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City moves to ban smoking at patios, beaches, parks
By Laura MuellerEMC news - Smokers should butt out on restaurant patios as well as city-owned parks, beaches, buildings and markets, the city's public health board is recommending. A decade...
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Local businesses prepare to reap LRT rewards
By Laura MuellerEMC news - Local businesses are taking different approaches in trying to benefit from $2.1 billion in spending on Ottawa's forthcoming light-rail system. Some local companies...
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Park design updated, Makeover for Horticulture Building centre of latest Lansdowne plans
By Laura MuellerEMC news - A plan to make the historic Horticulture Building into a meeting space, restaurant and more is a good idea, heritage advocates say - if only the building didn't...
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NCC hopes canal green bins help recycling goal, If successful, green bins could be added on Canada Day
By Laura MuellerEMC news - New green bins for organic waste on the Rideau Canal Skateway are aimed at helping the National Capital Commission reach a lofty waste-diversion goal. Success...
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Councillors to go cue-ball to support cancer research
By Laura MuellerEMC news - There will be a few naked scalps around the council horseshoe by the end of the month after three councillors signed on to the Shave for a Cure, an annual fundraiser...
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More trees, outdoor rink for Lansdowne, Revitalization will make the park green again, mayor says
By Laura MuellerEMC news - Mayor Jim Watson highlighted how the Lansdowne revitalization project will "re-green" the park, adding grassy areas and boosting the number of trees from the current...
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'Bald is Beautiful' for councillor Shad Qadri
By Laura MuellerEMC News - There will be a few naked scalps around the Ottawa city council horseshoe by the end of the month after three councillors signed on to the Shave for a Cure, an...
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163 hectares - in or out?
By Laura MuellerEMC News - A difference of opinion over an Ontario Municipal Board ruling could force the city to add another 163 hectares to the urban boundary. The city has already been...
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Councillors quash change to city's naming process
By Laura MuellerEMC news - A last-minute realization that a proposed change to the city's commemorative naming process would remove councillors from the process led Coun. Maria McRae to...
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Local businesses prep to reap LRT rewards
By Laura MuellerEMC news - Local businesses are taking different approaches in trying to benefit from $2.1 billion in spending on Ottawa's forthcoming light-rail system. Some local companies...
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What's in a name?, Councillors yank commemorative-naming change
By Laura MuellerEMC news - A last-minute realization that a proposed change to the city's commemorative naming process would remove councillors from the process led Coun. Maria McRae to...
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Lansdowne plans take another step forward, Updates show red brick 'urban village'
By Laura MuellerA tree-filled Lansdowne Park with a lot of red brick buildings makes up the revised vision for the site presented at city hall on Feb. 7. It took six months of haggling...
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Lansdowne Park plans taking shape
By Laura MuellerEMC news - A tree-filled Lansdowne Park with a lot of red brick buildings makes up the revised vision for the site presented at city hall on Feb. 7. It took six months...
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Heritage building makeover centre of new Lansdowne design
By Laura MuellerEMC news - A plan to make the historic Horticulture Building into a meeting space, restaurant and more is a good idea, heritage advocates say - if only the building didn't...
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City could expand urban boundaries, Lawyers confused by snafu over OMB misinterpretation
By Laura MuellerEMC News - A difference of opinion over an Ontario Municipal Board ruling could force the city to add another 163 hectares to the urban boundary. The city has already been...
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Rideau Street to get wider sidewalks
By Laura MuellerEMC News - The City of Ottawa is set to bury hydro lines on Rideau Street this summer, despite recently approving a policy that says the city won't pay the to remove hydro...
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Horticulture Building makeover central to new plan, Historic structure to be shortened, include restaurant
By Laura MuellerEMC news - A plan to make the historic Horticulture Building into a meeting space, restaurant and more is a good idea, heritage advocates say - if only the building didn't...
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Three times more trees, outdoor rink planned for park
By Laura MuellerEMC news - Mayor Jim Watson highlighted how the Lansdowne revitalization project will "re-green" the park, adding grassy areas and boosting the number of trees from the current...
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Lansdowne plans begin to take shape
By Laura MuellerEMC news - A tree-filled Lansdowne Park with a lot of red brick buildings makes up the revised vision for the site presented at city hall on Feb. 7. It took six months...
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Councillors to go cue-ball for children's cancer research
By Laura MuellerEMC News - There will be a few naked scalps around the council horseshoe by the end of the month after three councillors signed on to the Shave for a Cure, an annual fundraiser...
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