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Merrickville House and Garden Tour adds vintage cars to help event stand out
Knowing community fundraisers are a dime a dozen, organizers for this year’s Merrickville House and Garden Tour are hoping to edge out the competition by combining breathtaking properties, vintage cars...
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World of birds: Rare sightings delight Ottawa birders
The local breeding season is now well under way, but apparently not all birds get the memo. Occasionally rare birds show up during the last moments of spring migration. That was the case recently in...
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Opening soon: Ottawa's outdoor pools, beaches and splash pads
Summer is here (sort of) and with its arrival comes the opening of Ottawa’s outdoor pools, beaches and splash pads. Outdoor pools and wading pools Ottawa’s outdoor pools will start opening this...
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More than 30 charged in Ottawa drug trafficking investigation
Ottawa police have laid 123 charges against 31 people after a month-long drug trafficking investigation targeting dealers in neighbourhoods in and around the downtown core. The investigation, dubbed...
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Ottawa Fringe: Playwright Jean Duce Palmer, 93, debuts her...
For a play to premiere at the Ottawa Fringe Festival is hardly noteworthy: Numerous shows do so every summer. For the playwright of a new show to be 93 years old, now that’s singular. Ottawa’s...
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Volunteer Roundup
Looking for volunteer work? Check out these and other Ottawa-area opportunities at www.volunteerottawa.ca or call 613-736-5270. Drivers needed to bring cancer patients to treatment with the greatest...
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Reevely: Provincial funding increase for hospices a good start on a much...
Ontario is giving more money to publicly-funded hospices, adding $4.9 million to the $26 million a year it already gives them, a big increase to a budget that’s still much smaller than it ought to be....
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Fashion tips for turning heads at Ottawa's most glam spring gala
When it comes to setting trends on the red carpet, Beyoncé is in a league of her own. But that doesn’t mean women in Ottawa can’t be fashion-forward, too. On Tuesday, while accepting the prestigious...
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In shadow of the Rideau redevelopment, ByWard Market hoping to capitalize
Jasna Jennings admits that when an official from Nordstrom told her shoppers, and lots of them, were coming from Montreal to check out new department store at the Rideau Centre, her eyes bugged out of...
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Battlefront Rideau: For some business owners, life on the strip has become a...
For store owner Corey Hackett, the whole mulling of fine points of retail development in the Rideau Centre area have become almost moot. Down in the 300-odd-metre-long Combat Zone that is Rideau...
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The Rideau Centre's expansion, by the numbers
230,000 – New square feet added to the shopping centre. 900,000 – Square footage of the new Rideau Centre. 4 – New shopping levels add over the old Ogilvie Building 3 – New underground parking levels...
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From sinkhole to Simons: Behind the pit, Rideau Centre's three-year...
Editor’s note: Ottawans marvelled this week as Rideau Street crumbled before our eyes, giving way to a yawning, van-eating maw in the heart of downtown. Despite the #Rideausinkhole selfies...
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Elbows and empowerment at Ottawa's Junior Roller Derby
It’s fight night in Ottawa with all the sights and sounds you’d expect: A ring, cheering fans and plenty of contact. But on a Saturday night inside Brewer Arena, 14 girls from the Ottawa Junior Roller...
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Fire crews respond to dryer fire on Flewellyn Road
Ottawa firefighters were at 5891 Flewellyn Rd. late Saturday night after receiving a report from tenants of a possible dryer fire. A 911 call at 10:54 stated there was smoke visible in the home, and...
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Police investigate suspicious death in Lowertown
Ottawa police were investigating after a man was found dead inside his Charlotte Street apartment on Saturday night. Around 10 p.m., police received a call to the eighth floor of 160 Charlotte St.,...
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Mayor Jim Watson's father dies at 91
Mayor Jim Watson’s father, Beverley Watson, has died at age of 91. Just this week the mayor and his father had enjoyed a lunch together at Lansdowne Park to celebrate his most recent birthday. The...
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Concerts: Mumford & Sons, punk legends hit Ottawa
Punk fans, get ready to swoon — sort of. CJ Ramone, of The Ramones, is playing House of Targ tonight. Of course, we know the founding members of the seminal 1970s band have shuffled off this mortal...
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Firefighters battled blaze at Beacon Hill Motel
Ottawa firefighters were at 1688 Montreal Rd. on Sunday night, trying to bring a blaze at the Beacon Hill Motel under control. Multiple 911 calls were received at around 7 p.m. about visible flames at...
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Music review: Mumford and Sons don't disappoint after long wait for Ottawa fans
Mumford and Sons Canadian Tire Centre Reviewed Sunday Seven years after they hit the mainstream with their breakthrough album, Sigh No More, Mumford and Sons finally made it to Ottawa, quenching fans’...
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Coming of age with Keys N Krates
When the Toronto-based electronic hip hop band Keys N Krates were nominated for a 2106 JUNO for best dance recording, it’s fair to say that the boys in the trio were pleased. When they won for the...
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