It has been almost 60 years since women started taking charge of their finances, but in that time women have not become as independent and confident when it comes to managing their money as they should be.
Month: February 2010
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City urged to ban new drive-thrus downtown
A City of Ottawa committee has approved bylaw changes that would ban drive-thru services for restaurants and banks from the downtown area.
February a boon for independent movie houses
Bruce White can peg the demographic that typically frequents his business. As owner and programming director of the Bytowne Cinema on Rideau Street, which screens everything from art house to independent to foreign films, White knows the theatre attracts a different sort of crowd than Ottawa’s multiplexes.
Exhibit focuses on good, bad in community
At the top of a creaking set of wooden stairs in the Bytown Museum, one finds the usual assortment of artifacts depicting the history of Ottawa.