Health centre offers support for gambling seniors

Farzad Fatholazadeh, Centretown News
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.

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Drop-in centre for homeless moving downtown

Lisa Xing, Centretown News
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.

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Reading series exposes local writers to poetry fans

Andrew Ng, Centretown News
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.

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