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At the Rideau Hall skating rink. Photo by MCpl/Cplc Vincent Carbonneau, Rideau Hall. (Via Rideau Hall) The Office of the Secretary to the Governor General is pleased to announce that Rideau Hall’s refrigerated skating rink will open to skaters this Saturday, December 8, 2018. ...

Ottawa’s new city council has taken office for the 2018-2022 term. While there are many familiar faces, this council features seven newbies. Here’s how to get in touch with them. Not sure who your councillor is? Look them up on ottawa. ...

OttawaStart.com has changed a lot in the 20 years since it was founded. We started as a portal site, full of links to all sorts of other web destinations. The motto: “The City’s Most Useful Website!” We evolved quite a bit, along with the internet at large. ...

A concept drawing of RendezVous LeBreton’s proposal. In a matter of days, the public watched the plan to redevelop LeBreton Flats go from uncertainty to complete SNAFU. Of course, the situation had been devolving for some time, we learned this week as the RendezVous LeBreton partnership ended in spectacular fashion Friday afternoon with Eugene Melnyk’s $700-million lawsuit against his former partner John Ruddy of Trinity Development Group Inc. ...

A first look at Kontinuum during a media preview on Saturday. (Charlie Senack for OttawaStart.com)[/caption] Kontinuum, a sound and light show, opened in the LRT tunnel of Lyon Station on Sunday and is a world first. “Nobody else has been crazy enough to have this kind of ambitious project,” said Guy Laflamme, executive director of Ottawa 2017. ...

The ** Magna Terra ** marijuana dispensary on Iber Road is temporarily closed after an armed robbery on Saturday. Owner ** Franco Vigile ** confirmed to our sister site StittsvilleCentral.ca that four armed men broke into the shop, carrying a gun. ...

_ (via Alliance to End Homelessness) _ Ottawa’s Alliance to End Homelessness welcomes the Province of Ontario’s renewed Long-Term Affordable Housing Strategy – and is calling for quick action to introduce important new tools announced this morning. These tools will help to increase the availability of affordable housing and to reduce homelessness in Ottawa. ...

Ottawa Public Health (OPH) has issued a precautionary Boil Water Advisory for users of the King’s Park communal well water system in the village of Richmond. The advisory is being issued due to an equipment malfunction which has resulted in a loss of water pressure in the area. ...

Last evening, the Ottawa Police Service arrested a man in relation to the fatal collision investigation from June 28, 2015 on Leitrim Road involving a 39 year old cyclist. A 39 year old man of Ottawa was charged with Failure to Stop at Scene of an Accident Causing Death. ...

The City of Ottawa is challenging an Ontario Municipal Board decision that, if left unappealed, could create uncertainty about the authority of both the City’s Official Plan and local neighbourhood plans.  The Ontario Municipal Board decision on April 29 concerns Official Plan Amendment 117, which implements the Centretown Community Design Plan – a plan that took several years to draft and involved exhaustive public consultation. ...