Your virtual East Ottawa Star is now online

Just visit eastottawa.newspaperdirect.com and flip through the pages of our eco-friendly virtual paper, which has some added features like clickable links and a reader for the hearing impaired.

In this edition, you can read about the impact the recession is having on back-to-school shopping and how one east-end service club is trying to ensure children have the school supplies they need to learn.

Discover how one Navan resident is trying to give abused animals a second chance, read about an 11-year-old boy who spent two years growing his hair for youngsters with cancer, or find out why the Gloucester Griffins are golden.

Our regular columnist, Walter Robinson, tackles the question of where the much-anticipated health hub should be built. Brynna Leslie, meanwhile, blurts out all the household profanities kids seem to love.

Read about this, and much more, in our e-papers at eastottawa.newspaperdirect.com