spring

As the snow starts to melt, you might notice a winter’s worth of litter scattered around the city. Twice a year, thousands of residents help keep our community spaces clean and green through Cleaning the Capital and you can join them by registering for the spring 2022 campaign! ...

Three buckets. Collecting sap in Vanier during maple syrup season. Photo by Tony Bailey. Visiting a sugar bush has been a springtime activity in our area for generations. Several farms and maple syrup operations in Ontario and Quebec offer tours and programming for kids and families. ...

An OC Transpo bus downtown. (Photo via Shankar S. Used under a Creative Commons license.) (Via OC Transpo) Spring changes to OC Transpo service begin on Sunday, April 18. OC Transpo will roll into the season with the expansion of Rack & Roll to its entire bus network, further adjustments will be introduced due to the ongoing pandemic, and new detours will accommodate construction projects. ...

Photo: “Piscenlit - Common Dandelion”, by Eric Galton via the OttawaStart Flickr Pool. After a springtime hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Ottawa’s 2020 GLAD Cleaning the Capital Program returns for the fall campaign, from September 15 to October 15. ...

_ (press release) _ Ice breaking operations on the Rideau River started today between Rideau Falls and Hog’s Back. Blasting will follow starting on March 12. The City, in partnership with the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority, undertakes ice breaking operations each year to alleviate possible spring flooding in flood-prone areas. ...

_ (Special weather statement from Environment Canada issue on Thursday.) _ 4:08 PM EDT Thursday 07 May 2015 Special weather statement in effect for: Ottawa North - Kanata - Orléans Ottawa South - Richmond - Metcalfe First taste of very warm and almost sultry mid summer weather Friday. ...

Early birds have been registered for weeks, but now it’s official for everyone: Tim Hortons Cleaning the Capital is underway.  Tim Hortons Cleaning the Capital is a city-wide event that brings together families, friends, neighbours and communities and friends to help keep Ottawa clean and green. ...

Beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, March 23, seasonal load restrictions are in effect. Commercial vehicles or trailers with a gross vehicle weight in excess of five tonnes or 11,000 lbs. per axle are prohibited on roads where restriction signage is posted, and on all truck routes identified as restricted on the Truck Route Maps ( Urban Truck Routes and Rural Truck Routes ). ...

Mayor Jim Watson, Councillor Keith Egli, Chair of the City’s Transportation Committee, and Bill Houldsworth of Tim Hortons, celebrated the efforts of Tim Hortons Cleaning the Capital’s 2014 campaign participants and sponsors at a ceremony at Centrepointe Studio this morning. ...