Ontario Refuses to Alter Planned Two-Year Closure of Colonel By Drive, Queen Elizabeth Driveway for Bridge Replacement
John Dance Despite considerable opposition from local residents, the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) will not alter its plans to close both Colonel By Drive (CBD) and Queen Elizabeth…
Professors undertake ground-breaking research on EDI implementation in the settlement sector workplace At Saint Paul University
Ali Adwan Research examining the principles of equity, inclusion and diversity (EDI) and their implementation in workplaces across all sectors has begun at St. Paul’s University under the stewardship of…
Ears on Main’s Angie O’Connor – Skilled Audiologist Brings Her Enthusiasm, Experience to our Expanding Business Community
Terry West Meet the woman at the helm There’s something uplifting about Angie O’Connor, the owner of Ears on Main, a recent and vibrant addition to the commercial core of…
Engineers Seek Solutions for Earlier Rideau Skateway Opening
John Dance As is painfully obvious to all, and as a result of climate change, the Rideau Skateway has increasingly shorter seasons with later openings, but Carleton University engineering professors…
17 Voyces Choir – This Nonsense is not your normal choir concert!
Robert MacDermid & John Goldsmith Nonsense and Nursery Rhymes, Concert by 17 Voyces Choir; St. Matthew’s Church in the Glebe, Saturday, 4 March 2023 @ 7:30 PM For the 17…
Art Beat – Tim Hunt’s Main Street Sketches
Tim Hunt Tim Hunt explores his community outfitted with a small sketchbook, pen, and watercolour kit. In our regular feature, he shares thepages from his sketchbook and tells the stories…
Adopt-a-City-Bench to Help Wearly – The 2023 Snow Mole Campaign
Dianne Breton This is the sixth successive winter that Council on Aging Snow Moles from across Ottawa will answer survey questions with the goal of improving the safety of winter…
PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT – Minor Variances Can Be A Major Issue for Property Owners and Neighbours
John Dance Minor variances may be difficult, unique, esoteric, costly, time-consuming, required, adversarial, controversial, challenging, frustrating or some combination of all these attributes. They are also a key authorization a…
French Learning for Children – Use of the French Language at Home Continues Alarming Decline in Ottawa.
Noémie Ipou In Ottawa, the percentage of Canadians who spoke mainly French at home dropped from 10% in 2016 to 8.4% in 2021, according to the Ottawa Citizen. There are…
Good Morning Creative Arts & Preschool – Glebe Preschool Consider Old Ottawa East a Possible Location for Its Forever Home
Mainstreeter Staff For over 40 years, Good Morning Creative Arts & Preschool has operated licensed, arts-based childcare programs at its current location in the Logan-Ventca Hall at the corner of…
