Archive 1997-2016
By Jamie Irving
It’s not your father’s environmental movement. Conservationists throughout Canada have changed the way they approach environmental activism. But it’s a touchy subject.
Environmentalists don’t want to be seen as backing off, not for a minute. And make no mistake — their cause is still to save the earth.
A hot housing market is brewing in Centretown. It’s a trend that Richard Lee, executive director of the Ottawa-Carleton Homebuilders Association, is calling an “exciting rejuvenation.”
By Jeremy Chenier
Despite earlier reports, the National Capital Commission says the former U.S. embassy will stay where it is and Metcalfe Street is not going to become a 90-metre wide promenade in front of Parliament Hill.
“We’re not moving the old U.S. embassy,” says Diane Dupuis, a spokesperson for the NCC.
By Leah Hendry
Just when we thought the National Capital Commission’s idea of creating a grand boulevard leading up to Parliament Hill by widening Metcalfe Street was dead, someone removed the “do not resuscitate” order.
Last February the NCC dropped its outlandish plan after vehement objection from concerned businesses, municipal politicians and urban planners. But it appears the NCC hasn’t forgotten the idea.