The November issue of The Centretown BUZZ is out! We hope you’ll enjoy reading it.
This month is your chance to put in your two cents on the city budget before it gets approved December 8. We have information you may not have heard about preserving community safety through alternatives to the police, and questions about the ridership projections upon which OC Transpo has based its budget.
Kate F. Mackenzie dives deeper into the city’s recently-passed small business tax rebate, why it’s fairer, and why not all small businesses will qualify for it.
This is the second year Alain Nantel has delighted children near Preston Street with new scary scenes outside his front porch every day for two weeks before Hallowe’en. We have a photo (and will have more online).
We remember Blaine Cameron, who died recently, and the work he did to improve the lot of renters and low-income people who need Internet. And he played a mean game of wheelchair hockey, too!
Elise Kieffer explains why you’ll start hearing as well as seeing e-scooters soon, and other actions to improve the their safety.
Robert Smythe asks whether the proposed 60-storey rower at Carling and Preston (replacing the CIBC) is a reach too far.
Bump. Bump. Bump. Our rolling correspondent, Ryan Lythall, makes the case for smoother roads for wheelchair users.
We celebrate another successful – and essential – fundraising walk for Centretown’s food bank.
MPP Joel Harden recounts how the community came together to reject transphobia at a local school.
Online-only this month is Councillor Catherine McKenney’s column, which you can read here.
Both the Centretown and Dalhousie Community Associations have news ranging from new high-rise applications to parkland to Official Plan wins to an in-person Christmas market at the beginning of December. And we get an update from the Plant Pool Recreation Association on how they’ve weathered the pandemic and are continuing to fight for more space for recreation.
Stephen Thirlwall argues for the distinct heritage character of West Centretown and why it deserves to be protected by a city Heritage Conservation District.
The Ottawa Children’s Storytelling Festival is online and in person from November 22 to 27, and we have a preview of one of the storytellers you can hear.
And Tony Wohlfarth provides lots more ideas for music, films, and exhibitions to see, in Ottawa, Montreal. and Toronto.
Read this month’s newspaper online here, or as a flipbook. We also have a high-res version for printing your own copy.
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