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_ (Via Ottawa Senators) _ ** OTTAWA ** The [ Ottawa Senators ](http://senators.nhl.com/index.html) ( [ @Senators ](http://www.twitter.com/Senators) ) announced today the roster for the Senators Alumni Classic, which is set to take place on Friday, Dec. 15, at 7 p. ...

[caption id=“attachment_84124” align=“aligncenter” width=“720”] Rendering of Parliament Hill rink. (Canadian Heritage)[/caption] Skating passes for the Parliament Hill rink became available Tuesday and most skating times for opening day Thursday appeared booked by evening. The free passes are available at canada150rink.com and must be reserved 48 hours in advance of skating time, which is limited to 40 minutes. ...

Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson is looking to set up a community news site to replace the _ Kanata Kourier-Standard _ , which is to be closed in January, writes Paul Adams, an _ iPolitics _ columnist. The _ Kourier-Standard _ is closing along with _ Metro Ottawa _ and seven other Ottawa community newspapers previously owned by Torstar Corp. ...

While voting day won’t be until later in the month, the earliest you’ll be able to cast a ballot for mayor, councillor and school board trustee in 2018 is 10 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 4. Rick O’Connor, the city clerk and solicitor, set the dates for 2018 advanced polls in a memo to city council on Tuesday, outlining the dates and locations. ...

With its website launched last week and logo drawn up on a napkin, Ottawa’s newest media outlet is rolling with a core staff of uOttawa students and some contributors from around the community. _ Undercurrent Ottawa _ takes a new approach to local news, focusing on the “intersection” of politics and social justice in the capital, which the outlet’s founders say is often underestimated. ...

_ "That daily experience of seeing your local places, names and events creates a kind of resonance and connection and investment with where you live. Canadians pay a lot of lip service to the importance of telling Canadian stories. We are so used to seeing American references that just watching a movie, for example, set in a Canadian place will “charge us up” with local feeling. ...

The Stittsville News is one of eight local community papers that will be closed after a swap between Postmedia and Torstar. (File photo) Nine Ottawa-area newspapers will be shuttered after a trade between Canada’s two largest newspaper chains. The swap, announced Monday, saw Postmedia Network Canada Corp. ...

[caption id=“attachment_84122” align=“aligncenter” width=“1000”] Artist’s representation of the propose redesign for Nepean Point. (via NCC)[/caption] _ (Via NCC) _ ** Canada’s Capital Region ** —The winning concept for the Nepean Point redevelopment, entitled Big River Landscape, submitted by Janet Rosenberg & Studio Inc. ...

As cutbacks sweep across Canadian media outlets, Melissa Lamb, one of the presenters of CTV Ottawa Morning Live, was laid off due to “restructuring,” Lamb confirmed in a Facebook post on Nov. 16. Lamb found out about the news at around 10:30 a. ...

[caption id=“attachment_83853” align=“aligncenter” width=“1000”] The Downie and Wenjack families onstage during a tribute to Gord Downie at We Day in Ottawa on Wednesday. (Charlie Senack for OttawaStart.com)[/caption] The family of Gord Downie took to the stage at We Day on Wednesday for a moving tribute to the late songwriter. ...