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[caption id=“attachment_78151” align=“aligncenter” width=“1000”] Tanya Spirak, a board member for addictions advocacy group We The Parents, says the public drug education curriculum needs to be more thorough. (Charlie Senack for OttawaStart.com)[/caption] Dozens gathered at the Human Rights Monument in Ottawa on Thursday to remember the lives of those who have died from drug overdoses during a ceremony to commemorate International Overdose Awareness Day. ...

[caption id=“attachment_77957” align=“aligncenter” width=“1000”] Lisa MacLeod, Nepean-Carleton MPP, speaks at a community picnic on Sunday. (Charlie Senack for OttawaStart.com)[/caption] The lack of an official award to commemorate Canada’s 150 th led Lisa MacLeod to launch her own to recognize residents from her community who do good things. ...

[caption id=“attachment_74784” align=“aligncenter” width=“1296”] Long Ma during a final battle with Kumo, the spider, in La Machine on Sunday. The performance proved enormous benefit to nearby businesses thanks to the thousands who turned out to watch it. (Charlie Senack for OttawaStart. ...

[caption id=“attachment_73151” align=“aligncenter” width=“1000”] Ottawa police volunteer auxiliary and regular officers on Albert Street near Bluesfest. Private security handles most of the festival, although there are some officers on duty. (Charlie Senack for OttawaStart.com)[/caption] City officials and Bluesfest organizers held an emergency meeting Friday to discuss safety issues highlighted by a particularly rowdy crowd at the festival the night before, Somerset Coun. ...

** By Rev. Grant Dillenbeck ** On Sunday, June 25, Stittsville United Church received an unexpected visit from members of the Kanata Muslim Association (KMA). They came to deliver a gift of sweets and a letter of appreciation to Stittsville United Church for their support following the tragic shooting at the Quebec City Mosque in January 2017. ...

[caption id=“attachment_65587” align=“aligncenter” width=“1038”] (Aaron Toth/ Flickr )[/caption] And you thought your property tax bill was high… Somebody was asking the other day in a local Facebook group how much the Senators pay in property tax is each year, and how much of that goes to Stittsville. ...

[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 owner of the Magna Terra marijuana dispensary chain is among seven arrested and charged after police raids on his two Ottawa dispensaries and a private house Tuesday. The raids resulted in the seizure of a loaded .44 calibre Desert Eagle handgun, marijuana and other drugs, cash, documents and computers and cell phones, according to Ottawa Police. ...

Good shot by Erin Nicks of Pretty Pots in Stittsville: https://twitter.com/erinmnicks/status/841422571048439809

_ 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. ...