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OC Transpo today continued a sharing tradition by delivering to the Ottawa Food Bank food items destined for families in need. The Santa bus was filled with more than 87,000 items of food and non-perishable items and more than $16,000 in cash and food vouchers

Ottawa - The Commemorative Naming Committee is recommending that the new City of Ottawa Archives and Library building be named the James Bartleman Archives and Library Materials Centre honouring Ontario’s first aboriginal Lieutenant-Governor, noted author and lifelong public servant, James K. Bartleman.

Today at the Youville Centre, Mayor Jim Watson, Rideau-Vanier Councillor and Board of Health member Mathieu Fleury, and Dr. Isra Levy, Medical Officer of Health took part in a healthy cook-off with young mothers to celebrate Access to Healthy Foods Week. The goal was to see who could create the tastiest dish using affordable, everyday ingredients.

Ottawa – Mayor Jim Watson and Councillor Mark Taylor, Chair of the Community and Protective Services Committee joined Wanda MacDonald, Executive Director of the Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Centre and Angela Warren, Case Worker to launch the new Families First Program. “I am proud that our Council decided to invest $14 million annually to provide housing and support to reduce homelessness in Ottawa,” said Mayor Watson. “We’re working hand-in-hand with our community partners to deliver real solutions to families in our community.”