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Sens fans are hoping Alfie will be around for another Game 7. “Like, he’s doing too good to quit,” said Maxime Boivin, 15, from Aylmer. The New York Rangers eliminated the Senators 2-1 in the deciding game in Round 1 of the playoffs Thursday night. “I was very disappointed. I stopped watching it when I […]
MoreThe city should proceed with redeveloping Lansdowne Park, despite pending legal proceedings, according to a report by city staff to be heard next week. The report recommends beginning construction works for soil remediation and the relocation of the Horticulture Building. “The public wants us to move forward with revitalizing Lansdowne because it has been ignored […]
MoreA “treasure chest” of Canadian accomplishments nestled in the heart of the capital could be our answer to the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. And the former U.S. embassy built in 1931, now sitting vacant across from Parliament Hill, is the perfect place to house it. That’s the vision of Mayor Jim Watson, who came up […]
MoreWas Bob Chiarelli right all along? Light rail transit was his baby back in 2006; a 30 km north-south corridor from Barrhaven to the University of Ottawa. Fast forward six years. The price tag, now $2.1 billion, for a downtown tunnel connecting a 12.5 km east-west stretch between Tunney’s Pasture and Blair station. Perhaps the […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/12/15/heron-gate-getting-cleaned-up-residents Mavis Finnamore finally has a working fridge and the long-time Heron Gate resident says things are looking better for residents in her south Ottawa housing complex. Four months ago, trash was piled up everywhere but now TransGlobe, which owns the property, has been ensuring dumpsters are emptied regularly. “They have definitely stepped […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/videos?autoStart=true&videoId=1283491372001&pageNumber=0 Families recently on the streets or at risk of losing their homes have a place to turn for help. The city is launching the Families First Program, providing support and referral services. “They may have addictions, they may have mental health issues, they may have financial problems,” said Wanda MacDonald, executive director […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/08/15/renters-fed-up-with-filthy-conditions Residents of a decrepit south-Ottawa housing complex — with mould, rodents, bedbugs, flooding, and overflowing garbage — are fed up with their landlord and they’re calling on the mayor to do something about their filthy living conditions. “The city should be more concerned about this than us. I mean, these are not […]
MoreMayor Jim Watson donned a helmet and a white T-shirt with a red bicycle, reading, Be the Change, as he cut the ribbon Sunday on Laurier Ave. “We have finally delivered a segregated bike lane for the cyclists of Ottawa,” he told the crowd. He gave kudos to council for voting unanimously for the lanes, […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/04/13/17983676.html#/news/ottawa/2011/04/13/pf-17985136.html It began with applause then quickly turned into a flash mob. They waved their hands, moved their feet, and sang their hearts out to Katy Perry’s “Firework.” Almost 700 people at Cedarview Middle School in Barrhaven wore pink to support anti-bullying. The message: speak up. “Even if their situation might seem bad, […]
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