Ottawa South Local Community News

City to match businesses with LRT project

Posted on Feb 9, 2012 by Laura Mueller

EMC News - The largest construction project in Ottawa's history will get underway in 2013 and the city hopes to boost the economy by getting local businesses involved in...

Algonquin College to host 2012 USL W-League championship weekend

Posted on Feb 9, 2012 by Eddie Rwema

EMC Sports - Soccer fans in Ottawa will have another extra reason to celebrate this summer as Ottawa hosts the finals of the 2012 USL W-League Championship, one of the most important women's championship in North America. The W-League, which operates a 30-team league throughout North America, announced...

City introduces Skate Safe program on the Rideau Canal

Posted on Feb 9, 2012 by EMC News

The City of Ottawa, the National Capital Commission (NCC) and State Farm, sponsor of the Skate Safe program, have teamed up once again to make an Ottawa winter tradition more fun for everyone through the Skate Safe program. The Skate Safe tent recently officially opened on Saturday morning on the...

Riverside Park South resident releases new historical fiction novel

Posted on Feb 9, 2012 by Eddie Rwema

EMC News - Riverside Park South resident author Terrence Rundle West has released his new historical fiction novel about the Spanish Civil War and the role played by individual Canadians in that conflict. Not in My Father's Footsteps revolves around Montreal in the 1930s when the city was at the...

Bronson Avenue will not be widened

Posted on Feb 9, 2012 by Eddie Rwema

EMC News - The city has abandoned plans to widen Bronson Avenue when reconstruction work begins on the central thoroughfare to replace century-old sewers and water mains this spring. The decision is the result of the cost to move hydro infrastructure as well as growing opposition from area residents. "This...