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SEE 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 […]
MoreNepean residents turned out in droves Wednesday evening to voice their frustration about new development they say will mire them in gridlock. “We’re not against intensification, but this is ludicrous,” said Cynthia Sutcliffe, who’s lived in the area for more than 30 years. About 150 people showed up to Ben Franklin Place to hear about […]
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, […]
MoreMinutes after it opened Sunday, cyclists weren’t alone using the city’s new segregated bike lane on Laurier Ave. A mix of rollerbladers, skateboarders, parents with strollers, mopeds, and pedestrians were spotted between Bronson Ave. and Elgin St. The city couldn’t say for sure if they were allowed there. “That’s very clear, it’s a bike lane […]
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 […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/01/22/16996836.html#/news/ottawa/2011/01/22/pf-16994081.html Valerie Kilpatrick is talking a lot of trash –about her green bin. “In the winter, I’ve got an overload,” she said, referring to the bi-weekly collection this time of year. So to avoid sending it to the landfill, she’s storing food waste in the freezer. “And I’ve barely got room in the […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/01/18/16939726.html#/news/ottawa/2011/01/18/pf-16939726.html The idea of a 35-storey condo tower in Little Italy is getting mixed reviews from residents and retailers. “It depends, I mean if it’s a nice looking building I’m sure it won’t be an eyesore but it is going to be tall,” said Jeff Jacques from Slan Printing. “You certainly won’t be […]
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