Airlines Air Canada
(Canadian Airlines, Air
Alliance, Air Nova and Air
Ontario), 275 Slater St (tel
247-5000); British Airways
(tel 1-800/247-9297);
Canada 3000 (tel
247-1420); Continental (tel
1-800/231-0856); Delta (tel
1-800/325-1999); Lufthansa
(tel 1-800/563-5954).
Airport enquiries
tel 248-2125.
Bike rental
Rent-A-Bike, 1 Rideau St,
at the back of the Château
Laurier hotel (tel
241-4140, rentabike@cyberus.ca
).
Bookshops
Chapters, 47 Rideau St (tel
241-0073), has a fine
selection of Canadian
literature and
non-fiction. The Book
Market, on the corner of
Dalhousie and Rideau sts,
buys and sells secondhand
books (tel 241-1753). A
World of Map and Travel
Books, 1235 Wellington St
(tel 724-6776),
specializes in travel
books. Mother Tongue
Books, 1067 Bank at
Sunnyside (tel 730-2346),
are feminist, First
Nation, gay and
countercultural
specialists.
Bus information
Local: STO (Hull tel
819/770-3242); OC Transpo
(Ottawa tel 741-4390).
Long-distance: Voyageur
Colonial and Greyhound (tel
238-5900).
Camping equipment
The Expedition Shoppe, 43
York St (tel 241-8397).
Car rental
Discount, downtown at 421
Gladstone and Kent (tel
234-0809); Hertz, Queen at
Lyon in the Crowne
Plaza Hotel (tel
230-7607) and at the
airport (tel 521-3332);
National, 226 Queen St (tel
232-3536) and at the
airport (tel 737-7023).
Dental emergencies
tel 563-1000.
Embassies
Australia, 50 O'Connor St
(tel 236-0841); Ireland,
130 Albert St (tel
233-6281); Netherlands,
350 Albert St (tel
237-5030); New Zealand, 99
Bank St (tel 238-5991);
UK, 80 Elgin St (tel
237-1530); US, 490 Sussex
Drive (tel 238-5335).
Gay Ottawa
Gayline Information &
Counselling (tel
238-1717).
Ice hockey From
Sept to April, the Ottawa
Senators play NHL games at
the new 18,500-capacity
Corel Centre, 1000
Palladium Drive, Kanata (tel
755-1111), about 15km
southwest of downtown.
Single game tickets on tel
755-1166.
Internet access
Chapters, 47 Rideau St (tel
241-0073); AE Internet
Café , 288 Bank St at
Somerset (tel 230-9000).
Laundry Rideau
Coinwash, 436 Rideau St
(daily 8am-10pm; tel
789-4400).
Left luggage
There are coin-operated
lockers at the train and
bus stations.
Pharmacy Rideau
Pharmacy, 390 Rideau St
(Mon-Fri 9am-9pm, Sat
9am-6pm, Sun noon-6pm).
Post office
Postal facilities at
Rideau Pharmacy, 390
Rideau St (Mon-Fri
9am-9pm, Sat 9am-6pm, Sun
noon-6pm).
Taxis Blue Line
tel 238-1111; Capital Taxi
tel 746-2233.
Ticket agency
Ticketmaster, 112 Kent tel
(755-1111).
Train information
VIA rail tel
1-800/361-1235. Local tel
244-8289.
Travel agencies
Algonquin Travel, 90
Sparks St (tel 237-9200);
Club Adventure, 115 Parent
Ave (tel 789-8000); Thomas
Cook, Eatons, Rideau
Centre (tel 563-3838).
Weather For
up-to-date weather
details, call 998-3439.
Women's Ottawa
Rainbow Women's Center,
211 Bronson Ave (tel
567-9822), is the place to
go for contacts. Useful in
emergencies are the Sexual
Assault Support Centre (tel
234-2266) and the Rape
Crisis Centre (tel
562-2333).
