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The Sens Rink of Dreams, located at Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West, will open for skating on Saturday, December 1 at noon. Weather permitting, the Sens Rink of Dreams will be open daily, from 6 am to 11 pm, until the end of the skating season in March 2019. ...

Ottawa City Hall. Photo by Devyn Barrie. Here’s a list (in numerical order of ward) of who’s running in Ottawa’s municipal election this fall, from the city elections office’s list of certified candidates. Mayor Incumbent Jim Watson will seek a third (or fourth, if you count his time in office pre-amalgamation) term. ...

Welcome to Canada’s Parliament by Daniel Dewan I was scrolling through OttawaStart’s Flickr pool the other day (check it out sometime!) and this photo by Daniel Dewan really caught my eyes – partly because of the striking title: “Welcome to Canada’s Parliament. ...

Photo via City of Ottawa Ottawa – A new City of Ottawa Archives’ exhibit opened to the public today. Postcards from Ottawa: Traveller Tales, opened in the Barbara Ann Scott Gallery and will remain until 2023. Postcards from Ottawa: Traveller Tales invites you to take a brief journey across Ottawa’s history through individuals that have come to this city. ...

[caption id=“attachment_62300” align=“aligncenter” width=“6000”] Ottawa City Hall. Photo by Devyn Barrie.[/caption] _ (media advisory from City of Ottawa) _ With the upcoming candidate nomination period and third party registration starting on May 1, 2018, the City of Ottawa’s Elections Office will be holding a Candidate and Third Party Advertiser Information Session on Thursday, April 19, 2018. ...

https://twitter.com/dianedeans/status/968887106230734849 https://twitter.com/dianedeans/status/971745481922576384 _ (Here’s an excerpt from a post originally published on councillor ** Jeff Leiper' ** s blog . He says he’ll be supporting a motion from Councillors ** Diane Deans ** and ** Catherine McKenney ** to establish both a Council liaison for women. ...

This afternoon on Twitter Ottawa Citizen columnist David Reevely tweeted quite a thread on government transparency re: contracts. Bunch of government officials reach an agreement to transfer public land from one entity to another, for public purposes. They hold a public event for it! ...

The National Arts Centre Orchestra thanked their fans for support of charity with a free concert at city hall Sunday. The concert, called FanFair, is held every year in honour of the orchestra’s favourite charities, the Snowsuit Fund and the Ottawa Food Bank. ...

** UPDATE: The city says registered letters were delivered between Sept. 20-23 to homeowners who may be expropriated. After our request for a list of properties, the city sent a second round of letters which were delivered on Oct. 12 and 13. ...

_ ** Editor’s note: A wave of job cuts hit city hall Wednesday. A total of 75 managers and 102 unionized employees were given pink slips. City Manager Steve Kanellakos says the cuts will save $14 million and increase efficiency by eliminating extra levels of management. ...