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Join and support Final Round Club in Ottawa and their initiative with the Youth Program that was recently created to help keep the kids in Ottawa off the streets, out of the trouble and gangs. So that we all would live in a nice, safe and peaceful city with no gun shooting between teenager gangs. ...

The Ottawa Bullying Prevention Coalition presented its first-ever event for parents to help their children with bullying. The ** Bullying - What Can Parents Do? Let’s Talk About It… ** event this evening brought together key partners including mental-health experts, researchers, and school board and police representatives to support parents, with the goal of building a more supportive and safe community for all those impacted by bullying. ...

Parents and guardians of children and youth with disabilities are invited to attend this year’s Special Needs Camp Fair. Summer programs offered in Ottawa and the surrounding area will be showcased and more than 50 camp providers and agencies will be available to answer questions. ...

** Hillcrest High School ** ** & ** ** Free the Children ** ** Give Where You Live Presentation ** ** Monday, February 23, 2015 ** ** 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. ** ** 1900 Dauphin Rd. ** ...

Reading can help children surpass their own expectations and overcome obstacles. When children find the right book at the right time, the world opens, and everything becomes possible. In conjunction with Scholastic’s “Open a World of Possible” reading initiative and Usher’s New Look BIGGERTHAN Words initiative, the “ BIGGERTHAN Booklist Challenge ” gave students in grades 3–8 the opportunity to actively connect with and share the power of reading in their lives. ...

Self-proclaimed kidult Matt Edwards is making a book all about faces in the strangest places! Edwards has spent years taking photographs of faces in everything from door handles to hose valves, and has put them all together in That Faces Book. ...

Pick up a Grade 4 & 5 SnowPass for your child and show them just how fun winter sports can be! Winter is in full swing and Canadians everywhere are knee-deep in snow and loving it. Most of the country has been gifted with a generous helping of snow, and skiers and snowboarders know that this is the best time to hit the hills and have the ride of your life. ...

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Seriously. Ottawa’s Kelp Records is releasing a new recording from the HILOTRONS (also from Ottawa) not on CD, not on cassette, not on vinyl … but on a plastic Fisher Price record. Here’s the press release: This week, Kelp Records will commemorate the Toronto edition of the [ International Label Market ](https://go. ...

The cutest photo we’ve seen from Ottawa Comiccon, featuring a stand-off between Boba Fett and a young stormtrooper. Photo by Kellie Fongski, used by permission. ** Update: ** The young man is a clone trooper, not a stormtrooper. I stand corrected. ...