The other side
By Jamie Brougham For the few who know the other side of the Rideau River from Old Ottawa East, it is actually an interesting wilderness area. I have seen owls,…
Balancing your life with gratitude
By Kaeli Van Regan Balance is something you might have pondered, talked about and strived to achieve. Often it is something that you work on or that will come…
Community gardeners growing their influence
By Linda Rankin Following the first Ottawa Garden Symposium in November 2014, a small group of volunteers, including a representative from the Old Ottawa East Community Garden, have been…
CAG: 2014 and beyond
By Kevin Farrell Before tooting the horn of the Community Activities Group (CAG), I want to clear up a misconception. CAG is not funded by the City of Ottawa, nor…
A year of change at the Children’s Garden
By Ian Grabina Old Ottawa East is facing a wave of change. Many aspects of residents’ lives – from the use of land and green space, to the make-up of…
The Councillor speaks out
Amid community concerns over reckless driving in the opening weeks of Main Street reconstruction, the newspaper reached out to Capital Ward Coun. David Chernushenko. We began by asking if…
Let’s make childcare affordable
By Paul Dewar As the lucky father of two boys, I know the importance of high-quality childcare. For the past decade, Conservative and Liberal federal governments have talked about…
An interview with Josée Vallée
The city’s senior engineer in the Infrastructure Services Department and project manager of Main Street reconstruction recently answered some of our questions. Is this a particularly difficult or otherwise…
Early days of main street reconstruction: Readers weigh in
The first weeks of Main Street re-construction yielded a few pointed remarks from readers, largely on the topic of the sudden rise in the number of speeding cars, cutting…
If we build a boathouse: A vision for a community cottage
By Jamie Brougham What if we built a boathouse – or as I like to think of it, a community cottage – on the bank of the Rideau River at…
