obsessed

Photo: A sign asks for social distancing at Rideau Centre. The year 2020 in Ottawa was marked by countless signs such as this. Although COVID-19 got the most attention this year for obvious reasons, it also led rise to some more subtle obsessions among Ottawans. ...

Ottawa was obsessed with trains in 2019. In 2019, Ottawa was obsessed with transit. We went into 2019 knowing the Confederation Line project was not going well and that it would be late. But who knew things would wind up the way they did? ...

Still shot from Hydro Ottawa aerial footage showing tornado damage on Greenbank Road in September 2018. Here’s our annual list of things that Ottawa was obsessed with in 2018. These themes chronicle life in this city for the past year, for better or for worse. ...

[caption id="attachment_74427” align="aligncenter” width="1000”] Long Ma can walk, trot or gallop at a maximum of 7 km/h. It took him about an hour to travel from city hall to the National Gallery of Canada.[/caption]  Here’s our annual list of things that Ottawa was obsessed with in 2017. ...

[caption id="attachment_59798” align="aligncenter” width="720”] “The REAL reason for the sinkhole on Sussex” by Matt French @matthewfrench on Twitter[/caption] Here’s our (mostly) annual list of things that Ottawa was obsessed with (for better or for worse) in 2016. You can read previous year-end lists here. ...

](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/3f51161c322611e3bb5722000a1fd013_8.jpg) Sports Team Names Ottawa’s new CFL franchise announced that they would henceforth be known as the REDBLACKS . (En francais: “Le Rouge et Noir d’Ottawa”.) The reception was lukewarm but I think it’s starting to grow on us. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/what-ottawa-was-obsessed-wi.jpg) ** Previously: ** What Ottawa was obsessed with in 2011 ** ** ** See also: ** Ottawa Media Guide If you liked this post, you should ** subscribe to etcetera , ** our free email newsletter. ...

](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/1c0il.jpg) [ Andrew King's ](http://www.andrewkingstudio.com/) "Stage Fright", depicting the dramatic final night of Bluesfest. This painting was auctioned off as part of the [ Portraits of Bluesfest ](http://blogs.ottawacitizen.com/2011/08/31/stage-crumpling-storm-produces-unique-art-for-portraits-of-bluesfest-3/) fundraiser.