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The proposed upgrade and beautification of Somerset Street, set to begin this spring, is not going as smoothly as planned due to what a local shop owner calls nitpicking over details.
The Dalhousie Community Association is fighting to preserve a coveted piece of greenspace on the north side of Albert Street that is annually threatened by illegally parked LeBreton Flats festival-goers.
A Centretowm climbing-gym owner is anxiously awaiting the fate of 20 years’ worth of work. 
Karli McKinnon, Centretown NewsPeter Slivka, owner of the Vertical Reality climbing gym, is awaiting an NCC decision about rock climbing in Gatineau Park.
While Carleton University and University of Ottawa students may start using a new universal bus pass in September, several other Ottawa schools are noticeably absent from the pilot project, dubbed the “U-pass.”
Karli McKinnon, Centretown NewsThese Carleton University students, along with their colleagues at the University of Ottawa, will be required to buy a U-pass in September.