October 2008 - Page 15 of 25

October 10, 2008 Kristin Newbigging

Museum’s blue whale exhibit to make history

Canadian Museum of Nature

An artistic rendering of what the blue whale display will look like when it is opened in 2010.

The Canadian Museum of Nature is in a race with the University of British Columbia to become the country’s first science centre to display the skeleton of a blue whale - a planned centrepiece exhibit when renovations at the Centretown-based museum are completed in 2010.

October 9, 2008 Kathryn Burnham

Renovated youth centre helps reaches out to immigrants

The Door is now a bright, colourful place, full of the shouts of teenagers as they play pool or play video games.

October 9, 2008 Ellen Mauro

Gay men’s sex health clinic in high demand

The pressure on the Ottawa Sexual Health Centre to meet the high demand for sexual health services in the city has led the Centretown Community Health Centre, along with six other Ottawa organizations, to team up to establish GayZoneGaie, the first sexual health clinic in Ottawa designed exclusively for gay men.

October 9, 2008 Michelle Anne Olsen

Filmmaker inspired by brother’s autism

Emily Senger, Centretown News

Young filmmaker Will Inrig at the Bytowne Cinema, where he first discovered his love of film.

Will Inrig sees what other people don’t. Walking down Rideau Street pedestrians look right through those seated curb-side, but here the young filmmaker sees possibility – stories to be told. But Inrig doesn’t write these stories. He films them.