January 29th, 2010
Week in review: the headlines
By Patty Barrera // 1 Comment
CITY HALL
• Council passes budget, 3.77% tax hike. Bus routes, tree trimming slated for cuts win reprieve, but at cost of higher transit fares (Ottawa Citizen)
• City seeks citizens' ideas for Lansdowne urban park (MetroNews Ottawa)
• Committee introduces new anti-poverty strategy (CBC Ottawa)
DESIGN
• Key Carleton landmarks circled for major facelift. Updated master plan urges replacement of Paterson Hall among other recommendations (Ottawa Citizen)
CYCLING
• More cyclists brave elements to commute year-round (Ottawa Citizen)
MUNICIPAL ELECTION
• Hume is the man to watch. If he runs for mayor, election will be about ideas, the future (Ottawa Citizen)
BLOGS
• Ottawa was chosen as UNESCO’s first pilot site for Sustainability & Cities Study
photo by Aaron Bihari
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The only comment I have to make is how utterly reactionary most of the comments about winter cyclists are. They drag in unrelated issues to tar these cyclists: the gentleman featured in the article is of my vintage and I doubt he is a hotshot who would run down pedestrians.
Comment by Maria Gatti (Montréal)
January 31, 2010 | 11:16 pm