Archive 1997-2016
The Ontario Safe Schools Act has done little in the last three years but increase the number of suspensions and expulsions in the province,Education Minister Gerard Kennedy said in a recent interview with Centretown News.
The recent committee approval of a concert hall at 150 Elgin St. should be music to the ears of Ottawa’s arts community . . .
St Patrick’s High School will be celebrating its 75th anniversary with a reunion weekend Oct. 23-24. All graduates are invited to a football game, pub night and Sunday morning liturgy. Call (613) 837-2957 for information.
The Arthritis Society’s Eastern Ontario is presenting a fundraising event, “More Than Just Desserts,” on Oct. 20, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. at the Canadian Museum of Nature (Metcalfe Street). The evening will feature desserts, hors d’oeuvres, wine tasting and a silent auction. Cost $20/person. For more information call 723-1083.
The sushi-eating Japanese enjoy the highest life expectancy in the world. They have an impressive low rate of heart disease, thanks to their traditional low-fat diet. Sushi – a Japanese dietary mainstay, is raw fish, also called sashimi, wrapped in seaweed with rice. Regrettably, it’s now illegal in Ontario.