Archive 1997-2016
By Laura Moses
A pedometer lending program now available in all city libraries is just one step in a 10,000-step program to get Ottawa residents more physically active.
“Now you can go to the library and you can take out a pedometer just the way you can take out a book to see what kind of walking you’re doing,” said Dr. Robert Cushman, Ottawa’s chief medical officer, during the Active Ottawa campaign launch on Oct. 29.
By Brian Jackson
Ottawa residents will have to park their SUVs in the garage and start riding the bus to work if the city is to be successful 100 years in the future, according to a long-term planning group.
The City of Ottawa invited the B.C.-based Sheltair Group to present a two-day conference intended to educate local businesses and city officials about long-term urban planning Nov. 1 and 2. This expands on the Ottawa 20/20 plan – a guide to develop the city over 20 years.
By Natasha Gleiser
Ottawa cyclists are worried about their bikes being stolen after last month’s discovery that some locks could be picked with a simple ballpoint pen.
Theft is a problem in Ottawa — 196 bikes were stolen in September, says Tom Cybulski from the Ottawa Police Service records section.
By Jordan Shifman
Ottawa city council will contribute $5.47 million to the city’s new concert hall, but it will remain off limits until the federal and provincial governments, as well as the community, offer financial help.
The Ottawa Chamber Music Society’s director, Julian Armour, along with his staff and countless volunteers, has been working diligently for months to bring a medium-sized, 925-seat, contemporary music complex to a city craving more arts. He says these next goals can be achieved, but they can’t be achieved alone. “We’ve been going on all fronts. We did about two years worth of work in three months, but it’s not over,” he says. “The biggest obstacle is getting municipal funding and that’s done. It’s a tremendous breakthrough that the councillors approved the hall. We need their help in creating and promoting it.”