Archive 1997-2016
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By Jon Filson
One thing is for sure: there will be no women’s football at Carleton University next year.
But right now everything else is still up in the air. University president Richard Van Loon will decide in mid-February on director of athletics Drew Love’s recommendations. Among the changes being considered: axing football entirely and giving more money to women’s athletics than men’s.
By Corrine Weaver
Cynthia Bates is not used to being the centre of attention.
“I had attempted to keep this whole thing low-key,” she says. “I was not really out to get a whole lot of attention.”
But the December release of her first book, Mikayla’s Victory, made Bates somewhat of a celebrity in Centretown. She appeared in television segments on both the CBC and CJOH and interested people are phoning, wondering where they can get copies of the book.
By Devi Ramachandran
New tobacco proposals to limit display of products through advertising and window displays are receiving mixed reactions from independent Centretown businesses.
One smoke shop owner fears the new proposals will affect sales while others say sales will continue as usual.
By Craig Babstock
When the Mayflower first opened, a cup of coffee cost a quarter and a pint of beer was under a buck.
Times have changed, but the bar hasn’t, according to co-owner Walter Krepski. He and Alfred Friedman opened the Mayflower 20 years ago this January. It was the first pub on Elgin Street and the first British-style bar in Ottawa.