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Photo: Ottawa City Hall. The city clerk has declared the 2022 municipal election results official. The election, which included several advance polls as well as Election Day itself on Monday, had more than 700,000 eligible voters but turnout was less than half for the mayoral race. ...

September 2022 is going to be pretty eventful in Ottawa. Here are some things on the radar… Silent movies Ottawa’s independent cinemas always have some interesting movies on that you won’t find anywhere else. This month, The Mayfair is showing a series of classic Charlie Chaplin films: The Kid (1921) the week of Sept. ...

PHOTO: At the end of the day, what’s really important is that you vote. It’s election season in Ottawa, and that means signs will start popping up everywhere. The first day signs can be placed on private and public property is September 9, according to the City of Ottawa’s elections website. ...

A silhuette of a mosquito. Photo by Laszlo Fatrai/Pexels. Ottawa Public Health reminds residents to protect themselves from mosquito bites. Mosquito trapping and testing — components of Ottawa Public Health’s West Nile virus (WNV) program — have confirmed the first positive mosquito pools by lab result. ...

“New Flyer” Photo by Justin S. Campbell, via Flickr. (Used under a Creative Commons License.) OC Transpo fall service changes will take effect on Sunday, September 4, and will include service improvements, seasonal changes and the return of school service. ...

Ottawa City Hall (Via the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing) The Ontario government introduced legislation that would give the mayors of Toronto and Ottawa more responsibility to deliver on shared provincial-municipal priorities, including building 1.5 million new homes over the next 10 years. ...

Concept art of the new Indigo store coming to Rideau Centre this fall. (Via Indigo) Indigo Books & Music Inc. (TSX: IDG), Canada’s largest book and lifestyle retailer announced it is ready to move forward with plans to build its newest large-format Indigo store in CF Rideau Centre, Ottawa. ...

Photo: A line 1 train pulls into St-Laurent Station. O-Train Line 1 full service has resumed across the entire line, and service is running at a normal frequency. R1 bus service is no longer running. Signage will be removed over the next few hours. ...

A Rogers storefront. (Public domain photo via Flickr.) (Via the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) On Tuesday, the CRTC ordered Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Rogers) to respond to detailed questions and provide a comprehensive explanation regarding the national service outage millions of Canadians experienced on Friday July 8, 2022. ...

Blast tunnel entrance to the Diefenbunker. (Photo by Dennis Jarvis, used under a creative commons licence.) (Via Government of Canada) Community infrastructure is vital to the health of our communities and the quality of life for Canadians. The Government of Canada is committed to supporting the growth of local communities to position themselves for a strong and resilient economic future. ...