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The federal government has — at least for now — scrapped plans to create the Portrait Gallery of Canada, which was once planned for Centretown but last year became the focus of a national bidding battle.
They remember the war like it was yesterday.
The city’s community services committee has given a preliminary thumbs up to seeking $4.6 million in additional funding from a provincial fund for the Beaver Barracks affordable housing project in Centretown, despite cost overruns.
Centretown needs at least 17 paramedic units on duty at all times if the area is to be served adequately says Jean-Pierre Trottier, the Ottawa paramedics’ spokesperson.