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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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Signup to Generate a PitchHow 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?
This is Ottawa is hosted by CBC. The show has published 138 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Four more years of Mayor Mark Sutcliffe" (27 October 2026, 23 minutes), "‘Transit is a dumpster fire’: will more money fix it?" (19 October 2026, 16 minutes), and "What’s university dorm life like?" (12 October 2026, 22 minutes).
This is Ottawa publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 19 minutes across 138 episodes.
Booking probability for This is Ottawa is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. This is Ottawa requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. This is Ottawa's contact route on record: verified email.
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CBC hosts This is Ottawa, a news podcast with 138 episodes published.
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Episode #136
Mayor Mark Sutcliffe has been given four more years to run Ottawa. How did he convince voters to give him a second term? And will round two look any different? CBC reporter Elyse Skura and journalism professor Jon...
Episode #135
Mayoral candidates have referred to Ottawa’s transit as a ‘dumpster fire’. But will more money extinguish its problems? And should commuters have to pay higher fares or higher taxes to help fix things? For the finale of...
Episode #134
There are about nine thousand students living in college and university residences in Ottawa. So what’s dorm life like? And how much has changed in nearly three decades since host Robyn Bresnahan lived in residence at...
Episode #133
The historic heart of Ottawa has a problem. Many voters have told us they feel the Byward Market has become less safe. There are fears about open drug use, crime and homelessness. So what can be done? In part two of our...
Episode #132
In late August, police issued a warning about high-risk violent sexual offender Aaron Gilpin now living in the Ottawa area. The release included a photo of a man with facial tattoos whose criminal history included a...
Episode #131
In part one of our “blind date” municipal series, we pair up a home builder with a green space advocate to talk about urban sprawl. Because if provincial projections are correct, Ottawa’s population will reach 1.68...
Episode #130
Ottawa is marking its bicentennial on September 26, 2026. But what actually happened on the day the city was born 200 years ago? Longtime journalist and history buff Randy Boswell takes host Robyn Bresnahan to the spot...
Episode #129
When Nick Paul started his teaching career, he loved it. But just a decade in - he quit. Nick tells Robyn Bresnahan about what led to his breaking point - and why he thinks Ottawa’s teacher “shortage” is actually a...
Episode #128
After eight years as an Ottawa city councillor, Catherine McKenney decided to run for mayor. They lost to Mark Sutcliffe. In the final part of our series In Hindsight , McKenney reflects on the campaign, bridging the...
Episode #127
Carol Anne Meehan spent one term as an Ottawa city councillor after a career in journalism. In Part 3 of our series In Hindsight , she spills the tea on life inside city hall, the advice she received from the late...
Episode #126
Long hours, little pay and limited power — or on some school boards under provincial supervision, none at all. In Part 2 of our series In Hindsight, Robyn Bresnahan speaks to Justine Bell, a former English public board...
Episode #125
Keith Egli was at a dinner party complaining about a transit strike, when the person at the end of the table told him to stop whining and run for city council. So he did. And he was the councillor for Knoxdale-Merivale...
Episode #124
Le Hibou is a place of near mythical status in the Ottawa music community. A tiny coffee house on Sussex Drive where the likes of Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen played. In this encore...
Episode #123
It’s like eBay - but run by the Canadian government. The GC Surplus site sells everything from ATVs used by the military to Air Jordan sneakers confiscated at the border. In this encore episode, Robyn Bresnahan gets a...
Episode #122
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...
Episode #121
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...
Episode #120
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...
Episode #119
Remember the time an MP was hit by a bag of flying feces in the House of Commons? Or the day a man accidentally blew himself up in a Parliamentary bathroom stall? What about the Playboy magazines you could sign out from...
Episode #118
Why can you get a residential street parking permit on some Ottawa streets, but not others? That’s the question a couple living near Mooney’s Bay had after being denied a parking permit for their second vehicle. Now...
Episode #117
<p>Estate sales used to be the domain of the boomer generation. But if you’ve been to one lately you’ll notice a shift in who’s there to shop. Robyn Bresnahan joins a long queue of Gen Z treasure hunters to find out why...
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