Archive 1997-2016
By Chad Paulin
Ottawa has yet to be blasted by winter’s coldest temperatures, but already the city’s shelters for the homeless are bursting at the seams.
Workers at four inner-city shelters — three for men, one for women — say they’re already full and anticipate even more demand when the cold weather strikes.
By Chandra Price
A day-care centre based at McNabb Park School has refused to extend its operating hours in order to show support for striking teachers.
“I asked them to extend their hours but they said they need to support the teachers on strike,” says parent Mei Qing Tang.
By Howard Nason
It will take until at least December before the RCMP lay charges in the Oct. 9 cigar bust that netted an estimated $100,000 in counterfeit cigars.
Names of the three raided stores will not be made public until it’s decided whether they will be charged.
In answer to Damali Nabagereka’s article “Heritage be damned! Come park on Sparks” (Nov. 7) about the demolition of the former Woolworth and Kresge stores on Sparks Street, I can only say that the final outcome is a complete waste.
When my colleagues and I on the City of Ottawa’s Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee led the charge to have these buildings given a heritage designation last year, we were driven by our commitment to preserving buildings representing all periods and aspects of Ottawa’s history.
Apart from the loss to local history, the demolition is a waste because you can be sure the parking lot that replaces them will be there for a very long time. The new lot will become part of an existing one facing Queen Street created nearly 50 years ago. The demolition of the buildings is not the first but almost the only time someone has purposely destroyed a designated heritage structure in Ottawa.
Paul Robertson
Cornwall Street