Archive 1997-2016
Ottawa residents will learn something new about taking care of their lawn this summer when the city launches its $400,000 public education campaign, part of the city’s pesticide reduction strategy.
One year after paying $19,000 for a report suggesting improvements, the Ottawa Humane Society is still waiting on its board of directors to decide when a public consultation will take place to help implement the new ideas.
The main branch of the Ottawa Public Library is too small, inaccessible and aging, but the earliest the building can be replaced is 2005.
City council’s approval of a $1.5-million study to examine the effects of cancelling a plan to twin the Airport Parkway and construct a southbound off-ramp at Walkley Road is a waste of time and money, not to mention a bad idea, says Coun. Clive Doucet.