News Headlines / March 16, 2007

First United Church finds new home in Westboro   After years of uncertainty, First United Church has found a new home.   Centre aims to bring Chinese communities together   Centretown will soon be home to Ottawa’s first Chinese-Canadian heritage centre, a project many hope will unite the city’s Chinese community.   Safety groups to fill gap left by fewer new cops   Centretown safety groups say they will have to increase community efforts to cut the district’s crime rate in order to offset the hiring of only 20 new city police officers this year.   Films encourage Ottawa to become a food-secure city   Food security is coming to a neighbourhood near you.   Popsicle sticks, balloons tools for budding engineers   Four students from Elgin Street Public School stand on stage. One winds the small cardboard vehicle. The others look on hopefully.   Safe cycling program has chance to ride on   Citizens for Safe Cycling is one step closer to seeing the path ahead as Ottawa’s transportation committee passed a motion asking city council to grant the group $50,000 to continue city bike programs until the end of 2007.   NDP fields local lawyer for next provincial vote   Lawyer Will Murray will represent the NDP in Ottawa Centre in the Oct. 10 provincial election.   Two more nominees clinch federal nod   Two more candidates have been nominated in Ottawa Centre for the next federal elections, leaving only the Liberals without a nominee.