Colleen Mooney, the newly appointed executive director of the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa, is looking forward to helping create a safe and supportive place for the city's children and youth.
Month: November 2013
Centretown health centres work to educate diabetes sufferers
New statistics show the University of Ottawa’s Heart Institute innovative diabetes detection program, aimed at lowering the amount of people living with undiagnosed diabetes, has been a success. The Centretown Community Health Centre has partnered with the Institute to educate patients once they’ve been diagnosed.
Local group rallies support for changing Ottawa environmental policies
A Centretown-based national environmental group has launched a new campaign that asks people in Ottawa to call for change to local environmental policies.
Health groups hope to involve communities to fight heart disease
A renewed partnership between Ottawa Public Health and the Champlain Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Network promises to implement a “bigger and better” approach to preventing heart disease in the Ottawa area, say officials with the two agencies.