Archive 1997-2016
By Stephanie Coombs
A week of penny-pinching and wallet-watching left 72 Ottawa-area residents — who normally don’t have to worry about their finances — knowing more about what it’s like to be poor.
“It wasn’t easy,” says Centretown resident Pat Lawrence. “It got harder and harder each day.”
By Matt Sekeres
Not everybody likes a parade. Merchants in Centretown and the Glebe are preparing for the mixed blessings associated with an additional parade down Bank Street.
The 17th annual St. Patrick’s Day parade will follow a new route this year. The change came about after the regional government enacted a by-law last year that prevents parades from crossing the Rideau canal.
By Keith Kalawsky
Despite loud opposition from angry parents, students and teachers — and squabbling among school trustees — the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board has taken one more step towards radically changing special education in the region.
By Denise Fung
Somerset Coun. Elisabeth Arnold says reversing the provincial government’s tax cuts will be the top item on her agenda if elected to Queen’s Park.
As the NDP’s new candidate for Ottawa Centre, Arnold says the tax cut, which reduced Ontario’s income tax rate by 30 per cent last July, should be scrapped in favour of funding social programs.