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Soon, anyone who is put on hold after dialing the City of Ottawa will hear local music while they wait. This is the goal of #ottmusik, a new City initiative launched by Mayor Jim Watson today with a call to local musicians. ...

A brand new music showcase festival entitled MEGAPHONO is launching in Ottawa this February, focused on shining a light on the region’s musical talent, and growing new opportunities for Ottawa’s music scene. “It’s an exciting time for music in Ottawa with new sounds, new scenes and new audiences,” says founder Jon Bartlett, also of Kelp Records. ...

The Lunch Out Loud podcast looks to promote the amazing talent, food, events and music Ottawa has to offer. Every week we will introduce you to new things about Ottawa you never knew existed. ** This week: ** We meet up with Ottawa’s Chief of Police, Charles Bordeleau to talk about how he started on the force, who his first chief was, the hacking of the website, ongoing campaigns in the city and so much more! ...

The Fall 2014 radio ratings are out, and we’ve crunched the numbers to come up with some graphs to illustrate what people are listening to. These numbers include the entire demographic - all ages, men and women. (For all of the graphs below, each station is ranked by their share, defined as “the estimated total hours tuned to that station expressed as a percentage of total hours tuned to all radio”. ...

This podcast looks to promote the amazing talent, food, events and music Ottawa has to offer. Every week we will introduce you to new things about Ottawa you never knew existed. ** This week: ** We head over to Lowertown Brewery to catch up with two of Ottawa’s top chefs: Chef Kyle Proulx and Chef Stephen La Salle to talk the Ottawa food scene, the recent Gold Medal Plates competition, and more! ...

Staging Our Histories is a new event in Ottawa, ON which explores the convergence of history, memory and performance. Bringing together performing artists of diverse traditions with members of academia and the general public, Staging Our Histories will provide a space for engagement and dialogue about the ways we express our histories beyond the page. ...

This podcast looks to promote the amazing talent, food, events and music Ottawa has to offer. Every week we will introduce you to new things about Ottawa you never knew existed. ** This week: ** We meet up with Karen Secord from the Parkdale Food Centre who runs a food bank in the Kitchisippi ward in a very engaging, inspirational and innovative way. ...

This podcast looks to promote the amazing talent, food, events and music Ottawa has to offer. Every week we will introduce you to new things about Ottawa you never knew existed. ** This week: ** We meet up with the creative Shawn MacDonell who organizes all kinds of cool community events to put a little joy into people’s lives. ...

[caption id=“attachment_4926” align=“alignnone” width=“1038”] Ryan Fitzpatrick. Photo by Glen Gower[/caption] _ (This article originally appeared on our sister site, StittsvilleCentral.ca ) _ Ryan Fitzpatrick is a busy guy. He’s 15 years old, in Grade 10 at Sacred Heart High School, has a paper route, plays guitar and sings. ...

_ This article originally appeared on our sister site, StittsvilleCentral.ca . _ Kathleen Edwards is opening a coffee shop called Quitters on Stittsville Main, just south of Abbott Street. There are signs up now on the building and renovations are underway inside. ...