Archive 1997-2016
Since local tycoons William Shenkman, Roger Greenberg, John Ruddy and Jeff Hunt recently announced their proposal for the redevelopment of Lansdowne Park, debate over the best vision for the site has picked up.
The hysteria over listeria may be over, but some local delis say they are still feeling its effects, with business only starting to pick up now after wary customers found reasons to be concerned over the safety of meat.
Ainslie Coghill, Centretown News Paul DiRienzo prepares a sandwich at DiRienzo's Grocery on Beech Street. The store's meat wasn't part of a recall, but sandwich sales have declined.
Downtown’s decade of development fee exemptions might be coming to an end.
Retail stores everywhere are beginning to prepare for their busiest shopping season. But this year the fallout from the global economic crisis has area stores bracing for potentially slower sales, according to local business managers.
Jake Williams, Centretown News Bill Thompson, owner of Don Thompson Jewellers at 340 Albert St., says the recession has definitely taken a toll on his business.