In the vacant lot at a major Centretown intersection, behind a wire fence, there is nothing much to see besides gravel, sawdust and a sign displaying an artist’s vision of the museum-to-be. 
Megan Cheung, Centretown NewsProject leader Can Le says it cost $1,600 to cut down two trees on the site of the Vietnamese Boat People Museum.
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Social housing champion
Inside Centretown’s Montgomery Legion, the growing crowd buzzes. They laugh and reminisce over the photographs pegged on a wall. The hues change from black and white to colour, enhancing in vibrancy with the life and times of the woman who has touched their lives as an advocate for social housing.
Jennifer Goldsmith, Centretown NewsCatherine Boucher has stepped down as executive director of the Centretown Citizens Ottawa Corporation.
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Canada has always prided itself on being a leader in progressive social policy, but it’s lagging dangerously behind when it comes to managing drug addiction and it couldn’t be more obvious than in the nation’s capital.
Don’t put children in a bubble
Parents have an important role to play in shaping public school curricula. This role should stop short of holding veto power over the individual books their children read.