Centretown News

March 28, 2008 Charelle Evelyn

Viewpoint: Advertising . . . you can run but you can’t hide from it

Advertising is one of those pesky things that you can’t escape from, no matter how hard you try. The average person in North America is inundated with at least 3,000 ads per day.

March 28, 2008 Avery Moore

Bylaw bars city from collecting pawnshop info

Yi Han, Centretown News

Rings Etc. Jewellers owner Stan Wise examines jewellery brought in from a Montreal company.

Following the lead of other Canadian cities, second-hand stores are no longer required to gather information on sellers for the City of Ottawa.

March 28, 2008 Tricia Van der Grient

Parole office consultations still not underway

Some local activists are questioning the snail's pace at which the federal government is searching for a new location for the controversial parole office on Elgin Street.

March 28, 2008 Ben Magnus

Spring thaw unlikely to lead to serious floods

Yi Han, Centretown News

After near record-breaking snowfalls this winter, the mountains of snow at the Bayview snow dump have reached mountainous proportions.

After a long winter of late buses, covered sidewalks, snow removal contract disputes, cracked roofs and discussions of tax surcharges, Centretown residents won’t have to worry about flooding according to the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority.