Karen Henderson, Centretown News
Data indicates Ottawa residents enjoy their drink – or two – or more.Newly analyzed health data suggests Ottawa residents have higher rates of binge drinking and heavy alcohol consumption compared with others in Ontario – a finding that has prompted Ottawa Public Health to launch a probe of the problem.
Author: Centretown Staff
Project ensures warm welcome for refugees
Centretown residents greeted incoming refugees with a warmer-than-usual winter — and not just in terms of the weather.
Lesotho aid group named a top charity
Courtesy Help Lesotho
Help Lesotho has been recognized as one of Canada's top 25 charities.Surprise filled the offices of Help Lesotho when the Centretown-based aid organization received news the Financial Post had named it one of the top 25 charities in the country for 2015.
Painting commemorates 1916 parliamentary fire
City of Ottawa
Ross Rheaume's painting Aftermath will be displayed at city hall until October.For at least the next year, a painting of a burned-out Parliament by Ottawa artist Ross Rheaume will be displayed in the rotunda of city hall — a reminder of the 1916 fire that destroyed Canada’s national legislature and that prompted various 100th anniversary commemorations this winter.