Archive 1997-2016
By Lindsey Parry and David Kolbusz
When Lani Fairchild needs cigarettes or bus tickets, she only has to go around the corner to Elgin Street. But because she is in a wheelchair, shopping near her home is never that easy.
Fairchild, 49, says that although she could get through the inclined front entrance of the Zesty Market on Elgin, there are newspaper stands blocking her way.
Negotiations between the City of Ottawa and Cadillac Fairview Corporation over the sale of the main downtown library are going slowly. Officials involved in the negotiations say several issues must be clarified before it reaches city council.
“There are more questions than answers at this stage,” says Elisabeth Arnold, city councillor whose ward includes the library. “We want to make sure the level of service is maintained and the library is not negatively affected in any way. We want to make sure the sale of a public facility is a change for the better not for the worse.”
Elisabeth Arnold has ended weeks of speculation and announced she will seek the Ottawa Centre NDP nomination for the next provincial election.
The Somerset city councillor joins education activist John Crump in the contest to be decided at a nomination meeting Jan. 26.
It’s a case of high demand but low supply for the City of Ottawa’s indoor arenas.
The city does not have enough ice time available at its arenas to match the demand for ice rentals.
Dave Lahey, sports co-ordinator for the City of Ottawa, says the 11 indoor arenas across the city are all heavily used and the city turns down requests for ice rentals every day.