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Ottawa businesses worry about potential postal disruption

Businesses in Ottawa are bracing for the prospect of a postal strike or lockout on the eve of the holiday shopping season.



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Fall drought has a sunny side for Ottawa-area farmers

Experts say the region is currently in a drought, but as long as it doesn’t extend much longer, the dry weather is having a balanced impact on local agriculture.



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Here's where Ottawa's draft budget will cost you more

Residents are set to pay more for a variety of city services next year if Ottawa's 2025 draft operating budget, tabled Wednesday, is adopted.



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Ottawa, ON Dentist Celebrates Anniversary of Practice Transfer

Dr. Leila Ebrahimpoor, dentist in Ottawa, ON, is excited to celebrate her 5th year with her dental practice after transfer.




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Ottawa tech company provides fast computer IT support services

An Ottawa-based technology company, Taleam Systems provides fast, reliable and affordable computer IT services to small businesses.




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Residential Home Elevators in Ottawa: How to Increase Sustainable and Energy-Efficient Living Standards in Canada

In the heart of Canada's capital, the integration of residential home elevators in Ottawa presents a unique opportunity to not only enhance mobility but also to champion sustainable and energy-efficient living standards.




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Ottawa Lumiere Festival of Lights – Full Camera Skills Needed


The Ottawa annual Lumiere Festival of Lights is not just a wonderful events for kids and spectators it's also a great chance to get some interesting and new photos for your collection.

 ISO 400; f6.3; 13 sec; -0.67ev; 123mm; tripod mounted; Nikon D300

This is my 3rd time attending this event and each and every time I go there is something new to see. The festival is all about light and for this event it means candle power. There are activities for kids in the leading-up week where they make wonderful colorful paper mache objects that have holders inside to take those small candles in metal cans. These candles go inside the object and are lit at dusk. This creates a wonderful glow emanating for the colorful paper mache objects.

ISO 2,500 f5.6; 1 sec;  48mm

Hundreds of these lit lanterns in the shape of many different forms from faces to animals line the many paths around New Edinburgh park in Ottawa.

For the photographer it's visually stunning but also provides many photographic challenges in order to capture the event as the night unfolds.

When you first arrive around 7:30pm, you are at the golden hour of light and normal settings gets most of these shots.  You may need a bit of fill light from your flash and here an attached strobe flash is necessary to get just enough light to fill area and the ability to reduce the exposure (-ev) so as to not over power the ambient light.  See image of man on stilts below.


 
ISO 200; f5.6; 1/60 sec; 40mm; Flash -1ev

With hundreds of kids moving around and depending on their activity in front of you, a long exposure shot may create interesting photo image. The children in the image below are playing a large chess game. I wanted to show motion blur to create effect of action within the photo.

ISO 80; f25; 3 sec; 32mm

As dusk starts to envelope a more  stronger flash is necessary to freeze motion and completely fill subject as with the Tango dancer.


ISO 200; f5.6; 1/60 sec; 100mm; Flash

There are other areas like the lit swans in the river where flash won't work and a long exposure is needed to amplify available light to avoid the noise of higher ISOs. But when there is some wind movement then you will need the higher ISOs as in the photo below. In these photos it's all about the soft glow of candle power.

ISO 2,500; f5.6; 0.3 sec;  -0.3ev; 190mm; tripod mounted



ISO 2,500; f5.6; 2 sec; -1ev; 28mm; tripod mounted

But a near full darkness only longer exposure times and a tripod will get you those interesting photos like the girls with their glowing and twirling hula hoops.

The main event at this festival is a giant maze on a baseball diamond (to reduce chance of grass fire) covered with lunch paper bags filled with a little sand for stability and then a small candle. There are hundreds of children walking around this maze but with long exposures they do not show up in the photo because of their darkness. It's only when they are carrying candles or light that they show up as a moving white line.


ISO 1,000; f5.6; -1ev; 3sec; 1230mm; tripod mounted

At this event I did use my new Nikon D800e and I found it worked well. I did forget to bring my small flashlight to light the buttons on the camera.  Thankfully there remained mostly the same from the D300 and I could with some ease figure where to press to make changes to seetings.

In summary for an event like this you need to be able to switch between:
Aperture, Shutter priority and Manual mode – Flash will freeze when necessary.
Low and high ISOs.
Normal shutter speeds and long exposures of 2-3 seconds.
Flash power adjustments for fill light strengths.
Hand-held and tripod shooting.

I do hope you all get a chance to try events like these or a an amusement park or fair ground.

Niels Henriksen




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MAA Ottawa: Axe Throwing with Ottawa's Alumni

Starts: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 19:00:00 -0500
11/13/2024 05:30:00PM
Location: Ottawa, Canada




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MAA Ottawa: November Alumni Social

Starts: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 20:30:00 -0500
11/19/2024 05:30:00PM
Location: Ottawa, Canada




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MAA Ottawa Book Club: Tell Me Everything

Starts: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 16:30:00 -0500
11/23/2024 02:30:00PM
Location: Ottawa, Canada




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MAA Ottawa: Curling with McGill Alumni

Starts: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 16:30:00 -0500
12/07/2024 01:30:00PM
Location: Ottawa, Canada




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MAA Ottawa: Holiday Party

Starts: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0500
12/11/2024 06:00:00PM
Location: Ottawa, Canada




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Pacific Air Finance, Ottawa ON Canada

Pacific Airfinance Is A San Francisco Ca Based Commercial Aircraft Investor Lessor And Asset Management Firm With An Emphasis On... Troy Tollen, Principal, Ottawa, ON, Canada




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'It's A Great Day': Kenzie Lalonde To Call Play-By-Play For Ottawa Senators Games In 2024-25

Kenzie Lalonde will become the first woman play-by-play announcer for an NHL team's TV broadcasts in Canada. Reactions and endorsements have poured in.




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Ottawa Senators Send Forward Prospect Back Down To The Minors

Zack Ostapchuk returns to Belleville after posting one assist in six games with the big club.




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Girl, 16, recovering in Ottawa hospital after vicious attack

A 16-year-old girl is recovering in an Ottawa hospital after suffering injuries in what her family describes as a brutal attack allegedly committed by her ex-boyfriend, who's now in custody and facing charges like attempted murder. 



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Ottawa urges return to table after B.C. port dispute talks break down

One week after the lockout began at B.C.'s ports, the federal labour minister is again urging the employers and the union, back to the table.



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It’s time to get your flu and COVID-19 vaccines in Ottawa

Health officials say it’s the right time to get your seasonal flu and COVID-19 vaccines as levels of both viruses rise in Ottawa. The CBC’s Kimberley Molina reports.




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Community health centres apply for 2 addictions, housing hubs in Ottawa

The Pinecrest Queensway and Somerset West health centres are aiming to get a slice of $370 million of provincial funding to operate centres focused on addictions recovery and links to supportive housing.



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Transit deficit the elephant in the room as Ottawa prepares for draft budget

OC Transpo is short $120 million for next year, and Wednesday's draft budget will shed light on who can expect to pay the bill.



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Residential school survivors press Ottawa for more money to find unmarked graves

A group of residential school survivors and their supporters are asking the federal government to reverse what they're calling a funding cut and come up with more money to help find the unmarked graves of students who went to these institutions.




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Ottawa principal apologizes for playing Arabic song during Remembrance Day ceremony

An Ottawa high school principal has apologized for playing an Arabic song about peace during a Remembrance Day ceremony after facing swift backlash from critics calling it inappropriate and hurtful to members of the Jewish community.



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Ottawa ordonne la reprise du travail aux ports de Montréal et de Québec

Le ministre du Travail, Steven MacKinnon, ordonne la reprise des activités dans les ports au pays qui sont à l’arrêt en raison de conflits de travail.




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Lock-out dans les ports: Ottawa n’aurait pas été assez «proactif», selon un expert

Ottawa aurait laissé trop de liberté aux syndicats, en leur donnant «carte blanche» pour déclencher des grèves dans les ports du pays.




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La CAQ prend les Ukrainiens en otages dans sa guerre contre Ottawa

Dans ses guéguerres avec Ottawa, le gouvernement de la CAQ ne recule devant aucune bassesse pour marquer des points.




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Ottawa to reinstate Arctic ambassador as it faces challenges from U.S., Russia and China in region

Ottawa is finalizing its long-awaited Arctic foreign policy with Inuit leaders for release before the end of the year, as Canada braces for a second Trump presidency and increasing threats to its sovereignty from China and Russia.




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Thousands gather in Ottawa for Remembrance Day tribute to Canada's veterans

Thousands of veterans, military personnel and their supporters gathered at Canada's National War Memorial in Ottawa to remember those who have fought and died to protect this country and its freedoms.




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Eye Witness No. 74 / directed by: Jack Long, William Davidson ; produced by: Jack Olsen, Nicholas Balla ; production agency: National Film Board of Canada (Ottawa)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2024




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Alone in the Abyss / directed by: Claudie Ottawa ; produced by: Manon Barbeau, Patricia Bergeron, Manon Barbeau, Yves Bisaillon, Ravida Din ; production agencies: Corporation Wapikoni mobile (Montreal), National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2018




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Ottawa Engineer Calls for Industry to Lead in Fall Prevention

November is Fall Prevention Month and, as health and safety organizations work to raise awareness of how to protect themselves from falls, design engineer John O'Brien is calling on industry to lead by changing the conversation about aging.




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Chris Hall: Was Ottawa right to quarantine Canadians evacuated from Wuhan?

As the people Canada flew out of Wuhan, China, settle into their second day of a two-week quarantine at a Canadian military base, the debate over whether they pose a real risk of spreading the novel coronavirus here is heating up.



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Ottawa Senators among teams helping out workers during NHL season suspension

The Ottawa Senators are among the NHL teams that will assist arena workers in danger of losing paychecks during the NHL's suspended season.




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Ottawa Senators player tests positive; they played the Kings and Ducks last week

A player on the Ottawa Senators has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, the club said in a statement late Tuesday, the first NHL player known to have tested positive for the virus.




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Second Ottawa Senators player tests positive for the coronavirus

The second Ottawa Senators player who tested positive for the coronavirus was with the team when it played the Kings, Ducks and Sharks in California.




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Third member of Ottawa Senators' traveling party tests positive for COVID-19

Ottawa Senators radio analyst Gord Wilson has tested positive for COVID-19. He is the third member of the NHL team's traveling party to have done so.




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Four more members of Ottawa Senators organization test positive for COVID-19

The Ottawa Senators reports four more COVID-19 cases. The Senators played at Honda Center on March 10 and at Staples Center on March 11.




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Atletico Ottawa: Meet Canada's newest club, who have never played a game

Fan clubs, players from all over the world and a former Spain international in charge, Atletico Madrid's Canadian venture is currently on pause.




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Ottawa Police charge 15-year-old boy in Centretown homicide

A 15-year-old boy is charged with first degree murder in connection to the January murder of Manny Akol in Centretown.




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‘It’s a huge loss’: Ottawa PSW who died of COVID-19 remembered by colleagues

A personal support worker at Madonna Care Community who died of COVID-19 is being remembered as a hard worker who took great pride in those he cared for.




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Ottawa Public Health 'concerned' about long-term care homes during COVID-19 pandemic

Medical Officer of Health Dr. Vera Etches says hospital staff are providing support to long-term care homes hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.




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Ottawa deploying 'park ambassadors' to clear up confusion on rules in parks

The City of Ottawa is launching a “Parks Ambassador Program” to educate residents on the do’s and don’ts in parks during the COVID-19 pandemic.




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COVID-19 cases surpass 1,600 in Ottawa

Seven more Ottawa residents have died due to COVID-19, while the number of confirmed cases of the virus has surpassed 1,600.




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Spring flows on Ottawa River to remain low

The Ottawa River Regulation Planning Board has released its final spring freshet forecast, which predicts a steady decrease in levels.




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Premier Ford to Ottawans wanting to visit Quebec: ‘Don't cross the border’

Premier Doug Ford is asking Ottawans dreaming of a visit to their Quebec cottage or loved ones to “stay within our own province until this gets over with.”




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AT#395 - Travel to Ottawa, Ontario

Hear about travel to Ottawa, Ontario as the Amateur Traveler talks to return guest Michael Soncina of Sonchy's Adventures about Canada's capital city. Michael was in Ottawa as a part of a press trip looking a new eco district the city is setting up in its downtown.




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CBD News: Statement by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the 2nd International Youth Symposium for Biodiversity, 4 July 2009, Ottawa, Canada.




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CBD News: Speaking Notes of Mr. Braulio F. de Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, at the Biodiversity Offsets Conference, 13 February 2014, Ottawa, Canada




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What you need to know about COVID-19 in Ottawa on Saturday, May 9

CBC Ottawa's latest roundup of key points during the coronavirus pandemic.



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