A combination of community-minded local businesses could soon establish a fund that would support affordable housing in Ottawa and serve as a model for the rest of Canada.
Businesses unite for affordable housing fund
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Corktown best name for bridge
The recently completed canal-crossing foot bridge that connects Centretown and Sandy Hill needs a name. The suggested names, the merits of which are being debated on city blogs elsewhere, are many and varied.
BRIEFLY . . . for April 13, 2007
Angels' wings clipped by lack of volunteers . . . City council deflates cyclists' plans . . . Patten endorses councillor for nomination
McKenney seeking community input after Central Library location decision
The proposed site of Ottawa’s new $168-million Central Library — identified Dec. 15 by the library board as a city-owned property at the northeast corner of Albert and Booth streets — has prompted criticism and questions from community advocates, including Somerset Coun. Catherine McKenney, who had pushed for a downtown-core location east of Bronson Avenue and west of the Rideau Canal.