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The National Arts Centre has cancelled its student matinee performances and is offering fewer parking spaces amidst the $110-million renovation project that broke ground in February.
Dave Scharf, Centretown News
The Canadian War Museum has acquired a 100-year-old locket given to Georgina Pope by the citizens of Ottawa in the 1900s. Pope's bust is one of the nine commemorating key figures in Canadian military history at the Valiants Memorial located by the Château Laurier.The Canadian War Museum has received an “extraordinary” century-old gold locket given to a pioneering military nurse as a gift from residents of Ottawa.
For some students in Ottawa, the March Break isn’t the only time off they’ll have from school this month.
Google Maps / David Kawai, Centretown News
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.