Ottawa East - News

Shepherds say 'thanks' for city support

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -04:00

EMC News -If just one thing is true, when Ottawa's charitable organizations need a helping hand, residents and fellow organizations are standing by at the ready. Last week, the Shepherd's of Good Hope relayed a message to the city explaining that due to a critical shortage of food, staff members had to scramble to feed the poor.

"We had to run ...

Bruce Poulin runs for council in Rideau-Rockcliffe

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -04:00

EMC News - Former progressive conservative candidate Bruce Poulin is running to be the next councillor in Rideau-Rockcliffe ward. Mr. Poulin served in the military for 22 years and has spent the past 10 years as an entrepreneur and a member of the Royal Canadian Legion. In the Legion Mr. Poulin has acted as service officer, where he serves the ...

Digital catalogue earns major prize for U of O prof

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -04:00

EMC News - Dr. Chad Gaffield had a simple idea for a project, to gather all of the information that could make a picture of what Canada is all about.

On July 16, the Ottawa University history professor was awarded the Antonio Zampolli Prize by the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) for his work on the Canadian Century Research ...

University student running for mayor: wants friendly, greener Ottawa

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -04:00

EMC News - Residents are only a few months away from casting their votes on who will become the next mayor of Ottawa, and candidate Eric Romolock's name will be on the ballot.

The 20-year-old University of Ottawa student is running for mayor and says that if elected he would implement several changes, many of which would make the capital city ...

2010 election will be Ottawa's most accessible

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -04:00

EMC News - Accessibility to Ottawa's elections process has come a long way. On July 21, at the city's accessibility advisory committee city staff unveiled and demonstrated a Voter Assist Terminal (VAT). Catherine Bergeron, the city's manager of elections, presented the system with the project's coordinator Tyler Cox, who demonstrated a model of ...

An inspired day of track and field

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -04:00

EMC News - Last week, corporate teams from across Ottawa gathered to test their skills, and raise money for a women's addiction centre. The 2010 Amethyst Track Challenge has raised $33,700 for the Amethyst Women's Addiction Center.

Staff from Masha Krupp Translation Group and several other companies got together in teams of five and competed in ...

Teens bike to raise awareness about child soldiers

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -04:00

EMC News- There are 250,000 child soldiers in use around the globe today. And a group of five passionate and determined teens from Ottawa want to see that number change.

Four cyclists and one unicyclist, ranging from the ages of 15-19 will be leaving Ottawa on August 1 and riding 1,800 km to Atlantic Canada to raise awareness about the use of ...

Sewer upgrades aim to reduce river sewage spills

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -04:00

EMC News - Efforts to reduce the amount of raw sewage that makes it way into the Ottawa River have been stepped up with the grand opening of an infrastructure project two years in the making.

Last week, representatives from the three levels of government gathered along the river to celebrate the opening of the improved Keefer Regulator, a ...

City won't ask for $1 LRT lands: council

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -04:00

EMC News - Last week's aborted suggestion that the City of Ottawa request free land from the federal government for the light rail transit (LRT) system would have been "mischievous," according to a local federal representative.

At the July 14 city council meeting, Gloucester-Southgate ward Coun. Diane Deans proposed that the city make a formal ...

MacLeod certain eco fees will return following 90 day reprieve

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -04:00

EMC News - The decision of the McGuinty government to scrap the controversial eco fee was met with widespread public approval on July 20, but the reprieve might be short-lived, according to PC Revenue & Government Accountability Critic Lisa MacLeod.

The fee, which went into effect on July 1 and raised the price of thousands of 'hazardous' items ...

OCRI expands business learning opportunity for youth

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -04:00

EMC News - You're never too young to become involved in the world of business.

That's the message being promoted by the Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation (OCRI) and the City of Ottawa, which recently announced that a new program, Building Business Basics, would be available this September to Grades 3 to 6 students from across the city. ...