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Plans for a “landlord school” are now underway and the City of Ottawa is aiming for September as its start date. The city is hoping this new initiative to educate and support landlords of affordable housing and rooming houses will help alleviate many of the issues stemming from problematic landlords and tenants.
A proposed new housing and office development on the land surrounding Christ Church Cathedral – a project backed by the financially challenged Anglican church itself – is raising concerns about tall buildings crowding the 176-year-old landmark. 
Susan Krashinsky, Centretown NewsChrist Church Cathedral may soon be crowded by tall buildings.
Proposed changes to Ottawa’s blueprint for the future are giving residents and developers the chance to have their say on how Ottawa will look 20 years in the future.
Feces and urine float through the watery gutters lining the eroding cages of the Ottawa Humane Society’s dog runs. In the stray cat ward, cages filled with two to three cats are stacked on top of one another, spilling out into the hallways and filling closets – the meows from the distressed animals are deafening. 
Natalie Zakrzewski, Centretown NewsThe current Ottawa Humane Society building was designed to accommodate 2,500 animals a year, but it now houses more than 11,000 annually. Overcrowding has forced some animals to be stored in cluttered closets and dirty wash stations.