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May 21, 2010 Ryan Lux

Bell Street fire leaves 13 homeless

A three-alarm blaze left 13 people homeless last night after a fire in a shed attached to the large duplex caught fire around 11:15 p.m.

May 20, 2010 Ryan Lux

August Civic Holiday may be rechristened to honour John By

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Ottawa's August civic weekend may once again bear the name of Ottawa's founding father Lieut.-Col. John By

A proposal to re-name the August Civic Holiday after Ottawa’s founding father, Lieut.-Col. John By, sailed through the city’s corporate and protective services committee today.

May 18, 2010 Ryan Lux

Somerset Community Police Centre has new manager

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Cst. Hoang took over the Somerset Community Police Centre

Cst.Khoa Hoang took over as the manager of the Somerset Community Police Centre on May 17, replacing Nathan Hoedeman who ran the centre for the last four years.

May 14, 2010 Ryan Lux

Sparks Streetcar could become part of Inter-provincial loop

Fifty-one years since the last streetcar ferried commuters down Sparks Street and 44 years since traffic has been allowed on the historic road, representatives from the various authorities responsible for the street met Friday to co-ordinate efforts of running a streetcar-line down its length.