OttaTalk

Looking to stay or get fit with activities that are affordable within your budget? On the newest episode of the City’s official podcast, we OttaTalk about the City’s new My Rec Pass.
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Today, we’ll talk with Chantal Laporte, Program Manager with Recreation, Culture and Facility Services. She will discuss how the new My Rec Pass makes it easier than ever to stick to your New Year’s fitness goals and makes it affordable enough to allow you and your family to stay active and have fun.
Today's hosts are Tom and Alexandra
Links for this episode are: 
Introducing the new Recreation Membership Pass | City of Ottawa
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About OttaTalk | City of Ottawa
This is OttaTalk, the official City of Ottawa podcast series where City staff discuss City programs, projects and initiatives. We’ll cover topics that affect your everyday life. How can we prevent basement flooding? What does By-law do all day? What are we doing to fix homelessness? We have the questions and the answers on OttaTalk.
For now, look forward to a new episode from us each month. 
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Attention all transit nerds! In the latest episode of the City’s official podcast series, we OttaTalk about the Transit Operations Control Centre (TOCC). This is the communications nerve centre between rail and bus operations, Para Transpo operations, the Special Constables Unit, City operations and more.  
If you ever wonder how the City’s transit system runs behind the scenes 24/7, the TOCC is the room where it happens and this is the episode for you.  
Today's hosts are Mike and Shirley.
Links for this episode are: 
OC Explained: Transit Operations Control Centre | OC Transpo 
OC Explained: Major Events | OC Transpo 
Alerts | OC Transpo 
Winter travels | OC Transpo 
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This is OttaTalk, the official City of Ottawa podcast series where City staff discuss City programs, projects and initiatives. We’ll cover topics that affect your everyday life. How can we prevent basement flooding? What does By-law do all day? What are we doing to fix homelessness? We have the questions and the answers on OttaTalk.
For now, look forward to a new episode from us each month. 
Feedback 
Tell us what you think about this podcast. We’re always looking for ideas for future episodes. Comment here, on your favourite social media platform or write to us directly at [email protected].

If you have ever looked out your window and wondered, “when is my plow coming?” you’re not alone. On the newest episode of the City’s official podcast, we OttaTalk about how the City responds when the snow starts to fall.
Today’s guest is Richard Leight, a Zone Supervisor with the Public Works Department. Join our hosts as they get an inside look at the City’s winter operations, including all the different ways we monitor road conditions, why we have winter parking bans and how long it takes for a plow to come down your street.
Today's hosts are Tom and Valérie.
Links for this episode are: 
City of Ottawa – winter parking  
City of Ottawa – snow plowing and clearing
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This is OttaTalk, the official City of Ottawa podcast series where City staff discuss City programs, projects and initiatives. We’ll cover topics that affect your everyday life. How can we prevent basement flooding? What does By-law do all day? What are we doing to fix homelessness? We have the questions and the answers on OttaTalk.
For now, look forward to a new episode from us each month. 
Feedback 
Tell us what you think about this podcast. We’re always looking for ideas for future episodes. Comment here, on your favourite social media platform or write to us directly at [email protected].

It’s budget season at the City of Ottawa. Actually, it’s always budget season. To find out what we mean, tune in to the eighth episode of the City’s official podcast series where we OttaTalk about the budget process. How is it created? How can your feedback influence the bottom line? 
Today’s guest is Cyril Rogers, the City’s Chief Financial Officer and General Manager of the Finance and Corporate Services Department. Join our hosts as we learn about when Cyril and his team start working on the budget, how they decide where to allocate funds and what pressures they need to think about when planning for the future.  
Today's hosts are Mike and Shirley.
Links for this episode are: 
·         Engage Ottawa - Draft Budget 2026
·         Draft Budget 2026
·         Soundcloud 
 
This is OttaTalk, the official City of Ottawa podcast series where City staff discuss City programs, projects and initiatives. We’ll cover topics that affect your everyday life. How can we prevent basement flooding? What does By-law do all day? What are we doing to fix homelessness? We have the questions and the answers on OttaTalk.
For now, look forward to a new episode from us each month. 
Feedback 
Tell us what you think about this podcast. We’re always looking for ideas for future episodes. Comment here, on your favourite social media platform or write to us directly at [email protected].

Welcome to the seventh episode of OttaTalk, the City of Ottawa’s official podcast. Today, we OttaTalk about the new Zoning By-law, what it is, how it works, and how it will lead to more affordable housing choices in Ottawa. Today’s hosts are Mike and Chloé.
We talk with Carol Ruddy, Program Manager, Zoning & Intensification with the City’s Planning Development and Building Department. We’ll hear how her team wrestled 600 zoning provisions down to a tame list of 26, making it easier to figure out how to build everything from a four-unit row house to a backyard sundeck.
Links for this episode are:
·         New Zoning By-law | Engage Ottawa 
·         Official Plan | City of Ottawa
·         Soundcloud 
This is OttaTalk, the official City of Ottawa podcast series where City staff discuss City programs, projects and initiatives. We’ll cover topics that affect your everyday life. How can we prevent basement flooding? What does By-law do all day? What are we doing to fix homelessness? We have the questions and the answers on OttaTalk.
For now, look forward to a new episode from us each month. 
Feedback 
Tell us what you think about this podcast. We’re always looking for ideas for future episodes. Comment here, on your favourite social media platform or write to us directly at [email protected].