Larry O’Brien

Tonight Ottawa’s newest professional sports team begins their first season here in the Capital. I have the honour of throwing out the first pitch to welcome the Rapidz to Ottawa and I offer my best wishes to the team for a great season.

The Ottawa Rapidz is the newest team in the Can/Am Professional Baseball League and join Les Capitales de Quebec as the two Canadian teams in the league.

Playing 48 home games at the beautiful Ottawa Stadium there will be plenty of opportunity to come out and enjoy a great evening or afternoon cheering on our team.

I was pleased to see that we were able to work with the League and the previous tenants to ensure that baseball continues to be a part of life here in Ottawa.

In partnership with OCTranspo you can ride the bus to Ottawa Stadium using the convenient shuttles from Hurdman station or bundle your bus fare with your ticket and save.

Visit http://www.ottawarapidz.com for more details and I’ll see you at the game.

Mayor Larry speaking this morning at the provincial announcment of $12.3 million to Ottawa as part of the Ontario Bus Replacement Program.

Mayor Larry O’Brien reminds all residents to celebrate Earth Hour tomorrow Saturday March 29, 2008 from 8PM to 9PM by turning off all lights and non-essential electrical appliances .

Ottawa is joining other international cities participating in Earth Hour, a global event that encourages people to turn off their lights from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, March 29, 2008 as a symbolic statement on the need to take action on climate change.

Ottawa’s status as a capital city of a G8 nation adds weight to an already growing list of cities across globe including Chicago, Toronto, Copenhagen and Sydney, Australia.

The City of Ottawa is proud to lead the nation’s capital in the event and build upon our environment efforts including our success in achieving our corporate GHG emissions targets.

Hydro Ottawa is a major partner in Earth Hour Ottawa, and will be monitoring the drop of electricity used in Ottawa during the one-hour period. Already, many businesses and institutions have joined the rally including the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce and Algonquin College. And each day, more residents and businesses are adding their voices to amplify Ottawa’s call to support the need for action on climate change.

To learn more about Earth Hour vist ottawa.ca or wwf.org

Over the weekend, the City of Ottawa received 52 cm of snow. Crews are working very hard to dig everyone out.