The Ottawa Fishing Festival will take place. The festival features fun for the whole family. Some proceeds will go to Angels of Hope, dedicated to raising funds for brain cancer research. The event will be held at Brewer Park. More information is available online.
Visitors to Parliament Hill can take guided tours of the Parliament Buildings. Centre Block, year-round; East Block, daily until Sept. 3, 10 a.m.-5:15 p.m. Visits of the East Block provide an opportunity to see grand old rooms and offices restored to the way they looked at the time of Confederation. More information is available online.
Ambassador of the United States of America David Jacobson has accepted Ottawa mayor Jim Watson’s invitation to attend a flag-raising ceremony at City Hall, in honour of American Independence Day. The event will be held at the Marion Dewar Plaza, City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West. Call 613-580-2424 x 14299.
Liberal Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development and Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency critic Carolyn Bennett (St. Pauls, ON) will launch the Liberal "Focus on Youth" summer initiative with a press conference on issues facing youth in Aboriginal and Northern communities. This press conference will be the first in a series of weekly press conferences by … Read more
The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada will hold a press conference on the hearing into Walden et al. v Canada, a complaint of gender discrimination from medical adjudicators who work for the Canadian Pension Plan Disability Programm against the federal government at the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal since 2004. The event will … Read more
Governor General David Johnston and Mrs. Sharon Johnston will attend the Canada Day Noon Show on Parliament Hill. They will join Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Calgary Southwest, AB), Heritage Minister James Moore (Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam, BC) and thousands of Canadians and visitors on Parliament Hill for this occasion. Johnston will inspect the guard of honour … Read more
Walk with your dog, or without to raise funds for the Ottawa Humane Society. Plenty of activities for the whole family. More information is available online.
Colonel By Day celebrates the accomplishments of Lt. Colonel John By and his workers in constructing the Rideau Canal and the founding of Bytown. Activities include musketry, blacksmithing, live reenactments and more. The event will take place at the Bytown Museum, 1 Canal Lane. More information is available online.
Legendary Canadian actor Gordon Pinsent narrates the Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns, with poetry by Ogden Nash. Part of the Ottawa 2012 Chamberfest. The event will take place at Dominion-Chalmers United Church, 355 Cooper Street. More information is available online.
Ottawa Chamberfest 2012 presents two weeks of musical celebration in Canada's capital, featuring local, national, and international artists. Highlights include The Israeli Chamber Project and the Nash Ensemble of London. More information is available online.
