What is Save Sandy Hill?
Larry Newman It’s the Action Sandy Hill (ASH) committee that started a petition now sporting 3000 signatures and counting.
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Let’s re-imagine a bunkhouse
Larry Newman What are the main visual clues that tell you this is a bunkhouse? Big and ugly – right?
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How Orgaworld composts our plastics
Larry Newman Ottawa made quite a stir last March when the City Council voted 19 to 3 to approve processing
Read moreLeanne Moussa on the future of allsaints
Larry Newman Allsaints Event Space is in the news again. Leanne Moussa held a community consultation in January to reveal
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From jug to Frisbee: recyclables, where they go and how they get there
Larry Newman Recycling is a big business. Although the City collects the material in blue, black, and green bins, others
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Norwegian Wood Chopping, Stacking, and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way, by Lars Mytting
Larry Newman What a title! You just have to read it – or at least “leaf” through the pages. I’m
Read moreHow many (used) needles are discarded in Sandy Hill?
Larry Newman How many? For 2016, the short answer is 14,713. These are presumed to have been discarded by drug
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Excitement at allsaints
Leanne Moussa prepares to address a community meeting at allsaints in April, 2017. Fun fact: Ottawa Life magazine identified Leanne
Read moreOur readers write… Supervised Injection Site
Supervised Injection Site In August, I asked our Community Contact cop, Constable Lemay, the following question, “The Supervised Injection Site
Read moreNeighbours of St. Albans resist Supervised Injection Site
By: Larry Newman The Neighbours of St. Albans first made the news by their vigorous objection to St. Alban’s 2011
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