Bayview is too expensive and too far walking distance to be a feasible site for the new main public library, says Somerset Ward Coun. Diane Holmes.
New library site still up in air
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Month: January 2005
Opponents not giving up parole office fight
Area residents outraged by Corrections Canada’s refusal to relocate a parole office located across the street from Elgin Street Public School will not give up until it’s gone.
Letters for January 28, 2005
Keep library downtown
I’d like to think that city councillor Diane Holmes will succeed in her efforts to persuade the decision-makers to keep the Main Branch of the Ottawa Library in the city’s centre.
But I fear that we’re about to see another of the curious short-sighted decisions that Ottawa is noted for, for instance moving the central railway station to Alta Vista or locating the city’s hockey rink/entertainment centre somewhere near Stittsville.
Campaign seeks to reduce number of euthanized cats
In an effort to improve the lives of cats in the community, the Ottawa Humane Society has kicked off its 2005 cat awareness campaign called the Year of the Cat.