City’s new Official Plan looks to mimic the success of development in Old Ottawa East
JOHN DANCE The most important plan of the City of Ottawa – the Official Plan (OP) – is now being revised and it sounds as though officials want the whole…
THE MAINSTREETER’S SOCIAL ISSUES SERIES – Food Security in the Pandemic – and Beyond
John Dance “The most vulnerable are the most affected,” Elly Vandenberg, Director Global Office Canada for the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), told participants at the Food Security panel…
Province awards $5.7M to build new home for French Catholic elementary school
JOCELYNE CALOZ The Centre-East French Catholic School Board (CECCE) has received a $5.7 million grant from the provincial government to fund the construction costs of the new home of the…
ART BEAT – OOE Artist Feature: Urban Sketcher Tim Hunt Captures Change Live
Tanis Browning Shelp When visual artist Tim Hunt found himself off work during the first few months of the pandemic, he was inspired by Urban Sketchers from across the globe…
Opinion- A Postscript to the Demolition of the Deschâtelets Building Chapel
PETER FROOD Ottawa City Council’s recent decision to pass a bylaw permitting both the French Catholic school board to locate L’École Au Coeur d’Ottawa within the Deschâtelets Building, paving the…
BE THE CHANGE- How to Change the World From Your Own Backyard
Robb Barnes While it may have become a bit of a cliché by now, the expression “Think globally, act locally” is still packed with meaning when it comes to climate…
Introducing “A Student” – ”My whole year has been turned on its head”
MAINSTREETER STAFF In our October issue, The Mainstreeter introduced our readers to “Teacher X”, a long-serving Ottawa elementary school teacher who signed aboard to serve as an online teacher at…
Julian Revie/Gillean Denny – the Living Chapel – A Vatican Project with Ties to Old Ottawa East
JAYSON MACLEAN There’s a one-of-a-kind building taking root across the pond in the Gardens of Vatican City in Rome, one bearing a distinct connection to Old Ottawa East. Inspired by…
Greystone Village Retirement Home Converted to Temporary 120-Bed Acute Health Care Unit
MAINSTREETER STAFF Early November witnessed the opening of a temporary 120-bed short stay transitional health care unit within the newly-constructed Greystone Village Retirement Home (GVRH). The new unit is overseen…
A New Day Dawning For Deschâteletes – City Okays Chapel Demolition, New School
John Dance After about four hours of vigorous debate at the City’s heritage and planning committees in mid-September, the proposals for a new elementary school in the heritage designated Deschâtelets…
