Outreach nurses from the Somerset West Community Health Centre are looking for new rooming houses as the urban development of Centretown leads landlords to upgrade buildings previously inhabited by low-income clients.
Month: October 2013
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In defence of health centres
Jane Moloney sees writing on the wall. She fears that down the road, community health centres such as the one she works at in Centretown will be threatened.
‘Depressing’ film festival lightens up
Despite the normally serious subject matter of Ottawa’s Free Thinking Film Festival, organizers are lightening up this year’s event by ending with a story of interfaith co-operation through the love of coffee in Uganda.
Halloween’s Zombie Strippers event lets local talent come alive
Ottawa dance and comedy troupe Rockalily Burlesque are bringing local band Fevers out to the fourth-annual Zombie Strippers event in its continuing attempts to spotlight local artists.