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In this instalment of My Ottawa Life, Stuntman Stu lets readers in on his favourite hairdresser, his preferred retailer — you’ll never guess it — and his go-to spot for the best in pub fare. Oh, then there’s why he wants to be reincarnated as a reptile, which tourism attraction he has yet to check out, and why he lost spending privileges in his marriage. 

CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at the top five stories on our website this week.

Newstalk 580 CFRA will be celebrating its 75th anniversary with special programming on Tuesday.

CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at five stories to watch in Ottawa this week.

Even from his earliest days, the Toronto-born and raised Atkinson seemed to have entertainment in his blood. He got his start in the late 1940s as a Canadian publicist for Decca Records, the U.K. label that was home to Bing Crosby’s "White Christmas," before making a break for local radio. Atkinson’s first stops were at CFRB-AM in Toronto from 1948 to 1950 and then CHUM-AM from 1950 to 1954. But it was a move to the nation’s capital in 1954, where he took a gig at CFRA-AM, that offered Atkinson the opportunity to really make a splash as the host of "Campus Corner," a two-hour weekend sh...