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Bucket Brigade keeping downtown core clean

Ottawa – City of Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson today announced the official start of the City’s Bucket Brigade program during a media event at City Hall. The Bucket Brigade is a crew of summer students hired to reduce litter in downtown neighbourhoods that see an increase in both tourist and pedestrian traffic during the summer months.

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Majic 100 Morning Show hosts receive the Mayor’s City Builder Award

Ottawa – Mayor Jim Watson, Councillor Steve Desroches and Councillor Allan Hubley, today presented the Mayor’s City Builder Award to the Majic 100 Morning Show hosts, Stu Schwartz, whom everyone knows as Stuntman Stu, Angie Poirier and Trisha Owens for their outstanding community service and public advocacy in raising awareness about bullying.

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Province and City Celebrate Start of Highway 417 Expansion Work

Ottawa – Bob Chiarelli, MPP for Ottawa West-Nepean and Phil McNeely, MPP for Ottawa-Orléans today joined His Worship, Jim Watson, Mayor of the City of Ottawa and members of City Council to officially break ground on the expansion of Highway 417 from Nicholas Street to Ottawa Road 174.

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Gilles LeVasseur receives the Mayor’s City Builder Award

Ottawa – Mayor Jim Watson and Alta Vista Ward Councillor Peter Hume, today honoured Mr. Gilles LeVasseur with the Mayor’s City Builder Award recognizing his many philanthropic contributions to the City of Ottawa including the work he has done for Ontario’s Francophone community through his writings and volunteer work.

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Preferred western LRT route protects Byron Linear Park and parkway

Ottawa – The preferred proposed route for the western extension of Ottawa’s light-rail service has been identified by the City of Ottawa after hearing community concerns over the possible loss of greenspace and disruption of west-end neighbourhoods.

“The Richmond Underground proposal would protect the Byron Linear Park and keep LRT off the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway, while giving neighbourhoods easy access to the Confederation Line,”

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Cleaning the Capital launches 20th year of community cleanups

Ottawa – Today, celebrations were held to recognize the 20th year of keeping the city clean through the Tim Hortons Cleaning the Capital. Residents joined Mayor Jim Watson, Tim Hortons and City Councillors in celebrating the start of this year’s city-wide spring campaign, taking place April 15 to May 15.

To kick off the campaign’s 20th year, a Harlem Shake video featuring Mayor Watson, Tim Hortons, and 40 Cleaning the Capital participants was debuted at the launch at Marion Dewar Plaza.

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Gay Cook and Grete Hale, C.M. receive the Mayor’s City Builder Award

Ottawa – Mayor Jim Watson and Kitchissippi Ward Councillor Katherine Hobbs today honoured local luminary sisters Gay (Grace) Cook and Grete (Marguerite) Hale with the Mayor’s City Builder Award for their endeavours in business, education, philanthropy and volunteerism, and for their many contributions to the City of Ottawa.

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Mayor Watson declares April 9, 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Day in Ottawa

Ottawa– As Canada’s national women’s hockey team will compete for either gold or bronze tomorrow, Mayor Jim Watson has declared April 9, 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Day in Ottawa.