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Ottawa (i/ˈɒtəwə/ or /ˈɒtəwɑː/; French pronunciation: [ɔtawa]) is the capital city of Canada. It stands on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec; the two form the core of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area (CMA) and the National Capital Region (NCR). The 2011 census reported a population of 883,391 within the city, making it the fourth-largest city in Canada, and 1,236,324 within the CMA, making it the fourth-largest CMA in Canada. The City of Ottawa has since estimated it had a population of 951,727 in 2014.
Founded in 1826 as Bytown, and incorporated as "Ottawa" in 1855, the city has evolved into a political and technological centre of Canada. Its original boundaries were expanded through numerous minor annexations and were ultimately replaced by a new city incorporation and major amalgamation in 2001 which significantly increased its land area. The city name "Ottawa" was chosen in reference to the Ottawa River nearby, which is a word derived from the Algonquin word Odawa, meaning "to trade".
Ottawa is a city located at the confluence of the navigable Illinois River and Fox River in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. The Illinois River is a conduit for river barges and connects Lake Michigan at Chicago, to the Mississippi River, and North America's 25,000 mile river system. The population estimate was 18,562 as of 2013. It is the county seat of LaSalle County and it is part of the Ottawa-Peru, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Ottawa was the site of the first of the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858. During the Ottawa debate Stephen A. Douglas, leader of the Democratic Party, openly accused Abraham Lincoln of forming a secret bipartisan group of Congressmen to bring about the abolition of slavery.
The John Hossack House was a "station" on the Underground Railroad, and Ottawa was a major stop because of its rail, road, and river transportation. Citizens in the city were active within the abolitionist movement. Ottawa was the site of a famous 1859 extrication of a runaway slave named Jim Gray from a courthouse by prominent civic leaders of the time. Three of the civic leaders, John Hossack, Dr. Joseph Stout and James Stout, later stood trial in Chicago for violating the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850.
Ottawa Station (IATA: XDS) in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, located at 200 Tremblay Road, is served by Via Rail inter-city trains connecting it to Toronto and Montreal. OC Transpo’s Train rapid transit station (which, despite its name, is a bus stop) carries railway passengers into the city centre or into the eastern suburbs.
The station was designed by John B. Parkin & Associates and was built in 1966. It won a Massey Medal for architecture in 1967. In 2000, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada named the station as one of the top 500 buildings produced in Canada during the last millennium.
Ottawa’s trains once came into a large downtown Union Station a short distance from the Parliament buildings, but with the replacement of the railway tracks beside the Rideau Canal with the National Capital Commission’s Colonel By Drive scenic parkway, the former station has been converted into the Government Conference Centre.
KLM runs a connecting shuttle bus from this station to Montreal Airport, exclusive for the airline's customers only.
The Campaign for Safer Consumption Sites in Ottawa kicked off a spring advocacy campaign in the ByWard Market this weekend. Members canvassed door-to-door to residents and business owners in the neighbourhood to gather feedback and identify support for the idea of opening supervised drug consumption facilities in Ottawa. Key goals of a supervised consumption site are to get drug use off the street, and connect people who use drugs with health and social services such as addiction treatment programs. A recent study suggested that a site in Ottawa would result in health care savings of over 3 million dollars due to prevented HIV and hepatitis C infections. Canada's first supervised injection site, called Insite, has been operating in downtown Vancouver for 10 years. It's proven to decrease...
After a week of long days and sleepless nights, the results from a city-wide survey of Ottawa's homeless population are in. In total, 461 of Ottawa's homeless and at-risk individuals were surveyed using the VI-SPIDAT (Vulnerability Index-Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool) method. The survey results will be used by the Alliance to End Homelessness to fuel their 20,000 Homes Campaign - an effort to house 20, 000 homeless by July 1, 2018.
Leaders in Ottawa County are working to make broadband internet more accessible for residents, following the results of a recent survey. (April 27, 2022)
Dr. David Coletto of Abacus Data provides an overview of key findings from the 2020 Ottawa Business Growth Survey, including the business confidence index. Following the presentation, Jim McConnery of Welch LLP conducts a Q&A to explore the impact of government funding and how local businesses are adapting to a pandemic economy. The project was sponsored by Welch LLP, RBC, Field Effect Software and the Ottawa Senators. Get the full report here: https://www.ottawabusinesssurveyreport.ca/
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If you live in Ottawa County, officials want to know about your internet access. (June 7, 2021)
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Ottawa (i/ˈɒtəwə/ or /ˈɒtəwɑː/; French pronunciation: [ɔtawa]) is the capital city of Canada. It stands on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec; the two form the core of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area (CMA) and the National Capital Region (NCR). The 2011 census reported a population of 883,391 within the city, making it the fourth-largest city in Canada, and 1,236,324 within the CMA, making it the fourth-largest CMA in Canada. The City of Ottawa has since estimated it had a population of 951,727 in 2014.
Founded in 1826 as Bytown, and incorporated as "Ottawa" in 1855, the city has evolved into a political and technological centre of Canada. Its original boundaries were expanded through numerous minor annexations and were ultimately replaced by a new city incorporation and major amalgamation in 2001 which significantly increased its land area. The city name "Ottawa" was chosen in reference to the Ottawa River nearby, which is a word derived from the Algonquin word Odawa, meaning "to trade".
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