Archive 1997-2016
The Centretown Community Health Centre was once a graffiti hot spot. Taggers continuously left their mark on the pillars just outside the front doors. But, it’s no longer an issue after the centre turned to Ottawa’s Paint It Up program to resolve its problem last August.
Amid a wave of contentious new Centretown condominium developments, another proposed building has stirred debate over its lack of planned parking spaces and the fallout that could create in the vicinity.
The former executive director of the Centretown Community Health Centre, along with four other Ottawa health experts, have been appointed to the city’s new board of health as part of an effort to de-politicize the oversight body.
It was about four in the morning, and snow had been falling for hours as the tenants slept in the rooming house at 16 Bell St. N. But just across the street, Ansong Hoang was wide awake, and rushing to the phone.