Thirty brave souls go swimming in the Old Port of Montreal demanding safe access to water montreal.ctvnews.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from montreal.ctvnews.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Avid bowlers are wondering what they'll do with their spare time after McArthur Lanes, Ottawa's only 10-pin bowling lane and a staple in Vanier since 1962, announced it's closing for good.
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The line of the afternoon belonged to Mark Kaluski. “Why can’t Vanier have nice things too?”
The chair of the Quartier Vanier Business Improvement Area was supporting $2.9 million in property tax incentives to encourage the building of a new Porsche dealership at a key intersection, Montreal Road and St. Laurent Boulevard, essentially the area’s back porch.
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Before it was approved by a city hall committee Tuesday, the issue had been sidetracked, if not hijacked, by accusations the city was throwing public money at the uber rich, while the poor, steps away, were left in grinding desperation, living on fumes. And, now, $2.9 million going to money titans in castles on the Rhine?
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Publishing date: Mar 15, 2021 • March 15, 2021 • 1 minute read • “Though we put on a brave face, most of us are masking mountains of debts and hanging on by a thread, Harriet Clunie, the chef of Das Lokal in Lowertown, said in a statement. In order to stay open, we’ve had to rack up debt, but there have been zero profits. We’re running out of steam, we’re running out of ideas and we’ve run out of money.” Photo by Errol McGihon /Postmedia
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The Ottawa Coalition of Business Improvement Areas is throwing its weight behind a proposal that Canada’s pandemic-ravaged hospitality businesses receive help with their taxes until restaurants can fully open their dining rooms.
Ottawa's BIAs lobby for tax breaks for city's restaurants and hospitality industry msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.