This is Ottawa

We’re handing it over to the kids this week to dream up their ideal March break. Host Robyn Bresnahan heads to an elementary school in Stittsville and hears what a holiday at home would look like with kids at the helm. And then two parents share their top tips for things to do on an Ottawa staycation. 

A rare solar eclipse is taking place on Monday, April 8th. Schools will be closed because it’s deemed unsafe for students to be outside without proper eye protection. But some parents and school trustees question whether that’s the right move - and if it will actually lead to the opposite outcome.

Sometimes it’s cloudy. Sometimes it’s bubbly. And depending on the time of year you drink it, Ottawa’s water tastes different. Robyn Bresnahan heads to the source of it all and taps into the expertise of an engineer who’s spent his life thinking about drinking water.

Move over Beavertails, poutine and shawarma. Robyn Bresnahan goes for a meal with the couple behind the hugely popular Eat the Strip blog to find out what they think Ottawa’s new quintessential food is and the story it tells about our city.

If you've ever tried online dating you'll know it's a world of hit and miss. This week Robyn Bresnahan meets a woman who had more misses than matches and decided to seek love the old fashioned way.

Ottawa used to have a grand main train station right downtown. That building is now the temporary home of the Senate. The city’s current train terminal sits five kilometres away in the east-end. Robyn Bresnahan hops on the train with a self-described ‘railhead’ to talk about whether that move was the right one.

If you've ever been to a sports event at Lansdowne stadium, you've likely noticed the gleaming condo overlooking the field. Who lives there? And what's it like when 20-thousand strangers converge on your "front yard" on game days? Robyn Bresnahan heads up to the ninth floor to find out.

Snow. We trudge through it, get stuck in it, shovel too much of it. But some question whether the city has its priorities backwards when it comes to what gets plowed first. Host Robyn Bresnahan digs into Ottawa's snowplow plan.