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Dr Lori Kay Dr. Lori Kay

I am an alternative psychologist who uses a multifaceted approach to healing people and empowerment techniques to assist people with their life challenges.

Types: Psychotherapy, Energy Work Contact:  613 276-1962 or lori@drlorikay.com Other Services:  psychologist, energy work Associations:  BBNLP, IARP(ReikI) Onsite Massage Therapy:  nonehttp://drlorikay.com/

Corporate Massage Therapy Types: Massage Therapist (RMT), Craniosacral Therapy, Reiki, Reflexology, Aromatherapy Contact:  613-688-6207 Other Services:  In-Home (table) and In-Office (chair) Accreditation:  RMT Associations:  CMTO, OMTA Onsite Massage Therapy:  both chair and table Major Intersection:  Cinics downtown and in Nepeanhttp://corporatemassagetherapy.biz

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About Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest city.

The Ottawa region was long home to First Nations peoples who were part of the Algonquin. The Algonquin called the river the Kichi Sibi or Kichissippi, meaning "Great River". The first European settlement in the region was that of Philemon Wright who started a community on the Quebec side of the river in 1800. Wright discovered that transporting timber by river from the Ottawa Valley to Montreal was possible, and the area was soon booming based almost entirely off timber.

In the years following the War of 1812, in addition to settling some military regiment families, the government began sponsored immigration schemes which brought over Irish Catholics and Protestants to settle the Ottawa area, which began a steady stream of Irish immigration there in the next few decades. Along with French Canadians who crossed over from Quebec, these two groups provided the bulk of labourers involved in the Rideau Canal project and the booming timber trade, both instrumental in putting Ottawa on the map.

On December 31, 1857, Queen Victoria was asked to choose a common capital for the then province of Canada (modern Quebec and Ontario) and chose Ottawa. There are old folk tales about how she made the choice: that she did so by sticking her hatpin on a map roughly halfway between Toronto and Montreal, or that she liked watercolours she had seen of the area. While such stories have no historical basis, they do illustrate how arbitrary the choice of Ottawa seemed to Canadians at the time. While Ottawa is now a major metropolis and Canada's fourth largest city, at the time it was a sometimes unruly logging town in the hinterland, far away from the colony's main cities, Quebec City and Montreal in Canada East, and Kingston and Toronto in Canada West.

In fact, the Queen's advisors had her pick Ottawa for three important reasons: first, it was the only settlement of any significant size located right on the border of Canada East and Canada West (Quebec/Ontario border today), making it a compromise between the two colonies and their French and English populations; second, the War of 1812 had shown how vulnerable the major cities were to American attack, since they were all located very close to the border while Ottawa was (then) surrounded by a dense forest far from the border; third, the government owned a large parcel of land on a spectacular spot overlooking the Ottawa River. Ottawa's position in the back country made it more defensible, while still allowing easy transportation via the Ottawa River to Canada East, and the Rideau Canal to Canada West. Two other considerations were that Ottawa was at a point nearly exactly midway between Toronto and Quebec City (~500 km/310 mi) and that the small size of the town made it less likely that politically motivated mobs could go on a rampage and destroy government buildings, as had been the case in the previous Canadian capitals.

Ottawa is situated on the south bank of the Ottawa River, and contains the mouths of the Rideau River and Rideau Canal. The oldest part of the city (including what remains of Bytown) is known as Lower Town and occupies an area between the canal and the rivers. Across the canal to the west lies Centretown (often just called "downtown"), which is the city's financial and commercial hub. Between here and the Ottawa River, the slight elevation of Parliament Hill is home to many of the capital's landmark government buildings, and is the Legislative seat of Canada.

Items of interest and attractions include:

• Winterlude is an annual winter carnival held each year in February. It is focused on the Rideau Canal.
• Tulip Festival: each May Ottawa receives a gift of several hundred thousand tulips from the royal family of the Netherlands. The festival takes place in various locations throughout the city.
• The National Research Council of Canada's shortwave time signal station, CHU, is located in Ottawa.
• The Ottawa Lumière Festival is an annual festival that celebrates the magic and beauty of light! Funky costumes, beautiful hand made lanterns & over 100 performers fill the lovely Stanley Park, in Ottawa.
• Capital Pride is an annual festival celebrating the GLBT community in both Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec.
• Ottawa Dragon Boat Race Festival
• Ottawa Fringe Festival
• Ottawa International Children's Festival
• Ottawa International Hockey Festival

and much, much more!

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