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OTTAWA — The National Capital Commission has granted the parties involved in a dispute over a plan to build a community featuring a new downtown arena for the Ottawa Senators more time to resolve their differences before cancelling their development agreement.

The NCC board said in a statement Monday that they agreed to extend the mediation date to Feb. 28 after a request was put forward by Judge Warren Winkler last week.

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The NCC said it remains “committed to the redevelopment of LeBreton Flats.”

“While the NCC has prepared next steps to bring forward at a future Board meeting, it respects the ongoing mediation process led by the Hon. Warren K. Winkler, Q.C., and will not take further actions nor make further statements on this matter at this time,” the NCC said.

Senators owner Eugene Melnyk’s Capital Sports Management Inc. filed a $700-million lawsuit against Trinity Development Group founder John Ruddy and GBA Development and Project Management president Graham Bird in November. A statement of claim alleged “a number of breaches, all arising out of a conflict of interest, that directly resulted in the failure of the partnership.”