Archive 1997-2016
By Daniel Kitts
The need for reforms, suggested in a $56,000 study conducted last year, was highlighted by two fires in the same apartment complex on Metcalfe Street within seven months.
An inspection after the second fire on March 12 showed the complex, located at 285-289 Metcalfe, lacked several pieces of fire equipment required for a building of its kind under Ontario’s retrofit regulations, introduced in 1992.
By Karen Brandt
The smell of chicken and ribs roasting on the barbeque will no longer waft down Sparks Street in June.
On March 30, the Sparks Street Mall Authority’s board of directors upheld a recent decision of its advertising and promotions committee to cancel the annual Chicken ‘n’ Ribs Cook-off, despite a last-minute petition signed by more than 40 merchants asking the board to reinstate it.
By Daniel Kitts
The owner of a Centretown apartment complex under investigation for inadequate fire protection after suffering two fires in seven months says he is following a schedule for improvements set by the city.
William Robert Cuming of Kanata told Centretown News he rejects claims by both city fire officials and tenants that he is not in compliance with the law.
By Lindsey Parry
Parents heaved a collective sigh of relief Wednesday after a welcome but ambiguous decision to keep St. Mary elementary school on Beech Street open.
The decision passed unanimously during a meeting of Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board trustees at St. Pius X high school. About 200 people attended to voice their concerns about the possible closure of Catholic elementary schools.