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On Friday, the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa is reclaiming St. Alban’s Church on King Edward Ave. Plans are in place to bring its homeless drop-in, Centre 454, back to the church basement. The daytime program operated at the church from 1976 to 1999 then moved to Murray St., where it’s remained since. The move should […]
MoreIt’s hotter in my car than it is on a city bus with no air conditioning. That’s the verdict after riding the 94 from Fallowfield to the Rideau Centre Tuesday afternoon. Armed with a thermometer, the needle was at 32C when I boarded. All the windows were open, and about 25 people were on board. […]
MoreA Lowertown resident wasn’t surprised to hear gunshots ringing out in her neighbourhood Sunday night. “There was a good six or seven (shots) the first time we heard them,” said resident Melyssa Rondhuis. Ottawa police received several calls around 11 p.m. from Beausoleil Dr. and York St., just east of King Edward Ave. Rondhuis said […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/03/09/17557041.html#/news/ottawa/2011/03/09/pf-17555811.html Wednesdays were hell. From witnessing a stabbing to crack addicts smoking up on their front steps, residents living near Cumberland St. and Daly Ave. saw it all when a homeless drop-in centre used to operate at St. Paul’s-Eastern United church. “It was on Wednesdays, once a week, for five or six years,” […]
MoreThe Anglican Diocese of Ottawa has apologized for comments made by an archdeacon which likened remarks made by downtown residents against a homeless centre to “Nazi Germany.” “They were not constructive to moving the dialogue forward,” the Very Rev. Shane Parker wrote in a letter to the Sun’s editor Wednesday afternoon. At a meeting Monday […]
MoreAn Ottawa Anglican Diocese official is comparing neighbourhood opposition to the relocation of a downtown homeless centre and comments by those opposing it to “Nazi Germany.” After a heated meeting with area residents Monday night, archdeacon David Selzer is “appalled” by comments describing the homeless. “There was a huge degradation of people using Centre 454 […]
MoreBoard members of an upscale downtown condominium don’t want a homeless drop-in centre in their neighbour’s backyard. “It’s just the wrong place in our mind to put this,” said Bruce Baker, condo board president of the Galleria at 200 Besserer St. Plans by the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa to move Centre 454 from its current […]
MoreThe family of a loving Kanata grandmother is seeking comfort through prayer after her tragic death Wednesday evening just minutes from their house in South March. “What can we say?” said a grief-stricken relative at the couple’s oldest son’s home Thursday. “It doesn’t make sense to say anything.” Imtiaz Chowdhry, 63, was killed instantly when […]
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