Archive 1997-2016
By Denise Fung
Somerset Coun. Elisabeth Arnold says reversing the provincial government’s tax cuts will be the top item on her agenda if elected to Queen’s Park.
As the NDP’s new candidate for Ottawa Centre, Arnold says the tax cut, which reduced Ontario’s income tax rate by 30 per cent last July, should be scrapped in favour of funding social programs.
By Keith Kalawsky
Despite loud opposition from angry parents, students and teachers — and squabbling among school trustees — the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board has taken one more step towards radically changing special education in the region.
By Tom McLean
To smell or not to smell: that is the question for OC Transpo riders both for and against the transportation company’s campaign to keep scented body products from clouding the air.
Lucy Doré, OC Transpo director of communications, says the company was approached last year by the Allergy and Environmental Health Association of Ottawa and was urged to help riders with allergies to chemical scents.
By Brigette Choiselat
When it comes to late-night banking options, one of Ottawa’s busiest night-life scenes is being left in the dark and forcing Centretown customers to pull at doors and scream for money.
Changes in bank machine hours are forcing Elgin Street merchants to consider all options to help their customers get late-night cash.