A Centretown-based national environmental group has launched a new campaign that asks people in Ottawa to call for change to local environmental policies.
Local group rallies support for changing Ottawa environmental policies
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Health groups hope to involve communities to fight heart disease
A renewed partnership between Ottawa Public Health and the Champlain Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Network promises to implement a “bigger and better” approach to preventing heart disease in the Ottawa area, say officials with the two agencies.
Local groups plan to have their say in pipeline consultations
Local environmental groups and activists have welcomed a recent decision by the Ontario government to launch consultations on the Energy East Pipeline, which will allow opponents and proponents of the cross-Canada project to express their views on oil sands expansion.
Health centre targets high risk diseases in immigrants
Chinese-Canadian residents of Ottawa gathered recently at Jack Purcell Community Centre for the first of three “chronic disease risk” screening programs for immigrant populations hosted by the Centretown Community Health Centre.