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NHL ALL STARS COMING OTTAWA?

Posted By: Jeff www.ezrock.com · 9/7/2010 1:45:00 PM

The NHL's best of the best could be coming to Scotiabank Place next season.

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman will be in Ottawa for a Sept. 15 luncheon at the Chateau Laurier, along with Senators owner Eugene Melnyk and GM Bryan Murray.

League sources say Bettman could also use the forum to confirm the Senators and City of Ottawa will host the NHL all-star weekend for the first time -- from Jan 26-29, 2012.

That would coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Senators re-entry into the league in 1992-93. In February, more than 25 teams made bids for the 2011-12 all-star weekends.

While the Toronto Maple Leafs, who hosted the weekend in 2000, also made a bid for the 2012 game, Ottawa is the only Canadian city that has never hosted the premiere event.

 

League sources say Melnyk was promised an all-star weekend by Bettman after Scotiabank Place hosted ...

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Is this what celebs are using to beat the paparazzi?

Posted By: Jeff www.ezrock.com · 9/6/2010 9:40:00 AM
 
Simple....but, it works. I guess that was Jennifer Aniston.
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"NEW" Beatles album..just a reminder.

Posted By: Jeff www.ezrock.com · 9/6/2010 8:09:00 AM
BEATLES compilation albums 1962-1966 and 1967-1970 -- also known as the "Red" and "Blue" albums -- are being re-mastered and released on October 15th. The albums were first released in 1973, three years after the band broke up. Included in the re-issues will be the original liner notes, an extended booklet and rare photos of the Fab Four. The albums are being re-mastered by engineers at Abbey Road Studios.
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Holiday Monday - what's open!

Posted By: Jeff www.ezrock.com · 9/3/2010 5:36:00 PM

OPEN

City of Ottawa's 311 contact line for urgent matters (TTY 613-580-2401)

  • OC Transpo will operate with a Sunday schedule. Sales and information centres are open Monday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Lincoln Fields, Place d'Orléans and St. Laurent, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Rideau Centre. The OC Transpo information line will operate from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. (613-741-4390).
  • STO will also operate on a Sunday schedule.
  • Some city pools, arenas, and fitness centres will be open with modified schedules. Check with the facility to confirm or visit Ottawa.ca.
  • Most SAQ Classique and Express outlets in Quebec
  • Most businesses and vendors in the ByWard Market

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 Ottawa City Hall, city client service centres, public libraries and bookmobile service, provincial offences court, and city-operated child care centres.

  • Banks and the Toronto Stock Exchange
  • Shopping centres except for the Rideau Centre
  • Supermarkets except for the Metro ...
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School Funding...why it's out of whack.

Posted By: Jeff www.ezrock.com · 9/2/2010 4:23:00 PM

A report has been tabled by a parent-led group exposed fundraising inequities, where some schools are raising as much as $200,000, while others are raising $0. All involved are scared it could turn into a two-tiered system.

 

That means gone are the days of chocolate-covered goodness from your co-workers in support of their little ones trip to Toronto or new computers.

 
I say this is wrong - the gov't has messed up spending so bad that this is the only way for programs and equipment to funnel into the school...then so be it.
 
 
Shame on you gov't. It's your fault; and the kids suffer.
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