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This is Ottawa

This is Ottawa

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What would it take to make the Rideau Canal swimmable? Where do you go to find love in Ottawa when you've given up on online dating? Every week, host Robyn Bresnahan seeks out people to answer one question about the city we love. New episodes every Monday.

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  • The Bru-tiful Game: Ottawa’s roller derby players on broken fingers, belonging and boycotting the USA

    The Bru-tiful Game: Ottawa’s roller derby players on broken fingers, belonging and boycotting the USA
    Jul 14 2025

    Roller derby has a reputation for being loud and rough. It’s definitely that. But it’s also one of the warmest, most joyful sporting communities you’ll find in the city. Robyn Bresnahan hits up a practice to meet players who joined for very different reasons - but stayed on for the same one.

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    14 mins
  • The next Instant Pot? The tech entrepreneurs hoping to make it big in Ottawa

    The next Instant Pot? The tech entrepreneurs hoping to make it big in Ottawa
    Jul 7 2025

    Once upon a time, Ottawa was dubbed ‘Silicon Valley North’. But what’s it like to start-up a tech company here these days? Robyn Bresnahan attends a pitch-a-thon for budding entrepreneurs and hears why they think Ottawa’s still got it.
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    19 mins
  • New to This is Ottawa? Start here

    New to This is Ottawa? Start here
    Jul 4 2025

    This city is much more than tulips and politicians. A million people now call Ottawa home. Each week, host Robyn Bresnahan seeks the answer to one question about the city we love. She finds the characters at the heart of the story - whether it's in the burbs, along the Greenbelt or right in the core of the capital.
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    2 mins
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