by Georgia Lay Converting Metcalfe Street from a northbound one-way street to a two-way thoroughfare has been a dream of neighbourhood activists and urban planners since 1974 when the Centretown Neighbourhood Development Plan was published. Wrongly characterized as a “high…
Category: Opinion
Invest Ottawa needed now more than ever
by Jim Watson, Mayor of Ottawa Ottawa is often labelled as a “government town.” As the Nation’s Capital, we house much of the federal bureaucracy, important provincial government offices and of course the offices of the City of Ottawa. The three…
Transportation, heritage key to CDP
by David Gladstone Transportation needs to be a major subject of the CDP. Centretown is a modest success story for policies favouring walking, cycling, and transit, and requires that success to be recognized and improved upon in city planning and…
The dollars and sense of solving poverty
by Natasha Beaudin, Centretown CHC Imagine you are standing at the top of Niagara Falls in a windstorm. What would you prefer: a strong railing that prevents you from falling over the falls or a fleet of lifeboats and paramedics…
Budget 2012 ignores the needs of Canadians
by Paul Dewar, MP, Ottawa Centre Canadians remain concerned about the government’s plans for retirement security, health care, job creation and rising inequality. They want to see real action on these issues. Unfortunately, the Conservative government’s recently released budget fails…
Backyard Beat: Noisy neighbours
by Const. Khoa Hoang, Ottawa Police Service Downtown businesses shift their focus from the indoors to outdoor summer patios with the welcoming of warmer weather. Many of us, including me, can not resist the enticement of a downtown patio full of…
Lawful access bill targets law-abiding Canadians
By Paul Dewar, MP Ottawa Centre Hundreds of people in Ottawa Centre have shared their concerns with me regarding the government’s introduction of its lawful access legislation, or Bill C-30. Privacy commissioners, experts and civil society groups from across the…
Centretown continues to evolve
By David Gladstone City editor A constant challenge for Centretowners is the ongoing development of our mature community. And the fact that we are a mature community — all of our land area was developed and our roads built by…