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The region’s proposed light rail transit system has edged a little closer to reality in the past few weeks with the creation of a steering committee for the project.
The committee will be looking at what sort of process should be followed, such as how to keep costs as low as possible and to what degree private industry can get involved.
Women seeking work in Centretown have one less place to turn to as of March 31.
The Women’s Career Counselling Centre on Catherine Street has helped women look for work since 1974. It’s closing because its funding has been cut.
The centre stopped accepting clients in January after the last funding extension from Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC).
A local tenants’ rights group will close unless it receives funding from the region or the city.
“These aren’t the best of times,” says Dan McIntyre, president and sole remaining employee of the Federation of Ottawa-Carleton Tenants’ Associations. “The federation is on very shaky ground.”
By Allison Hanes
Ottawa Centre MP Mac Harb wants to go down in Canadian history on two counts: for introducing the most private members’ bills on one subject at one time in the House of Commons and for his attention to children’s issues.
On Feb. 13, backbencher Harb and fellow Liberal Jean Augustine (Etobicoke-Lakeshore) introduced 38 bills to Parliament, 35 of which are aimed at strengthening children’s rights in Canada.