Archive 1997-2016
Threats of budget cuts from the municipal government have those that run home-support services in the city worried about the future.
The annual budget for the City of Ottawa will be presented to council on April 1. Some home-support groups are afraid that their funding could be reduced.
Fearing for the safety of their children, 17 Florence Street residents have signed a petition asking that their street be made completely one-way again.
Florence Street runs one way between Percy and Bank Streets, except for the last 42 metres west of Bank Street which were changed to a two-way street in 1994.
A safe place for youth in Centretown is facing a financial crisis and may close down for good.
The Door is a youth drop-in centre at the Dalhousie Community Centre on Somerset West. Cindy Dickinson, a student volunteer, says it is a lot more than a place to hang out.
The region’s proposed light rail transit system has edged a little closer to reality in the past few weeks with the creation of a steering committee for the project.
The committee will be looking at what sort of process should be followed, such as how to keep costs as low as possible and to what degree private industry can get involved.