BE THE CHANGE – Here’s five apps to help you live a greener life
Kelsey Coburn We all want to do our part to make our neighbourhood look great and to help our city and country to prosper, but being environmentally conscious isn’t always…
BUSINESS BEAT – Greens & Beans – Tough timing, but community support buoys the spirit of OOE’s newest business owners
Quinn Abugov As Old Ottawa East and the rest of the world have been shuttered over the past few months, the same can’t be said for the neighbourhood’s newest business,…
Bridges Of Old Ottawa East – The ABCs of a Bridge Community
John Dance Photos by John Dance As one of the five communities that constitute Ottawa’s “Rideau Island”, the land between the Rideau Canal and the river north of Hog’s Back,…
Two Tales of Two Neighbourhood Benches
John Dance Old Ottawa East has a growing number of benches that invite pedestrians to pause a moment and enjoy our community’s sights and sites. Although sitting on these benches…
ART BEAT – Artist Feature – Pierre Brault Pandemic-Ready Performer and Playwright
Tanis Browning-Shelp As our theatres have gone dark these many weeks, Pierre Brault has been setting the stage alight online. “When the pandemic hit, it was clear to those of…
COVID-19 SUPPLEMENT – OOE Business In The TIme of COVID-19
Carol Workrun The global pandemic has turned all our lives upside down, and the Old Ottawa East business community is no exception. No one had a “how to handle a…
COVID-19 SUPPLEMENT – OOE real estate market – Part 1- Pandemic Plays Havoc With Home Listings and Sales, But Prices Dip Only Slightly
Lorne Abugov In real estate, as with the stock market, the higher they rise, the harder they fall. Old Ottawa East’s red-hot real estate market was off to an explosive…
Some progress reported on burying Main, Greenfield hydro wires
John Dance Back when Main Street south of Harvey Street was reconstructed, advocates within Old Ottawa East sought unsuccessfully to have the hydro wires buried. The news today is much…
Letters To The Editor
That was then, this is now The front page of the April issue of The Mainstreeter reads: “Ghost Town. Thanks to our caring community for staying indoors”. My understanding is…
Opinion
Thoughts on very large houses in Old Ottawa East John Dance Over the last 10 years, Old Ottawa East has seen a lot of rebuilding whereby old houses have been…
