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The head of the Ottawa Public Library Foundation says the planned shutdown of the 10-year-old fundraising body – recently announced by the city’s library board – was all but guaranteed after the cancellation of its “flagship” goal of a new central library in downtown Ottawa.
The Champlain Local Health Integration Network has received $11.1 million in annual funding to be allocated to community-based health centres across the region to improve care for seniors and people with mental health problems and addictions.
A recent decision by the City of Ottawa to put a Preston Street development on hold is an example of the city’s “hodge-podge,” ad hoc approach to intensification, experts say.
More lower-priced condominiums are expected to be developed in downtown Ottawa over the next few years due to the demand for more affordable housing from first-time homebuyers, according to a senior market analyst with the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.