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Why is it so hard for Ottawa to shed the label of “the city that fun forgot”?
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Why is it so hard for Ottawa to shed the label of “the city that fun forgot”?

It’s been decades since the late columnist Allan Fotheringham dubbed Ottawa “the town fun forgot.” So why does that stale old stereotype persist? Host Robyn Bresnahan meets a cast of characters with theories and ideas of the story the city should be telling about itself.

This is Ottawa · CBC

March 18, 202415m 4s

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It’s been decades since the late columnist Allan Fotheringham dubbed Ottawa “the town fun forgot.” So why does that stale old stereotype persist? Host Robyn Bresnahan meets a cast of characters with theories and ideas of the story the city should be telling about itself.