By Charlie Senack – While most of Farm Radio International’s work on the ground is helping reshape people’s lives half a world away, much of those efforts begin right here in Hintonburg. For 40 years, the non-profit organization now based in Ottawa has been aiding farmers in Africa, educating […]
By David Sali – No matter how you slice it, Joel Orlik seemed destined to have a career in the butchery business. When he left his job in the newspaper distribution industry a couple of years ago, Orlik, 55, decided to help out his old boss, Joel Diener, […]
By David Sali – When Faustina Konkal and her mother Catherine Fournier bought Hintonburg fabric shop and sewing studio Fabrications more than two years ago, the business seemed like, well, the perfect fit. Konkal, a mom of three who learned to sew when she was a kid, had […]
The August edition of KT is out and this month we mean business! Ottawa Business Journal newsmagazine editor David Sali steps in as guest editor of this issue, which focuses on Kitchissippi’s mainstreet merchants and the issues facing them as they adapt to changing consumer tastes and the […]
By Hollie Grace James – At an age when many people’s definition of a “trek” would be hauling their golf clubs from the parking lot to the first tee, Mike Baine has a radically different concept of the word. The retired high school principal and grandfather of 11 […]
By David Sali – One look at Tom Vtipil’s home at 67 Pinhey St. is enough to make you realize it’s no cookie-cutter urban infill project. The unusual blend of contrasting light and dark colours on the home’s exterior siding instantly sets the rectangular structure apart from most […]
Meet Maren Bradley. “I was born in the Civic, and I’ve lived in this neighbourhood all of my life. I love how close everything is in this neighbourhood. I love biking, so I bike everywhere. I’ve always had tons of friends in my neighbourhood. I’ve grown up with […]
By Dave Allston – History fever has hit Wellington Village this summer as the neighbourhood celebrates its 100th –but a big chunk of the area’s history has yet to be told. Though today the neighbourhood runs north from the Queensway with streets laid out mostly alphabetically from […]
By Asen Aleksandrov – In 1965, when Bruce MacGregor was tackling his sixth year of high school, Ottawa was a different and much smaller place. Far from the bustling suburbs they are today, Kanata, Orleans and Barrhaven were fledgling rural communities. The stretch between what are now St. […]
By Charlie Senack – With record crowds expected for the Westboro Fuse Street Festival, the neighbourhood’s biggest party of the year is also expected to mean big business for local merchants. The two-day event, which will see Richmond Road closed to vehicle traffic from Roosevelt to McRae avenues, […]
By David Sali Elaina Martin could probably offer thousands of anecdotes about Westfest, but one that really sticks in her mind was the time Cowboy Junkies frontwoman Margo Timmons crashed a backyard barbecue. It was 2005, and Westfest was in just its second year as a “grassroots little […]
By Paula Roy – Conduct an informal poll of your friends or neighbours and you’ll likely find very few among them who don’t love pizza. With over two dozen pizza places in Kitchissippi, summer just seems like the perfect time to investigate our enduring fondness for this culinary […]
Meet Gabriel Khater. “I was born in Lebanon, and I came to Canada in 1991. I came here for a better opportunity. There was a war back home and not much opportunity there. It was safer here and my brother was here, so I came to be with […]
By Dean Caillier, Sales Representative, Engel & Völkers Ottawa – I think maybe just maybe, summer has finally arrived and sunny days are here again. School is out, families go away on summer vacation, restaurant patios are open, outdoor festivals are on and it’s time to relax and enjoy the […]
Compiled by Andrea Tomkins – It goes without saying that a good slice of pizza deserves to be paired with an equally good beverage. We asked Kristin Perrin, a WSET Level 3 Certified Sommelier since 2007, to share her top picks for something to sip with a slice, […]
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