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Ottawa’s community and protective services committee passed a major report on the city’s immigration plan on Sept. 19, endorsing the new municipal blueprint for attracting, retaining and integrating immigrants in Ottawa.
Plagued by years of delay and concerns about high costs, the restoration of a 19th-century facade on a Sparks Street commercial building may be approved by city council’s built heritage sub-committee. The sub-committee will meet to decide the façade’s fate on Oct. 10.
Chinatown has a new look thanks to a series of murals put up over the summer.
Michelle Kwan, Centretown NewsLocal artist Dominique Boisvenue used spray paint for her mural near Somerset and Percy streets.
Standing at the corner of Preston and Somerset streets, there’s not much to see but a vacant lot adorned with white and violet petunias. This empty space houses a big dream for Can Le, president of the Vietnamese Federation in Ottawa, who hopes the lot will become a museum recounting the painful but moving story of the Vietnamese Boat People.