Archive 1997-2016
By Allyson Widdis
A newly expanded Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police initiative to improve relationships between police and members of minority groups may be good news for Centretown, which is one of the most ethnically diverse areas in the region.
The plan, called Partnership in Action, is meant to foster a better police understanding of some of the issues minorities face.
Somerset Regional Coun. Diane Holmes and the Centretown Citizens Ottawa Corporation are appealing a City of Ottawa bylaw which they say limits future affordable housing developments near downtown.
By Hugo Rodrigues
Ottawa-area schools are already participating in waste-reduction programs but there’s now a push to expand them to emphasize sustainable development.
The EcoSchools Recognition Program, a national program developed by Terra Choice Environmental Services under license from Environment Canada, is one such initiative currently being piloted in two Ottawa-area schools.
I would like to respond to, and perhaps clarify, some of the unfortunate comments made by Geoff Coons, a counsellor with the Youth 2000 Jobs program in the October 15 edition of your paper.
The Youth 2000 Jobs program, which employs two front line counsellors, was barely seven months old at the time of the interview. In those months, the staff was able to secure jobs for over 100 youth.