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[caption id=“attachment_83310” align=“aligncenter” width=“1000”] Chris Wang has a photo taken alongside his mentor for the day, Conservative MP Todd Doherty. (Devyn Barrie/OttawaStart.com)[/caption] It’s nice to see the old G.A. Snider Photographer sign on Bank Street finally has some company – and how appropriate that the mural that now sits below it was installed by Instagram. ...

Susan Sherring isn’t quite sure how many people are reading her blog – but at this point she doesn’t much care. The former Ottawa Sun columnist is back in the news scene with On the City, From the Burbs, which launched in September with a first post appropriately entitled “I’m back! ...

After being a well-known personality in mainstream journalism for 41 years, Carol Anne Meehan has decided to “walk out peacefully into the sunset.” Meehan was the face of CTV Ottawa for 27 years until she was unexpectedly let go in November 2015 in a swarm of cutbacks at the station. ...

[caption id=“attachment_67963” align=“aligncenter” width=“1000”] Mayor Jim Watson says OC Transpo bus drivers who operate in Gatineau will be instructed to ignore Bill 62, a new Quebec law which bans people from wearing face coverings which receiving public services. (Devyn Barrie/OttawaStart.com)[/caption] ...

[caption id=“attachment_81431” align=“aligncenter” width=“1000”] From left: Natalie, Steve and Darren Cody. “You can’t sit back and let things happen. You have to do something about it and that’s what we do.” says Steve of a bill that would dedicate 10 per cent of Ontario’s advertising budget to drug awareness. ...

[caption id=“attachment_81427” align=“aligncenter” width=“1000”] We the Parents, a group that advocates for opioid awareness, is launching a new recovery program. Steve Cody, a We the Parents member, speaks at a meeting last Thursday. (Charlie Senack for OttawaStart.com)[/caption] Advocacy group We the Parents held a meeting at the Kanata Recreation Centre on Thursday to give an update on the growing opioid crisis and a smart recovery program coming to Kanata. ...

Sen. Vern White is using his experience as Ottawa’s former chief of police to help battle the opioid crisis in Canada – and he’s making progress. White, who last year got the government to restrict six chemicals used to make fentanyl, spoke to a group of concerned residents at the Canterbury Recreation Centre on Sept. ...

Gov. Gen. David Johnston and Sharon Johnston wrapped up their seven-year mandate on Thursday with a slew of official activities. The Johnstons began the day by laying a cornerstone at the new visitor centre on Parliament Hill, to “underline the importance of public education about our national institutions and to mark the construction of the first new building on Parliament Hill in over a century,” said a news release from Rideau Hall. ...

The current US administration hoped to build a new relationship with Russia. Instead, tensions have increased. US intelligence agencies have reported that Russia interfered in the US presidential election. Experts believe Russian influence operations will next target Germany. Russia’s Zapad war games in eastern Europe have further increased suspicions of Russian intentions. ...

[caption id=“attachment_80120” align=“aligncenter” width=“1000”] Governor General David Johnston eyes an ice sculpture during Savour Fall – his last event at Rideau Hall before the end of his term. (Charlie Senack for OttawaStart.com)[/caption] Governor General David Johnston hosted his last event at Rideau Hall on Saturday before handing over the vice-regal reins to former astronaut Julie Payette on Oct. ...