A dimly lit room is filled with artwork — paper plates painted blue and green with yellow crepe paper carefully glued in bunches and large life-size cut-outs with children’s faces painted by small hands dot the walls. 
Sarah Everest, Centretown NewsChildren play in the courtyard during recess at a local Ottawa school. Local daycares are losing enrolment to kindergartens.
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Didn’t Joni Mitchell sing “You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone?"
Heritage committee gives condo plan the green light
A parking lot in Centretown is one step closer to becoming a nine-storey condo and retail development, but the close vote by a heritage committee reveals some concern about such a large development in the heritage district.
City of OttawaA rendering of the proposed nine-storey condo development project at 340 McLeod St.
Workshops help business owners keep it real
Last year, the Ottawa Police Service received 114 reports of counterfeiting and to stay one step ahead of counterfeiters the Bank of Canada is educating businesses about the finer points of spotting fake money.
Brier Dodge, Centretown NewsClaire Beaumont, a Bank of Canada analyst, compares real and counterfeit bills.