In a city rich with cultural diversity and skilled culinary chefs, are French fries and hamburgers the best Ottawa can do on the streets? 
Belinda Ha, Centretown NewsFood enthusiasts are hoping to improve the diversity of Ottawa's street food with an online petition. So far, the petition has more than 600 signatures, but hopes to garner 2,000.
Category: Business
Local shop owners welcome expansion of victims’ rights
Owners of several Centretown convenience stores say they won’t be tying up shoplifters as Toronto shopkeeper David Chen did, controversially, a few years ago, but they would still welcome a proposed federal law that would make it easier to place thieves under citizen’s arrest.
Laura Kluz, Centretown NewsMark Boushey supports a bill that expands his right to defend his property, but is unlikely to take advantage of it.
Local tech companies score seed funding
Two Centretown start-up tech companies are among a handful of Ottawa businesses chosen to receive funding and business skills training through VentureStart, a new program for entrepreneurs in Southern Ontario.
Belinda Ha, Centretown NewsGnowit Inc. is one of two Centretown start-up tech companies receiving funding and training through VentureStart.
Viewpoint: Sorry Elgin businesses, LRT station relocation makes sense
The Ottawa Light Rail Project has been a lightning rod of civic controversy since its inception in 2010. And last week, lightning struck again.