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Today, we are going on a home inspection with Ottawa Fire Services. Together, we’ll go from room to room looking for fire hazards and sharing safety tips. Today’s host is Shirley. On the latest episode of OttaTalk, we speak with Fire Prevention Officers Leanne Labbee and Andrew Watson about how we can prevent fires in our homes – and what to do if there is one. Listen now and follow along in your home: SpotifyApple PodcastsYouTubeLinks for this episode are: Fire safety: Alarms and extin...
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Today, we are going to the movies. Or, more specifically, the movies are coming to Ottawa – along with television, commercials and other productions filmed right here in our city. Today’s hosts are Mike and Erin. On the latest episode of OttaTalk, we speak with Ottawa’s Film Commissioner, Sandrine Pechels de Saint Sardos, about why Ottawa is a world class location for on-screen productions. Listen now to learn how Ottawa’s $90-million film industry supports local jobs, businesses and the city...
It's time to launch Season 2 of the City of Ottawa’s official podcast and we OttaTalk about the City’s Spring Freshet Taskforce. What’s a freshet? It’s the annual spring snowmelt and rainfall that flows into rivers and creeks, raising water levels and increasing flood risk. Listen now to find out how the City works to monitor, prepare, inform and respond during the spring freshet. Today, we’ll talk with Jim Lethbridge, Area Manager for Emergency Planning and Response with the Public Works dep...
In case you haven’t heard, Ottawa is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year. This got us to thinking that we OttaTalk about what Ottawa was like in 1826 when it was founded as Bytown. City Archivist Paul Henry will tell us stories that make Ottawa in its infancy sound more like the wild west than the cosmopolitan world class capital it is today. What was the Stony Monday Riot all about and what else can we learn with a simple trip to the Ottawa Archives? A transcript of thi...