Jack Hanna At the newly launched Elgin Street Farmers Market, Namrata Tilokani decided to try a vegetable entirely new to her: callaloo. Callaloo, native to the Caribbean islands and with big kale-like leaves, is grown at Foster Family Farm in…
OCDSB trustee Justine Bell has received a flood of questions from concerned parents this summer about school reopenings this fall, and they only increased with new provincial guidelines.
Alayne McGregor On August 8, Ingrid Arcand and Todd Pentland took a Sunday morning bike ride to get rid of an broken fire extinguisher, old light bulbs, and dead batteries that had been accumulating in their downtown home. With their…
Alayne McGregor When cyclists advocated for raised cycle tracks on Bay Street downtown, they may not have realized the implications of the many driveways in that area. The just-installed cycle tracks run from Wellington Street to the segregated bike lanes…
Darlene Pearson The Centretown tree canopy is at risk. Development has not planned for adequate root space for trees to thrive. Older trees are not being protected. Replacement trees are not given the care they need to survive. Increased summer…
Are you comfortable on the the National Capital Commission (NCC) multi-use paths? Or do you wish cyclists would stop whizzing by your ear, pedestrians would stop stepping in front of your bike, and dog-walkers would stop stretching their leashes across…
Ryan Lythall Earlier this summer, a friend and I went for a roll along Elgin Street. Our mission: to see how wheelchair-accessible restaurant patios were in the age of COVID-19. In its 2021 patio guidelines, the City of Ottawa requires…
Alayne McGregor The National Capital Commission (NCC) has picked its recommended route for a tramway to Gatineau – above-ground on Wellington Street. If that choice is accepted, it could lead to a massive realignment of downtown traffic and accesses to…
Robert Smythe They dot the sidewalks surrounding many of Ottawa’s downtown developments: telltale squares of asphalt, weed-filled depressions in the concrete, and haphazardly-patched craters. These are the silent tombstones of the missing. They were once street trees. They died or…
Jack Hanna Being a clumsy klutz can be something of a super power – in a certain situation. You see someone being harassed in a public place, perhaps a woman being followed and pestered on the street, and you don’t…
Tony Wohlfarth This month, The Centretown BUZZ viewed the reopened Canadian Museum of Nature. I also viewed the Rembrandt in Amsterdam exhibit at the National Gallery and participated in the Calgary Folk Music Festival. And I review the premiere of…
This is an expanded version of the story which appeared in the print edition of The BUZZ.Updated August 31 to include the Planning Committee date: October 1. Alayne McGregor 523 trees chopped down. The well-used Trillium pathway severed. A garage…
Catherine McKenney The Ottawa Hospital recently submitted the Master Plan for the new hospital campus adjacent to the Experimental Farm, the Dominion Arboretum, and Dow’s Lake and the Rideau Canal. The master plan includes a four-storey above-ground parkade and the…
Joel Harden No serious plan for schools for the fall On August 3, the government claimed to offer a back-to-school plan for September. I know many of us have enjoyed reading a novel this summer, but we don’t expect governments…
Alayne McGregor The City of Ottawa has delayed debate on its new Official Plan until mid-October, giving citizens and community groups more time to go through the revised final draft. It will also give community coalitions like the People’s Official…
Alayne McGregor The Centretown Community Health Centre (CCHC) is encouraging outdoor games and fun for children of all ages this summer – using chalk! Each Tuesday morning (weather permitting), CCHC staff pick a location in Centretown and bring out their…
Stephen Thirlwall With a steadily-aging population in Centretown, there is a growing need to provide special care for the elderly, especially when they approach the end of their lives. The focus of our medical system and hospitals is solely on…
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