• This is Ottawa

  • By: CBC
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This is Ottawa

By: CBC
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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.
    Copyright © CBC 2024
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Episodes
  • Why do Ottawa's racialized and low-income neighbourhoods tend to have fewer trees and what's being done about it?

    Why do Ottawa's racialized and low-income neighbourhoods tend to have fewer trees and what's being done about it?
    Nov 18 2024

    When it comes to trees, not all neighbourhoods are equal. Robyn Bresnahan takes a stroll from a “have” into a “have not” community with two tree experts to learn about why tree equity matters and what the City is doing to achieve it.


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    14 mins
  • There’s another Ottawa out there. In Illinois. We head across the border to ask: how are those other Ottawans feeling about the US election?

    There’s another Ottawa out there. In Illinois. We head across the border to ask: how are those other Ottawans feeling about the US election?
    Nov 4 2024

    For one week only we’re calling ourselves 'This is Ottawa, Illinois'. Robyn Bresnahan reaches out to the city south of the border to talk to fellow Ottawans about life there, how they’ve been thinking about the US Presidential election and what comes next.
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    22 mins
  • Why is one of Chinatown’s most iconic restaurants closing?

    Why is one of Chinatown’s most iconic restaurants closing?
    Oct 28 2024

    Since 1982, Yangtze restaurant on Somerset Street has been a destination for lovers of dim sum. But the family behind it has decided it’s time to move on. Robyn Bresnahan meets its manager to find out why, what’s next and what its closure means to the families who’ve been eating there through the generations.
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    26 mins

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