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	<title>Ottawa Festivals d'Ottawa: Ottawa's Festival Headquarters &#124; Les Informations de Festival d'Ottawa</title>
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		<title>NCC Calls Winterlude Opening Weekend &#8220;Very Positive&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Phil Gaudreau
CFRA
The National Capital Commission is quite pleased with the first weekend of Winterlude.
Senior Vice President Guy Laflamme tells CFRA News attendance has been excellent. &#8220;If I count the number of smiles I have encountered, I think people were extremely pleased and happy with what they experienced.&#8221;
Laflamme is chalking some of the success up to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Découvrez Art Éco sur la patinoire du canal Rideau : L’exposition met en vedette, sur la plus grande patinoire du monde, la vision artistique des jeunes Canadiennes et Canadiens d&#8217;un océan à l&#8217;autre</title>
		<description><![CDATA[La Commission de la capitale nationale (CCN) invite les médias et le grand public à visiter Art Éco à la Galerie Dows, sur la patinoire du canal Rideau. L’exposition met en valeur des œuvres photographiques des jeunes canadiens, âgés de 14 à 24 ans, sélectionnés dans le cadre d’un concours national de photographie sous le [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ottawafestivals.ca/news/decouvrez-art-eco-sur-la-patinoire-du-canal-rideau-l%e2%80%99exposition-met-en-vedette-sur-la-plus-grande-patinoire-du-monde-la-vision-artistique-des-jeunes-canadiennes-et-canadiens-dun-ocean-a/</link>
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		<title>Discover Eco Art on the Rideau Canal Skateway: Exhibit showcases the artistic vision of young Canadians from coast to coast  on the world’s largest skating rink</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Capital Commission (NCC) invites the media and the public to visit Eco Art at Dows Gallery, on the Rideau Canal Skateway. The exhibit features the work of young Canadian photographers, aged 14 to 24, selected through an environmentally themed national youth photography contest.
Of the 40 winning photographs, three artists have been awarded a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grants Ontario is Live: Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Grants Ontario an online tool that provides one-window access to information about grants offered by the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, and the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration.
Grants Ontario supports elements of the 2011 Partnership Project report where non-profit organizations asked the Ontario Government to ‘&#8230; institute standardized application forms, timelines accountability and reporting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ottawafestivals.ca/blog/grants-ontario-is-live-ministry-of-tourism-culture-and-sport/</link>
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		<title>He skates and skates and skates &#8230; and scores</title>
		<description><![CDATA[JOE LOFARO /                                                      [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ottawafestivals.ca/news/he-skates-and-skates-and-skates-and-scores/</link>
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		<title>Capital Pride organizers want grace period on outdoor smoking ban</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Neco Cockburn, The Ottawa Citizen

Jean Levac, The Ottawa Citizen
A proposed smoking ban on municipal properties such as City Hall could hurt  attendance at the Capital Pride festival, say organizers who are calling for a  grace period this summer if the new rules are approved.
Proposed bylaw amendments would see smoking prohibited on city properties [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ottawafestivals.ca/news/capital-pride-organizers-want-grace-period-on-outdoor-smoking-ban/</link>
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		<title>Winterlude bigger, more weatherproof than ever, NCC says</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Maria Cook, The Ottawa Citizen

Photograph by: Wayne Cuddington, Ottawa Citizen
Traditional favourites such as ice sculptures at Confederation Park are now  joined by new events such as the Ottawa Winter Jazz Festival.
Winterlude runs for three weeks until February 20.
“We wanted to put in place a program that is even less vulnerable to  fluctuating weather [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blizzart adds some northern passion: 10 new Winterlude installations help weatherproof artistic endeavours</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Peter Simpson, Ottawa Citizen

Photograph courtesy of The Ottawa Citizen, by: Bruno Schlumberger 
If you&#8217;re trying to interest your young children in contemporary art, then  Confederation Park is the place for you. Winterlude has brought 10 installations  to the park, and while the pieces are hit-and-miss artistically, most are sure  to fire a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ottawafestivals.ca/news/blizzart-adds-some-northern-passion-10-new-winterlude-installations-help-weatherproof-artistic-endeavours/</link>
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		<title>Get your body movin’ at Winterlude: events include Winterlude Triathlon, annual Bed Race, skating demonstrations and Pond Hockey Classic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PAULINE ANDERSON / METRO OTTAWA

The Ottawa area is synonymous with winter sports and Winterlude certainly lives up to that reputation.
The three weeks of festivities are replete with events that range from deadly serious to the downright goofy.
This year’s highlight is Hockey Day in Canada, Feb 11 at 7 a.m. It features the Guinness World Record [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ottawafestivals.ca/news/get-your-body-movin%e2%80%99-at-winterlude-events-include-winterlude-triathlon-annual-bed-race-skating-demonstrations-and-pond-hockey-classic/</link>
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		<title>Skate back in history with Portraits on Ice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TERESA CHIYKOWSKI / METRO OTTAWA
If you plan to take in some of the exciting sights of Winterlude this month, don’t be surprised to skate upon an art exhibit of a different kind — Portraits on the Ice. This refreshing outdoor gallery returns to the Rideau Canal Feb. 3, this time to mark the 200th anniversary [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ottawafestivals.ca/news/skate-back-in-history-with-portraits-on-ice/</link>
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