new year's eve

Check out our list of 2015 events here: Ottawa New Year’s Eve Events – December 31, 2015

The City of Ottawa is pleased to announce that free transit service will again be available to residents on New Year’s Eve after 8 p.m. This city-wide service is provided through a partnership between MADD Ottawa, the City’s Safer Roads Ottawa program and OC Transpo. ...

[caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“500”] [ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/christophe_ledent/11289299706) The Parliament of Canada by Christophe Ledent[/caption]  Just about every weekday at noon there’s a 15-minute concert played by the Peace Tower Carillon, the massive collection of bells that ring out from inside the tower on Parliament Hill. ...

Batman at yesterday’s Sears Great Canadian Chill (New Year’s Day Polar Bear Dip) at Britannia Beach in Ottawa. Photographer Mr. Casual says: “Fingers were frozen just taking the photo”. (Does anyone know the identity of this masked ice crusader? ...

If you’re heading out for a New Year’s party, here are some useful numbers to keep handy: [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/new-years-eve-numbers.jpg) * [ Operation Red Nose ](http://www.operationnezrouge.com/) 613-820-6673 * [ ResponsibleChoice.ca ](http://responsiblechoice.ca/) 613-248-0444 * OC Transpo has free service after 8:00pm ( [ more info ](http://ottawastart. ...

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[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/luciana_nechita/8309345344/) Winter Wonderland by [ Luicana Nechita ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/luciana_nechita/8309345344/in/pool-ottawastart) . From the [ OttawaStart Flickr Group ](http://www.flickr.com/groups/ottawastart/pool/with/8309345344/) . * ** Do you have plans yet for New Year's Eve? ...

Were you one of the few hundred people who stood around on Parliament Hill waiting for fireworks on New Year’s Eve , only to head home disappointed? Well there’s hope for next time, maybe. From an article in today’s Ottawa Citizen : ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/Watawa-life-C2-BB-Blog-Archive-C2-BB-Happy-New-Year_1199211343750-copy.jpg) Ottawa had a big fireworks show downtown on New Year’s Eve for the first time since New Year’s Eve 1999. It was two fireworks shows, in fact - one just before 7:00pm and one at midnight. Ottawa photographers were out in full force. ...