March 2008 - Centretown News

March 28, 2008 Ben Magnus

Councillors backtrack on parking proposals

City council has approved the 2008 budget, which backtracks on some controversial plans to increase parking revenue and approves a raise to property taxes by 4.9 per cent.

March 28, 2008 Samantha Fex

Health centre offers support for gambling seniors

Farzad Fatholazadeh, Centretown News

Centretown Community Health Centre counsellor Dallas Smith helps seniors control their gambling habit as part of the Lifestyle Enrichment for Senior Adults program.

The Centretown Community Health Centre offers a free gambling support program for senior adults, dealing with an issue for seniors that is generally overlooked by society.

March 28, 2008 Gabriel Wildgen

Drop-in centre for homeless moving downtown

Lisa Xing, Centretown News

Ken McClaren (left), co-ordinator of a homeless drop-in centre that's moving to Centretown in April, talks with Gerard Widdifield, a frequent visitor to the centre.

A weekly drop-in centre for homeless people in Sandy Hill will be moving to Centretown by the end of next month, possibly attracting more of Ottawa’s less privileged to the area in hopes of receiving help and kindness.

March 28, 2008 Patricia Grannum

Reading series exposes local writers to poetry fans

Andrew Ng, Centretown News

Local poet Monty Reid hosted the Factory Reading Series in the absence of longtime host, Rob Mclennan.

Three-time Governor General Literary Award nominee Monty Reid hosted this month’s edition of the Factory Reading Series, at the Ottawa Art Gallery, while its founder and longtime host, Rob Mclennan, works as the writer-in-residence at the University of Alberta.