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Ottawa Centre NDP MP Paul Dewar has dropped out of the race to lead the party after amassing only 4,883 first-choice votes, or 7.4 per cent of the total, after ballots were announced at 10:00 a.m, March 24.
Rolling onto the stage with a rap-inspired Charlie Angus, some on-stage endorsements, and a video message from Maher Arar, Ottawa Centre MP Paul Dewar made his final plea to the roughly 75,000 party faithfuls who have yet to vote in the 2012 NDP leadership race.
If one community-builder has his way, a new community garden at the Jack Purcell Community Centre on Elgin Street will soon be in the works.
A local horticulturalist is urging downtown Ottawa residents to maintain an urban garden with a “crops-in-pots” approach to growing plants.
Kristy Wright, Centretown NewsOttawa gardeners look at pots, plants, and gardening tools at a Crops-in-Pots presentation at city hall.