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Peeling paint, gouged ceilings and bulging walls are not what one usually associates with a school. But they are just a few problems plaguing St. Anthony elementary school.

Special education cuts, the near cancellation of school buses and school closures loom large on the horizon if the Ottawa-Carleton District School approves its proposed budget — one that slices $33.7 million to satisfy the provincial government’s funding formula, and one which director of education Jim Grieve calls “excruciating.”"

Despite significant public opposition to a proposal for a 20-storey building on Gilmour Street, the developer has purchased a second downtown site and plans are in the works for a similar highrise.

Centretown residents insured by CGU Insurance Company of Canada will no longer be covered against terrorist attacks.