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The Somerset West Community Health Centre in Chinatown has received $10,000 from two pharmaceutical companies to help improve staff’s ability to recognize and respond more effectively to problems triggered by underlying traumatic causes.
Kait Labbate, Centretown News
Jim Potter volunteers as a tool doctor at the Ottawa Tool Library. Bettina Vollmerhausen’s toolbox holds well over 500 gizmos and gadgets – from hammers to hacksaws. And she’s happy to share them with fellow do-it-yourselfers.
Jane Hobson, Centretown News
Somerset Coun. Catherine McKenney and Mothers Against Drunk Driving have succeeded in dedicating a fountain outside of city hall to the victims of impaired driving.Ottawa city council voted unanimously on Oct. 28 to dedicate a fountain outside of city hall to victims of impaired driving and provide their loved ones with a place to reflect and remember.
Local business leaders and officials with Invest Ottawa, the city’s key economic development agency, will be headed off to China with Mayor Jim Watson on Nov. 16 in an effort to enhance local business connections with Ottawa’s sister city, Beijing.