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City council decided Wednesday to cancel its order for two mobile water units to provide city drinking water instead of bottled water at local festivals and sporting events.
Lisgar Collegiate student Emma Graham didn’t win today’s national biotechnology competition, but she did walk away with a $1,000 prize for the project with the most potential for commercialization.
Emma Graham, a 16-year-old Lisgar Collegiate student with a keen interest in the environment and botany, is representing Eastern Ontario in the national finals of an annual National Research Council competition.
After 20 years aborted efforts, local dignitaries and members of Ottawa’s Chinese community have broken ground for the construction of a traditional Chinese arch over Somerset Street at Cambridge. 
Ryan Lux, Centretown NewsLocal dignitaries take part in a traditional Chinese blessing of the arch construction. Left to right: Senator Vivian Poi, Minister John Baird, Donor Frank Ling, former Mayor Bob Chiarelli, Coun. Diane Holmes, Ambassador Lan Lijun, and Coun. Marianne Wilkonson