Ottawa comes to life for a weekend of festivals
The summer festival season in Ottawa kicked off this weekend with thousands gathering for events across the city.

If you have a child under 13 years of age and they are celebrating a birthday, send us a picture of them including their name, date of birth and hometown, then watch our morning show for the announcement!
All pictures must be received one (1) week in advance of birth date.
PLEASE NOTE: BIRTHDAYS MUST BE SUMBITTED AT LEAST 5 BUSINESS DAYS IN ADVANCE. LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE BROADCAST.
Send your birthday wish to us by e-mail or by regular mail to:
Morning Birthdays
87 George St.
Ottawa ON
K1N 9H7
If e-mailing the picture please include it as an attachment and be in either JPG or GIF file format. If sending by mail, please note that the picture will not be returned.
The summer festival season in Ottawa kicked off this weekend with thousands gathering for events across the city.
CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at the Canada Day activities across the city of Ottawa, including at the new location at LeBreton Flats.
CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at events happening across eastern Ontario on Canada Day.
OC Transpo rolls out its new summer schedule today, which includes service adjustments to accommodate the closures of two sections of the Transitway in Ottawa's west end.
Someone called 911 from Britannia Beach at approximately 7:15 p.m. Saturday, reporting four people had fallen off a paddleboard and were floating towards the Deschenes Rapids in Ottawa's west end.
There are no reports of injuries after two jet skis collided near Petrie Island Bay in Ottawa's east end.
Ontario Provincial Police say an officer stopped a vehicle driving 156 km/h on the Queensway just after 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
Ottawa police are reminding drivers to renew their vehicle licence plate, saying officers will soon begin issuing $110 fines for expired plates.
The Distress Centre of Ottawa and Region has seen an increase in calls about financial stress in the last year, as inflation reaches levels not seen in decades.
Many Canadians remain unaware of the involvement of forced child labour in the products they buy, according to non-profit agency World Vision Canada.
Hundreds of protesters descended on the U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday to denounce the justice's decision to overturn the half-century-old Roe v. Wade precedent that recognized women's constitutional right to abortion.
As Pride festivities kick off around the world, many refugees are celebrating the LGBTQ2S+ community for the first time.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau headed to the G7 summit in Germany on Saturday without a consensus from the Commonwealth to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but with a chorus of countries calling for help to overcome the fallout of the war.
The World Health Organization said the escalating monkeypox outbreak in nearly 50 countries should be closely monitored but does not warrant being declared a global health emergency.
Seven months after a barge ran aground near Vancouver's English Bay, residents have grown weary of its hulking presence on the shoreline.