Month: December 2016

Urban forest advocate Angela Keller-Herzog framed by towering trees along Frank Street in Centretown's Golden Triangle area. Kelsey Curtis, Centretown NewsThe Centretown Citizens Community Association and Dalhousie Community Association have teamed up with four other neighbourhood groups to voice their concerns about the protection of Ottawa’s urban forest. 

A rare 15-pence post office note issued in 1837 in Montreal was among items recently acquired by the Bank of Canada Museum. Courtesy Bank of Canada MuseumAfter a three-year closure the former Canadian Currency Museum on Wellington Street has begun to stir back to life with a series of acquisitions in advance of its grand reopening and rebranding as the Bank of Canada Museum. 

A crowd gathered at Minto Park in Centretown on Dec. 6 to remember the 14 women killed in the 1989 Montreal Massacre. Kristine Lee, Centretown NewsAn opposition critic and other advocates for women say they are waiting for federal Status of Women minister Patty Hajdu to send a clearer message to U.S. president-elect Donald Trump condemning his record of disparaging comments and disrespectful treatment of women.

Dalhousie Food Cupboard volunteer Mike Salter at the scene of the crime: a Bronson Centre freezer. Cody MacKay, Centretown NewsA late November break-in at a Bronson Centre food bank in which more than $4,000 in food and office supplies was stolen has added to the organization’s challenges during what’s turned out to be a difficult holiday season.