Archive 1997-2016
Ottawa Centre MPP Richard Patten wants Ontario laws changed so psychiatric patients can be forced to take their medication after they leave hospitals.
Patten is working on an amendment to his private member’s bill, Bill 111, proposing a community treatment program that would give more freedom to mental patients by allowing them to rejoin the community sooner.
By Denise Balkissoon
Bob Anderson wants to name a bug after you.
Anderson, a researcher at the Canadian Museum of Nature, says his area is taxonomy — the naming of new or unnamed species. He’s trying to set up a donations program that would reward contributors by letting them name an unnamed Canadian species.
By Julie Delaney
Jan. 1 may feel like the first day of kindergarten for newly elected school board trustees.
Starting next year, Ottawa-Carleton’s six school boards will be amalgamated into four — leaving Centretown trustees with the task of learning the A-B-Cs of their new board and its zones.
By P.C. Pethick
After a week of being cooped up in the foulest of fowl conditions at the SAW Gallery, Ottawa’s world-famous pair of chickens has been set free.
Pam Meldrum and Eric Wolf survived on vegetarian mash, water, and an endless barrage of questions from an impressively large fan club. There was nowhere for the chickens to shower or brush their teeth, but they were given the use of a curtained off port-a-pottie built into the cage.