Poverty is impossible to ignore on the streets of downtown Ottawa and in other cities across Canada.
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New local food website brings farmers’ markets into the home
With the click of a mouse, Ottawa residents can bring the farmers’ market straight to their kitchen tables.
Nick Ashdown, Centretown NewsJoanna Zappia, owner of Dolci, a gluten-free bake shop, says her business has expanded since joining FoodiePages.ca.
Sparks Street reinventing itself with new events
The spark will be returning to historic Sparks Street on Dec. 31, beginning with a Times Square-style New Year’s Eve party that promoters say will get people dancing along the downtown pedestrian mall.
Social enterprise creates jobs for ex-convicts
Jill Adams, Centretown News
Rhea Wootton, director of administration at the John Howard Society, helps co-ordinate a program to help ex-prisoners find work. She says there's work in Ottawa for those trained in asbestos removal.