By Ottawa Citizen, March 1, 2014
OTTAWA — The City of Gatineau issued a “preventive” boil water advisory Saturday for the Masson-Angers and Buckingham sectors after it was found that some water supplies might have been in contact with a “non-disinfected reservoir at the Buckingham water plant.”
The advisory affects an estimated 27,500 people.
By Tom Spears, Ottawa Citizen, February 28, 2014
OTTAWA — Waiting to see the first robin arrive in March? You’re two months too late.
Robins have been around Ottawa all winter.
The official bird of spring has become a year-round fixture here, fluffing up its feathers against the wind until it looks around, and even learning to fish.
By Joanne Chianello, Ottawa Citizen, February 28, 2014
OTTAWA — For anyone still clinging to the concept that the new vision for Lansdowne Park as a “unique urban village” -- as has been promised for years — then this week’s announcements come as predictably disappointing.
First the news that the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group signed a multi-year partnership with Labatt Breweries for the revamped stadium. That Budweiser will be the official beer for all TD Place events will leave many sports fans feeling flat.
By Vito Pelieci, Ottawa Citizen, March 1, 2014
It looks like the groundhogs were right.
Environment Canada released its seasonal forecast for Spring on Saturday and said that relief from the frigid cold winter temperatures is still a ways off.
The extended forecast, which is released four times a year, expects temperatures in Ottawa, as well as much of Eastern Canada, will continue to be well below seasonal norms for the next few months.
By Ian McLeod, Ottawa Citizen, February 28, 2014
OTTAWA — The shelving of $15 billion worth of new power reactors is just a bump in Ontario’s long-term nuclear energy strategy, Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli assured Canada’s struggling nuclear industry Friday.
“This decision was not taken lightly,” he told delegates attending the Canadian Nuclear Association’s annual Ottawa conference and trade show.
By Laura Mueller, Ottawa Community News, February 26, 2014
For the first time since Ottawa introduced the green bin, residents are recycling more than half of household waste.
Some of the material residents put into their green bins is ending up in the dump even though the city thinks it's recyclable.
By Sarah Anderson, CFRA News, February 27, 2014
Ottawa has the support of the Federal Liberal party for two massive infrastructure projects: Phase 2 of the LRT and the Ottawa River Action Plan.
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau told Ottawa's business elite, gathered for a breakfast series hosted by the Ottawa Business Journal and the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce, that infrastructure would be a top priority for his party.
By CTV News Ottawa, February 27, 2014
As Ottawa copes through yet another cold snap, confirmation today this winter is the coldest in the capital in 20 years.
Senior Climatologist at Environment Canada, David Phillips, says new data shows it hasn't been this cold in the capital since 1994.
By Carys Mills, Ottawa Citizen, February 27, 2014
OTTAWA — Blowing snow Thursday night was expected to cause whiteout conditions, and Environment Canada was advising drivers to be ready for low visibility and hazardous driving.
A band of flurries, heavy at times, was expected to move into the Ottawa, Gatineau and Cornwall areas Thursday evening, quickly bringing two to four centimetres of snow in some places and reducing visibility to 250 metres or less.
By Mai Habib, CFRA News, February 26, 2014
We're simply not using enough water in Ottawa and that's left the city short $13 million in water and waste water revenue last year.
The shortage is being blamed on 2013's wet summer.
The detailed report, released Tuesday night, outlining the short-falls will go to the Finance and Economic Development Committee next week.