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Landmark hotel turns 75
Courtesy Lord Elgin Hotel
Then-prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and then-Ottawa mayor Stanley Lewis at the laying of the cornerstone.The Lord Elgin Hotel, built not only to alleviate a chronic wartime shortage of visitor accommodations in the city but also to reflect then-prime minister Mackenzie King’s vision of a vibrant modern capital, is celebrating its 75th anniversary this summer.
Union stands up for workers’ rights
“Wear what the &^%* you want,” proclaims Union Local 613’s website. It’s a pretty accurate description of the Somerset Street restaurant’s non-existent employee dress code.
Critics slam Bell’s stand on network sharing
Dave Scharf, Centretown News
Smaller telecom providers like Distributel want Bell to share their high-speed fibre networks.Bell Canada’s efforts to overturn a Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ruling is facing mounting opposition across the capital.