by Valerie Adams and Anne Christie Teeter Somerset West CHC What can the Netherlands and Germany teach Ottawa about supervised drug consumption rooms and the treatment of drug addicts? That’s the question representatives from the Somerset West Community Health Centre…
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Plant Pool Recreation Association: Keeping active through winter, and other recreation news
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by Audrey Brewster It takes a community to build a rink! We all know how long and cold our Canadian winters can be. Guess what: staying inside, complaining about the slushy roads and frostbitten fingers, does not help. I’ve discovered…
OCDSB Trustee Report – Important dates for the new year
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by Jennifer McKenzie School Board Trustee, Kitchisippi and Somerset Happy New Year to everyone and welcome back to school! Here are a few of the key dates that are coming up that may be of special interest to Somerset residents.…
Centretown Citizens Community Association January Report
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by CCCA President Jordan Charbonneau Happy New Year! For more information on the following items, please contact us via the information provided at the end of this column. New Executive Chosen At its December meeting, the CCCA’s Board of Directors…
Your Community Health Centres: Bed bugs on the rise
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by Tamsyn Farr and Vicki Lee The mere thought of bed bugs is enough to make anyone’s skin tingle. Unfortunately, this leads to silence on the problem. Some are too embarrassed, others too grossed out to talk about it. An…
Cuts to housing benefits may increase risk of homelessness: Ontario Government eliminates benefits as of January 1, 2013
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by Emilie Hayes Somerset West Community Health Centre In their last budget, the Government of Ontario eliminated the Community Start Up and Maintenance Benefit (CSUMB), effective January 2013. The CSUMB helped those on social assistance maintain their housing to prevent…
Councillor Holmes recognized
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by Kathryn Hunt Councillor Diane Holmes was recognized on November 14 with a Longstanding Service Award from the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. The award is given by the Province to municipal elected representatives with over 25 years…
Centretown Citizens Community Association December Report
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by CCCA President Jordan Charbonneau For more information, please contact us via the information provided at the end of this report. 2012 Annual General Meeting I would like to thank all those who came out to our Annual General Meeting…
Advent: The season of holy longing
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by Gregor Sneddon For many, Christmas begins somewhere in late October, a frenzy of credit card swiping, beverage drinking, card sending, and shortbread gorging all climaxing on December 25, followed by the Christmas hangover just in time to prepare for…
Reducing the harm of problem gambling
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by Tamsyn Farr, Kelsey Klaver and Vicki Lee Centretown CHC In October, Ottawa City Council voted, in principle, in favour of a new casino in Ottawa, launching the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG)’s bidding process. Council was overwhelmingly in…