• UPDATE: Watson threatens to cancel casino plan over funding formula fight

  March 15, 2013 - 13 h 48

  Mayor Jim Watson is threatening to pull the city out of the bidding process that could see a new casino built in Ottawa unless the municipality receives the same revenue sharing deal as Toronto.

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• Football, soccer success key to making Lansdowne retail work: Ashe

  March 6, 2013 - 15 h 18

  Court cases, battles with local residents and delays – the organization attempting to redevelop Lansdowne Park has been through so much one could be forgiven for thinking the heavy lifting on the project is in the past.

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• National Gallery to eliminate 29 positions

  March 1, 2013 - 8 h 44

  The National Gallery of Canada announced Thursday it is eliminating 29 positions, the latest player in Ottawa’s tourism industry to cut back due to a money shortage.

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• The rise of sports tourism in Ottawa

  February 28, 2013 - 15 h 15

  It’s hard to believe given the upcoming schedule at Scotiabank Place, but at one time the city’s largest entertainment promoter wasn’t very good when it came to bringing in one-off sporting events.

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• Cinespace backs out of Ottawa film studio negotiations

  February 27, 2013 - 13 h 19

  Ottawa’s economic development agency is once again looking for a private-sector partner to build a sound stage in the city after the Toronto film studio they chose last year backed out of the process, a local official says.

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• Does Ottawa’s film industry need public subsidies?

  February 19, 2013 - 8 h 32

  While Ottawa was shivering through a deep freeze in late January, Invest Ottawa’s Blair Patacairk was in sunny Hollywood meeting with executives from film heavyweights such as Warner Bros. and Walt Disney.

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• Mayfair Theatre's Orleans location closes doors

  February 13, 2013 - 13 h 33

  An independently-owned Ottawa movie theatre well-known for showing second-run films is shutting out the lights at its east-end location.

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• Senators, Chrysler dealers announce three-year sponsorship agreement

  January 21, 2013 - 14 h 24

  The Ottawa Senators had some positive news to announce Monday as part of their efforts to get sponsorship dollars back to normal after a months-long lockout that cancelled a good deal of the National Hockey League season.

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• Rideau Carleton security guards at odds with OLG over parking

  January 18, 2013 - 12 h 08

  Talks between management and the union representing security guards at the Rideau Carleton Raceway are on hiatus after the two sides last met earlier this week.

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• Bernie Ashe to head Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group

  January 17, 2013 - 16 h 14

  The team that’s redeveloping Lansdowne Park has hired a well-known executive in the city’s tech, homebuilding and sports sectors to oversee the project’s entertainment operations.

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