by Vanessa Burguete Put on your walking shoes or ride the free shuttle bus* and explore several architecturally, historically, and functionally interesting buildings at this year’s Doors Open Ottawa event! Over 125 locations across the city will be inviting you…
Ground up: the Basement Artists
by Nicholas Ruest Basement Artists is a collective of artists from a wide variety of genres—argely music and visual art—that produces high quality local art that is displayed in Centretown galleries and bars. Marcus Lamoureux is the director of Basement…
Solar panels flourishing in Ottawa
by Ian Mallov Generating renewable energy at home is steadily gaining popularity in Ottawa. Since Ontario’s introduction in 2008 of the Feed-In-Tariff (FIT) program paying homeowners for green power, home solar power installations in particular have quickly caught on. “It…
Backyard Beat: Graffiti is not victimless
by Const. Khoa Hoang Ottawa Police Service Living next to me is a sweet little old lady who fits all of the stereotypes that come to mind. She has a strong personality, a good sense of humour, and has lived…
Centretown Citizens Community Association May Report
By CCCA President Jordan Charbonneau Following is some information on just a few of the many ongoing events and initiatives in Centretown in which the Centretown Citizens Community Association is involved. For more information, contact us via the information provided…
Provincial Affairs: Update on Ontario Budget 2012
by Yasir Naqvi MPP, Ottawa Centre The Ontario government is taking strong action in the budget to eliminate the deficit by 2017-18, grow the economy and create jobs while protecting health care and education. It takes leadership and cooperation to…
Metcalfe Street to be redesigned?
by Georgia Lay Converting Metcalfe Street from a northbound one-way street to a two-way thoroughfare has been a dream of neighbourhood activists and urban planners since 1974 when the Centretown Neighbourhood Development Plan was published. Wrongly characterized as a “high…
The Community Design Plan: What will it mean to your neighbourhood?
by Joan Spice The Centretown Community Design Plan (CDP) is being developed by the City of Ottawa to provide a twenty-year guideline for the development of Centretown. It was launched in response to recent development proposals and the need to…
A literary lover’s guide to Centretown: from sex shops to churches
by Amanda Earl What do Centretown churches, a sex shop, galleries, theatres, pubs & cafés have in common? They are all sites of literary activity in the city. It’s springtime and Ottawa is blooming with readings, spoken word showcases, book…
The Gouda Life: Shrimp, Radish and Asparagus Salad
by Kelly Brisson Spring is in the air. Though Mother Nature thought it humorous to tease us into believing it was here two months early, the joke is truly on her – spring hasn’t strayed far from Ottawa and I…
Invest Ottawa needed now more than ever
by Jim Watson, Mayor of Ottawa Ottawa is often labelled as a “government town.” As the Nation’s Capital, we house much of the federal bureaucracy, important provincial government offices and of course the offices of the City of Ottawa. The three…
Some good points, some changes needed in Design Plan
by Judy Forrest, Centretown Community Citizens’ Association The CCCA has been an active participant in the process to develop the Centretown Community Design Plan (CDP) from the start in the summer of 2009. The CCCA had several members in the Public…