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Here’s the city’s schedule and service changes for Family Day 2019. The City of Ottawa would like to remind residents of the following schedule changes for Family Day, Monday, February 18. Client services: Ottawa City Hall and all seven Client Service Centres, including the Government Service Centre located at 110 Laurier Avenue West, will be closed. ...

The city is warning commuters to expect traffic delays due to a two-day protest downtown. (OttawaStart photo) Downtown commuters are advised to plan ahead for traffic delays on Tuesday, February 19 and Wednesday, February 20 as a result of the United We Roll Convoy for Canada. ...

One of Ottawa Public Health’s 2018-2019 condom designs. (Via OPH) UPDATE Ottawa Public Health opened voting for their condom designs and they are… pretty lame. You can head to sexitsmart.ca to vote on your favourites… (Original blog below) Ottawa Public Health is looking for the new wrapper designs of their 2019-2020 condom series, and you can vote on what they’re going to be, starting on Valentine’s Day. ...

Tom Schonberg, CEO of the Queensway Carleton Hospital, died suddenly after heart failure on Monday. (Photo via QCH) (Via Queensway Carleton Hospital) It is with great sadness that Queensway Carleton Hospital announces the sudden passing of its President and CEO, Tom Schonberg. ...

Election workers can get paid up to $300 for the day. The City of Ottawa Elections Office is recruiting election workers for the 2019 Rideau-Rockcliffe By-election for Advance Voting Day on Friday, April 5 and Voting Day on Monday, April 15. ...

“New Flyer” Photo by Justin S. Campbell, via Flickr. (Used under a Creative Commons License.) Filed under “Hmmm”. Some councillors, and Mayor Jim Watson, won’t take the challenge to rely on the bus this week… because of a truly stunning revelation: OC Transpo service sucks. ...

Photo via NAC (Via National Arts Centre) The National Arts Centre is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2019 with an array of special programming and activities that includes a public Open House on June 2, 2019 – exactly 50 years to the day that the NAC first opened its doors in 1969. ...

Charles Bordeleau, chief of Ottawa police, at a press conference in January 2019. (Screenshot via CBC News) (Via the Ottawa Police Services Board) At the monthly meeting of the Ottawa Police Services Board on January 28, 2019, Police Chief Charles Bordeleau announced his retirement effective May 4, 2019. ...

The Lincoln Fields mall. Photo by P199/used under a Creative Commons licence. RioCan, owner of the Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre, has applied to the city to demolish the old mall. Shopkeeps at the mall – which has been dwingling in tenants and traffic in recent years – were notified that their leases may be terminated this summer, although the plan shows two new buildings will be constructed on the site for Metro and Rexall, plus some room for other retail space. ...

James Hendricks in a 2009 segment of Talk Ottawa on Rogers TV. Ottawa TV newsman James Hendricks, formerly of The New RO (A-Channel) and Rogers TV, has passed away. Hendricks started broadcasting in Ottawa as an anchor and reporter at The New RO (later A-Channel) in 1998, according to his LinkedIn profile. ...