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Kristin Booth
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The Genies hit Ottawa: Canadian stars, Obama cookies

Capital Diarist Mitchel Raphael was there to capture all the action
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The 29th Annual Genie Awards came to Ottawa for the first time. Five MPs showed up. The stars came out. Backstage, CTV’s eTalk served the same cookies that Barack Obama bought when the U.S. president was in Ottawa. Everyone left with a bag of chips. (Text and photos by Mitchel Raphael.)

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