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Month: October 1999
P.D. Ross race could be Ottawa’s next Panda
By Danielle Laflamme
Rowing coaches from Carleton University and the University of Ottawa don’t mind if fans label the P.D. Ross race the new Panda game.
“I’m not sure if [rowing] has the same intensity [as football], but it would be nice if it could replace the Panda,” said Ivan D’Costa, Carleton’s women’s rowing coach.
‘Gnat and flea’ of democracy
By Angela Hall
The office is cramped, the work is all-consuming and the slim budget allows for a full-time staff of just one. At 36, Duff Conacher is in his element.
Co-ordinator of the advocacy group Democracy Watch since it began in 1994, Conacher campaigns on everything from ethics in politics to better bank service and encourages Canadians to flood MPs with letters, his political tool of choice.
Laundry facilities available to poor
Ottawa’s homeless and poor now have an inexpensive place in Centretown to do their laundry.