The Urban Design Challenge is an annual ideas competition for students from across Canada. In this challenge, participants ...

When it comes to winter in Gatineau Park, a bit of planning goes a long way to making your outing safe and fun. Start here!

Ottawa has many urban winter trails that are community-maintained entirely by volunteers, and free to use. Here are some of ...

Located at the western edge of Canada’s Capital Greenbelt, Shirleys Bay is an internationally significant conservation area on the Ottawa River. The natural wetland features along the shore, as well ...

Each winter, the historic Rideau Canal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, becomes the Rideau Canal Skateway, the world’s largest ...

Personalized plaques are affixed to park benches in Ottawa-Gatineau’s beautiful public spaces. This program is offered at ...

The National Capital Commission (NCC) has been awarded the 2024 “Deal of the Year” award by the Ottawa Board of Trade. This prestigious award recognizes the NCC’s innovative partnership with Live ...

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National Capital Region—A section of the western sidewalk along Elgin Street (Northbound), between Lawrence Freiman Lane and Wellington Street will be fully closed for sidewalk rehabilitation.

Gatineau Park has one of the largest and best maintained networks of cross-country ski trails in North America. It has over 200 kilometres of classic cross-country, skate and back-country ski trails, ...

Home Cliff sector: centre Three faces at the Twin Ribs sector: Copacabana (left rib), Down Under (right rib) and Eastern Block Four faces at the Western Cwm sector, west: North Wall, Reaper Buttress, ...