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Residents on Argyle Avenue have lost patience with cyclists who are using the sidewalk as if it were a bike path. With support from the Ottawa Police Service, the people in the area have created an awareness campaign in an attempt to fix the problem with the careless cyclists.
TRY program moves women from shelters to housing
The average length of time that women stay in the emergency shelter system in Ottawa has decreased by six days due to the success of programs such as the TRY Supportive Housing Program.
Fleck House may get special heritage status
When the Alexander Fleck House was first built in 1902 on Laurier Avenue West, its owner and namesake would have been able to gaze through the red brick mansion’s ornate, stained-glass windows and see his foundry’s workforce in the industrial neighbourhood of LeBreton Flats below.
Victorian heritage building undergoes makeover
The Hungarian embassy in Centretown – a century-old heritage building on Metcalfe Street –– will be undergoing construction to its sunroom after it sustained damage in the earthquake that struck Ottawa in 2010.