OttaTalk
OttaTalk
Podcast Description
This is OttaTalk, the official City of Ottawa podcast series where City staff and residents discuss City programs, projects and initiatives. We’ll cover topics that affect your everyday life. Things like emergency services, garbage collection and nightlife in Ottawa. Why do we have a three-item garbage limit? What’s a typical day like for an Ottawa Paramedic? What does a Nightlife Commissioner do? We have the questions and the answers on OttaTalk. For now, you can look for us to post a new episode each month.
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The podcast focuses on topics that impact everyday life in Ottawa, such as emergency services, garbage collection, and the nightlife economy. Episodes include discussions like the challenges of the three-item garbage limit, the daily routine of Ottawa Paramedics, and the role of the Nightlife Commissioner, providing insights and answers on these community concerns.

This is OttaTalk, the official City of Ottawa podcast series where City staff and residents discuss City programs, projects and initiatives. We’ll cover topics that affect your everyday life. Things like emergency services, garbage collection and nightlife in Ottawa. Why do we have a three-item garbage limit? What’s a typical day like for an Ottawa Paramedic? What does a Nightlife Commissioner do? We have the questions and the answers on OttaTalk.
For now, you can look for us to post a new episode each month.
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.
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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.
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