‘It’s absolutely baffling’
Hundreds of people gathered at Ottawa council chambers on Monday, Nov. 18, to protest
a proposal to axe more than $6 million from all municipal arts, culture and
heritage funding next year.
‘We can’t sit back and watch them lose everything they have’
Ottawa's west-end community will host a dinner fundraiser for family of former Kanata Valley Lasers goaltender who died from a heart condition on Sept. 29.
‘Our plan brings in Orleans, brings in Kanata, and brings in Riverside South’
City council should scrap its Transitway improvement projects
and support a plan bringing light rail to the city’s suburbs, with routes
extending to Riverside South, Kanata and Orleans within the next
decade, say Capital Coun. Clive Doucet and Kitchissippi Coun. Christine
Leadman.
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Kandahar calling
A Kanata man serving Kandahar, Afghanistan speaks to his family and community via satellite during a Remembrance Day ceremony at West Carleton Secondary School on Tuesday, Nov. 11.
Passing the buck
Residents of the Deer Run subdivision are getting impatient - Coyote Park was supposed to be developed into a soccer field and play area two years ago. Now Phoenix Homes claims building the park will be much more expensive than they expected, and the original landowner should help bear the cost.
Strength of spirit helped woman survive 'Nazi bullies'
After surviving the Holocaust, where about six million
European Jews were killed during the Second World War, Eva Olsson had some lessons
for students at Castlefrank Elementary School on Wednesday, Nov. 12. Stand up to bullies, she said.