Dear Editor, Is Dominion really the best name we can use for our new LRT station? That’s just the name of a minor nearby street. How about “Kitchissippi” or even “Beach”? Let’s have a debate before Phase 2 is finished. Alan Etherington
Dear Editor, I was surprised by your paper’s reporting on the redevelopment of Lion’s Park (December issue), which only presented one side of the highly contentious and precedent-setting proposal. This redevelopment – I call it encroachment – has a great impact on our community, for adjacent residents and […]
In 2018, Domicile Developments applied to the City of Ottawa to rezone three addresses on Roosevelt Avenue from three to six storeys. The developer plans to demolish three single-family homes and build a six-storey mixed-use building with 35 condo units with retail businesses on the first two floors […]
Congratulations to Councillor Jeff Leiper and the City of Ottawa for conducting the Westboro Infill Study. There is only one problem, the title of the study is wrong. The term “infill” is defined as the development of vacant parcels of land within previously built areas. In direct contrast […]
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if Kitchissippi had more residents like Anna Jahn, who was featured in the Humans of Kitchissipi segment of the October KT! She wanted to build community, to get to know her neighbours better, so she organized a neighbourhood dinner, with almost 130 residents in […]
Dear Editor: That was an interesting article in October’s Kitchissippi Times by Dave Allston on Kitchissippi’s early automobile pioneers. As a founding member of the local Rolls-Royce and Bentley club of the St. Lawrence Valley, I was then reading a book about the earliest Rolls-Royce cars and there […]
Submitted by Martin Adelaar The National Capital Commission (NCC) is busy with public consultations leading to an updated “Master Concept Plan” for the development of LeBreton Flats. The LeBreton Flats Community Benefits Coalition believes that as well as being an exciting new national asset, LeBreton should become a […]
Submitted by Eric Milligan – Developers are continuing their efforts to introduce high intensification infills in the Westboro residential neighbourhood. In February, largely due to a massive display of opposition by affected neighbours, the Committee of Adjustment rejected developers’ infill proposals to build a total of 16 […]
Dear Editor, If you are walking on the northwest side of Kirkwood Avenue from Hampton Park plaza it is very important you keep an eye out for vehicles leaving 634 Kirkwood Ave. You have a high chance of losing your legs or your life by being squished between […]
Dear Editor, The character of the Westboro is changing fast… and is going to change faster. The lot beside our home was recently sold, and we were not surprised to hear it was to be redeveloped. We were not surprised when the City of Ottawa envelope arrived in […]
Dear Editor, Starting in early in 2018, I began noticing our sidewalks had sprouted huge sandwich boards advertising the sale of condos that were part of the 14-floor development at Richmond and Island Park. The boards ran all along Wellington West and Richmond streets. At first I was […]
Dear Editor, Winter has gone, the summer solstice has passed and construction season is in full bloom all across Ottawa. Developers are snapping up properties everywhere. Three close neighbours have sold in the last 60 days. I fully expect one will be torn down for two semi’s, like the last […]
Dear Editor, It was so nice to see the article in the May edition about Bate Island. It brought back such warm memories. April 25th 2018, was a beautiful spring day. My husband Bob, I, and our 22-year-old grandson Alexander, who is recovering from heart surgery and staying with […]
Dear Editor, In February the City of Ottawa, at the bidding of the NCC, changed the zoning of the southern part of Rochester Field along Richmond Road from Open Space (O1L[310]-h) to Traditional Mainstreet (TM). This change will allow construction of two mid-rise buildings along Richmond Road in […]
Dear Editor, [re: Goodbye baby cakes: Holland’s Cake and Shake closes its doors] I have a lot of respect for small business owners who stretch their wings and fly, it’s not easy. I have a huge amount of respect for Michael and will even go so far as […]
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