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Centretown citizens could be seeing an increase of police officers in the next ten years if the Ottawa Police department gets what it wants from the City, although Coun. Diane Holmes says more officers will take away from community involvement with police.
Centretown residents fear a proposed new light rail system will further snarl downtown traffic and duplicate transit programs already in place, city staff heard last week.
Ottawa’s Site needle exchange program will start distributing crack equipment to drug users next month in an attempt to curb skyrocketing rates of Hepatitis C among addicts.
Buses, cars and a light rail commuter train could all be using Albert and Slater streets as early as 2009, and some area businesses are concerned with the city’s plan.