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This is Ottawa
This is Ottawa
CBC

What would it take to make the Rideau Canal swimmable? Where do you go to find love in Ottawa when you've given... more

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How are Ottawans fighting back against car thieves?

In the last decade, the number of vehicles stolen in Ottawa has shot up by nearly 250 per cent. Now... more

09 Dec 2024 · 18 minutes
How did Hitler’s car end up in Ottawa?

If you round a corner at the Canadian War Museum, you’ll come across an imposing black armoured car. It belonged... more

02 Dec 2024 · 16 minutes
How is Ottawa's housing crisis putting people fleeing violence in even more danger?

It can now take years for someone who has escaped domestic violence to find an affordable place to live in... more

25 Nov 2024 · 20 minutes
Why do Ottawa's racialized and low-income neighbourhoods tend to have fewer trees and what's being done about it?

When it comes to trees, not all neighbourhoods are equal. Robyn Bresnahan takes a stroll from a “have” into a... more

18 Nov 2024 · 14 minutes
There’s another Ottawa out there. In Illinois. We head across the border to ask: how are those other Ottawans feeling about the US election?

For one week only we’re calling ourselves 'This is Ottawa, Illinois'. Robyn Bresnahan reaches out to the city south of... more

04 Nov 2024 · 22 minutes
Why is one of Chinatown’s most iconic restaurants closing?

Since 1982, Yangtze restaurant on Somerset Street has been a destination for lovers of dim sum. But the family behind... more

28 Oct 2024 · 25 minutes
What’s with Ottawa’s love-hate relationship with roundabouts?

Depending on who you ask, roundabouts are either Ottawa’s answer to keep traffic flowing -- or 'pedestrian death traps'. Robyn... more

21 Oct 2024 · 16 minutes
Is Ottawa an island?

Podcast listener Matt Bell has always been curious about something. Given that a central part of the city is surrounded... more

07 Oct 2024 · 14 minutes
Have land acknowledgements become “white noise”?

They’re read at sporting events, music festivals, school assemblies, corporate conferences and city hall meetings. But have they become more... more

30 Sep 2024 · 16 minutes
What happens when Robyn knocks on the door of her former Carleton University residence room - 27 years later?!

There are nearly 9000 students living in college and university dorm rooms in Ottawa. So what’s dorm life like? And... more

23 Sep 2024 · 20 minutes
This is Ottawa
How are Ottawans fighting back against car thieves?
This is Ottawa