Archive 1997-2016
By Jaimes Raiswell
If a good salesman, as the saying goes, is one who can sell an icebox to an Inuit, what kind of salesman does it take to sell nuclear waste to the general public?
For the federal government, which has about one million used Candu fuel bundles for sale (roughly enough nuclear waste to fill three hockey rinks to the top of the boards), the trick isn’t going to be what kind of salesman they have to recruit, but how that salesman will flog a product no one seems to want.
It has recently come to my attention that Somerset City Coun. Elisabeth Arnold has won the NDP nomination for the upcoming provincial election in Ottawa Centre. What I find somewhat odd is that she has decided to remain as the councillor for Centretown at the same time as she will be campaigning for the provincial election.
By Bethany Harpur
Local bands are breathing a sigh of relief following an announcement that Barrymore’s Music Hall will remain open.
“I’m happy with the outcome,” said Chris Volk, singer and guitarist for the band Nectar. “Hopefully it will be a little better (for Barrymore’s). It has the potential of becoming a premium spot.”
Although it’s not official, the provincial election race is pretty much under way in Ottawa Centre. But one contender is struggling to the starting blocks.
With an election call expected some time this spring, both the Liberals and the NDP have high-profile candidates: Liberal incumbent Richard Patten and popular Ottawa city Coun. Elisabeth Arnold.