Subject: Street and sidewalk maintenance
To: Councillor Mathieu Fleury, Mayor James Watson From: Larry Newman, Sandy Hill Some weeks ago, I walked across Laurier Avenue
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Safer (drug) supply on Rideau Street
Larry Newman “To get in, you have to pee dirty.” What? This is a quote from Jason, responding to my
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ByTowne billets doux
It is still worth reading the ByTownes’s marquee! Photos Larry Newman
Read moreDown-to-the-wire decisions for the remaining residents of 146-170 Osgoode
Larry Newman The blow for tenants of 146 to 170 Osgoode St. landed on June 30, 2020. They were all
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Contingency management drug treatment:
Have we tried this yet? Larry Newman In the June issue of IMAGE, I reviewed the book, The Age of
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It’s past 30 October—now what?
Larry Newman In the last issue of IMAGE, we published an article revealing a plan to evict all tenants from
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Tenants of 146-170 Osgoode St vs Renovictions
Larry Newman That’s the title of a Facebook page recently created — www.facebook.com/OsgoodeStRenovictions/. What the heck is “renoviction”? Apparently it
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BOOK REVIEW
The Age of Fentanyl Ending the Opioid Epidemic, by Brodie Ramin M.D. Dundurn, Toronto, 2020 Larry Newman Brodie Ramin is
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Where are the homeless staying, eating, and socializing during this pandemic?
Larry Newman I’m writing this article while in the fifth day of “self isolation.” It’s not so bad. We talk
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We’re composting plastic now?
Larry & Patricia Newman Orgaworld, Ottawa’s composting plant which we reported on in the 2018 June-July issue is now called
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