NAC, Bytown support Rideau BIA expansion plan

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Map shows the current borders of the Rideau BIA outlined in black and the proposed expansion which will include the National Arts Centre.
The expansion of the Downtown Rideau BIA is in negotiations this month, but the cultural institutions in Centretown that the BIA hopes to scoop up are already on board with the change.

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Lessons from Lesvos

pg01-n-greece tnDave Scharf, Centretown News
Lisgar students Sydney Pothakos (left) and Tara Bertrim (right) recently went to Greece as part of a humanitarian mission to help Middle East refugees.
Two Lisgar Collegiate High School students looking to make a difference in the world’s ongoing refugee crisis took an unconventional approach recently: a winter trip to provide humanitarian aid for refugees in Lesvos, Greece.

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