City prepares for spring flooding with help from a slow snow melt

The City of Ottawa has started its flood watch as temperatures rise and water from the thick layer of snow slowly flows into the waterways.
City hall has a heightened awareness of waterway levels in the spring after communities along the Ottawa River were flooded in 2017.
One of the recommendations flowing from a review of the city’s response to the floods was to improve the communications, which led to more advance briefings, like the one held Thursday with Mayor Jim Watson and the heads