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Jennifer Escander leans over a pool table and lines up her cue for a shot. After playing her turn, she joins her friends clustered around a nearby table, sipping beers and chatting. Escander lights a cigarette and takes a drag.
A new pilot program for expelled students in Ottawa will segregate them from regular students and focus on mental health in addition to academics, says Dan Wiseman, a coordinator at the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board.
A decision by Ottawa city council to defer the construction of a southbound off-ramp on the Airport Parkway at Walkley Road is being viewed by some as a symbolic victory in the battle between public transportation and traffic congestion.
The debate over duplicate street names in the amalgamated City of Ottawa has begun to wind down, leaving residents and businesses of Centretown walking away from this battle almost unscathed.