Centretown News

April 20, 2012 Const. Khoa N. Hoang

The Backyard Beat

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Const. Khoa N. Hoang

Downtown businesses shift their focus from indoor winter shopping to outdoor summer patios with the warmer weather. Many of us cannot resist the enticement of a downtown patio full of patrons, including me. But what if that noisy bar atmosphere was next door to you?

April 20, 2012 Colin Johnstone

Little Italy loses farmers market

Little Italy won’t look the same this summer to visitors seeking fresh food and local produce after cancellation of the two-year-old Little Italy Farmers’ Market by the Preston Street BIA.

April 20, 2012 Colin Johnstone

Man assaulted with stun gun

Ottawa police are seeking four suspects involved in an assault on a man in his late 20s in the area of James and Percy streets on April 18.

April 19, 2012 Colin Johnstone

School board trustees look to sell defunct Centretown school

Ottawa-Carleton District School Board trustees John Shea and Donna Blackburn want the board to sell the defunct Ottawa Technical High School and use the funds to renovate schools in the Greenbelt.