Submitted by Ron Elliott – On April 25, Councillor Jeff Leiper dropped his proposal to the City of Ottawa to ban on-street parking in favour of bicycle lanes on the stretch of Spencer Street from Western Avenue to Holland Avenue in Wellington Village. The decision not to proceed […]
Submitted by Talia Meade – National School Library Day began in 2004 and the Canadian Library Association has worked hard at keeping this tradition alive. October 24, 2016 was Library Day at Nepean High School. Teachers, athletes, CEOs, artists, journalists, and politicians all gathered within our red-brick walls […]
Submitted by Aileen Leo – We’ve all had to deal with steep increases in the price of food and make choices concerning what we can afford to eat. For a growing number of people in Ottawa and the people who try to help them, these choices are getting […]
Submitted by David Jeanes – Behind the archways of the mixed-use development at 88-108 Richmond Road, the former Sisters of the Visitation monastery has a past, a character and hopefully a future. One corner is a large pre-confederation stone mansion. Since 1913 a Gothic chapel and residential wings […]
Submitted by heather lynn song – I live in what we like to call “Westboro south” and I was at my local diner recently (Al’s pizza) and heard that the Saputo dairy plant right across the street on Clyde was closing in a year. I couldn’t believe my […]
Special to KT by Andrew King – I read with great interest the proposal that has been submitted for the former Champlain Oil Gas Station at 70 Richmond Road. This 1934 former gas station incorporates a style of architecture and a history that we see slowly dwindling as […]
Special to KT by Michael Napiorkowski and Maayke Schurer A few years ago we voluntarily changed our mobility habits to make the bicycle our central transportation choice. As fairly new parents of a toddler (and another on the way), we wanted to adopt a lifestyle that allowed our family […]
Special to KT by Crystal Beshara – “See a need fill a need.” “If you build it they will come.” The Studio Café & Gallery which opened in May of this year in Hintonburg was built on those two adages. Over the last few years, in my travels […]
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