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  • Now we have a Sephora in Rideau Centre and that makes me sooooooooooooo happy!

    Makeup makes my world go ’round « Bored Mommy 2009

  • National Defence Headquarters, located at 101 Colonel By Drive in Ottawa and known to some as Disneyland on the Rideau is the scene these days of some policy disagreement between the Gordon O'Connor, Minister of National Defence, and General Rick Hillier, Chief of Defence Staff.

    Confusion at Disneyland? Ed Hollett 2007

  • We wont be asked to any more 'at homes' now, and the ball at 'Rideau' is next week, oh dear -- boo -- hoo -- hoo! "

    Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense [pseud.] Vera

  • John MacTaggart, a manager of the Rideau Canal, declared the Irish incapable of becoming “useful labourers.”

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • The Rideau Canal, the northern end, at least, begins in Ottawa, right beside Parliament Hill.

    PhotoHunter: Lock(s) « Mudpuddle 2009

  • Thirty-one years ago, while Rideau was serving a life sentence in prison for murder, he was awarded a George Polk Award for his work in journalism, one of the most coveted awards in the industry.

    Wilbert Rideau, Former Angola Prisoner, Receives Polk Award The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • CAEN, France (AFP) – French professional cyclist Fabien Taillefer (Team Véranda Rideau 72), currently under police investigation for doping, on Thursday admitted to taking drugs in an interview with a cycling website.

    Under investigation, French rider confesses to doping 2011

  • At a podium inside the Roosevelt Hotel last week, Wilbert Rideau, 69, stood before an audience of academics and journalists, as he prepared to deliver a speech more than three decades in the making.

    Wilbert Rideau, Former Angola Prisoner, Receives Polk Award The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • He was just at the point of writing “they [Lords of Treasury] cannot delay expressing their opinion to the Master General and Board of Ordnance on the conduct of Colonel By in carrying out this Work [the Rideau Canal].”

    PhotoHunter: Lock(s) « Mudpuddle 2009

  • The Rideau Canal is a working waterway, a historic feature, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

    PhotoHunter: Lock(s) « Mudpuddle 2009

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