INTRODUCTION ...... 3 CULTURE ...... 97 Places You Must Be Seen . . . Alanis Morissette . . . Les DeMarbre’s OTTAWA, OUR NATION’S HOMETOWN ...... 7 Five Best Places to Shoot . . . Canadian Tulip Festival . . . Five TV/Film Personalities From Ottawa . . . A Beaver Tale . . . Museum Central . . . Being Green . . . Get Stuffed . . . TIMELINE ...... 9 From 12,000 Before Present to 2007 . . . Control of the River . . . Philemon Wright founds Wrightsville . . . Construction of the Rideau ECONOMY ...... 115 Canal . . . Bytown . . . The Capital is Chosen . . . Burn Baby Burn . . . From GDP to Taxes . . . Incomes . . . You Said How Much? . . . Gates Ottawa International Airport . . . Centennial Flame . . . Ottawa Crasher . . . Top Five Most Expensive Homes in Ottawa . . . Just the Amalgamates . . . Right Tool . . . Housing . . . The Tiger that Roared . . . Silicon Valley North . . . Jobs and More Jobs . . . Five Businesses to Watch . . . OTTAWA ESSENTIALS ...... 21 Agriculture . . . From the Origin of the Name to Population Trends . . . Five Essential Ottawa Reads . . . G-Town . . . You Know You’re From Ottawa When . . . Death and Marriage . . . Family Structure . . . Colleges and POLITICS ...... 141 The Perfect Storm . . . Mike Duffy’s Favourite Political Gossip Hot Universities . . . Professional Sports Teams . . . Religion . . . Spots . . . Ottawa Mayors . . . Lady Charlotte . . . Keeping it in the Family . . . Ottawans Get Wise to Political Ploys . . . Voter Turnouts BUREAUCRATESE ...... 37 From Accountability to Whistle Blower, We Give You the Lowdown on Ottawa’s Third Official Language . . . THEN AND NOW ...... 155 Population Then and Now . . . Trains to Nowhere . . . Lords of Lumber . . . A Capital Controversy . . . Thomas Ahern . . . Ottawa’s URBAN GEOGRAPHY ...... 45 Titanic Connection . . . Cross Roads . . . Hockey Town . . . Three Rivers Run Through it . . . Barry Wellar’s Top Five Residential Streets in Ottawa . . . Sally Coutts and Stuart Lazear’s Five Favourite Heritage Structures . . . Going Green . . . Five Free Things to Do in FIRST PEOPLE ...... 169 Ottawa . . . Biking Country . . . Parliament Buildings . . . Living Population . . . Chief Tessouat . . . Speaking the Language . . . History . . . Creation Myth . . . Kirby Whiteduck’s Five Historical Claims to Algonquin Territory . . . Lifestyle . . . Aboriginal Place Names . . . Victoria Island . . . Stepping into the Past . . . WEATHER ...... 65 All Time Weather Winners . . . Ian Black’s Top Five Severe Weather Events . . . Winterlude . . . Five Weather-Dependent Fun Activities . . GO AHEAD, TAKE FIVE MORE ...... 183 . Ice Storm of ‘98 . . . Five Hottest . . . Coldest Days . . . Growing Ben Mulroney’s Five Things You Don’t Know About 24 Sussex Drive . Seasons . . . When it Feels Worse than it is . . . . . Brian Kilrea’s Favourite Hockey Players . . . Michael Haynes’ Top Five Favourite Hiking Trails By Season . . . Fateema Sayani Gives Up CRIME AND PUNISHMENT ...... 79 Her Top Five Up and Coming Bands . . . Art Montague Tells His Best Ottawa Crimeline . . . Five Ottawa Cold Cases . . . In the Line of Duty . . Kept Secrets . . . Barb Fradkin’s Five Murder Scenarios in the Nation’s . Serenity Shattered . . . Parliamentary Power Corruptions . . . In a Day’s Capital . . . Jacquelin Holzman’s Five Important Decisions that Work . . . Firebomb Murder for Hire . . . Ron Cooper’s Top Five Fraud Shaped Ottawa . . . Rhys Phillips Weighs In on His Favouite Scams . . . The Sorry Cop . . . Drug Offences . . . Landmark Buildings . . .

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