from November 23rd until December 6th, 2015 at Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts. Submission deadline is October 5th. Figureworks.org is a not-for-profit organization promoting art of the human form. ...