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OC Transpo is free all weekend for Ottawa 200: buses, O-Train Lines 1, 2 and 4, and Para Transpo, from 3 am Saturday Sept. 26 to 3 am Monday Sept. 28. Details

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Ottawa 200: Celebrate the City's 200th Birthday

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Ottawa turns 200. Bytown was founded in 1826, and the city is celebrating with a block party at City Hall, Nuit Blanche, SoundScape, free museum days and more. Here is every bicentennial event on our radar.

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