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At a time of rising global food prices and intensified effects of climate change hurting agricultural production, one Centretown-based group called Permaculture Ottawa is urging locals to look for places to start their own sustainable gardens. In early March, the UN announced the sharpest rise in the food price index since mid-2012. Volatile weather conditions lowered global crop yields, driving up costs for commodities.
Women feel unsafe using the bus late at night, according to data released in the 2013 OC Transpo Customer Survey and women’s groups say the company is not doing enough to help.
Hanna Lange-Chenier, Centretown NewsMore than half of women in a OC Transpo survey say they feel unsafe waiting at bus stops at night, while 43 per cent feel unsafe riding the bus late at night.
The local bus company that serves Centretown’s elementary schools is backing a bid by Cumberland Coun. Stephen Blais urging the Ontario government to make it mandatory to install cameras on all school bus stop signs in Ontario.
The Ottawa Senators recently shifted their focus from the ice to the life of a young patient at Saint-Vincent Hospital, replacing a personalized hockey souvenir after it was stolen from his mother’s car on March 11.