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Ottawa’s music industry is growing, but is it fast enough?

We sat down with Melanie Brulée, executive director of OMIC, to get a sense of Ottawa as a music town and where it is headed.

ByWard Market

Is Ottawa getting its fair share of funding from the province? Opposition MPPs say no

Liberal MPPs held an "Ottawa Day" at Queen's Park to advocate for more financial support

Federal

Mayor Mark Sutcliffe officially registers as candidate, but faces controversy over newspaper ads

Mayor Mark Sutcliffe has filed his papers to run for Mayor a second time, but is now facing controversy over an ad published in a local newspaper

Municipal election 2026

From forest and farmland to suburbs and tech hubs: a history of Kanata

On November 26, 1964, ground was broken on a revolutionary planned community in March Township, then a close neighbour to the growing City of Ottawa, in what would soon become the suburb of Kanata.

Ottawa West

Ben Franklin Place could become the heart of a changing Centrepointe

Nearly four decades after the civic complex first opened, many residents say the area surrounding it is on the verge of its biggest transformation yet.

Ottawa West

Rehabilitating the ditches

The city has begun work on rehabilitating ditches in City View after failing to find money for sewer infrastructure upgrades. It could mean the loss of some greenery

Nepean Newsletter

Here’s who’s running for city council so far in Nepean wards

Some old and new names make the list

Nepean Newsletter

City View ditch work to begin this year as residents worry about losing more greenery

The city has begun work on rehabilitating ditches in City View after failing to find money for sewer infrastructure upgrades. It could mean the loss of some greenery

Nepean

A new 10-point plan promises to improve OC Transpo. Will it be enough?

Leary, who previously headed the Toronto Transit Commission, has unveiled a 10-point “customer-first action plan” aimed at restoring confidence in Ottawa’s struggling transit system and improving reliability across buses, trains and Para Transpo.

Transportation