{"id":5477,"date":"2020-04-07T11:23:11","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T15:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/?p=5477"},"modified":"2020-04-07T11:23:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T15:23:16","slug":"2019-2020-ovas-season-cancelled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/2019-2020-ovas-season-cancelled\/","title":{"rendered":"2019\/2020 OVAS Season Cancelled"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;0px||0px&#8221;][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;35px|||&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;0px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; header_4_font=&#8221;|700|||||||&#8221; header_4_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;39px||152px|||&#8221; header_4_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; header_4_font_size_phone=&#8221;16px&#8221; header_4_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221;]\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bbc_size\" style=\"font-size: large;\">As the COVID-19 pandemic is still ongoing, the City of Ottawa has announced that they are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ottawa.ctvnews.ca\/4-280-part-time-city-of-ottawa-employees-laid-off-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-1.4884667\" class=\"bbc_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">extending the closure<\/a>\u00a0of all their city facilities to June 30th now.\u00a0 The last meeting we have scheduled is May 26th so this unfortunately will cancel the remainder of the 2019\/2020 OVAS season and it doesn&#8217;t look like the Giant Auction will happen either.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Please continue to stay safe and please continue to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/public-health\/services\/publications\/diseases-conditions\/physical-distancing.html\" class=\"bbc_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">practice social distancing<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bbc_size\" style=\"font-size: large;\">Thank you.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221;][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;||0px&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; header_4_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; header_4_text_color=&#8221;#0c71c3&#8243;]\n<h4>SHARE THIS POST!<\/h4>\n[mashshare]\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider _builder_version=&#8221;3.19.3&#8243;][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;0px||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;10px&#8221; text_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; text_font_size_phone=&#8221;&#8221; text_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221;]\n<p>OVAS is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting and supporting the aquarium hobby in Ottawa and its surrounding areas. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in home aquariums and provides many benefits such as discounts at local retailers, easy access to the aquarium community, attend events, and more! The club meets at least once a month at Tom Brown arena from September through to May and maintains the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/\">ovas.ca<\/a>\u00a0website and online forum.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2734\" src=\"http:\/\/ovas.ca\/ovas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/caoaclogo.png\" alt=\"canadian association of aquarium clubs\" width=\"75\" height=\"60\" \/> OVAS is a member of the Canadian Association of Aquarium Clubs.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_divider _builder_version=&#8221;3.19.3&#8243;][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; As the COVID-19 pandemic is still ongoing, the City of Ottawa has announced that they are\u00a0extending the closure\u00a0of all their city facilities to June 30th now.\u00a0 The last meeting we have scheduled is May 26th so this unfortunately will cancel the remainder of the 2019\/2020 OVAS season and it doesn&#8217;t look like the Giant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5486,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-meetings","post_format-post-format-aside"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}