By Kristy Strauss – The shovels are officially in the ground for a Westboro development that will bring people together to live, work and play. The development, Westboro Connection, officially broke ground at a ceremony that took place at its McRae Avenue location on May 5. “This is […]
By Kristy Strauss – For the last 11 years, Sharon Rideout and Westboro resident B.J. Porter have been the best of friends. They meet weekly to grab a coffee, go shopping, catch a movie – and they even get their mammograms done together. Their friendship – and many others […]
By Kristy Strauss – Despite chilly temperatures, mixed with rain and snow, the Westboro community gathered at the local cenotaph to pay tribute to our veterans on Remembrance Day. The Westboro Legion hosted the annual ceremonies on November 11, starting with a parade – featuring veterans and the […]
John Duggan’s 93 year-old hands slide easily across his piano’s ivory keys. He looks focused on playing the tune, and only stops to fondly remember the days of playing music for an audience. While his memory is fading, he’ll never forget playing with a band on stage at […]
Overcrowding in Kitchissippi schools has left parents with four options that would determine where they could send their children starting in the 2014-15 school year. Parents came together at the Fisher Park Public School auditorium on October 24 to hear these options, presented by a working group made […]
A map showing a strip of the Byron Linear Park was filled with suggestions at a public meeting that took place at the Churchill Seniors’ Recreation Centre on October 7 – including play structures, a natural sitting area and a “Welcome to Westboro” sign. Councillor Katherine Hobbs invited […]
Husband and wife team Jill and Jacinto Anguaya are saying goodbye to a Kitchissippi community that has supported their business for the last five years. The Westboro couple, who own Quichua World Market at the corner of Richmond Road and Churchill Avenue, will be closing their local shop […]
By Kristy Strauss – The Kitchissippi community has welcomed with open arms a very important program, according to Holly Martin. Martin is a placement and job coach co-ordinator with WAVE (Work and Volunteer Experience) Ottawa – a program founded and run by the Dovercourt Recreation Association. The program […]
Two years ago, Scott Perry just needed a sport that would keep him in shape throughout the winter. He started running on a treadmill and has been running ever since. “Buying new clothes is expensive,” the Westboro resident laughs. “I just needed some sort of exercise that would […]
When Rachel Eugster dropped her son off at kindergarten, he said he missed her so much that he wished she was the tiniest mommy in the world so he could keep her in his pocket all day. Samuel, her son, is now in university. And while it’s years […]
Amanda Farris and her fellow Civic Hospital neighbourhood residents are currently working with city and hospital officials to come to a solution over a two-storey parking garage at the Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus. “We’re still working through the process,” says Farris, president of the Civic Hospital […]
“(Kitchissippi) is one of the up and coming areas of the city. There’s a lot of new development, and you’ve got to concentrate on an area of the city that people are coming to,” says Damien Coakeley, a member of the Ottawa Safety Council’s board of directors. […]
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Carlingwood resident creates design one step at a time Walking the walk, all 8,000 steps Story and photos by Kristy Strauss Emily Chen has gone from designing t-shirts for her high school band as a teenager, to using her artistic talent to give back in her adult […]
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