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Memory is a medium for filmmaker Megan Turnbull
Does a familiar photo of yourself on your first birthday help you retain a memory from that far-distant time? Or is the thing you’re remembering just the photo itself? Such intersections of memory,...
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Marketplace: Beat the winter blahs with a pop of colour
Need to lift the monochrome dullness of the tail end of a long winter from your home? Introduce a hit of colour. Just a bit, here and there — and at small prices, too — is enough to lift the spirits...
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Carp's outdoor hockey: affordable, fun and fulfilling
The NHL has its Winter Classics attracting mega crowds. The Canadian pond hockey championships have been played for a decade in an Ontario resort community. And backyard rinks are a fashionable part of...
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Rideau Canal celebrates record-setting 47th consecutive day of skating (with...
The unrelenting winter of 2015 has meant a banner year for the Rideau Canal Skateway, which on Wednesday set a record with its 47th consecutive day of skating. And with Environment Canada forecasting...
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The Sky's OK with Ottawa city council
City council approved a plan on Wednesday to build Ottawa’s tallest building. Richcraft proposes to build a trio of towers at 845 Carling Ave., just west of Preston Street. The tallest, at 55 storeys,...
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Medical marijuana business aims to help would-be patients get their pot
A new business that’s coming to Ottawa this spring is offering to help people get access to medical marijuana. But National Access Cannabis’s arrival in the capital — part of an expansion across the...
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Odawa protest demands cash for homeless drop-in program (with video)
More than 100 people marched from Parliament Hill to Ottawa City Hall on Wednesday to protest cuts to an aboriginal organization that operates a drop-in centre for homeless people. “Save 510! Save 510!...
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Creating options at Mattamy's latest Fairwinds model (with video)
Fairwinds is a burgeoning neighbourhood in Kanata that has been under development now for more than seven years. But with Fairwinds West, Mattamy Homes’ final phase of construction, there has been a...
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Sutcliffe: Trains aren't enough to solve OC Transpo's declining ridership
There are two main expenses associated with getting to and from work each day: money and time. And for the vast majority of commuters, deciding whether to take public transit instead of driving their...
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City of Ottawa collision rate prompts call for more safety inspectors
A high number of collisions involving City of Ottawa vehicles is driving a call to spend an additional $600,000 this year to hire more safety officers. Between 2013 and 2015, city-owned buses and...
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The Gargoyle: Coyne leaves Liberals after running up steep leadership debts
Deborah Coyne’s surprise decision to leave the Liberal Party to become an adviser to Green leader Elizabeth May creates a further complication involving unpaid debts from her Liberal leadership...
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Ottawa police investigate death in Centrepointe area
Ottawa police restricted access to a home on Offenbach Lane, near Centrepointe Drive and Baseline Road, after a man was found dead and another was taken to hospital with severe head injuries Wednesday...
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Federal departments faced serious cyber security breaches last year
Federal departments faced serious cyber-security breaches months before a high-profile hack forced the shutdown of systems at one of the country’s most important research organizations. Documents...
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Conservatives extend anti-terror bill hearings after opposition filibuster
The Tories have compromised on the amount of time dedicated to hearing expert opinion on the government’s disputed anti-terror bill, setting aside eight days for witness testimony instead of three. NDP...
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Living off the grid near Wakefield (with video)
Living off-grid. Sounds like you spend your time huddled around a flickering kerosene lamp hoping spring arrives soon. But the Anderson-Ménard family shattered that image during a visit to their...
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Fab chip dip delivered to your door
What: Caramelized Onion, Chive & Sour Cream dip, made by a new Ottawa company. Why: Spread Delivers is a year-old Ottawa company that specializes in supplying gourmet lunches to offices, by bicycle...
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Life Story: Pina Montuoro (1961-2014) – A winner to the end
By Gabrielle Lappa Pina Montuoro Born: Aug. 15, 1961 in Ottawa Died: Nov. 6, 2014, in Ottawa Just two days before she passed on Nov. 7, 2014, our dear friend Pina insisted on playing Scrabble, the...
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Pedestrian taken to hospital after being struck by SUV
First responders were called Parkdale Avenue and Scott Street around 8:42 a.m. Friday after a pedestrian was struck by a passing SUV. Emergency crews said the 15-year-old youth was conscious upon...
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No consultation on communism memorial, NDP charges
The federal government says it is not interested in changing the site chosen for the Memorial to the Victims of Communism, despite a growing chorus of objections. Mayor Jim Watson, Ottawa-area MPs and...
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Ikea Canada's new president visits Ottawa employees, talks innovation
Stefan Sjostrand became Ikea Canada’s president in September and he’s now on a cross-country tour of all 12 locations. To better understand his new role the former Ikea developer has met thousands of...
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