Centretown artist Don Kwan – well-known for promoting Chinatown and Ottawa artists – has had a chance to shine for his own work in the last two years, with a major Ottawa award and notable exhibitions.
Intersections on Bay Street were recently redesigned to meet the new Protected Intersection standard, and other local intersections such as Booth and Albert are scheduled to be redesigned as well. But is it a good idea?
Darlene Pearson talks to members of her NeighbourWoods team about why Centretown’s trees are important to them.
Seven days a week, Yan Shanchao unlocks the door of the Brown Loaf Bakery on Elgin Street at 5 a.m., turns on the ovens and mixes dough. He locks up in the late evening or in the wee hours. In between, he is in constant motion.
The Turning Point is the last store I shopped at before the COVID-19 lockdown and the first I went to as shops reopened. That’s because music is integral to our lives, going to The Turning Point is a great experience, and shopping there supports a long-established, local independent business.
After 15 years, western Centretown again has a full grocery store – with chandeliers, no less!
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A tireless advocate whose victories improved people’s lives. A fine friend. A fierce wheelchair hockey player. Those are some of the ways Centretown activist Blaine Cameron is remembered. Cameron, 48, died October 15 from heart failure.
History may have come full circle with a recent application to construct a biggish building on Bell Street between Arlington and Louisa.
Read about the issues that local community associations have with the draft Official Plan, including timing, jargon, too much density downtown, lack of trees, amd whether 15 minute neighbourhoods are achievable.
Alayne McGregor This is a slightly expanded version of the story that appeared in the printed version of the May BUZZ. Carl Reinboth was a harm reduction worker at the Somerset West Community Health Centre (SWCHC), working with addicts and…
Stephen Thirlwall Making a conscious effort to get to know your community better is always good. In the future, it may become a necessity. The current pandemic has shown us that sometimes we may have to rely heavily on nearby…
Jack Hanna What if you own a pet and have little money, and life throws you a curve ball? Maybe you are evicted and end up in a shelter, and your cat is not allowed. Maybe you twist your knee…
Robert Smythe Last month, The BUZZ exposed the vagaries of the city’s Landmark Buildings Policy which permits new developments of seemingly unlimited heights to be shoehorned into low-rise areas, in our story about 267 O’Connor. This month, we explore a…
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