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There is one rule for the European Union Film Festival happening this year at the Library and Archives Canada building from Nov. 13 to 30: The films must be Ottawa premieres. Tom McSorley and Jarrett Zaroski, two organizers that choose the films, travel around the world scouting out exceptional films that haven’t been screened in Ottawa. This year, they’ve even managed to snag some serious Oscar contenders.
A recent trend has schools and businesses focusing on developing STEM programming, which targets skills in science, technology, engineering and math.
Courtesy Carrie Colton
Gallery director Carrie Colton is opening a new exhibition at Studio Sixty Six.Pottery, paintings and photography will line the walls of Studio Sixty Six later this month as gallery-goers combine their interest in contemporary art with supporting a good cause: youth programming at the Centretown Community Health Centre.
Miriam Katawazi, Centretown News
A ghost bike at the intersection of Bank Street and Riverside Drive.Despite the recent complaints by Ottawa residents regarding the sometimes prolonged existence of ghost bikes – impromptu memorials to cyclists killed in road accidents – Somerset Ward’s new councillor-elect Catherine McKenney doesn’t see any reason to rethink these reminders of lives lost, including one in Centretown.