by P. Marsden-Dole Ottawa’s only photography gallery, studio and Euro-style café has found a new home at 274 Elgin St. It’s described as a take-off of Italian espresso pit stops, which feature caffe crema, Italian paninis, open faced sandwiches and…
Sheltered Girl Meets World: Fresh hop pesto
by Katy Watts Hops are the female flowers of the hop plant humulus lupulus and are responsible for the delightful bitterness and distinct citrus or pine flavours in beer. Different styles of beers contain different types and amounts of hops.…
Shift gears with Sustainable Transportation Week
by Sarah Bradley Frustrated about congestion in Ottawa? Feel like you’re wasting time and money sitting in traffic every day? It’s time to make your commute faster and more fun! The third edition of Sustainable Transportation Week (STW) is coming…
Your Community Health Centres: What does it mean to be “baby-friendly” at our downtown health centres?
by Janelle Vandergrift What does it mean to be “baby-friendly” at our downtown health centres? Both Centretown Community Health Centre (Centretown CHC) and Somerset West Community Health Centre (SWCHC) are designated Baby-Friendly facilities through a global campaign by the World…
Centretown Citizens Community Association September Report
by Devon Woods CCCA Board Member The Centretown Community Association wants to involve Centretowners—the community of people who live, work and play in Centretown—in issues related to our present and future. Our mandate is to help make the voices of…
CCCA Seniors Committee: Seniors make community happen
by P. Marsden-Dole CCCA Seniors Committee September is the beginning of the new school year of life for graduates with OAS (Old Age Security) diplomas. There are lots of new things to learn about, new people to meet, and new…
Provincial Affairs: New advisory panel to examine Ontario’s minimum wage system
by Yasir Naqvi, MPP The new Ontario government is committed to building a more prosperous Ontario, one that helps people in their everyday lives and provides more opportunities for all. Reviewing the minimum wage is a key part of that…
Acknowledging our heritage: The Thomas Ahearn house
by Rosemary Tayler Did you know there used to be an imposing stone mansion on the south side of Laurrier Avenue West near the corner of Bronson Avenue? That northern-facing location today is the entranceway to the indoor parking lot…
Grading Centretown’s streets on safety: Active transportation audit looks at walking, cycling conditions
by Kathryn Hunt Safer streets in Centretown was the goal of an active transportation audit that took place on August 7. A group of volunteers walked through the community to identify obstacles to walking, bicycling and wheelchair use. The audit…
Remembering Aline Akeson—a woman who changed her community for the better
by Maija Kagis Who are the people of influence in the centre of the city? In Ottawa we tend to think of politicians, of federal and municipal bureaucrats… and sometimes of senators. How often do we think of community activists, people…
UrbSanity: Starting to cycle: more than the mode “a la mode”
by Sarah Gelbard via yowLAB “I think you’ve always been a cyclist. You just used to be a cyclist without a bike.” There are a lot of cyclists who just don’t/didn’t know it. The increasing number of cyclists in Ottawa…
Your Community Health Centres: Preparing our children for school in the early years
by Nancy Douglas and Tong Zhao-Ansari Two years ago, my son started junior kindergarten. I still can picture that first day of school clearly: he wore an oversized knapsack on his back and, when the yellow school bus came to…