News Headlines / December 9, 2005

Residents accept higher taxes for better services   Centretown residents want cleaner and greener streets, and they support raising taxes if it means they get what they want.   Local schools welcome anti-bullying grants   Karen Gledhill, principal at Lisgar Collegiate high school, welcomes the Ontario government’s announcement that every school in the province will receive between $1,500 and $2,000 for bullying prevention.   New campaign targets drugged driving   The city’s health agency will soon be telling teens not to “drug and drive” through a $346,000 citywide marketing blitz.   Holmes votes for bi-weekly garbage pickup   When Diane Holmes voted for the green box plan and the reduction of garbage pickup to twice a month, she seemed to be reflecting the views of Ottawa residents.   Group brings breast cancer out of the closet   Lesbians feel alienated by a health-care system which assumes they have husbands and children, and doesn’t understand their unique situation, say women who participated in the Lesbians and Cancer Dialogues, a staged reading which visited Centretown in late November.   Election call extends concert hall funding deadline   A local arts group has extended to March a self-imposed deadline to raise millions od dollars for a concert hall on Elgin Street.   Women use blogs to fight street harassment   Coco was walking around the intersection of Somerset and Preston streets when two men said “hello” to her in what she considered to be a creepy manner.   Pathway users make safety a priority   Ottawa cyclists, joggers and pedestrians want safer pathways before more are developed.