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It looks as if Haunted Walk of Ottawa‘s long-running tours of the historic HI-Ottawa Jail Hostel may receive a stay of execution.

Last week it appeared the 20-year relationship between the two Ottawa tourism mainstays was on the rocks after the hostel advised Haunted Walk that its contract to conduct historic and ghost tours wouldn’t be renewed when it expires on June 26, 2016.

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But Monday, Hostelling International Canada, which owns the hostel, issued a news release saying it did not wish to end public tours of the old Ottawa jail and “regrets the misinformation that has been shared through the media, alarming both visitors and residents of the city.”

In an interview Monday, Alistair McLean, Hostelling International Canada’s acting executive director, said the two sides plan to meet later this fall.

“There have been misunderstandings on both sides,” he said. “I think and I hope that there will be a common ground between the two parties.”