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Environmental stewardship is one of Hydro Ottawa’s core values - because much like the electrical grid, we see how everything is connected…

No one wants to hear the words “You have cancer,” much less over the phone during a March break trip with your three young children in the…

Each day, thousands of Ottawa residents step outside to walk, bike and drive along the city streets. You need not to look far to see the…

As we head into another back-to-school season, we take pause to appreciate today’s youth - they are brave, bold, and brimming with…

COVID-19 has significantly altered the daily lives of most Canadians and taught us the importance of taking care of one’s mental health.…

Barrhaven...or as some locals affectionately call it: Far Haven, was once a small rural neighbourhood in the City of Nepean when it was…

It wasn’t that long ago that smog warnings, acid rain and air pollution caused a host of environmental and human health problems in the…

For more than a century, one of our National Capital Region’s most beautiful and sacred sites was industrialized, fenced off, and hidden…

In case you’ve ever walked, biked or driven past one of our substations, peered through the chainlink fencing, and wondered, “what secrets…

Let me tell you about the birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees and...utilities?  Across North America, populations of…