By Yen Yen Yip
School is going to mean much more than classroom learning for students who entered Grade 9 this fall.
Starting in September, as part of the province’s secondary school reform, all Grade 9 students across Ontario are facing a new graduation requirement – 40 hours of community service.
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Residents feel betrayed by bank closure
By Diane Campbell
Despite the protests of irate customers, yet another bank has closed its doors, leaving local businesses and faithful customers feeling betrayed.
The Scotiabank at 434 Bank St. closed in September, merging its services with the branch at 186 Bank St. The CIBC and Bank of Montreal branches on Cooper Street, the Royal Bank formerly at Bank Street and Somerset Avenue, and the Women’s Credit Union on Laurier Avenue have all closed and merged with other branches since 1997.
‘Big picture’ finds concrete examples at constituency level
By Joe Boulé
Health care. Education. Workfare. Tax cuts. Law and Order. Those are some of the issues that have dominated the election on the provincial scene.
It’s not much different on the local level.
Like most provincial elections, the issues that surface in the ridings are generally a microcosm of the “big picture” throughout Ontario. But at a local level — in Ottawa Centre — words such as “education cuts” get replaced with more concrete examples such as “McNabb Park.”
Fire code problems may lead to charges
By Daniel Kitts
The owner of an apartment complex that caught fire twice in the past seven months is expected to be charged with breaking the Ontario fire code, Ottawa fire department officials say.
William Robert Cuming of Kanata, owner of the Gainsborough at 285-289 Metcalfe St., was informed at a meeting on March 25 that he would be charged, says Charles O’Brien, division chief of the Ottawa fire prevention bureau.