Category: Community Voice

After more than a decade serving our downtown residents at the corner of Somerset and Bank, the Centretown Community Police Centre has moved into city hall. A decision that was made after floods, rent cost, and operational needs forced the Ottawa Police Service to place its downtown community office into the second floor of 110 Laurier Ave. West.

With our first baby set to arrive, I wanted to do something special for my wife. I wanted our final few weeks without screaming kids, sleepless nights and extra meal planning to be memorable. So five months ago while talking to friends, the idea came to me: a prego-tour that would allow us to visit friends and family while relaxing in the comfort of absolute silence one last time.

Every year, I’m amazed at how fast summer flies by and before we know it fall has arrived warning us that winter is on its way. The 2012-2013 school year is about to begin and with it a set of new students and anxious parents who are trying to keep up with what their kids are doing.

You haven’t lived in Ottawa until you have celebrated Canada Day downtown. Every year, our city unites in a massive celebration of our country and everything that makes us Canadian. We are a government town typically conservative in nature except on July 1 when streets are closed to vehicular traffic and the music doesn’t stop until the sun rises the following day.