Archive 1997-2016
The arrival of the controversial Copeman Healthcare Centre, Canada’s first user-fee based primary health-care clinic, is delayed indefinitely, according to its founder. Originally planned to open downtown in the summer of 2006, the health centre will not open until at least 2009.
After years of stalling, Ottawa will finally follow 13 other municipalities across the province and begin a new green bin program to deal with organic waste.
With the provincial election over, Ottawa Centre’s new MPP, Yasir Naqvi, is preparing to start his term under close scrutiny.
Commuters who travel across the Ottawa River to work may be one step closer to improved public transportation, after Ottawa city council passed a motion to propose a joint transit committee with their Gatineau counterparts.