Archive 1997-2016
A film festival organized by the environment group Ottawa Riverkeeper is set to raise funds for a project that will help local residents monitor water quality in the river themselves rather than wait for information from city authorities.
The labour dispute between Ontario teachers’ unions and the provincial government has put Lisgar Collegiate’s prestigious Spacesim program – the Ottawa-Carleton Educational Space Simulation – on indefinite hold.
Students of St. Anthony Catholic School on Booth Street are working to get their EcoSchool certification as part of an Ontario-wide program to encourage environmentally friendly activities among young people. 
Courtesy St. Anthony Catholic SchoolA St. Anthony student makes a compost liner out of newspapers.
A recent fact-finding trip to Europe by members of the Somerset West Community Health Centre has inspired new discussions among community organizers about safe injection sites in Ottawa.