Archive 1997-2016
Despite significant public opposition to a proposal for a 20-storey building on Gilmour Street, the developer has purchased a second downtown site and plans are in the works for a similar highrise.
Special education cuts, the near cancellation of school buses and school closures loom large on the horizon if the Ottawa-Carleton District School approves its proposed budget — one that slices $33.7 million to satisfy the provincial government’s funding formula, and one which director of education Jim Grieve calls “excruciating.”"