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A plan to return Ottawa gay pride festivities to Bank Street was canned late in July after a group representing businesses on the street pulled out of a partnership with the gay community to link a party to celebrate the street’s renovations and the opening of Pride Week.
Ottawa police are still investigating two cases of sexual assault that took place in Centretown between July 28 and Aug. 2.
The Pretoria Bridge, which has for more than a century commemorated a Canadian-British victory during the Boer War, needs a name-change to reflect Canada’s contemporary relationship with South Africa, NDP Ottawa Centre MP Paul Dewar said in a press release Thursday.
Wikipedia CommonsMP Paul Dewar wants to rename Pretoria Bridge to honour Canada's relationship with former South African President Nelson Mandela
More than 100,000 people are expected to celebrate the long history and geography of the Rideau Canal this long weekend.