• Too much salt in foods

  October 6, 2009 - 11 h 39

  The Champlain Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Network has launched an awareness campaign called “give your head a shake.” Its intent is to help people reduce the amount of sodium in their diets.

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• Posted speed limits not a solution

  September 30, 2009 - 14 h 38

  Residents on Nantes Street have scored a victory in the fight to reduce the number of speeders zipping down their residential road.

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• Combating hunger in our community

  September 24, 2009 - 11 h 34

  Concentrating on an empty stomach is always a challenge. It’s often hard to focus when the tummy is grumbling.

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• The cost of doing nothing

  September 15, 2009 - 15 h 42

  It looks like taxpayers are going to be on the hook for about $37 million for council’s backtracking ways.

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• 'Living-wage' proposal should be killed

  September 2, 2009 - 14 h 16

  Earlier this summer, more than 30 anti-poverty activists decked out in red T-shirts crammed into a City Hall committee room to make a presentation to Ottawa’s business advisory committee.

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• Unacceptable behaviour

  August 19, 2009 - 14 h 24

  Call it luck, a miracle or a fluke. Whatever it was, it’s a wonder no one was seriously injured late last week when an Orléans teen stupidly decided Jeanne d’Arc Boulevard was an Indy 500 race course.

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• Yet more excuses for sewage spill

  August 13, 2009 - 13 h 21

  The same tired drum is beating at City Hall, with another sewage spill, more beach closures, and further excuses for a system that is failing residents and the environment.

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• Sale of school good news for community

  July 29, 2009 - 13 h 31

  The halls of Queenswood Public School, once filled with little feet and the exuberance of youth, will not sit quiet for very long.

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• A toast to beating the public speaking phobia

  July 29, 2009 - 12 h 33

  The first time I delivered a speech at Toastmasters, I was terrified. No amount of applause, no amount of encouraging eye contact or smiles and nods from the audience was enough to take away the jangling nerves that threatened to overcome me at...

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• A numbers game

  July 22, 2009 - 13 h 53

  There’s nothing like millions of dollars in funding to ignite a political spat, except maybe an out-and-out war.

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Other news

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• July 8, 2009 Something stinks about waste management
• July 2, 2009 Birds causing a flap
• June 24, 2009 Where our culture will thrive
• June 17, 2009 Shenkman a dream come true
• June 11, 2009 Road safety not just city problem
• June 5, 2009 A lesson in sportsmanship
• May 28, 2009 Paintball guns and worrisome trends
• May 21, 2009 Recreation with a focus on youth
• May 14, 2009 Unsustainable suburbia
• May 6, 2009 Shedding light on food safety
• April 29, 2009 Helments save brains
• April 23, 2009 Paving the way for development
• April 3, 2009 That first maple sugar rush
• March 24, 2009 Fox segment example of extremism