Month: October 2004

Some Bank Street residents are finding it hard to get a good night’s sleep. What’s keeping them awake is the noise made by Ottawa street cleaners and sweepers. Although cleaning does take place during the day across the city, major roads such as Bank Street have clean-ups scheduled as late as midnight.

More paramedic positions and services should be a top priority for council to consider for the 2005 city budget, say Centretown residents.

Operation Go Home, an organization devoted to reuniting runaway and homeless youth with their families, must find a new home, says Leslie Greene, director of communications and public relations for the organization.

What was supposed to be a tribute to Chinese culture in Ottawa’s Chinatown has turned into a four-year struggle and may end with what the city describes as a political embarrassment.