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Category: Arts
Upgrade may halt O-Train
City council has adopted recommendations to build a system that will likely replace the diesel-powered Talent trains with electrically-powered light rail trains that would connect the downtown with suburbs including Barrhaven, Kanata and Cumberland.
Proposed SOCAN tariff could saddle bargoers with the tab
By Darren Eke
A proposal designed to increase royalty payments will benefit musicians, but will have local bar patrons singing the copyright blues.
In an effort to better protect the use of copyright music, the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) has recently proposed to increase tariffs on all public performances of music.
Residents, developer still at loggerheads
Many Centretown residents are still butting heads with Ashcroft Homes over a proposed nine-storey building at the corner of O’Connor and McLeod streets, despite proposed improvements made by heritage-friendly architect Barry Padolsky.