The city is moving to recapture the Sussex Drive lane that the U.S. Embassy closed off with concrete barricades in 2003 as an added security measure following the 9/11 terrorist attacks of 2001.
Megan Cheung, Centretown NewsThe city is considering alternatives to the unsightly barricades along Sussex Drive.
Month: December 2009
Crime program cut ‘shortsighted’
Councillors eagerly hacked and slashed city programs to reach the target 3.9-per-cent tax increase at a budget committee meeting recently, but their eagerness blinded them to strategy when they cut funding for Crime Prevention Ottawa, says Somerset Ward Coun. Diane Holmes.
Organizers tightlipped about new ‘municipal party’
Ottawa may have a new force on the municipal political scene. But those involved are keeping a low profile, as the movement may be the city’s first local political party.
City council calls needle retrieval program a success
City council has hailed Ottawa Public Health’s initiative to clear the city’s streets of discarded needles a “complete success.”