This is Ottawa
By CBC
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Episodes: 44
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What would it take to make the Rideau Canal swimmable? Where do you go to find love in Ottawa when you've given up on online dating? Every week, host Robyn Bresnahan seeks out people to answer one question about the city we love. New episodes every Monday.
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How did Ottawa become a hotspot for holiday movies?
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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How are Ottawans fighting back against car thieves?
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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How did Hitler’s car end up in Ottawa?
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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How is Ottawa's housing crisis putting people fleeing violence in even more danger?
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Why do Ottawa's racialized and low-income neighbourhoods tend to have fewer trees and what's being done about it?
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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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?
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Why is one of Chinatown’s most iconic restaurants closing?
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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What’s with Ottawa’s love-hate relationship with roundabouts?
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Is Ottawa an island?
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Have land acknowledgements become “white noise”?
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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What happens when Robyn knocks on the door of her former Carleton University residence room - 27 years later?!
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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What happened to the O’Brien Hotel in Gatineau Park?
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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What’s the new Night Mayor’s plan to revitalize Ottawa’s social scene from sundown to sunrise?
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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How will a new museum tell the story of the Vietnamese “boat people” who sought freedom in Ottawa?
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Why aren’t there more places to eat and drink along Ottawa’s waterfronts?
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Where do queer seniors find community in Ottawa?
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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How did Glenroy Gilbert’s Olympic gold change the advice he now gives as head coach for Athletics Canada?
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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From podium high to life low: What inspired an Ottawa Olympian to help elite athletes find meaning in life after sports?
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Why did Ottawa backpedal on bike sharing?
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Could Calgary’s water crisis happen in Ottawa?
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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How is Mechanicsville balancing gentrification with the preservation of its working-class history?
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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Why is there a ‘private’ lake in Rockcliffe that’s off limits to public swimmers?
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Catcalls, eyerolls and butt slaps: What's it like to be a woman in the trades?
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Why does Ottawa musician Jim Bryson wish he’d trained as an electrician?
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Ottawa flies hundreds of flags when foreign dignitaries come to town. Where are they all kept - and what happens when there’s a diplomatic flap over flags?
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May 27, 2024 |
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Wait, is that a ukulele?! The strange things people do while running the Ottawa marathon
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May 20, 2024 |
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Why is a new generation behind Ottawa’s organic farms choosing a life in the fields?
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May 13, 2024 |
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What's it like for an American Olympic hockey star to become Ottawa’s hometown hero?
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May 06, 2024 |
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Who was Thad Johnson and why is there a road named after him?
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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What would it take to make the Rideau Canal a destination for swimmers?
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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What does it feel like to realize that home ownership is a rapidly receding dream?
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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What happened to Ottawa's downtown movie theatres?
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Bears, coyotes and wild turkeys. How can Ottawans better co-exist with wild animals?
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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How are Ottawa’s breweries tapping into the sober-curious movement?
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Why is it so hard for Ottawa to shed the label of “the city that fun forgot”?
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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What would happen if kids were in charge of March break?
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Is it necessary to close Ottawa schools for the solar eclipse?
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Why does Ottawa's tap water look, smell and taste different depending on the season?
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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What's Ottawa's next quintessential food?
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Where do you find love when you've given up on online dating?
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Was it right to move Ottawa’s main train station out of the downtown core?
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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What's it like to live above the stadium at Lansdowne Park?
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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How can Ottawa make snow removal better for everyone?
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Introducing: This is Ottawa
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Jan 19, 2024 |