Provided by Ashcroft Homes
An artist illustration shows Envie Student, a massive condo-like student living building going up in Little Italy.Envie Student, a ground-breaking 28-storey condo building customized for those attending university and college, will be open to student renters this fall in Little Italy.
Month: April 2016
City legalizes Uber; taxi union mulls lawsuit
David Kawai, Centretown News
Uber Canada general manager Ian Black faces reporters after city council voted to legalize private transportation companies.The ride-hailing app Uber will soon legally operate in Ottawa after city council voted 23-1 Wednesday to legalize private transportation companies. After several hours of spirited debate, only Coun. Eli El-Chantiry opposed the passing of the bylaw.
City under fire for selective flag policy
Deanne Pittman, Centretown News
Ottawa's flag-raising policy was criticized recently over its so-called inconsistencies of honouring western countries over non-western countries.The City of Ottawa will be launching a new policy for flag raising to commemorate acts of global violence after the city recently came under fire over its inconsistencies of honouring Western countries over non-Western ones.
Elgin school issues remain
Four months of emotional public debate to find a solution to fix overcapacity at Elgin Street Public School has left the community divided.