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Caffeine 1Up builds community with coffee -- and videogames

[caption id=“attachment_79898” align=“aligncenter” width=“1000”] From left: Heather Powell, owner of Caffeine 1Up, and James Trelford, a barista who’s worked there since it opened. The independent coffee shop is celebrating its first anniversary on Tuesday. (Devyn Barrie/OttawaStart.com)[/caption] Caffeine 1Up’s website describes its owner as a level 58 barista and a level nine business owner. ...

Henry Burris, former Redblacks QB, receives Key to the City

[caption id=“attachment_78691” align=“aligncenter” width=“1024”] Henry Burris, former Redblacks quarterback, recieves the Key to the City from Mayor Jim Watson on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017. (via City of Ottawa)[/caption] _ (Via City of Ottawa) _ ** Ottawa ** – Thursday evening, Mayor Jim Watson presented the Key to the City to Henry Burris, current CTV Morning Live Host and former REDBLACKS quarterback, at a ceremony at City Hall. ...

International Overdose Awareness Day a chance to reflect on Ottawa's progress against opioid crisis

[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. ...

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Remembering Dieppe Raid: A ceremony days late and a new museum exhibit

[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/lac-bac/4678559293/in/photolist-88u5Qf-cvH5zq-88qQXi-88qRv6-88qQFp-88qQSK-cvH5ZU-cvH5nQ-cvH5US-88qQTX-88u6kY-cvH5Mh-cvH5vw-88u5VL-cvH5ro-cvH5YL-cvH5pG-88qQEg-cvH5t3-cvH5y5-cvH5X1-88u5Bu-88qRtx-88u5Ah-88qQCH) The official Ottawa ceremony to mark 75 years since the Dieppe Raid will take place on Tuesday, rather than the actual anniversary on Saturday. The Dieppe Raid took place on Aug. 19, 1942 and ended with over 900 Canadian soldiers dead. ...