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12th annual butterfly show set to kick off

SEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/09/28/12th-annual-butterfly-show-set-to-kick-off From science geeks to Girl Scouts, large crowds will be admiring insects when Carleton University’s 12th annual live butterfly show kicks off Saturday. “It’s something about seeing them free, it’s just very appealing,” said biology student Amanda Lindeman, 25, who’s working toward her PhD. More than 11,000 people attended last year. “It’s […]

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Book tells war veterans’ tales

SEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2010/11/03/15950761.html#/news/ottawa/2010/11/03/pf-15948911.html In 1939, at the age of 15, Gerald Fry fled Germany for England. “Germany was not a place for Jews, and our family had a background of over 400 years,” the 86-year-old Ottawa resident said. He enlisted in the British army and ended up fighting the Nazis, serving from D-Day to VE-Day. […]

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