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th Canadian Tulip Festival is underway, and for the second straight year, the event will be held virtually due to the COVID-19 restrictions. Residents are asked to avoid seeing the tulips in-person unless they live in the area, but still, many are heading to parks to view the blooms across the capital region. The sun is shining, the weather is warm and thousands of tulips are in full bloom across Ottawa. On Friday, which marks the start of the Canadian Tulip Festival, many people took advantage of the picture-perfect day to snap a photo of the tulips at Commissioners Park, near Dow’s Lake.
Posted: May 04, 2021 4:25 PM ET | Last Updated: May 4
The main entrance of the future Civic campus of The Ottawa Hospital will include a glass atrium that lets in natural light. The 11-storey south tower, with a helipad on its roof, and seven-storey north tower will house outpatient care clinics as well as inpatient units.(The Ottawa Hospital)
The design for The Ottawa Hospital s new Civic campus will showcase the future of health care, its CEO promised Tuesday a future shaped by lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The $2.8-billion campus at Dow s Lake is set to begin construction in 2024 and open in 2028, Cameron Love told city council members during a briefing.
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The night of May 4, 1971, François Richard of Saint-Jean Vianney in Quebec’s Saguenay Region, was glued to his TV set. It was Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals, Jean Béliveau leading the Montreal Canadiens against the Chicago Blackhawks.
It was a close game Chicago would end up winning 2-1 in overtime when Richard heard shouting outside. He went out to investigate and was stunned by what he saw. A section of town, larger than the area of Dow’s Lake, was disappearing into the Shipshaw River.
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