Competitive sports still down and out
The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board has turned down a plan to let volunteers supervise high school sports while teachers are working to rule.
However, it decided to let volunteers supervise non-sporting activities.
The board said it is not safe to operate competitive teams without teacher supervision.
The controversial decision doesn’t sit well with some parents and students, who say the board has, in the past, allowed volunteers to supervise such teams.
—Centretown News
Council approves rezoning plan
City council has approved a new zoning plan to encourage mixed-use development on Gladstone Avenue.
The Gladstone Improvement Study proposes to introduce neighbourhood activity onto a street where prostitutes and drugs are a problem.
The plans allows ground floors and basements of residential buildings to be converted into restaurants and small shops.
The eventual hope, says Somerset ward Coun. Elisabeth Arnold, is to encourage new development and bring more people into the community.
Arnold envisions the strip turning into a lively business area like Bank Street in the Glebe.
—Rawlson King
Club near fundraising goal
The Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa-Carleton is close to its fundraising goal of $2 million.
“The support is phenomenal,” says Tim Boisvert, manager of the Centretown clubhouse.
So far, the campaign for capital equipment has raised almost $1.6 million, says John Bouza, campaign director. The campaign ends in December.
The club is raising money to buy new equipment for each of its three clubhouses, including Centretown.
A needs list includes equipment and facilities renovations and repairs, things not covered by the United Way, which supports the club’s budget.
-—S. Tiies Morgan