The City of Ottawa’s built heritage sub-committee has recommended that city council move to preserve two examples of a vanishing style of architecture in the downtown core.
Heritage status debated for downtown homes
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Somerset Ward gang activity still a concern
One year into its anti-gang campaign, Crime Prevention Ottawa released a report last month showing signs of progress, despite a challenging year for police. With more than 30 shootings in the city so far in 2014 – already surpassing last year’s total – organizers are emphasizing positive results in local communities beyond the numbers.
Group focuses on gender-based violence
Hollaback! Ottawa is hoping to make the streets a little safer by putting the issue of gender-based violence on the agenda for the Oct. 27 municipal election.
Would-be councillors react to income divide
Ottawa is stricken with a divide between the affluent and “everybody else,” says a report by the Coalition of Community Health and Resource Centres of Ottawa.Titled, Bridging the Gap, this inaugural report was released, say advocates, in hopes of shaping discussion among candidates in the upcoming Ottawa municipal elections.