Category: News

By Lisa Miguez
The region’s plans to build ramps connecting Hunt Club to the Airport Parkway have been stalled by a call for a wider environmental assessment.

The City Centre Community Coalition sent a request to the Ontario Environment Ministry to force the region to conduct a more detailed environmental impact review. The review will cause up to a 66-day delay in the start of construction. This would put the date for the beginning of construction past the Nov. 10 municipal elections. The new council could put a halt to the plans. read more

By P.C. Pethick

A local video artist is looking for a few good hens…and he’s no chicken when it comes to shelling out the big bucks to find them.

Ottawa documentary maker Rob Thompson began the search, last Saturday, for two “chickens” to star in his newest project Wire, a video he says will, “raise public awareness about how animals are treated in the food industry.” read more

By Jill Renaud
The chips are down and the dice will be ready to roll as early as next spring at two new charity casinos in the Ottawa region.

The Ontario alcohol and gaming commission announced Sept. 26 the names of two gaming companies which will operate permanent casinos in the Ottawa region. read more

Environmental review delays construction

By Lisa Miguez
The region’s plans to build ramps connecting Hunt Club to the Airport Parkway have been stalled by a call for a wider environmental assessment.

The City Centre Community Coalition sent a request to the Ontario Environment Ministry to force the region to conduct a more detailed environmental impact review. The review will cause up to a 66-day delay in the start of construction. This would put the date for the beginning of construction past the Nov. 10 municipal elections. The new council could put a halt to the plans. read more