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Odyssey Theatre will be donating proceeds from its Sunday, August 2 nd matinee performance of _ The Things We Do For Love _ to benefit Tysen’s Mission to a Million in support of Make-A-Wish ® Eastern Ontario. ...

The National Capital Commission (NCC) Board of Directors received an update today on the design of the Memorial to the Victims of Communism. Subsequently, the Board gave federal land use approval for the decontamination of the site.  Following recommendations by the National Capital Commission’s Advisory Committee on Planning, Design and Realty (ACPDR) and NCC planning and design experts, the Department of Canadian Heritage and ABSTRAKT Studio Architecture implemented a number of important changes to the design of the memorial. ...

The Board of Directors of the National Capital Commission (NCC) agreed to proceed to public consultation on a Military Commemoration Plan for Canada’s Capital. The plan will now be made available to key stakeholders and the public before final approval in the fall of 2015. ...

Mayor Jim Watson and Innes Ward Councillor Jody Mitic presented the Mayor’s City Builder Award today to Louis V. Patry, recognizing more than 35 years of volunteer work in preserving and promoting the history and heritage of Orléans.  Louis is a co-founder of the _ Mouvement d’implication francophone d’Orléans _ (MIFO) in 1979, and la _ Société franco-ontarienne du patrimoine et de l’histoire d’Orléans _ (SFOPHO) in 2008. ...

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board has approved an $856.0 million budget for school year 2015-2016.  The 2015-2016 budget represents the first year of a three year plan to more closely align spending with Ministry of Education funding levels. The largest component of the budget is $630 million, allocated to instruction, followed by $90. ...

St. Anthony Catholic School is teaming up with local residents and Ecology Ottawa to tear up a portion of their school grounds and plant a garden. On June 20 th , MP Paul Dewar, MPP Yasir Naqvi and Councillor Catherine McKenney will help kick off the event from 10am-10:45am. ...

Residents are invited to a one-hour budget primer session on June 24, offering a look at how the City of Ottawa spends and how the annual municipal budget is put together.  City Treasurer Marian Simulik and Deputy City Treasurer Isabelle Jasmin will lead the session, which will consist of an overview of the budget process followed by a question-and-answer period. ...

Residents of Ottawa are invited to an open house on Tuesday, June 23 at the Jim Durrell Recreation Centre, 1265 Walkley Road, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. to discuss the City’s facility allocation policy in relation to the use of arenas, sports fields and ball diamonds. ...

Mayor Jim Watson invites residents to call into a pre-budget Tele-Town Hall on Thursday, June 25. Residents will be able to ask questions and share their views before City staff begins developing the draft Budget 2016, which will tabled later this fall. ...

Hospice Care Ottawa is planning its first FRENCH language training course for people interested in providing community hospice care services to those living with a life-limiting illness. We hope to run the course in the fall, in the Orleans area and want to find 20 volunteers interested in taking the course and volunteering. ...