
Teed off: Ottawa golf course operators say sport unfairly targeted in latest closures
Local clubs on track for record revenues in 2021 before provincially mandated shutdown, owners and managers say.

Teed off: Ottawa golf course operators say sport unfairly targeted in latest closures
Local clubs on track for record revenues in 2021 before provincially mandated shutdown, owners and managers say.

Delay of game: Ottawa Titans’ inaugural Frontier League season pushed back to 2022
New baseball franchise’s planned 2021 debut scuttled due to uncertainty over when the Canada-U.S. border will reopen.

Long Road Back concert postponed in wake of city’s move to red zone
All 100 available tickets for the show originally scheduled for March 27 sold out in less than an hour.

Music to fans’ ears: Outdoor concert slated for Lansdowne Park in late March
First-of-its-kind event during pandemic will require all spectators to be screened for COVID-19 in advance.

Bluesfest, GCTC among local attractions to land provincial arts funding
Nearly a dozen other Ottawa organizations also slated to get financial aid as part of $24-million package to help Ontario’s cultural sector survive the COVID-19
City re-ups for $25K fund to boost local music industry
The money will go to musicians whose livelihoods have been upended by the COVID-19 crisis.

Changing course: How Ian Fraser reimagined Run Ottawa’s business model for a pandemic world
When Ian Fraser took the top job at Run Ottawa in 2019, he had no idea how much he’d need to lean on every ounce

Online student gains music to the ears of Orl​éans-based studio owner Chantal Hackett
Funded by a $10,000 grant from Desjardins Insurance, entrepreneur is poised to launch a new virtual singing academy.

How Bluesfest found its groove in the face of the pandemic
COVID-19 forced organizers to rethink the concert experience for attendees and sponsors alike – while raising new questions for 2021

Update: Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk says now is not the time for his in-person fan plan
‘Most people would agree cramming 6,000 people into one confined space is not a good idea at this time,’ mayor says.
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