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An Ottawa thrift store is taking drastic financial action to keep its head above water.
Store officials at Neighbourhood Services recently drafted a letter to their creditors stating intent to file for bankruptcy. The store at 987 Wellington St., is the main branch in a small chain of local non-profit thrift shops.
Ottawa residents can now consult family members abroad when they purchase a new pair of glasses. This is a possibility that is being offered by Albert Opticians’ new video conferencing camera.
The Centretown business has been offering the new service since early October.
The federal government has slashed over 53,000 jobs over the past few years. The workforce has been reduced drastically and fewer people are required to perform government jobs.
That’s why many of you are going to ask why the federal government is increasing its office space in the National Capital Region as well as in Centretown if it hires fewer workers.
A new trend cruising through Ottawa-Carleton has city and regional councillors and Lyon Street residents on one side of the road and emergency services on the other.
City and regional councils and the transportation committee agreed in September to the Lyon Street pilot project. It will see seven speed humps built on Lyon Street in November, one for every block from Somerset to Arlington avenues.