Archive 1997-2016
By Gina Harris
Sometimes monumental changes begin with one small step. Lianna Foley’s life changed when she picked up the phone and asked for help.
Nine months ago Foley’s life looked bleak. With no job, and a two-year-old daughter to raise by herself, each day was a struggle.
Parents representing schools slated to be closed, including McNabb Park Public School, were left in the cold after a provincial education official cancelled meetings March 12.
Norbert Hartmann, assistant deputy minister of education, was in Ottawa to gather information on local school closures for the education minister. The results of his visit and who he talked to are unclear.
By Greg Younger-Lewis
A Centretown resident’s one-man crusade is ending after a divided regional council’s recent decision to put money into the beefing up enforcement of the postering bylaw.
David Blackman, a federal civil servant, says he’s happy the region has put $60,000 aside to deal with, among other things, what he calls “Ottawa’s mega-postering problem.”
By Kathy Olson
Parents will be spending more to send their children to school next fall.
A decision by the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board to cut $800,000 from funding for elementary school supplies means students in public schools will have to provide their own notebooks, pencils, and crayons next year.