Archive 1997-2016
Every year, during the first week of class, Peter Giuliani would collect his students’ money for book orders and field trips. He’d tuck it away in his desk drawer for safe keeping, along with the emergency scholastic fund. He was always upfront with the students and told them: here’s where the money is kept, if you’re going to steal it, you’ll do it.
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 provincial government’s proposal to allow diners to bring their own wine to restaurants may be a great idea for customers but not for business owners.
The Ottawa Humane Society’s annual “Pet Pics With Santa” will begin Nov. 26 and 27 at Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre. Runs from 3 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 26 and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Nov. 27. Don’t miss out on having your pet’s photo taken with Santa this Christmas! “Pet Pics With Santa” continues until Christmas on weekends around Ottawa. Also available at: Throop Photographic, 1508 Merivale Rd., on Nov. 27, Dec. 4 and 11 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.; Superpet’s Emerald Plaza, Barrhaven and Kanata locations on Dec 4, 5, 11 and 12 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the Ottawa Humane Society.