Archive 1997-2016
Ottawa Centre Liberal MPP Richard Patten is seeking changes to provincial laws that would allow psychiatric patients with a history of violence to be forcibly treated and monitored.
Patten recently told a coroner’s inquest that he plans to provide for community treatment orders in his private member’s bill to amend the Ontario Mental Health Act.
By Brian Salisbury
It’s a communication gap that’s costing more than just headaches for the Canadian Museum of Nature and its former volunteer arm, the everGreen Fund.
It’s costing Ottawa’s youth, as well.
Tens of thousands of dollars intended to go toward environmental education for youth are sitting in a trust account, untouched since 1994 because of a soured relationship between the museum and everGreen.
By Nick Greenfield
A new automated bank machine in the Royal Bank at 99 Bank St. is the first step in a co-ordinated effort to make businesses user-friendly for people with disabilities.
Sharlyn Ayotte is president of T-Base Research and Development Inc., an Ottawa business that creates information technology for people with visual disabilities.
T-Base is a personal crusade for Ayotte, 45, who lost her sight nearly 20 years ago.
By Rita Trichur
The Ottawa Public Library says run-down buildings, overcrowded branches and a complete loss of provincial funding are making libraries “dysfunctional” and leaving patrons weary of waiting in long lines.
The Library Board says it needs $9.5 million from City Council over the next 10 years to keep the situation in check.