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• Politics matters: Teepees, trade and interest rates

  30-06-2017 23:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  There’s so much red and white on Parliament Hill that when the hundreds of thousands of bleary-eyed partygoers finally finish toasting the country’s 150th birthday this weekend, they will be seeing Ottawa awash in a pink haze.
  But not everything was rosy on the politics front: 
  TENSION OVER A TEEPEE
  The stand-off between police and indigenous protesters on the Hill was anything but poetic. Activists aiming to build a teepee on the grounds came nose-to-nose with tense Mounties on
  
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• Statement from @ChiefBordeleau " A decision has already been made not to register an OPS float or vehicle in this year’s parade." #ottnews

  30-06-2017 23:34 via twitter.com
  Statement from @ChiefBordeleau "A decision has already been made not to register an OPS float or vehicle in this year’s parade." #ottnews
  
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• Humane Society needs people to adopt and foster animals as shelter population spikes

  30-06-2017 23:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Ottawa Humane Society is in urgent need of donations and people to adopt and foster pets as it faces its annual furry Canada Day inundation.
  There were more than 600 dogs, cats and other pets in OHS care as of Friday. Of these animals, 36 were waiting for a foster placement and 117 were available for adoption. The remainder were still receiving medical care or are too young to be adopted.
  “We’re working hard to prevent a situation where we’re stacking cages and temporarily
  
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• We need more money in health care. Here's one way to get it

  30-06-2017 23:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  If there’s a chance you might get sick, get old, or start a family, this bill will do you harm.” – Former U.S. president Barack Obama
  Even President Donald Trump called the initial House of Representatives bill “mean.” Senate Republicans recently delayed discussion and voting on their own health care bill until at least after July 4. Both bills would have left more than 20 million additional people uninsured by 2026 than did Obamacare. According to Obama, the Senate
  
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• Ottawa's first Canada Day: Canoe races, lacrosse and a military review

  30-06-2017 22:53 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa’s first and longest-serving city clerk, William Pittman Lett, was tasked with organizing and directing the celebrations to mark the “inauguration of the Dominion of Canada” on July 1, 1867.
  It was a tough job keeping balance between festivity and safety in the rough-and-tumble lumber town that was Ottawa in 1867. A poster that invited residents, authorized by Lett, outlines a day-long  roster of events that includes the ringing of bells, the firing of a cannon, bonf
  
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• Fury FC goalkeeper Callum Irving adopts 'less is more' mindset for soccer club

  30-06-2017 22:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Lest people think he is too easily replaceable, perhaps Callum Irving shouldn’t say his best games are the ones when he does very little.
  The Ottawa Fury FC keeper ranks second in the United Soccer League in shutouts with five through 14 games, and he’s fifth in saves with 38, which, come to think of it, is equivalent to kind of an easy night for Ottawa Senators goaltender Craig Anderson.
  That said, Irving says less is more for him as Fury FC heads to Louisville for Saturday night&rs
  
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• July 1, 150 years ago: Confederation began with one helluva party

  30-06-2017 22:12 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  It began with a midnight chorus of bells ringing across the capital, a 101-gun salute by the local rifle regiment and a “monster bonfire” at the sprawling picnic grounds we know today as Major’s Hill Park.
  When Confederation officially came into force 150 years ago today — as the Notre Dame Cathedral clock struck 12 on that historic Monday and fireworks lit up Ottawa’s dark summer sky — hundreds of the city’s 16,000 residents couldn’t wait for the
  
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• The Knotty Knitters ARE BACK and they're knottier than ever for Canada 150

  30-06-2017 22:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Monetta Ayotte started knitting when she was 11 years old. It was during the Second World War and she was knitting for the Canadian army. 
  “When they made the army winter jackets they didn’t put cuffs in them,” said Ayotte, 90, who was born in Vermillion, Alta.
  “So they came to the school and they brought us four needles and we had to learn how to knit — that’s how I started knitting and I’ve been knitting ever since.”
  Ayotte is one of th
  
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• Senators prospect Nick Paul determined to get his career back on track

  30-06-2017 21:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Mark these words down: The Ottawa Senators will add a big, bruising, desperate and determined forward to their 2017-18 roster.
  That’s also not counting wingers or centres they may sign, while taking at least an initial pass on defencemen, when the National Hockey League free-agent market opens Saturday.
  No, the above guarantee is that Nick Paul will take a big step forward, after stumbling backwards last season. In this, the final year of his entry-level contract, he is going to become the
  
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• The best places in Ottawa-Gatineau to watch the Canada Day fireworks

  30-06-2017 21:04 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The sesquicentennial fireworks on Saturday are expected to be the capital’s largest pyrotechnics show for Canada Day ever, with 150 fireworks lighting up the Ottawa-Gatineau sky.
  This year, the fireworks display, run by Royal Pyrotechnie, has been extended to 20 minutes and 17 seconds from 15 minutes. The theme is a celebration of the nation’s four seasons, accompanied by an all-Canadian soundtrack. 
  The fireworks will launch at 11 p.m. from Nepean
  
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• There is no shortage of things to do this weekend! @Bartcormier has the full list next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show. https://t.co/DpWfKUyHGW

  30-06-2017 20:45 via twitter.com
  
  There is no shortage of things to do this weekend! @Bartcormier has the full list next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show. https://t.co/DpWfKUyHGW
  
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• Ottawa's got game

  30-06-2017 20:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  It’s tempting to think about the city’s remarkable run of athletic achievement over the past year and conclude that we’re living through a Golden Age in Ottawa sports history.
  It might even be true: a surprise Can-Am League baseball title last summer for the fledgling Ottawa Champions; Stittsville’s own Erica Wiebe grabbing Olympic wrestling gold at the Summer Games in Rio; a heart-stopping 2016 Grey Cup victory last fall for the underdog Ottawa Redblacks, a triumph that
  
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• Police renew call for witnesses in Rideau Street homicide

  30-06-2017 20:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa police are renewing their request for witnesses to a shooting on June 26, which occurred near the Mingle Room Bar & Lounge on Rideau Street.
  Ashton Dickson, 25, a popular local athlete, was gunned down around 1 a.m. after an argument that began inside the Mingle Room spilled outside.
  He died at the scene a short time later.
  While police were reported to have already received surveillance video from other businesses in the area, they said in a release Friday they believe there wer
  
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• Parenting tips with @shiffer, next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show. https://t.co/NvHQBEGjs4

  30-06-2017 20:15 via twitter.com
  
  Parenting tips with @shiffer, next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show. https://t.co/NvHQBEGjs4
  
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• Ottawa jail improvements moving in right direction, officials say

  30-06-2017 20:15 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Ottawa Carleton Detention Centre now has better nursing care and cleanliness, but still needs to make improvements with poor food and prisoners’ mental health, says an update on changes at the jail.
  On Friday, the ministry issued the third of three progress reports on what is being done about 42 recommendations from a task force investigating conditions for prisoners, most of whom are awaiting trial.
  Action in 21 of the 42 areas for improvement is complete, says the Ministry of Communi
  
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• Next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show, the latest movies to hit the big screen with @cfl_fan https://t.co/S4POFvC5ix

  30-06-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  
  Next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show, the latest movies to hit the big screen with @cfl_fan https://t.co/S4POFvC5ix
  
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• Coming up on the @MeehanCarolAnne show - @CdnHeritage with what you need to keep in mind if you're visiting the cel… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  30-06-2017 19:45 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the @MeehanCarolAnne show - @CdnHeritage with what you need to keep in mind if you're visiting the cel… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• OC Session: Jazz singer Kellylee Evans bounces back from what life's thrown at her

  30-06-2017 19:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa’s Juno-winning jazz singer, Kellylee Evans, is dipping her toe back into show biz this summer after a prolonged period spent recuperating from a concussion.But she’s not ready to call it a comeback. “I think I’m just popping my head into the room and going, ‘Hey, can I sing a bit?’” the irrepressible musician said during a recent interview. She performs July 3 as part of the Scene@6 series of free 6 p.m. concerts in the NAC’s new City Room.N
  
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• Coming up on the @MeehanCarolAnne show - @TorrensJonathan and his show #YourSpecialCanada https://t.co/xQZI6zZvH4

  30-06-2017 19:30 via twitter.com
  
  Coming up on the @MeehanCarolAnne show - @TorrensJonathan and his show #YourSpecialCanada https://t.co/xQZI6zZvH4
  
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• Ottawa Public Health warns of hepatitis A exposure at Toronto restaurant

  30-06-2017 18:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa Public Health is advising anyone who ate or drank at Toronto restaurant to be aware that they may have been exposed to the hepatitis A virus.
  Patrons of “O’Grady’s on Church” at 518 Church St. in Toronto between June 7-23, may have been exposed. The viral liver disease is transmitted through ingestion of contaminated food and water or direct contact with an infectious person.Public health officials in Toronto said Thursday that an employee at O’Grady’s
  
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• NEXT on the #POWERLunch @kevraire17 & @caitlinkealey join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  30-06-2017 17:58 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the #POWERLunch @kevraire17 & @caitlinkealey join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Still ahead: @BarryDavis_ joins @_MarkSutcliffe with all your @BlueJays news: bit.ly/1ppeuDa #BlueJays https://t.co/UunMrZnixD

  30-06-2017 17:44 via twitter.com
  
  Still ahead:@BarryDavis_ joins @_MarkSutcliffe with all your @BlueJays news: bit.ly/1ppeuDa#BlueJays https://t.co/UunMrZnixD
  
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• Still ahead: @tomgreenlive joins @_MarkSutcliffe to chat about his upcoming @YukYuksOttawa shows (July 7-8)… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  30-06-2017 17:28 via twitter.com
  Still ahead: @tomgreenlive joins @_MarkSutcliffe to chat about his upcoming @YukYuksOttawashows (July 7-8)… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• PM, wife visit ceremonial teepee on Parliament Hill [Video]

  30-06-2017 17:10
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau, paid a visit Friday morning to the ceremonial teepee set up by a group of First Nations people on Parliament Hill.
  
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• Trudeaus added to headliner list for WE Day

  30-06-2017 17:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau will be on the big stage at WE Day on Parliament Hill Sunday before tens of thousands of teenagers and their families.
  Other acts or presenters for the one-day rally include Trudeau’s mother, Margaret Trudeau, as well as the Barenaked Ladies, Marc Dupré, Nelly Furtado, Hedley, Tom Jackson, Governor General David Johnston, Alex Nevsky, Lilly Singh, Les Trois Accords and more.
  Founded by brothers Craig and Marc Kiel
  
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• Festival preview: Always eclectic Kronos Quartet nods to cutting-edge Canadian music

  30-06-2017 17:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  When the Kronos Quartet plays Dominion-Chalmers United Church next Wednesday, just four days after Canada Day, the renowned San Francisco-based string ensemble will be sure to feature some Canadian content on its typically eclectic, globe-trotting program.
  After its adaptation of an Indian raga and before its version of The Who’s Baba O’Riley, Kronos will play specially commissioned pieces by Polaris Music Prize-winning Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq and the young Montreal composer,
  
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• Capital Wishlist: Adam Welch on living a good life

  30-06-2017 17:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  To mark the 150th birthday of Confederation, we asked local residents from a variety of backgrounds to share their wishes for the future of the capital and the country. Here are some thoughts from Adam Welch.
  While most are probably in a celebratory mood — and I’ve been asked to speculate about a brighter, better future — I can’t help but begin by reflecting on the past. Working over the last few years on the new Canadian and Indigenous Galleries at the National Gallery o
  
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• PM, wife visit ceremonial teepee on Parliament Hill

  30-06-2017 16:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau, paid a visit Friday morning to the ceremonial teepee set up by a group of First Nations people on Parliament Hill.
  Trudeau, wearing jeans and a Canada 150 denim jacket, and Grégoire-Trudeau, wrapped in a green blanket in the chilly morning fog, leaned over to greet occupants, before entering the structure.
  The visit had not been announced in advance and it was not known what was discussed.
  There are already hundre
  
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• Liberals decline to release information about Iraq fighting– public interest is elsewhere, says defence minister

  30-06-2017 16:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Canadian military personnel will be in Iraq for another two years.
  But don’t expect the Liberal government to provide any details when troops are involved in fighting in that country.
  Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says the Liberal government has reversed the policy of the previous Conservative government on informing the media and public about such incidents. He declined a number of times on Thursday to provide any details on such incidents or how many there have been.
  “We’re
  
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• COMING UP AT 10: What single word would you use to describe #Canada150th #QuestionOfTheDay #Canada150… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  30-06-2017 15:32 via twitter.com
  COMING UP AT 10: What single word would you use to describe #Canada150th#QuestionOfTheDay#Canada150… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Laws House: If the walls of this old house could talk …

  30-06-2017 15:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  “If these walls could talk, the stories they could tell …”
  As a country marking 150 years, our nation is looking back on the past, marking our accomplishments while, we hope, learning from our mistakes. 
  But as cities evolve, the brick and mortar walls that link us to our past are often torn down and replaced with glass and concrete, in turn disconnecting us from our past. 
  For one family, the Jacobsons, the past is all around them in the form of a heritage home buil
  
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• U.S. pushes cuts for UN peacekeeping budget – just the beginning, says U.S. ambassador

  30-06-2017 15:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  As much as $600 million U.S. will be cut from the United Nations peacekeeping budget.
  US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley celebrated the cuts on Twitter. “Just 5 months into our time here, we’ve cut over half a billion $$$ from the UN peacekeeping budget & we’re only getting started,” she tweeted.
  The Trump administration had wanted cuts of more than 10 per cent. The U.S. pays about 30 per cent of the UN peacekeeping budget, according to CNN. China pays 10
  
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• NEXT: Co-founder @craigkielburger joins @_MarkSutcliffe to talk #WE: bit.ly/1uwtdOs @WEMovement #WEDay https://t.co/7wXWkg5CF3

  30-06-2017 15:27 via twitter.com
  
  NEXT: Co-founder @craigkielburger joins @_MarkSutcliffe to talk #WE: bit.ly/1uwtdOs @WEMovement#WEDay https://t.co/7wXWkg5CF3
  
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• Capital Wishlist: Peter Herrndorf on how the arts celebrate Canada

  30-06-2017 15:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  To mark the 150th birthday of Confederation, we asked local residents from a variety of backgrounds to share their wishes for the future of the capital and the country. Today: Peter Herrndorf.
  My family and I moved to Canada from Holland in 1948 in the aftermath of the Second World War. We travelled by ship, arriving in New York City, where we lived for a short period before eventually settling in Winnipeg. I have lived in a number of places since, including Halifax (to attend Dalhousie Universi
  
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• NEXT: @VeldonCoburn & @_marksutcliffe discuss #Indigenous demonstration at #ParliamentHill:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  30-06-2017 15:12 via twitter.com
  NEXT: @VeldonCoburn & @_marksutcliffe discuss #Indigenous demonstration at #ParliamentHill:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Spencer: 1967 Citizen – First draft of history sure was rough

  30-06-2017 15:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  In 1967, there were 15 police forces in the National Capital Region. Hospital bed shortages made the news. A new science and technology museum was slated to open on St. Laurent Boulevard. The House of Commons planned to sit into July.
  And the Ottawa Citizen could be mailed – that’s good, old-fashioned snail-mail – to your cottage if you were a subscriber leaving town in the summer.
  What a rich time capsule a newspaper is ­– the traditional, unwieldy physical version,
  
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• Downton: Why Newfoundlanders aren't thrilled at Canada 150

  30-06-2017 15:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  HALIFAX – My parents left their home in St. John’s in 1948 to come to Halifax, my father to Dalhousie’s dental school and my mother to the brand new Victoria General hospital, to work as an RN. Because they were entering a foreign country, they carried their chest X-rays rolled up under their arms as evidence they were free of tuberculosis. 
  That was the tradition then. But new traditions came to Newfoundland along with Canada, and, after the initial enticements to join up
  
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• Hill security screenings now in place to check early-bird visitors

  30-06-2017 14:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Canada Day visitors be advised, the security screening on Parliament Hill have officially started.
  While there are no events scheduled for Parliament Hill Friday, a number of Canada Day 150 festivities planned for nearby Major’s Hill Park and early bird arrivals for Saturday’s ceremonies have sparked security screening for anyone looking to get anywhere near the Parliament buildings.
  Corrals in front of the Château Laurier, designed to eventually contain the hundreds of th
  
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• Humidity will add insult to wet weather's injury

  30-06-2017 14:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Yes, there’s going to be rain Friday, and most likely a thunderstorm or two.
  Worse still, for many, is that it looks like the same forecast for the foreseeable future.
  Friday’s outlook is mainly cloudy, with a 60-per-cent chance of showers this afternoon with a risk of thunderstorms.
  Adding insult to injury, the humidity is expected to be stifling, with a high of 23 C bumped up to 32 on the humidex. The UV rating is expected to be 7 or high.
  Showers and T-storms are expected to conti
  
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• Join us: A cross-country singalong of the national anthem on #CanadaDay: bit.ly/2stx3i3 #singalong150… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  30-06-2017 14:21 via twitter.com
  Join us: A cross-country singalong of the national anthem on #CanadaDay: bit.ly/2stx3i3 #singalong150… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Watch Michael J. Fox rock out with Joan Jett onstage at GG awards gala

  30-06-2017 14:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Artists honoured with a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award are not expected to perform at  the gala that pays tribute to them. All that’s required is to bask in the glory of the nation’s highest honour for the performing arts.Michael J. Fox was an exception during the 25th anniversary edition of the GGPAA gala that took place at the National Arts Centre on Thursday. The B.C.-born actor made a surprise appearance on stage, armed with an electric guitar and set to perf
  
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• Ottawa weather: Canada Day forecast not looking promising [Video]

  30-06-2017 14:03
  
  Yes, there’s going to be rain Friday, and most likely a thunderstorm or two. Worse still, for many, is that it looks like the same forecast for the foreseeable future. Friday’s outlook is mainly cloudy, with a 60-per-cent chance of showers this afternoon with a risk of thunderstorms.
  
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• One man's journey to make Canada 150 special

  30-06-2017 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  I have never met Karen Wynne of Matawan, New Jersey.
  I probably never will.
  But today, as my country marks the 150th anniversary of Confederation, I consider her a dear and valued friend.
  You see, Ms. Wynne and countless others across the United States, and in some cases overseas, have reminded my wife, Alison, and I in recent months, how privileged we truly are as a people.
  Karen is the town clerk in Matawan, a community of roughly 8,500 souls I doubt I’ll ever visit. Earlier this year, h
  
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• Cohen: What if Canada is wasted on Canadians?

  30-06-2017 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Amid the groaning banquet of objects and artifacts, a gentle awakening awaits visitors to the new Canadian History Hall in the Canadian Museum of History. It is Expo 67.
  An exhibit and film, playing on a loop, trigger a cascade of memory. They recall that moment in Montreal when we staged the most successful world’s fair of the 20th century. It was Canada’s glorious, crowded hour, the centrepiece of a year-long national celebration of our centennial in 1967.
  The pavilions. Habitat 67
  
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• Tales of July 1, 1867: How a disgraced British MP failed to turn Ottawa into a hotbed of culture

  30-06-2017 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Citizen asked Randy Boswell, a longtime Ottawa journalist and Carleton University professor, to reconstruct life in the capital on the day Canada was born. The history specialist dug into archives and old newspapers, unearthing a series of long-overlooked stories that shed fresh light on Confederation’s first 24 hours and some of the people whose lives were touched by the events of that landmark day 150 years ago.  This is the fifth such story, in a series that will continue to Ca
  
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• Lessons from Canada's internment of the Ukrainians

  30-06-2017 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  It’s a small case in a big hall. I have no idea of how many people will pause beside it, but millions of visitors will eventually tour through the Canadian History Hall.
  The first guests entering this newly renovated space within the Canadian Museum of History will arrive today, Canada Day, the 150th birthday of our country. Odds are more than a few will stop where I did. That’s good.
  Canada’s history has generally been righteous, even if what awaits a passer-by in this particu
  
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• Capital Wishlist: David Smith on giving back to the community

  30-06-2017 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  As were we growing up, in what used to be called Lower Town, I remember my learned and wise father reciting the words of Abraham Lincoln: “A man never stands so tall as when he stoops to help a small child.” This somehow became my life’s motto and with that thought, I ask the following questions.
  What has Ottawa meant to me? I have, over my 84 years, seen this wonderful place grow to a world-class city that still has at its roots generosity, sharing and compassion for
  
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• Capital Voices: 'I started stealing so I could go to jail and get some help'

  30-06-2017 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  In celebration of Canada’s sesquicentennial, the Citizen’s Bruce Deachman has been out in search of Ottawans — 150 of them — to learn their stories. The series concludes tomorrow.
  “I was born here in Ottawa, on Heatherington, and I’ve lived all over Ottawa, from Rockland to Stittsville. I’d say about 25 places, and I’ve been to about seven different schools. I’ve lived off St. Joseph Boulevard in Orléans, I’ve lived off Mead
  
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• Capital Facts: Two Ottawa 67's greats

  30-06-2017 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  In celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday, the Citizen is rolling out one fact each day for 150 days until July 1, highlighting the odd, the fascinating and the important bits of Ottawa history you might not know about.
  As the Ottawa 67’s celebrate their 50th anniversary this season, two of their greats have been recognized on and off the ice as honoured members of the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. Legendary GM/coach Brian Kilrea and ex-blueliner Denis Potvin, who won four Sta
  
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• Nine Ottawans appointed to the Order of Canada

  30-06-2017 12:40 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Nine people from Ottawa were appointed to the Order of Canada on Friday, including Wayne G. Wouters, former Privy Council clerk and secretary to the cabinet. 
  Peter A. Herrndorf, Marshall Rothstein, Richard Brian Marcel Fadden, Chad Gaffield, Hieu Cong Truong, Graydon Carter, Garry M. Lindberg and John H. Sims were also among the 99 to receive one of the country’s highest civilian honours. 
  Wouters began his career in the public service in Saskatchewan, arrived in
  
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