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May 7, 2012 Centretown Staff

The Comic Book Shoppe Celebrates Free Comic Book Day

Independent comic book stores all across North America gave away free comic books on Saturday to help celebrate the 10^th annual Free Comic Book Day. Ottawa’s The Comic Book Shoppe saw a long line of waiting fans that went from outside of their Bank Street doors to around the corner. Some comic book fans celebrated the day in style by wearing their best superhero duds. With the long anticipated cinematic release of The Avengers and Ottawa’s first ComicCon, the 10^th Annual Free Comic Book Day made the week even sweeter to be a comic book fan in Ottawa. Centretown News talked comic books and costumes with The Comic Book Shoppe’s Jody Haucke and members of the Ontario Ghostbusters. read more

May 5, 2012 Colin Johnstone

Fans, heroes and villains join forces on Free Comic Book Day

Portia Baladad

Browsing through the stacks

Thirteen-year-old Oscar Dennis was holding some of the world’s biggest superheroes in his grasp. Many inked heroes covered the pages of the comics he had tucked under his arm but Batman is his favourite.

May 4, 2012 Colin Johnstone

Ottawa police to collect race-based traffic data

Ottawa police will begin collecting racial data on drivers they pull over as part of a settlement agreement between the Ontario Human Rights Commission and the Ottawa Police Services Board.

May 3, 2012 Colin Johnstone

Man pleads guilty in bus stop deaths

Simon Banke, 22, of Ottawa, pleaded guilty Wednesday to two charges of dangerous driving causing death in connection with the deaths of a couple in September 2010 at an Albert Street bus stop.