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CTV News
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Here's what you need to know about fireworks in Ottawa and eastern Ontario for Victoria Day weekend
Fireworks will be part of the celebrations for the unofficial start of the long weekend in Ottawa and eastern Ontario. The closing ceremony for the Canadian Tulip Festival will include a fireworks and drone show, while Ottawa residents are allowed to discharge fireworks on Sunday, Victoria Day Monday and Tuesday. CTV News Ottawa looks at what you need to know about fireworks for the Victoria Day long weekend. Ottawa Fireworks Bylaw Under Ottawa's fireworks bylaw, personal fireworks are only allowed to be discharged on Sunday, Victoria Day Monday and on Tuesday. Only people aged 18 and older are permitted to discharge fireworks on private property. Bylaw Services says you cannot discharge fireworks in or into any building, doorway, automobile, on any highway or street, square or in any public space, including parks. Fireworks are allowed to be sold in #OttCity 7 business days before Victoria Day, but you must wait to discharge them! — Ottawa By-law (@OttawaBylaw) May 12, 2025 Canadian Tulip Festival The Canadian Tulip Festival will host a drone and pyrotechnic show along Queen Elizabeth Driveway in Ottawa on Sunday. 'A Night to Remember: The Canadian Tulip Festival's first combined fireworks and drone show' is scheduled for between 9:20 p.m. and 10 p.m. The fireworks and drone show will honour the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands. 'This dazzling 10-minute experience will feature 200 synchronized drones alongside brilliant fireworks, creating a breathtaking tribute that blends cutting-edge technology with time-honored tradition,' the Canadian Tulip Festival said on its website. 'The show is part of the festival's closing ceremonies and will pay homage to Canada's historic role in liberating the Netherlands during World War II.' Kingston's Spring into Summer Event Kingston's Spring into Summer Event on Saturday will feature fireworks at 9:30 p.m. The event will be held at Lake Ontario Park on King Street West. Activities include stage shows, food trucks, bouncy castles, vendor market and fireworks at 9:30 p.m. Admission is free. Quinte West The Frankford Riverfest in Quinte West will feature fireworks at sunset. The fireworks in Frankford Tourist Park on Saturday begin at 9 p.m. Admission is free.
CTV News
09-05-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Ottawa to ban attaching consumption monitoring devices to municipal water meters
Ottawa residents will soon be prohibited from using a smart consumption monitoring device to track their water usage, under proposed changes to Ottawa's Watering Bylaw. The Environment and Climate Change Committee will vote May 20 on changes to the Watering Bylaw, which serves as the comprehensive regulatory framework governing the municipal watering supply. The bylaw regulates water connections, usage, and metering to 'maintain system efficiency and prevent unauthorized access.' In a bid to prevent damage to municipal water meters, staff propose prohibiting property owners and renters from attaching a device to a city water meter. 'In recent years, property owners have begun attaching smart consumption monitoring devices directly to City Water Meters to remotely track water usage, particularly in non-residential and multi-residential properties,' says the report for the committee. 'These devices interfere with the function of the water meter and its recording of accurate water consumption.' Staff note the ban on smart consumption monitoring devices on a city water meter is designed to prevent damage to the city's water meters and to 'mitigate the risk of City staff inadvertently damaging privately owned equipment during service appointments.' The proposed changes to Ottawa's Watering Bylaw also propose a $567 fee for cancelling an appointment for water service to address lost productivity. 'A new section and charge are being proposed to address costs incurred with same-day cancellation and rescheduling of drinking water service appointments,' the report says. 'Schedule changes impose additional operational costs not captured by the current fee structure, and the new charge will reflect the time and resources lost when appointments are cancelled or unable to be completed due to incomplete work.' Staff also recommend 'more explicit language' requiring owners to notify the city within 60 days of taking possession of a property connected to Ottawa's drinking water system.
CTV News
09-05-2025
- CTV News
Bylaw lays charges in dog attack
Ottawa Bylaw has charged a dog owner and is seeking to have the animal put down after a woman and her dog were attacked in Constance Bay. CTV's Kimberley Fowler reports.
CTV News
24-04-2025
- CTV News
Bear spotted in Kanata safely tranquilized and relocated
Ottawa Bylaw and Regulatory Services (BLRS) says a young bear that was spotted in Kanata Thursday morning has been safely relocated. Bylaw published posts on social media warning residents to avoid the Herzberg Road and Corkstown Road areas because a bear was seen nearby. 'The bear was in close enough proximity to residents and businesses to warrant intervention for public safety,' said Bylaw and Regulatory Services director Roger Chapman in a statement to CTV News. 'With close collaboration between BLRS, National Capital Commission and the Ottawa Police Service, the bear was safely chemically immobilized and transported to a Ministry of Natural Resources-approved release site suitable for the bear.' With bears emerging from hibernation and looking for food, Ottawa Bylaw is reminding residents of several tips to be 'bear wise' this spring. If you see a bear, slowly back away while keeping it in sight and wait for it to leave. If the bear does not leave, throw objects, wave your arms, and make noise. Do not run, climb a tree or swim and do not feed the bear. Ottawa Bylaw is also reminding residents to keep food sources and garbage secure so as not to attract bears to your area. The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources says not every bear encounter is an emergency. You should only call 9-1-1 if a bear poses and immediate threat to personal safety or is exhibiting aggressive behaviour, such as if it enters a home, a schoolyard while school is in session, or if it is attacking livestock or pets. If you own a dog, keep it on a leash in areas where bears are known to live or frequent. 'Be aware that unleashed dogs can cause defensive black bear attacks on people. Unleashed dogs returning to their owners can cause a chase response that may lead a bear back to the owner,' the ministry says.
