Archive 1997-2016
By Crystal Kingwell
We’ve all heard the appeals for volunteers, people who can give even a couple hours of their time to help the community. But why would someone choose to work for free?
Maybe because the reward is worth more than money.
For the past year, Peter Cook has been a volunteer teaching furniture refinishing at the Good Day Workshop. The workshop is a non-profit program that teaches marketable skills to disadvantaged people. It operates entirely with volunteer help.
By Aloma Jardine
Business owners on Preston Street may soon find new customers in their backyards.
A proposal for a light rail transit system running from Bayview and Scott Streets to the Greenboro transitway station in South Keys was included in a new regional plan.
By Rachel Lajunen
The fate of the old Woolworth and Kresge buildings on Sparks Street has already been decided, but the future use of the site is still in the hands of Ottawa city council.
The buildings have been ordered demolished by the owners of the property, the Bank of Nova Scotia. The bank wants to turn the site into a parking lot but needs city approval. The permit was rejected 6-4 at last week’s council meeting. Now, the bank must wait until the next council meeting scheduled for Nov. 5.
After almost two years of journeying to Hull to play black-jack, roulette, and slot machines, Ottawa residents will soon have two casinos to call their own.
The Ontario government granted licenses for two Ottawa area mini-casinos, one tenth the size of Casino de Hull. The operators, CHC North and Star of Fortune, now search for a site.