Archive 1997-2016
It’s been about seven months since the city realigned funding for non-profit organizations delivering homelessness services in Ottawa, resulting in major cuts to drop-in centres providing community services to the struggling and disadvantaged.
In the works for weeks, the Chinatown Craft Market set for Oct. 25 transformed last minute into a fundraiser for local residents and businesses displaced by a serious fire at Somerset and Percy streets just four days prior.
Jane Hobson, Centretown News
Singer Tara Don performs to raise money for businesses affected by the Somerset Street fire.Since the devastating Oct. 21 fire that destroyed the building that houses popular Centretown coffeehouse, The Daily Grind, members of the community have rallied to support the businesses and residents affected by the damage.
The Ontario legislature struck a blow for freedom of speech last week when it passed an act that bans anti-SLAPP lawsuits.