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Neighbourhood wants prostitutes out
A Centretown group is trying to wipe out a prostitution problem in its neighbourhood by convincing the courts to consider community impact statements in the sentencing of sex-trade workers and johns.
Banks withdraw late-night services
By Brigette Choiselat
When it comes to late-night banking options, one of Ottawa’s busiest night-life scenes is being left in the dark and forcing Centretown customers to pull at doors and scream for money.
Changes in bank machine hours are forcing Elgin Street merchants to consider all options to help their customers get late-night cash.
Transpo non-scents irks riders
By Tom McLean
To smell or not to smell: that is the question for OC Transpo riders both for and against the transportation company’s campaign to keep scented body products from clouding the air.
Lucy Doré, OC Transpo director of communications, says the company was approached last year by the Allergy and Environmental Health Association of Ottawa and was urged to help riders with allergies to chemical scents.