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Terra Firma, Ottawa’s cohousing community unites generations
While cohousing is popular amongst senior citizens, this facility has formed its own community that holds no age restriction.
Behind the screen with CTV anchor Matthew Skube
As others are logging off their work computers, Matthew Skube is signing on and beginning his work day at the CTV Ottawa station. Karabelnicoff and Clark follow Skube and get an inside perspective as he anchors the 5 p.m. news and again at 11:30pm.
Ottawa Swordplay slashes open a new home
Eager students learn the medieval, European craft of sword fighting at Ottawa Swordplay’s grand opening.
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Shelter space shrinking as violence against women rises
Shelters for Violence Against women in Ottawa are dealing with overcrowding because instances of violence against women have increased while the amount of shelters has decreased drastically.
Canal-area businesses wait for answers about expropriation for bridge project
A number of small businesses are being expropriated for future bridge construction in Ottawa. There has been little communication between the businesses, the city and the Ontario Ministry of Transportation making it very difficult for the businesses to plan for their futures.
Twice as many young women as men in Ontario say they have poor mental health: study
A comparison of the perceptions of mental health between young men and women in Ontario and Canada based on a recent study by Statistics Canada.
Youth anxieties about climate change reflected in Canadian film
Ottawa youth talk about how they are fighting for climate justice following the premier of the
TD Place putting new life into university sports rivalries
Lansdowne Park and TD Place stadium have become a focus for univeritsy football in Ottawa and that’s revived interest in such things as the Panda Game.
Increased police presence surrounding Panda Game met with mixed reception
In an effort to balance the interests of partying university students and other Ottawa residents, police increased their presence in several downtown neighbourhoods
Local vegan film festival set to ramp up global profile
About 100 vegan and vegan-curious people attended the second annual Ottawa International Vegan Film Festival at Ben Franklin Place in Nepean on Oct. 6 to see a selection of the best vegan-themed films of the year. And if the festival’s founder follows through on his plans, the event — which…
Disease and urban stresses claim 25 downtown trees
While trees in downtown Ottawa have now donned their yellow, orange and red leaves, 25 lifeless trees were removed in late September and early October by the National Capital Commission. Half had died because of Dutch elm disease, and others because of “urban and environmental stress,” according to the NCC. Among…
Future Rising activists take peaceful path to protesting
Future Rising Ottawa, a youth climate change protest initiative, gathers on Parliament Hill every Friday in a peaceful protest.
Manotick’s Natalie Davison is paddling all the way to Tokyo Olympics
Rideau Canoe Club’s Natalie Davison helps Team Canada earn an Olympic kayak sprint spot for Tokyo 2020 after escalating her training style.
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