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Thursday, March 8, 2012 News worth sharing.

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Don’t buckle CUToutTHE CRAP of the Ottawa River on bike lanes: Councillor Ecology group wants to PAGE 4

Fast lane. Laurier Avenue logged 45,996 cycling trips in September and was the city’s busiest cycling route from October onward: City report STEVE COLLINS

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The chair of Ottawa’s transportation committee, Coun.

Keith Mailloux sits on a toilet on Britannia Beach Wednesday during an Ecology Ottawa press conference to demand federal funding to clean the Ottawa River. For more on Ecology Ottawa’s stink over the federal budget and water treatment see page 4. JOE LOFARO/METRO

Marianne Wilkinson, thinks it’s too early to start making changes to the segregated bike lanes on Laurier Avenue. Coun. Bob Monette, concerned the loss of on-street parking along Laurier is hurting nearby businesses, yesterday asked staff to look into the possibility of removing the south-side bike lane or relocating it to another street. Wilkinson said she’d rather wait for an interim report on the pilot project in November. “We’ll be putting that group together in the next

month or so and it will include representation from people living on the street and businesses and from cycling groups and from the city,” Wilkinson said, “So we’ll have a balanced group that will take a look at how it’s working, is there any areas where it can be improved, all of the different types of things you need to do when you’re doing a pilot project.” For more local news visit metronews.ca/ ottawa

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Colts move on without Peyton

Air Canada’s biggest union is threatning to strike just as the busy travel season gets under way PAGE 10

Team makes tough decision to cut iconic quarterback after 13 seasons

Using templates a great way to paint new wall designs PAGE 26

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