Archive 1997-2016
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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.
By Chad Paulin
Bells may be ringing for students at McNabb Park Public School for at least one more year.
With a meeting to vote on closing the school scheduled for Feb. 22, the public school board’s chair said he will forward a motion to keep the school open until the year 2000.
By Bryan Mullan
A provincial government proposal to make school uniforms mandatory is drawing fire from Centretown students, parents and teachers.
“To say if you wear a shirt and tie you behave better than if you wear a T-shirt is foolish,” says Peter Eddison, whose teenage son attends Lisgar Collegiate Institute.