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This is Ottawa

This is Ottawa

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How are high rents impacting Ottawa businesses? What happens during an all-nighter at the Elgin Street Diner? Every week, host Robyn Bresnahan does a deep dive into a story you're curious about and the issues you want to understand in the city we call home. New episodes every Monday. Have an idea for an episode? Email: thisisottawa@cbc.ca

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Episodes
  • Guardians of graffiti: the effort to protect Ottawa’s vanishing street art

    Guardians of graffiti: the effort to protect Ottawa’s vanishing street art
    Jul 20 2026

    You can learn a lot about Ottawa through its street art - from protest movements to the histories of neighbourhoods. But graffiti and murals are often temporary. So a local software developer created a digital map - to archive the art. Robyn Bresnahan bikes the city with him, meeting street artists along the way.

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    17 mins
  • Should the new 24 Sussex be open to the public and closed to traffic?

    Should the new 24 Sussex be open to the public and closed to traffic?
    Jul 13 2026

    Now that it’s been decided that 24 Sussex Drive will be restored rather than torn down - what else should change in the area? The authors of a new book on the Prime Minister’s official residence say this is a golden opportunity to not just reno the house - but the entire area around it.

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    21 mins
  • Confessions of a former street racer

    Confessions of a former street racer
    Jul 6 2026

    Street racing is dangerous and illegal. Yet the roar of revving engines and screeching tires can be heard across the city all summer. In this encore episode, Robyn Bresnahan speaks to a former street racer who drove “without any concerns or worries of others” - and to a police officer who explains why these speedsters are so hard to nab.
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    16 mins
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