By Anita Grace – 2017 was a year of big news: Floods, fires, Donald Trump. But while these headlines grab our attention and sometimes keep us up at night, there are other things happening here in this community that we call home. Here’s where we look back on the […]
By Andrea Tomkins – The premise of Anita Grace’s “pumpkin path” is charmingly simple: collect some jack o’lanterns on November 1, light them up, and give the neighbourhood a second chance to enjoy them. She has been organizing the “pumpkin path” for the past three years. It’s not […]
By Anita Grace – “There’s everything in this house. Just everything.” Marine Armstrong is describing the response of a Syrian refugee girl who arrived in Ottawa in February. With her mother and five siblings, the girl shyly explored a home that had been rented and fully furnished by […]
By Anita Grace – With the whir of chainsaws and the grind of a wood shredder, another tall tree disappears. The extensive loss of mature trees across the ward is worrying many residents. “It’s pretty alarming to suddenly see these big gaps in our forest canopy and parks,” […]
By Anita Grace – The Hintonburg Public House is littered with laundry, but not just any old piles of clothes. These are white t-shirts and underwear upon which people have written secrets and confessions in black, indelible marker. “I wanted people to see they’re not alone,” explains Shawn […]
It’s been quite a year in Kitchissippi, and as we move into a new one we thought it might be interesting to take one last look back. We’ve pulled together a year’s worth of KT’s cover stories, and in some cases, updated them as well. And as a […]
By Jack Lawson – This year’s edition of Chicken Soup for the Soul: Christmas in Canada includes stories from four Kitchissippi writers. Touching contributions from Mary Ellen Kot, Crystal Thieringer, Anita Grace, and James A. Gemmell, involve tales of tree whispering, curling, a famous red-nosed reindeer, and unexpected […]
Gorgeous weather, friends and neighbours—everything came together on Sunday, September 28 for the 10th annual McKellar Park Fall Festival. With bouncy castles and inflatable slides, live music, face painting, cotton candy, ice cream and more, this festival was a fun-filled celebration of the community spirit that thrives in […]
The new Somerset West Community Health Centre (SWCHC) branch in Hintonburg celebrated its grand opening on September 18th. “Health care is a key part of a vibrant community,” says SWCHC board chair Marguarite Kelley. “We have no doubt that our new branch will quickly become a valued fixture […]
By Anita Grace – The front room of Tatiana Mandel’s Westboro home is artfully decorated. Intricate, hand-painted branches, birds and flowers cover the walls from floor to ceiling. Mandel’s neighbour Paula Zoubek had seen these paintings through the open windows. “I finally knocked on the front door, my […]
By Anita Grace – Westboro artist Lynette Chubb is a long-standing participant in the West End Studio Tour (WEST), having been with tour since its second year in 2001. Each year the artist shows work that differs from the year before. “There is always something new,” she says. […]
By Anita Grace – Alison Fowler is getting ready for harvest. “My crop of poppies is growing,” she says. Her sun-filled studio on Wellington Street is filled with canvases, many of which are ready to be transformed into large-scale paintings of bright, richly-textured poppies. Her studio will be […]
By Anita Grace – The paintings of Andrew King have roots. They are rooted in the stories of our past, and the buildings in our neighbourhoods. “We have a lot of cool history,” explains King. “I’m trying to bring it to the surface so people can appreciate it […]
By Anita Grace – The Jewish Federation of Ottawa is putting a fresh face on their annual fundraising campaign. Jeff Miller, a partner at GGFL Chartered Accountants on Richmond Road and Chair of the annual campaign, is hoping to capitalize on the Federation’s new president and CEO, Andrea […]
Note this update from the PFC, which was posted after this story went to print: Thanks to the amazing generosity of Thomas Williams and the Hintonburger team, the Reverse Food Truck will remain in business until the end of August. Come see us Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 4-8pm. […]
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