Kait Labbate, Centretown News
Meaghan Murphy, an Ottawa Riverkeeper scientist, is the author of a study about the environmental impact of fireworks.Firework displays have become a huge attraction in downtown Ottawa over the past 20 years. And with 1,500 shells going off each show, Ottawa Riverkeeper says it is important that proper measures are taken to clean up the byproducts of these fireworks.
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Charity finds new home on Kent Street
Kait Labbate, Centretown News
HighJinx owners Karen Neilson and Leigh Reid in front of their new location on Kent Street. Centretown’s highJinx has found its permanent home at 290 Kent St., after its second move in the last year.
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Ottawa tour lives to haunt again
Jesse Winter, Centretown News
Glen Shackleton says Ottawa's Haunted Walk will continue its tours in the city's haunted hostel, HI-Ottawa Jail Hostel.Local tourist attraction the Haunted Walk of Ottawa has earned a stay of execution after it appeared as though its tours of Ottawa’s 19th-century jail would be barred by the Nicholas Street youth hostel.