Archive 1997-2016
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The threat of a Remembrance Day sniper won’t stop doctors from performing abortions at a Centretown clinic in November.
The Morgentaler Clinic, on Bank Street, has three physicians who will continue working regular shifts, says Joan Wright, the clinic’s manager.
The fate of Centretown schools, which was to be decided by community working groups, will be left to the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board after all.
And after months of meetings, studies and speculation, the community working group set up to advise the school board on closures has recommended that no schools be closed in Centretown. The group released its report earlier this week and will present their study to trustees at a meeting Nov.10.
The community reports will be studied by school board staff which will make recommendations on Nov. 24. The final decision by trustees will be made public Dec. 21.
Alan Neal didn’t have a job when he graduated from Carleton University three years ago. Armed with a journalism degree, Neal went to CBC Radio in Ottawa and offered to work for free for one week. He threw himself into each task and, when the week was over, the producers asked him to stay.
Is accountability among elected politicians dead? Recent news headlines would lead many to believe the answer is yes.
Consider the following:
• In 1963, John Profumo, then British war minister, resigned because he had a relationship with a prostitute who also had Russian officials as clients. He then lied about the escapade to the House of Commons.
Today, U.S. President Bill Clinton has decided to remain in office after lying under oath about a sexual affair with a White House intern.
• In 1990, Jean Charest resigned from Brian Mulroney’s cabinet after trying to talk to a Quebec Superior Court judge about an active case.
Today, Solicitor General Andy Scott has made no attempt to quit after allegedly speaking too loudly on a jet plane. Topics overheard on the flight included the Airbus investigation, the APEC inquiry, and the finances of a member of the RCMP Public Complaints Commission.
• In 1873, Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald resigned after accepting election funding from a team of prospective railroad tycoons.