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The Free Thinking Film Festival that generated controversy last year is back for its third edition. It will be hosted from Nov. 1-4 at the Library and Archives of Ottawa and despite its founder’s political affiliation, it doesn’t cater to conservative thinkers.
Greenpeace activist Christy Ferguson, whose organization’s controversial stunt in 2009 prompted a major security review on Parliament Hill, has criticized the latest round of upgrades — the installation of new vehicle barriers — as another example of the government failing to appreciate the real threat to global security: climate change.
Plans to expand the Chinese Alliance Church from Lebreton Street onto Bell Street North is facing opposition from local residents.
Ontario’s teenagers won’t be shut out of tanning salons just yet.