The City of Ottawa is moving ahead with plans for more bike lanes and other initiatives to improve safety for cyclists, while, at the same time, encouraging residents not to put their bikes away this winter.
Adrianna Banaszek, Centretown NewsHundreds of cyclists fill Queen Street to mourn Danielle Naçu.
Month: October 2011
Public consultations planned on smoke-free bylaw proposal
Over the next three months, Ottawa Public Health is asking for input from businesses and citizens about updating the city’s smoke-free bylaws.
Feds flip-flop on Parliament Hill reforestation plan
Just days after inviting potential contractors to tour a planned job site on Parliament Hill, the Department of Public Works has cancelled a four-year reforestation project on the treed slopes behind the Parliament Buildings, saying the controversial, $9-million proposal was too expensive.
Gord Lamb, Centretown NewsReforestation plans around Parliament Hill have been cancelled due to the high cost of the project.
Occupiers make themselves at home in downtown
Multi-coloured tents are filling downtown Ottawa's Confederation Park as demonstrators join with the international Occupy Wall Street movement to protest what they see as injustices across a broad spectrum of issues, from the economy to the environment to indigenous rights.