Anouk Hoedeman holds a dead dark-eyed junco that collided with a building near Slater Street. Anna Carroll, Centretown NewsA local bird conservation group had ruffled feathers after seeing the proposed renovations for the Fairmont Château Laurier — a controversial glass and steel expansion that could be deadly for Ottawa’s avian population.
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BBC film premières at Nature Museum
The Canadian Museum of Nature recently hosted the world première of the BBC documentary Earthflight.
Refugee study begins
University of Ottawa professor Luisa Veronis is researching refugee integration. Jolson Lim, Centretown NewsThe federal ministries of Science and Immigration recently announced an investment of $600,000 in grants to fund 25 research projects studying issues that affect the successful resettlement of refugees in Canada.
O’Connor Street bikeway praised as safe downtown link
Cyclists on Laurier Avenue have to be on the lookout for vehicles taking "right-hook" turns across segregated bike lanes — the same kind that took the life of a cyclist at Laurier and Lyon on Sept. 1. Jolson Lim, Centretown NewsCentretown cyclists — and thousands of others who cycle through downtown Ottawa every day — are already biking down the pylon-lined construction zone that is O’Connor Street ahead of the official opening of the city’s newest bikeway in November.