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Alex Trebek announced his diagnosis in a YouTube video Wednesday. Earlier this week Alex Trebek, Jeopardy host and University of Ottawa alumus, announced he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Here’s the announcement: A Message from Alex Trebek: pic.twitter.com/LbxcIyeTCF — Jeopardy! (@Jeopardy) March 6, 2019 He says he’ll beat the low survival rates of the disease because “Under the terms of my contract, I have to host Jeopardy for three more years! ...

Photo from 2017 via Ottawa Bluesfest Facebook page. Via RBC Bluesfest RBC Bluesfest organizers today announced a star-packed lineup for their 25th anniversary edition. From iconic classic-rock favourites to today’s top trending acts, this year’s festival boasts a wealth of world-class talent for what has become an Ottawa institution. ...

Artist’s rendering of a finished St-Laurent Station. (via ligneconfederationline.ca) “Third time was not the charm,” says CBC Ottawa. “LRT builder nets unflattering hat trick,” the Ottawa Citizen added. LRT builder Rideau Transit Group, or RTG, confirmed on Tuesday that it will miss the March 31 deadline to have the $2. ...

The Goulbourn Rec Complex, file photo by Barry Gray. This recently came across the OttawaStart news desk, via the City of Ottawa: “Mayor Jim Watson, Stittsville Ward Councillor Glen Gower and Greg Graham, President Cardel Homes Ottawa, will officially unveil the new naming rights partnership of the Goulbourn Recreation Complex. ...

The hill by moonlight. Photo by J. Michel Carriere via the OttawaStart Flickr pool. International Women’s Day is a time to celebrate the achievements of women in our city and around the globe. While it formally falls on March 8, 2019, typically it is observed throughout the whole week. ...

The City of Ottawa invites residents to the launch of the project to develop the new Official Plan. The Official Plan is the strategic document that guides our city’s growth and development, and it will impact how and where the city will grow around us, now and for years to come. ...

The city is hiring students for the summer. (OttawaStart photo) The City of Ottawa is hiring students for at least 78 gigs this summer. Applications opened earlier this month and close March 1, so there’s plenty of time left to get that dream job with the city, at least for a few weeks. ...

The Ottawa Citizen/Sun building at 1101 Baxter Rd. (Google Maps) There’s space for lease in the Ottawa Citizen/Sun office building. The Regional Group, which recently bought the building on Baxter Road from Postmedia for an undisclosed sum, has posted an ad for 35,000 square feet of available space in the building for office or retail use. ...

MPs take a group photo in January 2019 inside the new House of Commons in West Block. (Photo via Speaker’s Office/@HoCSpeaker) The new homes of the House of Commons and Senate are now open for tours. The two houses of Parliament relocated, the Commons to West Block and the Senate to the old Government Conference Centre, because of the closure of Centre Block for rehabilitation work that is expected to last at least 10 years. ...

“Give us the deets.” (Screenshot from The Room) There’s a scene in The Room, greatest film ever produced, in which Tommy Wiseau asks his best friend a truly relevant question. “Anyway, how’s your sex life?" Apt613 has also got some questions in their Big O-Town Sex Survey. ...