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Keeping spirits high with road trips

| January 24, 2022 | 0 Comments
Keeping spirits high with road trips

We’re in the middle of an Ottawa winter with the pandemic still dogging our heels, but that’s all the more reason to discover what the open road offers. Our latest recommendations mean you need travel no further than Toronto, and sometimes just to downtown Ottawa, for a revitalizing change of scene. If your trip includes […]

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Spending autumn hours with art

| October 16, 2021 | 0 Comments
Spending autumn hours with art

The fourth wave may be creating uncertainty, and winter is on its way, but there’s no reason we can’t get out and about in the coming months. Our travel recommendations this time keep us mostly closer to home and include multiple arts suggestions because the arts bolster the heart and mind in precarious times. Southbound: […]

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Theatre, murals and summer fun: 9 things to do

| July 9, 2021 | 0 Comments
Theatre, murals and summer fun: 9 things to do

No question: It’s high time to rediscover the pleasures of local travel. Many public safety restrictions remain in place, but at the time of writing, opportunities for day and overnight trips were opening up in Ontario and Quebec. Our nine suggestions emphasize the outdoors (it is summer, after all) and even include a bit of […]

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Springing into travel mode

| April 24, 2021 | 0 Comments
Springing into travel mode

If spring has you hankering to hit the road, you’re in luck this year. The pandemic isn’t yet behind us, but travel opportunities — both real-life and virtual — are slowly opening up, and the long winter of our discontent will soon be a distant memory. Our suggestions for the coming months won’t take you […]

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The row over ‘Embassy Row’

| April 24, 2021 | 0 Comments
The row over ‘Embassy Row’

Local residents and the National Capital Commission (NCC) remain at loggerheads over a proposal to turn 3.7 hectares of green space, west of downtown, into a new diplomatic precinct. In December, the NCC asked the city to rezone the land next to the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway in Mechanicsville to permit the eventual construction […]

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Ski trails, virtual snooping and murals for staycations

| January 20, 2021 | 0 Comments
Ski trails, virtual snooping and murals for staycations

Avid travellers may be longing for the return of footloose times, but the pandemic hasn’t nixed every opportunity to get out and about, even if some of our sojourns are now virtual. We’ve uncovered a clutch of COVID-safe travel ideas to keep you going until the spring. Some get you outside enjoying our Canadian winter, […]

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Autumn travel: Don’t let COVID keep you confined

| October 31, 2020 | 0 Comments
Autumn travel: Don’t let COVID keep you confined

Few of us are about to hop on a plane for a far-off vacation, but that doesn’t mean we need to put travel on permanent lockdown. There are plenty of places to visit and things to see within easy driving distance of home, and autumn, when the weather is cooler and crowds smaller, is a […]

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On the road again

| August 2, 2020 | 0 Comments
On the road again

Cabin fever has gripped most of us over the past few months. But, as the pandemic lockdown eases, opportunities for daytrips and even overnighters are opening up. Since staying safe still generally means staying close to home, we’re turning the spotlight on nearby attractions you can reach by car, bike or even foot and where […]

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See the region as spring blossoms

| April 3, 2020 | 0 Comments
See the region as spring blossoms

Editor’s note: At press time, most public places and even National Parks were closed so be sure to check on these events before heading out. Sorry, but April is not the cruellest month. In fact, it’s a dandy one, when skies are bright, temperatures generally congenial and the highways and byways beckon to the winter-weary. […]

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Norway’s residence closely connected to nature

| April 3, 2020 | 0 Comments
Norway’s residence closely connected to nature

First-time visitors to her official residence in Rockcliffe Park don’t know what to expect when they arrive, says Norwegian Ambassador Anne Kari Hansen Ovind. Given that it’s a massive, stone Gothic Revival home built about 1887 and festooned with gables, carved bargeboard trim and three monumental chimneys, that uncertainty is understandable. But while you might […]

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