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In this Month’s Issue
OLD OTTAWA EATS The fresh taste of Japan is a welcome addition… A new Ramen spot ignites the Lees Avenue dining scene The Mainstreeter’s restaurant reviewer was pleasantly surprised by the tasty fare and the top-flight service experienced on a recent visit to Taki Ramen QUINN ABUGOV Tucked in at 170 Lees...
FROM OUR ARCHIVES Robert Lees – patriarch of Ottawa East’s leading family SUSAN HILL Robert Lees was the patriarch of the Lees family who lived in a house called Wildwood. It stood, at the end of a long lane, on Main Street, where the Queensway is now. Born in...
HEALTHY LIVING Nordic Walking helps people improve fitness and increase activity SUSAN YUNGBLUT Many of us have parents, friends or neighbours who struggle with balance, with back pain, with an old knee injury, or with lack of motivation or confidence. Nordic Walking is one surefire way to help...
ART BEAT TANIS BROWNINGSHELP TANIS@BROWNING-SHELP.COM A finger on the pulse of the arts in OOE OOE ARTIST FEATURE: ARCHITECT ELAINE DECOURSEY CELEBRATES VIBRANT COLOURS AS PAINTER, URBAN SKETCHER, AND GARDENER Longtime resident and artist Elaine DeCoursey will display her work in A Walk of Art, Old Ottawa East (OOE)’s outdoor...
ART BEAT TIM HUNT’SMAIN STREETSKETCHES Tim Hunt explores his community outfitted with a small sketchbook, pen, and watercolour kit. In our regular feature, he shares the pages from his sketchbook and tells the stories behind his work. The street names Mount Pleasant Avenue and Echo Drive have a distinct storybook ring. If you were...
OLD OTTAWA EATS Who knew cake design could be this much fun! Learning high end cake decoration from the pros On assignment at Artistic Cake Design, our food reporters donned their aprons and whipped up a buttercream icing masterpiece to celebrate The Mainstreeter’s 40th anniversary QUINN ABUGOV I recently had...
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...
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...
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...
FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE MAINSTREETER The notable founding families of Old Ottawa East Lewis Williams first settled the land around current Main Street and Riverdale Avenue in 1818 From the June 2025 Issue SUSAN HILL, BRUCE BALLANTYNE AND RICK WALLACE The geography of any community involves not only the...
Art Beat TANISBROWNING-SHELP TANIS@BROWNING-SHELP.COM A finger on the pulse of the arts in OOE OOE ARTIST FEATURE: INGELA STROMBERG – OIL PAINTER AND NEIGHBOURHOOD BUILDER From the June 2025 Issue Ingela Stromberg’s connections to Old Ottawa East (OOE) run long and deep. She has known OOE artist John Jarrett since...
Art Beat TIM HUNT’SMAIN STREETSKETCHES From the June 2025 Issue Tim Hunt explores his community outfitted with a small sketchbook, pen, and watercolour kit. In our regular feature, he shares the pages from his sketchbook and tells the stories behind his work. The heritage plaque on Hydro Substation...
