Archive 1997-2016
By Mike Hinds
Please, leave the dogs alone.
That’s all Sue Hawkins wants you to do if you see her with a guide dog. It’s okay to talk to Hawkins but chances are the dog is being trained and needs to concentrate on the job at hand.
“If you see a dog working, please don’t distract them, and don’t feed them,” says Hawkins, head guide dog instructor for the Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind. “It’s extremely important,” she says, because distractions can hinder its progress.
Stanley Devine wants to open a new kind of bar on Elgin Street, but the City of Ottawa won’t let him.
By Neil Faba
Somerset city Coun. Elisabeth Arnold says residents in her ward will need an experienced voice to fight for their needs in the new City of Ottawa.
As a result, Arnold, who has represented the ward since 1993, has announced she’ll seek re-election for a mega-city council seat in November.
As the Ottawa-Carleton Police Services Board consults the public on what criteria a new chief should be hired, a decision to require candidates to be bilingual has left some feeling ignored.