Category: News

By Julie Delaney
It’s dark. A woman walks alone on Lorne Street. What’s that shadow at the bottom of the stairway? Is that a noise coming from the bushes?

These are questions women may no longer have to ask themselves while walking in the Dalhousie Community Centre neighborhood. A safety audit of the blocks surrounding the 755 Somerset St. W. building was carried out this week.
The audit was organized by Women’s Place and Women’s Action Centre Against Violence.
Women’s Place employee Ann Rose says the audit is to help area women determine the level of safety in their neighborhood. read more

By Jason Kirby
It looks the same as any garden this time of year, with a few sunflowers standing beside wilted patches of vegetables, but the roar of the Queensway only 30 metres away signals you’re not in a quaint country garden.

This small green plot at the corner of Catherine and Metcalfe streets is the Bytown Urban Gardens and it’s part of a growing trend to bring green space back into city centres. read more

Preston St. festival teaches the art of wine-making

Ignoring the dozen wasps swarming around a large, open-topped crate of grapes sitting outside Il Garage Ristorante, Sophie Raynor-Grignon, 5, gingerly stood up and stomped barefoot in the fruit.

Applause broke out in the crowd of watchers, who had gathered to celebrate Preston Street’s first annual Grape Harvest Festival, La Vindemmia, held Sept. 26-28. With 15 cases of grapes from Musca Wine and Il Garage, anyone who wanted to could participate in a traditional Italian grape-stomping. read more

By Katherine E. Reyes
With a possible teachers’ strike around the corner, parents could be left scrambling for places where their children can stay during the day.

Teachers plan to strike if the Harris government adopts its education reform plans. The government plans to pass Bill 160 any day. The bill seeks changes such as a reduction in the number of teachers, the number of professional development days and class-preparation time. read more