Month: November 1997

By P.C. Pethick

After a week of being cooped up in the foulest of fowl conditions at the SAW Gallery, Ottawa’s world-famous pair of chickens has been set free.

Pam Meldrum and Eric Wolf survived on vegetarian mash, water, and an endless barrage of questions from an impressively large fan club. There was nowhere for the chickens to shower or brush their teeth, but they were given the use of a curtained off port-a-pottie built into the cage. read more

Committee will decide where to put audible street crossing signals

By Meaghan Butler

Marjorie Fulton, 66, listens carefully to the traffic before she crosses the street.
She walks with the traffic. When cars stop at an intersection, she stops on the sidewalk beside them. When they begin to cross the street, Fulton crosses too. read more

By Adam Hickman

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign.

A community group wants the McDonald’s restaurant on Elgin Street to reduce its 42-square-foot golden arches.

Marie Keasay, member of the Centretown Citizens’ Community Association (CCCA), says the group sent McDonald’s a letter last week asking them to conform with the rest of Elgin Street and reduce the size of their sign. read more

City core dead without revitalization, local politcians say

By Lisa Miguez

Take a walk down Sparks Street on a Sunday. During the summer tourist season, the sounds of people and music vibrate from the open-air cafes.

But once the tourists leave, Sparks Street becomes a ghost town.

Sparks Street is not the only major urban Ottawa area to suffer from a dual personality. Business improvement groups around the downtown core say areas including upper Bank and Rideau Streets all need one thing: more people. read more