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OC Transpo readies publicity plan to alert Ottawans of major changes to bus routes
With the O-Train lines 2 and 4 now running seven days a week, OC Transpo will begin its latest publicity campaign, telling transit riders about the many changes coming to Ottawa’s bus network. City councillors heard the details of this plan during the Mar. 17 Transit Committee meeting.
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Ryan Clark ,
March 18, 2025
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Saskatchewan Huskies defeat Carleton Ravens in women’s basketball championship
The Carleton women's basketball team lost their USports National Championship final to the University of Saskatchewan 85-66.
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Alex Dines ,
March 17, 2025
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Perth laments Algonquin’s uprooting of heritage building program ‘that’s going to save the planet’
Algonquin College will shutter its satellite campus in the historic town of Perth at the end of August 2026 because of severe financial challenges facing many Canadian colleges and universities following the federal imposition of new international student cap. The Perth campus has been home for more than a half-century to the Algonquin College Heritage Institute, which offers a flagship...
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Justin Ball ,
March 13, 2025
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Neighbourhood health hubs playing key role in city immunization efforts
Any Ottawa parent with a child who’s missing immunizations should be expecting mail soon — if they haven’t already received it. Since December, Ottawa Public Health has mailed about 11,000 incomplete immunization advisory letters to families with children missing one or more vaccines on their health record. Soon, the agency will send school suspension notices to those who have not...
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Carmela Carangan ,
March 2, 2025
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Can I Skate? Ottawa couple develops app tracking Rideau Canal ice conditions
Skating on the Rideau Canal Skateway was always a family affair for the Owens. Every February, Stephen and Leslie Owens would drive more than four hours from Caledon, Ont. to visit their son Tyler in Ottawa. The couple, their sister and their two sons would spend Family Day on the Canal. “That’s been a tradition since I arrived (in Ottawa),”...
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Maia Tustonic ,
March 2, 2025
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Somerset West health centre transitioning to HART hub
The Somerset West Health Community Centre will transition from a drug consumption site into a Homelessness Addiction Recovery Treatment Hub. This is part of the Ontario government's new rule to close all drug consumption sites within 200-metre proximity of schools and child-care centres.
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Alexa MacKie ,
March 1, 2025
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Controversial Rockcliffe Park residence once again ready for construction
Residents of Rockcliffe Park have lost a fight to halt the redevelopment of a property in the upscale Ottawa neighbourhood. A Divisional Court appeal panel has rejected the Rockcliffe Park Residents Association’s bid to prevent the construction of a large home at 480 Cloverdale Rd. According to the RPRA, the home is oversized and too contemporary for the heritage district. ...
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Justin Ball ,
March 1, 2025
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Ottawa Police Service to lose Algonquin College training site
Ottawa Police Service will soon lose its training facility at Algonquin College - here's why.
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Sophie Blake ,
March 1, 2025
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Heron Park to finally see new field house after 20-plus years of waiting
A small green and red-brick building, for two decades a familiar sight to Heron Park residents, is now gone. However, it will not be missed for long. In six months, a new and much improved facility will replace it. Bordered by Sawmill Creek and Heron Road, the south-central Ottawa park has a playground, a baseball diamond, wading pool and skating...
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Carmela Carangan ,
March 1, 2025
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New bus route to rail hub to transform transit in Barrhaven
The new bus route 70, part of OC Transpo's "New Ways to Bus" initiative, will transform transit for Barrhaven residents.
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Louis Charbonneau ,
March 1, 2025
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