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The man behind Ottawa’s PoutineFest — former Sparks Street BIA boss Les Gagne — is launching a rival PoutineFest in early May, just four days after the original event is scheduled to be held in late April.
Downtown development is at an all-time high. With more and more people and businesses moving downtown, cities are struggling to manage the steady influx.
Dario Balca, Centretown News
The former Zellers building at 156 Sparks St. is seen closed and undergoing renovations . A Winners store will soon open at the location as part of the Spark Street BIA's plan to revamp the area by introducing new businesses. A new Winners location is expected to open on Sparks Street this fall. Business experts say it should have a positive impact on the revitalization of the street, but more could still be done.
The controversy over the proposed Memorial to the Victims of Communism has taken a new twist – a “Move the Memorial” petition launched by a group of University of Ottawa students who want the planned site between the Supreme Court and Library and Archives Canada abandoned in favour of the project’s original location: the Garden of the Provinces.