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Kelly O'Brien, Centretown News
The city is contemplating changes to its roadside memorial policy that would limit the duration of displays like this to six months.
The eerie painted bikes placed at the scene of fatal cycling accidents recently sparked a debate at city hall between those who view them as fitting memorials and others worried that they are potential hazards and municipal eyesores.
The Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario reached a tentative agreement Nov. 2 with the province and the Ontario Public School Boards Association, meaning classroom activities went back to normal for Ottawa-Carleton District School Board elementary students.
Centretown welcomed a new independent coffee house to its hipster-friendly streetscape last month.
Local real estate developer Doug Casey has honoured several of his former Lisgar Collegiate Institute teachers by naming units of his newly built Lisgar Street condominium — The Merit — after them.