Archive 1997-2016
City hall’s 2008 draft budget was tabled last week, and with it comes the all-too familiar debate between tax hikes and service cuts – a debate Mayor Larry O’Brien calls a “philosophical divide” that will shape the future of the city.
An Ottawa city councillor wants fences built in the Colonel By underpass, near the Rideau Centre, to discourage street youth from hanging out and in turn make the area safer.
The new OC Transpo smoking ban, which clamps down on bus stop smokers, may be difficult to enforce on city streets.
It can take years for sports teams to find the right players and chemistry to have a winning combination. On Nov. 13, Immaculata High School’s football team was trying to prove that there are always exceptions.