Archive 1997-2016
By Devi Ramachandran
New tobacco proposals to limit display of products through advertising and window displays are receiving mixed reactions from independent Centretown businesses.
One smoke shop owner fears the new proposals will affect sales while others say sales will continue as usual.
By Jen Ross
Since the launch of the first modern continental currency last month, Euro-phoria has the world considering monetary marriage.
From pole to pole, economists are singing the praises of common curr-ency. Canadian leaders have suggested monetary union with the U.S.; some Mexicans have indicated their eagerness to join their North American trade partners; and Argentina is pondering scrapping its own bills for the American dollar, which it has pegged one-to-one against its peso since 1991.
By Sarah Brunet
Fancy Christmas decorations were only the beginning. Sparks Street Mall management is on a revitalization campaign and Winterlude is next on its agenda.
This year is Sparks Street’s first time as an official host of Winterlude events. Canadian heritage and winter appreciation are the themes for activities taking place the weekends of Feb. 5-7, 12-14 and 19-21. The major festivities include presentations in a maple sugar cabin showing how maple syrup is made, an Inuit exhibition celebrating Canada’s new territory, Nunavut, and a Quebec Cree First Nation of Waswanipi display with a teepee, traditional foods and crafts.
By Stephanie Coombs
A week of penny-pinching and wallet-watching left 72 Ottawa-area residents — who normally don’t have to worry about their finances — knowing more about what it’s like to be poor.
“It wasn’t easy,” says Centretown resident Pat Lawrence. “It got harder and harder each day.”