After 20 years aborted efforts, local dignitaries and members of Ottawa’s Chinese community have broken ground for the construction of a traditional Chinese arch over Somerset Street at Cambridge. 
Ryan Lux, Centretown NewsLocal dignitaries take part in a traditional Chinese blessing of the arch construction. Left to right: Senator Vivian Poi, Minister John Baird, Donor Frank Ling, former Mayor Bob Chiarelli, Coun. Diane Holmes, Ambassador Lan Lijun, and Coun. Marianne Wilkonson
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