Victoria Maybee, Centretown News
New zoning proposals will help small businesses such as Roma Confectionary stay in business.The City of Ottawa’s review of zoning regulations in residential areas to increase commercialization and promote small business growth has generated a polarized reaction from business owners and community members in Centretown.
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Frank magazine criticized for republishing ‘hurtful’ cartoons
The head of a downtown Ottawa Islamic social agency has criticized the local satirical magazine Frank for republishing controversial cartoons from France’s Charlie Hebdo depicting the Prophet Muhammad – the trigger for the deadly terrorist strikes at the office of the Paris weekly earlier this month.
Climate change will melt ice time on Rideau Canal
Justine Carr, Centretown News
Global warming will significantly reduce skating time on the Rideau Canal in the future.Rising temperatures will shrink ice time on the Rideau Canal in coming decades, according to research in the journal Nature Climate Change.
Dewar opposes communism victims’ memorial site
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The proposed site of the Memorial to Victims of Communism has been controversial.Ottawa Centre MP Paul Dewar says he’s opposed to the planned Wellington Street site of a national memorial — championed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and top minister Jason Kenney — commemorating the victims of communism. He argues that the decision-making process was too political.