Archive 1997-2016
A student-run group from Carleton University is looking to combat homelessness and poverty through small gestures of charity, one care package at a time.
On Nov. 27, the group —called “Carleton Castlestone”— went down Bank Street in Centretown and handed out eight care packages to those struggling with homelessness and financial strain.
As the City of Ottawa prepares to finalize its 2017 budget, community advocates are pleading for a greater commitment of funds from the city to deal with what they are describing as an affordable housing crisis.
You reach for your child’s bag and yank it hard as a car careens around the corner.
Close calls like this could be reduced if the province, as recently promised, makes photo radar legal in school zones — but not all downtown schools will be getting them.
The Open Democracy Project, a Toronto-based not-for-profit trying to boost Canadians’ involvement in municipal politics, is crowdfunding a planned digital toolkit for running election campaigns.