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Ask any woman with a full head of highlights and she’ll probably tell you that her hairdo didn’t come cheap. In a neighbourhood such as Centretown, you’re looking at $100 to $200 for a woman’s haircut and colour at your average salon.
A new national survey has found residents of Ottawa to be the top tippers in Canada, but one Ontario MPP says too much of the money is going to the owners, not those giving the great service. 
Photo Illustration by Pedro Rocha Cabral de Vasconcellos, Centretown NewsThere's a downside to Ottawa's reputation as the best tippers in Canada it seems that some owners are taking a cut of their employees' tips.
Across Centretown, school-aged children are tuning donated cellos, clarinets and violins in an innovative after-school program designed to empower kids and build communities through music.
Pedro Rocha Cabral de Vasconcellos, Centretown NewsChildren in the Orkidstra quintet rehearse Bach at the Bronson Centre. The group will perform a series of concerts throughout Ottawa during the summer.
It’s a sub-genre of science fiction that can be expressed through just about every medium imaginable and has a strong local scene in Ottawa.