Centretown News

Every second Sunday, the McNabb commmunity centre on Percy Street is redolent with the smell of home-cooked curry . . .

At the Cambridge Street Public School, Grade 6 student Thuong Tran told a story to her language class. She memorized it as an exercise in improving her public speaking skills.

Teachers with the Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada program (LINC), the free English training for immigrants, want their students to get the language training they need.

Vivian Poon is playing with the toes of a flesh-coloured, latex foot that looks eerily real.