Archive 1997-2016
By Dave Lefebvre
With $1 million set aside for the Plant Pool, organizers of the project are hopeful they will raise the remaining $5 million before the end of the year.
The City of Ottawa placed $1 million in a reserve fund for the pool as part of this year’s budget and another million may follow.
By Nathalie Seguin
Cats at the Humane Society of Ottawa-Carleton have a lot to meow about.
Feline euthanasia rates fell 11 per cent in the first six months of 1998, according to a Humane Society report. This means over 500 more cats were saved during this period than in the first half of 1997. A rise in adoptions and foster program participation contributed to the decrease.
By Stephanie Coombs and Kelly Leydier
Cutbacks to the district school board’s special education program are inevitable, say school officials, despite attempts to save them.
The Ottawa-Carleton District School board has already approved in principle an $8.2-million cut to special needs programs for the upcoming budget. The province has given the board four years to cut $20 million.
By Denise Fung
Centretown elementary schools are putting greater emphasis on mathematics after receiving low scores on standardized provincial Grade 3 tests.
Principals from Cambridge Street Public School, Elgin Street Public School and McNabb Park Public School say their students need to improve their math skills. Across the province, math was the weakest discipline.