Archive 1997-2016
By Brandy Zimmerman
Renovations on the Plant Pool have been delayed by at least a year after city budget wrangling cut most of the project’s funding.
The city originally pledged to give $4.2 million to the project, but the amount was decreased to $1 million and placed in a reserve fund, when the budget was approved by city council on Jan. 17.
Beware. A dragonfly’s tail is not really bright-yellow and a mosquito is not normally the size of the monstrous one displayed at the Canadian Museum of Nature.
By Ryan Baker
Many Centretown community groups are disappointed Somerset regional Coun. Diane Holmes is calling it quits after nearly two decades in office.
First elected to Ottawa city council and regional council in 1982, Holmes announced Jan. 4 she’ll retire when her term is up at the end of this year. The decision has sunk the hearts of many local activists.
By Sheona Burns
Since more people with mental illness have moved into a Centretown public housing building, several of the building’s residents insist they will move out within the next couple of months.
The Ottawa-Carleton Housing Authority approved the controversial plan at the end of October, despite the disapproval of some of the building’s tenants. Since then, 10 homeless people with histories of mental illness have moved in the subsidized housing building at 415 MacLaren St.