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• The number of years since the founding of the Ottawa Lions Track and Field Club. In that half century, the Club has developed ‘22 Olympians, 17 Paralympians, won nearly 200 international medals, captured more than 1,700 national championship medals, and earned more than 3,600 gold, silver and bronze rewards at provincial championships’. (Martin Cleary in Ottawa Sport Pages)
  

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Mark Laroche

• The president and chief executive officer of the Ottawa Airport Authority has announced his retirement after 11 years in the job. Larouche says the Airport is planning to use 500 acres of its land for a massive solar farm. (Catherline Morrison in the Ottawa Citizen)
  

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I loved serving my country. I was so proud of it, but I was fired because I am a lesbian and it was a difficult period in my life

• Michelle Douglas, who was honourably discharged from the Canadian Forces in 1989 after the military discovered she was a lesbian. Douglas then sued the Canadian Forces, ending its ban on gay and lesbian members. The Federal Government broke ground yesterday on a memorial to those public servants who were hounded from their jobs for being gay. (Safiyah Marhnouj at CBC) (Monument design)