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Underneath Premier Kathleen Wynne’s approachable exterior is a steely politician who has beaten the odds — a number of times — and isn’t about to take the mess she inherited from her predecessor lying down, writes Joanne Chianello.

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From left, Edie Fisher, Peter Fisher and Naomi Fowlie arrive in a 1960 Rolls Royce to the Ottawa Little Theatre's 100th Birthday Gala held Thursday, March 9, 2013, at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier.

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The jury is back and the verdict is in: Ottawa lawyers delivered a praiseworthy and polished performance...


 

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Ottawa Symphony Orchestra Review: Quality over quantity performance ends season

Marco Parisotto is a conductor whose name isn’t familiar to most Ottawa music lovers, though some...


 

Hewitt

Pianist Angela Hewitt will record a disc that includes two Mozart concertos with NACO this summer, the first CD from the orchestra in a decade.

A Mozart collaboration

For the first time in a decade the National Arts Centre Orchestra will record a compact disc.


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Melody A. Johnson stars in Miss Caledonia, about a farm girl who hopes that winning a beauty pageant will be her ticket to Hollywood. It’s based on her late mother’s life.

Miss Caledonia: Twirling batons, down on the farm

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How Canada is winning the race in recruiting skilled immigrants while the U.S. lags behind

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One would think a successful business in Calgary's booming economy would have nowhere to go but up. That wasn’t the case for Gerard Curran, owner of the James Joyce Pub. In fact, economic growth...
 
 
 

Gerrard Curran says he was spending $2,000 to find qualified servers to work at the James Joyce Pub in Calgary before he turned to the TFW program

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