News Headlines / November 25, 2005

Traffic woes will continue despite light rail: critics   Critics are worried the city’s plan to extend the light rail line through downtown will fail to solve congestion problems and be obsolete without an underground tunnel.   Guides and scouts pledge to find new members   Centretown girl guides and scouts are redrawing their boundaries and canvassing neighbourhoods because of a membership shortage.   Program to help isolated seniors   Help for lonely seniors is just a phone call away. Earlier this month a phone number was released citywide that residents can call if they know, or are, an isolated senior.   No fine for Ottawa River oil spill   The Quebec government does not intend to fine Hydro Quebec for a 3,300 litre oil spill in the Ottawa River, says an official from the Quebec Environment Ministry.   Conservative promises parole office move   A conservative government would move the controversial Gilmour Street parole office away from Elgin Street Public School, says the party's candidate in Ottawa Centre.   Plan denied for 18-storey Kent Street towers   The city’s current 12-storey limit will prevail. It’s not the outcome Charlesfort Developments hoped for, but it’s what the Committee of Adjustment ruled on Nov. 10. The committee denied Charlesfort’s application to permit three 18-storey towers on Kent Street between Lisgar and Nepean streets.   Gay district left out of Bank St. plans   Despite Bank Street being home to a large gay community, the city’s redevelopment plans will not designate the area as a distinct district.   Candidates see Gomery as an election issue   Ottawa Centre Liberal candidate Richard Mahoney says he is confident voters will not punish him too harshly in the upcoming federal election for the sponsorship scandal and other Liberal Party missteps of the past.