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The historic Booth House, former home of Ottawa lumber tycoon J.R Booth, has received $12,750 funding from Parks Canada to repair cracks widened  by the earthquake last summer.

A newly planted sugar maple tree stands in Minto Park in memory of Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner who died, aged 71, in September after battling cancer.

Texting is instant, unobtrusive and informative. And it’s why the City of Ottawa is using this highly popular form of communication to educate Ottawa’s young people about sexual health.

Cycling advocates made about 40 recommendations to improve cycling safety after a brainstorming session organized two weeks ago by the city’s roads and cycling advisory committee.