Community groups in Ottawa want the NCC to sign an agreement that will give the public more power in shaping the LeBreton Flats redevelopment.

A new report says Ottawa will be warmer, wetter and have shorter winters in the decades ahead as carbon emissions continue to accelerate climate change.

The Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir George-Étienne Cartier parkways are set to close to motor vehicles just in time for the long weekend in Ottawa.

The NCC's pilot project to open up a portion of the Queen Elizabeth Driveway to cyclists and pedestrians will continue another two weeks.

An Ottawa-based home builder is moving ahead with its development plan previously approved by council, albeit with slight modifications.

The National Capital Commission is asking Ottawa residents if they think the Queen Elizabeth Driveway closure is leading some to compromise physical-distancing guidelines.

Residents are only allowed to walk through municipal parks "while respecting physical (social) distancing," the city said Friday.

The news marks the end of the outdoor skateway's 50th season since first opening in January 1971. The NCC says its maintenance team "can no longer ensure safe ice conditions."

"The closure is necessary because warmer temperatures deteriorate the ice surface and make it unsafe," the NCC said in a Saturday news release.

Rehabilitation work to the Hog's Back Swing Bridge began in August 2019 and was initially scheduled to finish in May of this year.