Art Beat – Beautiful Monsters Take Over The National Gallery
Phyllis Odenback Sutton An appreciative audience was treated to a marvellous matinee performance at the National Gallery of Canada on January 25 featuring the Ottawa Baroque Consort, master storyteller David…
Art Beat – OOE Artist Feature: Mike Martin, Award Winning Mystery Writer, Story Teller and Connection Maker
Tanis Browning-Shelp From our little corner of the world, Mike Martin writes stories to connect with people from all walks of life. He has published eight mystery novels – his…
Business Beat – New at Corners on Main – The Mindlight Collective: Helping to Shine a Light on Patterns of the Brain
Lorne Abugov Guessing is a game of the mind, and many minds within Old Ottawa East seem to enjoy guessing at the identity of new businesses poised to launch their…
Business Beat – NU Grocery Settles in on Main Street
Theresa Wallace Since NU Grocery (NU) opened in October, Old Ottawa East residents no longer have to leave the neighbourhood to buy basics such as milk, eggs or bread, and…
Be The Change! – Environment and Sustainability in Old Ottawa East
Peter Croal & Judith Kennedy The Mainstreeter is proud to publish the first in a recurring series of environment and sustainability columns entitled Be The Change and coordinated by Judith…
Celebrating the Rideau Canal Skateway’s 50th year
John Dance So what’s free, better than the Rockefeller Center, a recommended bucket-list activity, half a century old and with its heart in Old Ottawa East? The answer is obvious:…
20th Anniversary – A Chapter In The Life of the Lady Evelyn Book Club
Danielle Fontanine On November 15th, 2019, all 13 members of the Lady Evelyn Book Club met at Lady Evelyn Alternative School to celebrate 20 years of book club gatherings. Lady…
The Mainstreeter’s 2005 Survey – Main Street Revitalization 15 years Later
John Dance “Picture a village – with a bakery, fresh vegetable or fruit store and maybe a cafe or a coffee shop set back on wide, treelined sidewalks spilling with…
Way More Than A Bus Stop! Spotlight Set To Shine On That Strange Building… at 39 Riverdale Avenue
Lorne Abugov These days, it is more often referred to as “that spot to catch the bus on Riverdale” or “the building next to the snowboarding hill at Riverdale and…
Pedestrian safety on Lees Bridge questioned
John Dance The reconstructed Lees Avenue overpass of Highway 417 is unsafe for pedestrians and does not meet approved standards, in the view of Old Ottawa resident Denis Rancourt of…
