While other Ottawa neighbourhoods are getting refurbished sound barriers to muffle the roaring engines on the Queensway, Centretown residents are pushing to end their long wait for better buffers.
Stephanie Smith, Centretown NewsResidents call for more sound barriers to block noise from the Queensway.
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Understaffing plagues city cycling fund
Money from the city’s multi-million-dollar cycling plan may soon flow freely, after being bottlenecked for a year due to a staffing shortage.
Local churches keep the water holy
Church services might look a little different for Centretown residents over the next while, as ministers and priests attempt to make parishioners less susceptible to the H1N1 flu.
Mathew Klie-Cribb, Centretown NewsRev. Richard Siok sanitizes his hands at St. Patricks Basilica. The basilica changes holy water daily during flu season.
Local shelters to isolate sick homeless
Ottawa Inner City Health has set up a Byward Market isolation dorm for homeless men sick with H1N1 to protect other homeless and the city’s hospitalized populations from catching swine flu.