Rideau Canal

Most of the 7.8km long skating area opens today. That includes all of Dows Lake.

The plan itself spans 140 pages, so we’ve done you a favour in presenting you with the ‘Coles Notes’ highlights.

Happy long weekend, folks! On Instagram, tag your shots with #apt613wknd to be featured.

For those who long to stray from the road most traveled, to strap on a backpack and hiking boots to venture through natural landscapes and across rugged beaten paths straight into the heart of the wild… your next adventure awaits you! The Rideau Trail offers new and seasoned hikers access to 387 kilometers of interconnected […]

Ottawa’s Compliments & Complaints Department is a featured column supported by the Apt613 Fellowship Program. The aim is to spotlight locals from different hoods of the capital, letting them celebrate this city and share their constructive criticisms. Name: Danny About: Danny is originally from California, but she moved to Ottawa when she was very young. […]

When I was invited to tag along on The Ottawa Free Tour, a new activity on offer, I didn’t have to think it over much –  they had me at “free”. With scarcely anything in life that doesn’t put a dent in my bank account, I’m clearly going to jump at anything that costs nothing. And […]

There is a curious buzz in the air as I stroll towards 8 Locks’ Flat, the new patio restaurant on the shore of the Rideau Canal. All around me interested onlookers – whether biking, running, walking or rollerblading – scan the recently installed wooden deck that is filled with people eating and drinking. “We should stop there […]