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The National Capital
Commission’s vision of a revitalized downtown has left a
heritage activist wondering whose best interest the federal agency
has in mind with its plan to demolish heritage buildings.
Despite new initiatives
taken by police, noise problems on Elgin Street don’t seem
to have improved, according to residents.
The owner of a Bank
Street pool hall says he may have to shut down as a result of
the largest series of fines yet under Ottawa’s smoking bylaw.
The City of Ottawa’s
$400,000 pesticide education blitz is officially over, but the
battle against pesticides is just beginning.
Nearly a year old,
the O-Train has been so successful that city officials are hoping
to bump up its service from three times an hour to four times
by the end of October.
Funding and governance
– these are the two main issues facing the Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual and Transgender Community Centre Task Force in their
efforts to establish a gathering place for Ottawa’s gay
population.
The Ottawa Humane
Society asked for the $19, 000 report. They invited the Humane
Society of the United States in to make suggestions on how they
could improve their services.
Now, the Ottawa Humane Society is in a jam.
It’s been over a year and the main thrust of 488 recommendations,
public consultation, has yet to take place. Was this report a
waste of money or not?
Letters
Paul Leavoy asks
whether the language of the muse is beyond the grasp of our politicians.
It’s been some
time since people have used words like progressive and thoughtful
to describe Jean Chrétien.
Dina Vescio of the
Ottawa Art Gallery has spent the last four months organizing
one of her very first art exhibition. She spoke to artist upon
artist and went through painting after painting, and sculpture
after sculpture.
Ottawa mayor Bob
Chiarelli may have given false hope to artists and art lovers
alike by announcing a funding increase that has been in place
for two years.
When people think
of storytelling they picture children in a circle, listening
attentively to somebody reading from a picture book.
A few weeks ago, Ottawa mayor Bob Chiarelli announced a $500,000
increase in the city’s art funding.
Almost half of Centretown
businesses plan to remain open for Remembrance Day, despite the
city’s proposed bylaw requiring them to close, according
to a Centretown News survey.
Yoga extends its reach into the mainstream
“Waheguru,
waheguru, whaeguru, wahe jio,” streams from a radio in the
corner of the Rama Lotus Yoga Centre. It’s Friday night.
Curiosity has brought me here to find out why so many people
are buying into yoga.
Bank Street is finally
finding its identity and customers like what they see, according
to its business association.
Canadian soldiers
fought and died in battle to
preserve freedom. It’s ironic the City of Ottawa now wants
to honour our fallen soldiers by limiting local business owners’
freedom.
The faces in the
lineup continue to change but the goals remain the same for the
Ottawa 67’s.
Fourth-year veteran
Lindsey Reeveswhit has gone through her share of ups and downs
with the Lisgar Collegiate Institute Lords senior girls basketball
team over the last three seasons.
Column:So
far, the Renegades’ record is better off the field than
on
When the Canadian
Football League announced its return to the nation’s capital,
Brad Watters, president of the Ottawa Renegades, promised to
build a “competitive, community-oriented organization ...worthy
of respect both on and off the field.”
Friend,
Mother, Icon
After 42 years of
service, the St. Vincent nurse may be retiring, but says she
is anything but tired. Julie Middleton talks to Phyllis Mayers.
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