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Safety was a major
factor in the Ottawa-Carleton regional council’s decision
earlier this month to rebuild the historic Laurier Bridge.
Ottawa residents
can now recycle their paper, glass and plastic on the go, but
they will see more advertising on city streets in return for
the service.
FOR RENT signs are
an endangered species in Ottawa. But FOR SALE signs are thriving,
with names like Gilmour Place and The Metropolitan.
Hundreds rally to
save schools
At least two Centretown
school trustees are running for re-election in the upcoming municipal
election in November.
Margo Borenstein
served 27 years as executive director of the Good Companions
Senior’s Centre. And now, she looks forward to joining it
as a member
Health centres hope
to get some $23 billion federal health care transfer to the provinces.
Election fever spread
in Ottawa Centre last week, with two parties nominating federal
candidates.
Retirement homes,
posing as nursing homes need to be regulated to ensure appropriate
standards of care as waiting lists for long-term care facilities
in Ottawa-Carleton lengthen, says the region’s Council on
Aging.
Carleton University’s
new Learning in Retirement program is taught by retired professors
and targets the growing number of seniors who want to continue
learning, without taking regular university courses.
Despite recent controversy
concerning images of witchcraft in Harry Potter books, the popular
children’s series will remain in local elementary school
classrooms and libraries.
The United Way has
received support from member agencies in the wake of accusations
the organization doesn’t represent the needs of ethnic minorities.
While the two leading mayoral candidates
are positioning themselves to attract the Centretown vote, their
silence on some key issues could lead voters to question whether
either candidate has a strong urban platform.
School closures and development top the
list of concerns as residents prepare to vote on Nov. 13.
As the clock ticks down to the Oct. 13
nomination deadline for this year’s municipal election,
Coun. Elisabeth Arnold remains the only candidate running in
Somerset ward.
Construction on
Gladstone Avenue is harming business say local merchants.
Bike
couriers band together
Ottawa’s bicycle
messengers have formed an association in order to provide medical
and dental benefits to its members as well as information on
services that will help give messengers certain protections in
their job..
A Centretown business
group says the retail sector is being ignored by the Ottawa Partnership’s
economic generators initiative.
Recent concern over
how to invigorate Sparks Street and draw more business to the
downtown area seems to miss a crucial point. A drive to Centretown
rapidly becomes a negative experience when you can’t find
a place to park your car.
Lise Maisonneuve
has just finished a run of La Fille du regiment, a comic opera
put on by Opera Lyra of Ottawa.
Vancouver-poet Pat
Lowther is the subject of a new book by Toby Brooks.
Poetry and pubs
can be a heady mix.
And no one knows that better than David O'Meara
Tara
Players celebrate 25 years of Irish Drama
Centretown’s
Tara Players kick off their 25th season of theatre this weekend
with an evening of song and dance.
The Somerset Theatre,
a staple of Centretown’s core, will close down on Oct. 31
Platform shoes and
backless tops. These are staples of the fashion world. But what
happens when these clothes show up on playgrounds rather than
the runways?
Rent controls on
vacant units have been abandoned. So now renters are being thrown
into a brutally tight housing market where vacant units are worth
their weight in gold.
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