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Community development and densification are the most critical concerns Somerset ward candidates should tackle in the upcoming municipal elections, say business and community associations. They agree the health of the city depends on resolving planning issues in the core, as well as preparing for the influx of residents that will result from high-density condo development.
When Kim Nguyen arrived home on a Friday afternoon last November, all she wanted was to relax after work. But when she arrived at her room upstairs she noted something was wrong. It was a mess: IDs, papers, documents all over the place. Jewels and money were gone including $60 she had in a Buddha statue. Her computer was left untouched, just sitting on her bed.
Ottawa’s polluted old industrial sites may be cleaned up with echinacea – a flower normally used to cure colds – after a research project carried out on Victoria Island showed “promising” signs that the plant can help break down toxic soils.
Wiki CommonsUniversity of Ottawa researchers hope the echinacea flower can be used to decontaminate polluted soil.
Twelve of 61 retirement homes registered in Ottawa do not have automatic sprinkler systems, according to Ottawa Fire and Safety Services.