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• The number of years that the Ottawa RedBlacks have been fielding a team in the Canadian Football League. To commemorate the decade, the team is releasing a ‘new look’ uniform paying homage to the Ottawa Rough Riders, the city’s team between 1876 and 1996. (Don Brennan in the Ottawa Citizen)
  

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Dr. Robin Roscoe

• Dr Roscoe was the final speaker at the groundbreaking of the new Ottawa Valley Wild Bird Care Centre, June 1, one of only eight avian specialists in Canada. The Centre rescues over 3,500 birds per year. (Ottawa Valley Wild Bird Care Centre) (Press Release) 
  

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A piece of me will always remain in Ottawa, and trust from this day, I will be your biggest supporter

• Chief executive officer and general manger of Atlético Ottawa, Fernando Lopez, who has stepped down from the club. Lopez moved here from Spain five years ago to launch Atlético. (Ottawa Citizen)