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English as a Second
Language students at Cambridge elementary school are among those
who could be affected by cuts to the Ottawa-Carleton District
School Board's special education programs recommended in the
2000-2001.
Amid reports that
members of his riding association have been trying to push him
out, Ottawa Centre Liberal MP Mac Harb says he’s running
again and his riding is behind him.
The wheels are in
motion to build a second tower at the World Exchange Plaza and
local politicians say the new office space will be a boost to
the downtown economy.
The decades-old
fight to calm traffic in Centretown might be going in a new direction.
Some city council
members and citizens are appealing changes to parking rules downtown
because they say it goes against the city’s official plan.
Ottawa-Carleton
Regional Police are seeing fewer squeegee kids working in busy
intersections around Ottawa since new provincial legislation
took effect Feb. 1.
Bronwyn Funiciello
says her daughter used to be happy to go to school but now has
to be coaxed and coerced every day.
A local minister
whose preaching inspires Centre-town Presbyterians to keep their
faith and get involved in the community may soon have the opportunity
to minister to congregations across the country.
As the Ottawa-Carleton
Police Services Board consults the public on what criteria a
new chief should be hired, a decision to require candidates to
be bilingual has left some feeling ignored.
Somerset city Coun.
Elisabeth Arnold says residents in her ward will need an experienced
voice to fight for their needs in the new City of Ottawa.
Stanley Devine wants
to open a new kind of bar on Elgin Street, but the City of Ottawa
won’t let him.
Please, leave the
dogs alone.
That’s all Sue Hawkins wants you to do if you see her with
a guide dog. It’s okay to talk to Hawkins but chances are
the dog is being trained and needs to concentrate on the job
at hand.
Four years have
passed and Feb. 29 is once again on the calendar.
Microsoft founder
Bill Gates’ plan to make the Internet more accessible has
reached the Ottawa area.
A recent proposal
to eliminate one-way streets in Centretown is quite a reversal
from the plan a few years ago which converted the very same streets
from two-way to one-way.
The NCC and the
Centretown community are more alike than they think, argues Klara
Pachner
From the invention
of the polio vaccine, to penicillin and revolutionary new AIDS
medicines, the last 50 years have seen marvellous and life-saving
advances in medical technology. But they haven’t come cheap.
If you build it,
they will come – but only if there’s somewhere to park.
Some local parking lot owners are concerned that a change to
Ottawa’s planning bylaws will make an already bad parking
situation worse and will hurt area businesses.
Rideau Centre merchants
and Ottawa hotels say they’re against a proposed tax increase
to expand the city’s convention facilities.
Sparks Street merchants
say they are delighted with a Public Works report that proposes
to remove tour buses from Parliament Hill and have them park
near Sparks instead.
With the Canadian
dollar performing poorly, some economists are calling for Canada
to form a monetary union with the United States as the only way
to save the crippled dollar and our economy.
Ottawa’s newest
institution is cranking out laughs instead of red tape and paper.
The Institution, a new comedy club in Centretown which specializes
in improv comedy, opened Jan. 28.
A night on the town
in Ottawa no longer means an automatic call to the cab company
and a ride down to the Byward Market.
The Great Canadian
Theatre Company’s new artistic director has big plans for
the GCTC, including attracting new audiences, expanding the theatre
and creating a spring festival.
The busy atmosphere
and sheer convenience of the multi-screen cinema, like the 16-screen
Silvercity Gloucester, leave the consumer wondering how they
lived without them, and how they could ever ask for more.But
bigger is not necessarily better.
The Ottawa 67’s
are known for their fast-paced game and reputation for winning.
Now, they can also be noted for being the only hockey team in
Canada to have their own cheerleading squad.
Speed skating’s
popularity is growing in Ottawa, but the availability and quality
of skating facilities haven’t kept pace.
The Sens are staying,
and Ottawa Senators majority owner Rod Bryden has assured fans
that never again will a vice-grip be put on fans to keep the
team here.
They practice four
hours a week, play games twice a week and travel to tournaments
on the weekends. What makes this team special, the players insist,
is that the bonds that translate onto on-court success are evident
off the court as well.
Whatever happened
to playing for the love of the game? Lately, the sports section
of any major paper reads more like a crime and tragedy section
than a repertoire of great plays, wins and accounts of love of
the game.
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