Alas tomorrow is Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral a Westminster Abbey. The funeral of a queen whose reign lasted 70 years. A woman who quietly advanced women’s place in the workplace.

You can watch the funeral starting at 5am Monday morning on cable. The full schedule can be found here. If you don’t have cable you can stream on YouTube.

Here in Ottawa there will be a procession after the funeral. A service will be held for dignitaries at Christ Church Cathedral. Details here. There will be some road closures downtown. Details here.

In a study done by dojo, Ottawa ranked in 7th place as one the most ambitious cities in the world. Their criteria included:

• New business registered;
• Cost of a business start up as a % of GNI per capita;
• Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita;
• Percent of the population with access to education;
• Online searches of how to start a business.

London, Sydney, Cape Town, New York, Paris, Singapore rated in the top 6. Ottawa is the only Canadian city to make the top 10. Also worthy of note is the high rating in spite of the relatively low population. Congratulations Ottawa! Read a brief post on narcity.com or the full story on dojo.