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• Where Gatineau lies on a list of Canadian cities with highest shares of renters, at 39.7 per cent. Ottawa comes in at #20 with 36 per cent. Montréal had the highest share of renters, with 63.4% of its residents renting. (Point2Homes)
  

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Dr Aisha Sherazi and Rabbi Menachem Blum

• The duo have been presented with the Ottawa Carleton District School Board’s Excellence in Equity Award, recognizing their 14-years of conducting groundbreaking workshops fostering unity between Muslim and Jewish communities. (Barrhaven Independent) 
  

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• President of the Ottawa-Carleton Wildlife Centre, Donna DuBreuil, describing how the City of Ottawa handles beaver management. By law, the City must manage beaver colonies because of how the critters block waterways and cause floods. The current system involves hiring licenced trappers who use ‘lethal’ methods to control beaver populations.  (Faith Greco at CBC)
  

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