Archive 1997-2016
By Pamela Stephens
When Paul Métivier was 16-years-old he and his best friend lied to get into the Canadian army so he could go to war and “ride horses.”
It was a romantic notion that soon turned sour amid the carnage of the battlefields of the First World War.
By Melanie Sharpe
Emergency funds provided by the City of Ottawa will ensure the survival of the The Anti-Poverty Project, but only for the time being, says the organization’s program co-ordinator.
Without the funding to provide services and pay staff above their current welfare level incomes the project would have had to shut down, says Jeannette Robert.
By Laura Moses
A pedometer lending program now available in all city libraries is just one step in a 10,000-step program to get Ottawa residents more physically active.
“Now you can go to the library and you can take out a pedometer just the way you can take out a book to see what kind of walking you’re doing,” said Dr. Robert Cushman, Ottawa’s chief medical officer, during the Active Ottawa campaign launch on Oct. 29.
By Brian Jackson
Ottawa residents will have to park their SUVs in the garage and start riding the bus to work if the city is to be successful 100 years in the future, according to a long-term planning group.
The City of Ottawa invited the B.C.-based Sheltair Group to present a two-day conference intended to educate local businesses and city officials about long-term urban planning Nov. 1 and 2. This expands on the Ottawa 20/20 plan – a guide to develop the city over 20 years.