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February 22, 2008 Farzad Fatholahzadeh

Legal crack pipes not welcome

David Kawai, Centretown News

Discarded kits of drug paraphernalia are often found near school grounds, such as Cambridge Street Public School (above) and playgrounds, endangering children who find them.

Ontario’s decision to fund a Centretown crack pipe program has left some area residents wondering whose safety is more important – theirs or drug users.

February 22, 2008 Yi Han

School’s more than words and numbers

Photos by Lisa Xing, Centretown News

Grade 4 pupils from Hawthorne Public School had an opportunity to attend a concert and visit backstage at the National Arts Centre as part of pilot music education program.

For Bordy McPhee, school doesn’t just mean arithmetic and adjectives.

February 22, 2008 Ines Jelic

More help on way for young addicts

Andrew Ng, Centretown News

The Dave Smith Centre on Bronson Avenue is the city's only day-treatment centre exclusively for youth.

Many Ottawa social service advocates are more hopeful than ever about getting the much-needed youth residential drug treatment centre they have been seeking for years.

February 22, 2008 Roxanne Stasyszyn

While-you-wait STI test results to be available soon

About 30 per cent of people living with HIV are unaware of it but within months, tests with instant results will be available for everyone, says Orhan Hassan, program manager of Healthy Sexuality and Risk Reduction with Ottawa Public Health.