The Ottawa chapter of the Canadian Organic Growers is throwing a midwinter fundraising feast on Monday, Jan. 26 at 6 p.m. at the Courtyard restaurant in the Byward Market.
Organic fundraiser with a medieval twist
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Month: January 2009
Letter: Let’s rethink bottled water
Toronto’s recent decision to ban the sale and distribution of bottled water on city premises was a watershed moment for water justice advocates the world over.
Watchful eye
Before her door was kicked in and her house ransacked, before she learned what the tell-tale signs of a crack house are, before she began pushing for a new law to make neighbourhoods like hers safer, Stephanie Strudwick was a middle-aged federal public servant who shared a century-old house on Elm Street with her son.
Elizabeth Beddall, Centretown News The LeBreton Flats Neighbourhood Watch is one of five such groups in the area, which includes Chinatown.
Viewpoint: Funding social programs provides long-term stimulation
The B word is setting on the Canadian horizon – and it’s not bailout.