Provincial funding finally secured to finish the Au Coeur d’Ottawa school expansion Funding delays have reshaped the plans for Au Coeur School’s enrolment will more than double the student body from 224 to 489 children, but construction of new housing adjacent to the Deschâtelets Building could complicate completion of the school site JOHN DANCE…
Are they the foulest of fowl? Canada Geese thrive along Rideau River and Canal to the dismay of park users JOHN DANCE Large, remarkable and adaptable Canada Geese are becoming increasingly numerous along the Rideau River and Canal in Ottawa. Park and pathway users must dodge and step carefully when they approach the massive birds…
Former city manager calls recent support for Lansdowne 2.0 ‘over-the-top hyperbole’ Ottawa Unlimited’s open letter to the Mayor and Council cited as “…the extreme limit of exaggerated local boosterism.” DAN STANKOVIC If there was one document published so far this year that earns my award for the most over-the-top hyperbole, it would have to…
Ottawa’s Golden Age of baking – the lost bakeries of Old Ottawa East How Old Ottawa East’s three bakeries – Morrison Lamothe, Walker’s, and Ideal Cake – turned our community into Ottawa’s breadbasket for much of the 20th century. LEFT: This 1943 newspaper ad from the Ottawa Journal promotes Walker’s Bread as deliciously fresh and…
City proposes 50 percent increase in height along OOE’s major streets From the June 2025 Issue JOHN DANCE The City of Ottawa proposes to increase allowable building heights on Main Street, and Hawthorne and Lees avenues by 50 percent by amending Old Ottawa East’s secondary plan. The proposed changes would increase heights on Main Street…
