Liam Baker - Profile and Journalist Details

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Biography

First-year Master of Journalism candidate at Carleton University. Previously, I obtained an interdisciplinary degree in Mathematics and English from the University of Guelph.

Content

Total articles 5

• Expanding services across the city may help ease ByWard Market's overdose crisis, advocates say

  By Nicky Shaw, Liam Baker| Capital Current@ To better respond to rising overdose-related hospitalizations in the ByWard Market, addiction program advocates say shelters and social services should be more spread out across the city. In Rideau-Vanier Ward alone, Action Sandy Hill estimates there are between 12 and 14 shelters, many of which provide addiction treatment among other social services.

  By Nicky Shaw, Liam Baker · Capital Current

  Jan. 08, 2024

• Need for new school and green space collide in a fight over Ottawa's Plouffe Park

  By Liam Baker| Capital Current@ Near the intersection of the city’s Little Italy and Chinatown neighbourhoods sits a field, roughly the size of a CFL football field. More than a mere playing surface, Plouffe Park has been an essential greenspace in the area for more than a century, according to the Dalhousie Community Association. “It goes back a long time. People have been using that park forever,” said Ryan Turley, a resident of the area.

  By Liam Baker · Capital Current

  Nov. 25, 2023

• Latest Lansdowne 2.0 proposal gets angry reception over rising costs, lack of affordable housing

  By Nicky Shaw, Liam Baker| Capital Current@ If a recent meeting is any indication, many Ottawa residents are outraged about an updated redevelopment proposal for Lansdowne Park. At a “Let’s Talk Lansdowne” forum in the park’s Horticulture Building, people, in the crowd of 300, reacted angrily to the rising costs, the lack of affordable housing in the plan and a variety of other issues.

  By Nicky Shaw, Liam Baker · Capital Current

  Oct. 17, 2023

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