Archive 1997-2016
Although the final bell won't toll for any of Ottawa’s schools until at least the end of November, their fate is already proving contentious. That's just one reason local trustees elected in this fall's municipal contest must have the final say on which schools stay open and which shut their doors.
Centretown's Piece Park advocates want city council to help keep Ottawa's public school board from selling a multi-million dollar property that houses one of the city's only legal graffiti walls.
For some, it was a last-minute scramble to paint school bathrooms, walk dogs, even babysit for neighbourhood kids.But all of Centretown's Grade 12 students still managed to scrape together 40 hours of required volunteer work in time to graduate in June.
Banning sponsorship of a legal substance only hurts Canadian culture, argues Andrew Thomson.