Archive 1997-2016
Many Centretown residents are still butting heads with Ashcroft Homes over a proposed nine-storey building at the corner of O’Connor and McLeod streets, despite proposed improvements made by heritage-friendly architect Barry Padolsky.
City council has adopted recommendations to build a system that will likely replace the diesel-powered Talent trains with electrically-powered light rail trains that would connect the downtown with suburbs including Barrhaven, Kanata and Cumberland.
Car tolls in Centretown are still a long way from getting a green light, but a federal politician has recently added some fuel to the idea.
A little piece of Beijing may soon land in the heart of Ottawa’s Chinatown.