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Street furniture set to be replaced
Brand new bus shelters, garbage cans and benches will soon be installed on downtown Ottawa streets to replace the current fixtures, described at a recent public consultation as, “ugly and useless.”
Brett Ruskin, Centretown News Ottawa streets will take on a new look once new street furniture is installed.
Flu shot won’t make you sick, says nurse
Although the number of people in Centretown getting their annual flu shot is increasing, residents still have the misconception that the shot gives you the flu, a public health nurse says.
Slashed arts funding affects children of war
Thirty children huddle together around beads, pom-poms and ribbon that litter the floor of the Centretown Community Health Centre. They’re making leaves to show the emotions they are feeling. 
Patricia Grannum, Centretown News Community Faces, an arts program to help children of war interact, is facing funding cuts.