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_ (Via Carlsbad Springs Community Association) _ As of May 1, 2017 the community of Carlsbad Springs has a local bilingual tourist information radio station owned and operated by the Carlsbad Springs Community Association (CSCA). The CSCA is the only community association that owns and operates a radio station in the City of Ottawa. ...

A fire last week in a portable at the Kanata Montessori School destroyed many of the school’s musical instruments. David and Marie Haynes, who have kids who attend the school, are organizing a donation drive to collect instruments to replace what was lost. ...

[caption id=“attachment_67071” align=“aligncenter” width=“720”] A figure skating performance in honour of Teslin Russell on Friday. Russell died of a drug overdose on Dec. 31, 2016. (Charlie Senack/OttawaStart.com)[/caption] _ Charlie Senack – Special to OttawaStart.com _ Hundreds packed a Kanata arena Friday for a tribute in honour of Teslin Russell, a teen whose overdose death served as one of the wake-up calls for the Ottawa opioid crisis. ...

Jane’s Walk is a festival of free neighbourhood walking tours given by locals who care passionately about where they live, work and play. It is a pedestrian-focused event that improves urban literacy by offering insights into local history, planning, design, and civic engagement through the simple act of walking and observing. ...

Ottawa’s bid for the 2021 Canada Summer Games, the largest multi-sport event in the country, lost out to Niagara Region, officials announced Thursday. Organizers with the Canada Games Council announced the news in Toronto. City officials and organizers of Ottawa’s bid gathered at Ben Franklin Place to hear the news, which was streamed via Periscope. ...

[caption id=“attachment_64210” align=“aligncenter” width=“6000”] Hintonburg is going to have a lot more signs like this one on Fairmont Avenue. Dickson Davidson with the Hintonburg Community Association says new 40 km/h signs could be up by April at the earliest, after a petition to the city. ...

_ The following was written by Kanata mom Shelita Dattani, who is the associate director of professional development at the Canadian Pharmacists' Association. She also works _ _ part time as a pharmacist at the West Carleton Pharmasave in Carp and at Northwest Telepharmacy Solutions. ...

It’s funny how stuff happens, right? On Jan. 20 I attended a Citizens Academy (now Synapcity ) alumni event showcasing three organizations doing micro granting in the city. Soon after I ended up attending my first Soup Ottawa event with the new Executive Director of KidsUpFront Ottawa . ...

“My first thought every morning is to check that Paige is alive,” writes Kanata dad Sean O’Leary in a letter that’s been circulating in recent days on Facebook and through e-mail. Photo: Kotval O’Leary, whose daughter Paige is addicted to drugs, told OttawaStart. ...

Thousands joined together in downtown Ottawa Saturday for a sister event to the Women’s March on Washington, held in opposition of U.S. President Donald Trump. https://twitter.com/mpearson78/status/822834122959753216 https://twitter.com/adkveton/status/822833677440872448 https://twitter.com/TimTierney/status/822835173741961216 https://twitter.com/mpearson78/status/822832996864655361 https://twitter.com/spacingottawa/status/822837964191436800 https://twitter.com/TimTierney/status/822839277310607360 https://twitter.com/k8thek8/status/822838985680678913 https://twitter.com/JLeiper/status/822869314583851009