Archive 1997-2016
By Meaghan Butler
Marjorie Fulton, 66, listens carefully to the traffic before she crosses the street.
She walks with the traffic. When cars stop at an intersection, she stops on the sidewalk beside them. When they begin to cross the street, Fulton crosses too.
By Adam Hickman
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign.
A community group wants the McDonald’s restaurant on Elgin Street to reduce its 42-square-foot golden arches.
Marie Keasay, member of the Centretown Citizens’ Community Association (CCCA), says the group sent McDonald’s a letter last week asking them to conform with the rest of Elgin Street and reduce the size of their sign.
By Lisa Miguez
Take a walk down Sparks Street on a Sunday. During the summer tourist season, the sounds of people and music vibrate from the open-air cafes.
But once the tourists leave, Sparks Street becomes a ghost town.
Sparks Street is not the only major urban Ottawa area to suffer from a dual personality. Business improvement groups around the downtown core say areas including upper Bank and Rideau Streets all need one thing: more people.
By Lisa Marchitto
There has never been a more confusing time to hold elections for school board members.
School boards are amalgamating, big budget cuts are expected, and candidates are receiving little guidance from the provincial government.
“One of the. . . large problems we’re facing is that there are no clear definitions of a large number of things,” says Albert Chambers, one of the two candidates in Zone 10 of public school board 25. “A great deal of information is missing, and that makes if difficult to provide answers to the questions of electors.”
Chambers says the main issue for voters is how funding will change with amalgamation.
The amalgamation will decrease the region’s boards to four — an English language public board, an English language separate board, a French language public board, and a French language separate board — instead of the present six.