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New municipal corporations poised to run Ottawa’s ByWard, Parkdale markets

City Hall

Sales are down at Ottawa’s oldest farmers markets, but the city has a plan to establish an independent board of directors tasked with bringing them

National Arts Centre unveils Canada Scene lineup

Tourism

Homegrown artists from the worlds of music, dance and theatre, visual and media arts will converge for the National Arts Centre’s Canada Scene festivals which

City committee gives nod to new Kanata Central BIA budget, board

City Hall

Roughly 130 Kanata businesses are poised to unite under a new banner this year after a city committee endorsed a budget and appointed a board

After 65 years, Canadian Tulip Festival still a blooming attraction

Tourism

Twelve years after he last headed up the Canadian Tulip Festival, Michel Gauthier is back at the helm – with what he says is an

The windows of Slice and Co. have been papered up for months. The owners are getting ready to rebrand the pizzeria as a craft beer bar.

“Elgin Beer Project” to take Ottawa retail space vacated by Slice and Co.

Retail

Elgin Street’s Slice and Co. has permanently closed, but its owner will reopen the location as a new bar focused on offering a wide local beer selection later

Liberals hold Ottawa-Vanier in federal byelection as Mona Fortier elected

Ottawa

Upstart Conservative and New Democrat candidates gave their heavily favoured Liberal rivals a bit of a scare Monday in a pair of byelections in Ontario

Ottawa loses bid to host Canada Games in 2021

Tourism

Ottawa will not host the Canada Summer Games in 2021. The city was competing for the event with Sudbury, the Niagara region, Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph and

Higher downtown Ottawa parking rates would curb congestion: Report

City Hall

Adding an extra $2 to current downtown parking rates could help alleviate road congestion, according to a report commissioned by four city councillors. In addition

Ottawa councillor says marijuana won’t be sold in current dispensaries

City Hall

Fleury says delay in legal framework frustrating

Roseann Runte to become CEO of the Canada Foundation for Innovation

Ottawa

Outgoing Carleton University president Roseann Runte has been appointed president and CEO of the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the institution said on Wednesday. Ms. Runte announced