The Ottawa police now have an official policy to address mass demonstrations, arrests and a plan for a temporary mass prisoner “processing centre” if needed.
Police plan detention centre for protesters
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Food centres struggling to fill stomachs of city’s needy
With the winter approaching, some Ottawa residents are facing a choice between four walls and a full stomach. 
Jakob Nørmark, Centretown NewsCentretown Food Centre volunteers (from left) Hugh McCallum, Helen Scott, Ikuko Webster and Percy Campbell fill food hampers for citizens in need.
Residents call for fix to challenging intersection
Centretown residents are calling for more driver and pedestrian awareness two weeks after a driver struck a 24-year-old man at the busy intersection of Bank Street and Laurier Avenue.
Unclear city wildlife policy blamed for elk shooting
The bitter taste left by the controversial slaying of an elk in Centretown earlier this month is raising questions about the strategy that the City of Ottawa uses in dealing with wildlife conflicts.