Archive 1997-2016
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 Tamam Ahmed Jama
On foot, in a car, on bike, across the road, at the corner store — Const. Tim Senack is all over Centretown. He has spent 18 years in uniform as a front-line officer, and he says the new district policing will allow him to do his job better.
By Bryan Mullan
A provincial government proposal to make school uniforms mandatory is drawing fire from Centretown students, parents and teachers.
“To say if you wear a shirt and tie you behave better than if you wear a T-shirt is foolish,” says Peter Eddison, whose teenage son attends Lisgar Collegiate Institute.
By Jennifer McCarthy
With almost 40 private member’s bills before the House of Commons, Ottawa Centre MP Mac Harb has critics wondering just who he’s trying to impress.
“For an MP to have that many bills, it’s not really worth their while,” says Reform MP Randy White. “Overall he’s sending a clear message that he wants these things changed, but the record this government has of moving private member’s bills through is abysmal. Only one or two in the past six years.”