March 2008 - Page 4 of 15 - Centretown News

March 28, 2008 Kenyon Wallace

City combats graffiti problem with removal kits

Farzad Fatholahzadeh, Centretown News

T.J. Josefsson, a technician for Goodbye Graffiti, spends his days removing unwanted graffiti.

After spending thousands of dollars on renovations, Art Akarapanich awoke one morning to find the freshly painted walls of his Centretown restaurant covered with graffiti.

March 28, 2008 Ellen Keeble

Commissionaires overhaul image to attract recruits

Farzad Fatholahzadeh, Centretown News

Commissionaires Canada changed its logo, a red maple leaf, because it suggested that the company was part of the federal government.

The Commissionaires aren’t the same company they were when they started more than 80 years ago, and they have a new brand to prove it.

March 28, 2008 Mark Iype

Harsh winter boon for some, misery for others

David Kawai, Centretown News

Steve Roque, of Sanderson Roofing, uses an axe to chip away at snow and ice build-up on the roof of a house on Fourth Avenue.

While Ottawa residents have been wading through waist-deep snow and roadside snow banks look like the Rocky Mountains, some businesses are revelling in the weather.

March 28, 2008 Charelle Evelyn

Viewpoint: Advertising . . . you can run but you can’t hide from it

Advertising is one of those pesky things that you can’t escape from, no matter how hard you try. The average person in North America is inundated with at least 3,000 ads per day.