holidays

Here are some upcoming craft shows for the holiday season in Ottawa. Happy browsing! Help add to this list! Email us at events@ottawastart.com. Something New Edinburgh, 39 Dufferin Rd. from 10am to 3 pm, Nov. 4. Kanata Art Club $200 and Under Sale. ...

Yes, there are fireworks in Ottawa for Victoria Day 2019! The “official” fireworks are by the Canadian Tulip Festival, who will be setting them off over Dow’s Lake at 10 p.m. on Sunday, May 19.

Christmas lights sparkle downtown with the Peace Tower as a backdrop. Photo via Canadian Heritage. Here’s our a list and map of large-scale Christmas light displays in and around Ottawa, including downtown, Parliament Hill, Taffy Lane and even more in surrounding communities. ...

[caption id=“attachment_57984” align=“aligncenter” width=“922”] Patrimoine canadien/Canadian Heritage[/caption] Christmas Light Map ** Can you help? ** Some listings on this map are from 2015 and labelled as “unconfirmed” for this year. If you’re the owner of one of these houses, or if you’ve seen other great Christmas light displays up, please let us know via feedback@ottawastart. ...

_ (via city of Ottawa) _ Mayor and Members of Council, Immediately following closing arguments to the Ontario Municipal Board in the appeal of _ By-law 2016-67 _ (the “Glebe _ Retail Business Holidays Act _ ...

For this year’s lists, please see: http://ottawastart.com/whats-open-and-closed-in-ottawa-on-victoria-day-weekend-2017/ http://ottawastart.com/things-to-do-in-ottawa-over-the-victoria-day-long-weekend/

David K. from Orlando, Florida asks: “Is Civic Day celebrated everywhere in Canada? Will it be a legal holiday on Monday, 7 Aug, since it falls on a Sunday in 2006?” OttawaStart responds: * According to [ Wikipedia ](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holidays_in_Canada) , Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Saskatchewan have civic holidays on the first Monday in August. ...