Stage 2 – Notice of Long-Term Ramp Closure Highway 417 at Pinecrest

* Pinecrest onramp closure (long duration) will officially start May 14. The evening of May 13 there could be overnight impacts for the completion of line painting and barrier realignment. As part of Stage 2 O-Train Light Rail Transit (LRT) project, motorists travellingon northboudn Pinecrest Road at the Highway 417 interchange should anticipate impacts on…

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Stage 2 LRT Spring Update Meeting

Please join us virtually, Wednesday, May 29th at 7pm for an update from Stage 2 LRT Staff regarding the ongoing work in Bay Ward and what to expect over the coming months! Visit our Events page to sign up and receive your Zoom link.

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NCC Bike Days are back!

NCC Bike Days start this weekend! Bring out your bicycles, inline skates or rollerblades starting this Saturday and enjoy some of our car-free parkways during the NCC Weekend Bikedays, a longstanding program that is now in its 54th season. Starting this weekend, and until October 14, see the Capital from a different perspective along the…

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Bruce Timmermans Cycling Awards

Do you know someone or an organization who has been a local champion for cycling in our city? The City of Ottawa is once again accepting nominations for the Bruce Timmermans cycling awards! Two awards will be presented in June to recognize outstanding contributions to cycling in Ottawa.  EnviroCentre is coordinating the 2024 awards. All nominations…

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Be prepared, know your risks if there’s an emergency

Over the past several years, Ottawa residents, businesses and visitors have experienced first-hand several different types of weather emergencies. For example, tornadoes and a derecho have damaged homes, uprooted trees, and downed power lines; flooding in 2017, 2019 and 2023 caused damage to water-side communities; and, a freezing rainstorm caused branches and power lines to…

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Working to make our city accessible for everyone

This feature story is part of the City of Ottawa Service Reviews: an initiative aimed at ensuring city services are meeting your needs. Visit ottawa.ca/YourIdeas today. Building a city where everyone can navigate, participate in, and enjoy their community is essential to our quality of life. That is why we are committed to ensuring accessibility for those…

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National Forum on Basic Income

Don’t miss the National Forum on Basic Income, May 23-26 being held in Ottawa on the University of Ottawa campus Poverty affects everyone. We don’t like seeing homeless people or long Food Bank lineups. We know there is a lot of misery behind those images. This is a Canada-wide crisis. The national movement for a…

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Are you Rain Ready?

On May 1 City Council approved a permanent, expanded Rain Ready Ottawa program to help residents manage rainfall on their properties, reduce the harmful impacts of stormwater runoff on small open watercourses and improve the health of Ottawa’s waterways. The program offers rebates for retrofits that redirect rain and make properties more absorbent, such as…

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