Month: February 2007

Regardless of continuous deficits facing the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, Centretown’s new trustee wants to create more programs and services for immigrant and refugee students.

The Ottawa Humane Society (OHS) has failed to deliver its promised action plan in response to a report into its behaviour assessment procedures, say Simone Powell and Beth Greenhorn from the Reform the OHS campaign.

The life of a typical high school student involves a lot of stress these days. Grade 9 students struggle to adapt to the transition into high school, as Grade 12 students strive for high grades to apply to post-secondary institutions.

Low-income families may be able to buy affordable housing directly from the city if Mayor Larry O’Brien’s ideas are adopted, but housing experts say his proposal for the city to guarantee loans could pose a stumbling block.