Archive 1997-2016
The Business Beat
By Jason Brown
Jean Chrétien has become the quintessential global door-to-door salesman. He no longer acts like the head of a government but treats his position like he’s the CEO of Canada Inc.
All the man has to do is load a bunch of his senior vice-presidents and salespeople onto an airplane and he’s off hawking his goods to everyone he can get to pay attention.
By Jennifer Lee
Residents hoping for safer streets near the Dalhousie Community Centre will have to wait.
A safety audit done in the area last October still hasn’t been presented to the city as a report because of a backlog in processing audit cases.
By Daniel Huot
Plans to levy a fine for every false burglar alarm requiring police intervention are sparking a debate among those who own businesses and homes in Ottawa-Carleton.
The Alarm System Review Report prepared by regional police proposes fines between $60 and $80 to burglar alarm owners, while penalties could also extend to burglar alarm companies.
By Julia Rim
Nina Woods, 81, has been using Para Transpo for nine years because arthritis has made it difficult to get around.
“I am very content with the service,” she says. “I use it to go almost everywhere.”
On Jan. 1, the province stopped paying its $6.6-million portion of Para Transpo’s $15.2-million budget. The region must meet the shortfall.