Archive 1997-2016
By Aloma Jardine
With the ice storm of the century firmly under their belts, Ottawans are ready to celebrate winter.
But this year’s Winterlude offers people more than just an escape from everyday life.
The National Capital Commission will donate half the price of each ticket sold for its Feb. 7 Canadian Ice Breaker Show to the Red Cross Ice Storm Relief Fund.
By Damali Nabagereka
Ottawa-Carleton District School Board trustees say the province’s delay in releasing funding information for 1998-99 could mean a rocky start next school year.
Board Chair Lynn Scott says the lack of information will delay the budget process.
Regional council has also given the go-ahead for the construction of ramps that will give commuters from Hunt Club easier access to the Airport Parkway.
But this decision has been met with criticism.
John Kane, president of the Glebe Community Centre Association, says increased traffic on the Airport Parkway will mean traffic congestion in the Glebe and Centretown.
By Brent Kerrigan and Jennifer Lee
Regional council is going ahead with a pilot light rail project it says will be quick, easy and inexpensive.
The full cost of the project, however, remains unknown and the route itself is still in the planning stage.
John Braaksma, a professor of civil engineering at Carleton University, worked with the region to develop a proposal for a possible light rail station at Carleton University.