Outdoors

Secret City Adventures co-produces with Pirate Life to present Escape the Ghost Ship, an adventurous and engaging escape game taking place on a pirate ship. You can head on down to Pirate Life dock for immersive puzzles and theatre on Island Rogue, a 50-foot passenger ship.

Get a new perspective on fall as you zipline from one platform to another through the trees of Gatineau Park.

Like many people, Joshua Renaud went on a lot of walks during COVID-19 lockdowns. Here, he selects some of his faavourite photos—all taken on a phone—that help him remember this strange, isolated time.

Our favourite Fools are back! After receiving praise for its 2020 tour, A Company of Fools’ show Love from Afar has been reimagined for a wider outdoor audience.

Check out these great photos from Marc Lepage of the Casino Lac-Leamy Sound of Light fireworks show.

Matt and Ben imagines that the script for the 1997 movie Good Will Hunting magically drops out of the apartment ceiling onto the floor of roommates Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Gwyneth Paltrow and JD Salinger make guest appearances.

This summer, Apt613 is thrilled to launch Ottawa’s Best Home Garden, an initiative aimed at showcasing Ottawa’s green thumb and fine folks who are augmenting the beauty of our city. And the winner is…

In this guest post, Kichi Sibi Trail Revitalization shares their work restoring a network of Indigenous/pre-contact trails around the Ottawa region.

As part of an effort to revitalize and open the old rail bridge across the Ottawa River, the bridge was recently renamed after Kitigan Zibi chief and noted Algonquin elder Chief William Commanda.

The new Interzip Rogers opened just last week. The line bills itself as the world’s first interprovincial zipline. You launch from a tower on Chaudière Island on the Ontario side and plant your feet on a platform on the Quebec side.

The winner of Ottawa’s Best Home Garden contest will receive a $250 gift card prize for a shopping spree at a locally-owned garden centre.

Rebecca Gibbons explores the importance of Strathcona Park in this audio documentary, talking to five parkgoers about what makes Strathcona important to them.

This week in the Future of Ottawa, we are looking at green spaces and waterways—what they’re like and what the future has in store. Read on for a guest post from Robb Barnes on the future of Ottawa’s green spaces.