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For movie lovers in Centretown, the loss of the multiplex theatre in the World Exchange Plaza is bad enough for the sheer inconvenience of it. Want to see the Oscar Best Picture nominees on the big screen? You’ll now be taking a lengthy trip to the suburbs, instead of what had previously been a short stroll.
It’s lights out for the last movie theatre downtown. With the closure of the cinema in the World Exchange Plaza, Centretown residents are left with no options within walking distance if they want to catch a movie.
OC Transpo special constables are getting out of their cars and onto Ottawa streets and buses after the transit company renewed its foot patrol-based Walk and Ride program earlier this month.
City of Ottawa staff is consulting the public about possible changes to old bylaws that threaten the tradition of independent corner stores in downtown residential communities. 
Shamit Tushakiran, Centretown News Rod Abbas, owner of Abbas Grocery on Bell Street, says his store is one of the few small stores with a grocery section.