A pilot project raising awareness about the Ottawa River’s water quality culminated this month in the filming of three mini-documentaries about the importance of maintaining the river. 
Michelle Kwan, Centretown NewsMeredith Brown (left) and Alexandra Cousteau test the water quality of the Ottawa River .
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Hope for Elgin concert hall evaporates as city leases space
Centretown’s last hope for a concert hall was extinguished when city council approved a motion that allows Ottawa Tourism to move into space in a new office building at 150 Elgin St.
New soil system to nurture Gladstone Ave. trees
The rebuilding of a stretch of Gladstone Avenue this fall will include the installation of a new, state-of-the-art “soil cell system” along the street to help keep newly planted trees alive in Centretown’s urban jungle.
Vietnamese museum project still needs millions in funding
Standing at the corner of Preston and Somerset streets, there’s not much to see but a vacant lot adorned with white and violet petunias. This empty space houses a big dream for Can Le, president of the Vietnamese Federation in Ottawa, who hopes the lot will become a museum recounting the painful but moving story of the Vietnamese Boat People.