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The new one-city
plan sets the stage for a dramatic political battle between Ottawa’s
two most socially active politicians.
Where will you be?
A Centretown group
is trying to wipe out a prostitution problem in its neighbourhood
by convincing the courts to consider community impact statements
in the sentencing of sex-trade workers and johns.
Residents and politicians
have minor concerns.
Wider sidewalks,
more speed humps, slower traffic and, according to some people,
more unnecessary hassles.
Guards are being
hired over police for some tasks.
City planned to
spend $4.6 million to renovate crumbling facility.
Parks Canada and
NCC agree to participate in project.
A new cookbook is
on trial at the Ottawa courthouse. The verdict: It’s a raving
success.
A magazine designed
to promote high-tech careers for Ottawa high school students
seemed like a good idea to Industry Canada, but so far it doesn’t
seem to be making a big splash in Centretown schools.
Merchants on Preston
Street are hoping Pub Italia’s proposed sidewalk patio will
become part of a larger rebirth.
Local high schools
struggling to work with new report card software.
Educators and parents
in Centretown reject an American educator’s claim that high
school is “boring” or a “complete waste of time”
after Grade 10.
News in brief.
A new venue for
gospel shows thatOttawa’s time has come
What makes art,
well, art?
GCTC delivers a
play with a twist — Hollywood style.
The National Film
Board’s plan to put films online may be too advanced for
Centretown schools.
Monk Robinson enjoys
success as choreographer.
Consumer groups
say holiday shoppers have little protection when buying online.
I was recently flipping
through the December issue of In Style magazine when I came across
an article entitled “Counting Down: Gifts for 2000.”
It has taken Preston
Street merchants nearly three years to get the extra parking
spaces.
An extra two hours
of operation is enough to convince local bar owners that business
will be good on New Year’s Eve.
Sparks Street between
Kent and Lyons streets will be undergoing a make-over in an effort
to create an urban setting.
Ottawa 67’s
forward Mark Bell can’t think of anything he wants more
than to give his family a trip to Sweden for Christmas.
Ottawa 67's president
and governor Jeff Hunt says he’s been approached by a couple
of groups organizing ownership alliances in the event a CFL team
returns to Ottawa.
Throughout 1999
it’s been easier finding Alexei Yashin appreciation banners
at the Corel Centre than avoiding best of the century lists.
Frank Clair stadium
will need to be upgraded before CFL football returns to Ottawa,
says Rick Haycock, Lansdowne Park’s general manager.
Two teams of girls,
one team wearing black jerseys, the other in grey, chase a ball
around Algonquin College’s brightly coloured gym, faking,
blocking and practically tripping each other for control.
Tim Siebrasse is
busy on the ice, preparing for a moment of hometown glory, in
what could be the crowning achievement in his athletic career.
The CAW is jeopardizing
its workers by organizing a Molson boycott.
Urban renewal: the
good, the bad, and the ugly. Everyone has their idea of what
makes a great neighbourhood.
The appeal of urban
living.
Out with the old,
in with the new. Profit-driven developers are transforming old
office buildings and schools into funky downtown abodes for a
new generation of young, urban professionals and well-to-do empty-nesters.
A wave of young
professionals and retired couples are opting for the convenience
and panache of an urban lifestyle.
Conversions and
additions to existing homes are key to meeting housing demand.
Trendy new Centretown
businesses cater to younger, hipper crowd.
Fundraiser extraordinaire
helps children in need.
The news is in:
Thanks to a clever bit of millennial law-bending, local bars
can now be expected to keep their doors open till the crack of
dawn, Jan. 1, 2000.
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