Archive 1997-2016
Regional council has also given the go-ahead for the construction of ramps that will give commuters from Hunt Club easier access to the Airport Parkway.
But this decision has been met with criticism.
John Kane, president of the Glebe Community Centre Association, says increased traffic on the Airport Parkway will mean traffic congestion in the Glebe and Centretown.
By Brent Kerrigan and Jennifer Lee
Regional council is going ahead with a pilot light rail project it says will be quick, easy and inexpensive.
The full cost of the project, however, remains unknown and the route itself is still in the planning stage.
John Braaksma, a professor of civil engineering at Carleton University, worked with the region to develop a proposal for a possible light rail station at Carleton University.
By Jason Kirby
Parliament Hill’s new cat man only lasted one month.
Maurice Golka, who wanted to take over from the current keeper of Canada’s most famous cat colony, was forced this week to withdraw his offer to assume care of the 20 or so cats who call Parliament Hill their home.
By Karyn Pugliese
Jarrod Miller, 26, is the editor and youth co-ordinator of Aboriginal Youth Today, a national quarterly newspaper published in Centretown. His mother is Cree, his father Saulteux. But like many of his generation, Miller is not legally native.