Month: January 2008

Liberal MPP Madeleine Meilleur’s recommendation to relocate social services has received a mixed reception from Operation Go Home, an Ottawa street-youth program.

On the advice of its transit and environment committees, Ottawa city council has postponed implementation of controversial new parking regulations until March 1.

The Ottawa Panhandler’s Union plans to take direct action against the recent introduction of wrought-iron fence built to prevent homeless youth from loitering and sleeping under the sheltered inclines in the pedestrian walkway of the Colonel By underpass near the Rideau Centre.

Ottawa is at a disadvantage in the competition for the Portrait Gallery of Canada because federally owned sites, which make up many of the city’s prime locations, are not eligible under the federal government’s bidding process, city officials say.