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Is the fight to relocate the Gilmour Street parole office over? The activists and parents who have been fighting for a year to move the office away from Elgin Street Public School might be dismayed to learn the answer could very well be yes.
Oct. 15
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 82 Kent St., will hold a rummage sale from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. On sale sale will be clothes, books and household items. For more information call 232-9042.
The Bell Street United Church will hold a flea market from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at 384 Arlington Ave.
Ottawa city council agreed on a policy to allow billboard advertising on city property at their Sept. 28 meeting and, while their solution is very democratic, it doesn’t make much business sense.
It may seem morbid to daydream about the style of coffin you would prefer to be laid to rest in. And not everyone stops to envision the flower arrangements they would like to see at their own wake. But in Ontario an increasing number of citizens have begun planning — and paying for — their own funerals in advance.