In hopes of addressing this, work has started on a mental health strategy for the community. The new community engagement team, “really is a model of coordination of services and relief for the community in terms of making the calls and ensuring that the gaps in the community for response … are addressed, frankly,” said […]
Liz Wheeler says she’s always identified as an animal advocate, rather than an activist. Wheeler did email the OFM, sharing her concerns and asking them to stop “the outdated and unnecessary exploitation of horse-drawn rides”, and to work with the community to “develop a more humane entertain option,” such as holiday-decorated rickshaws. The route is […]
Earlier this month, it was among the 16 projects awarded a total of nearly $3.3 million by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation under the National Housing Strategy’s demonstrations initiative. OCLT has been granted $250,000 over three years to set up a revolving loan fund to facilitate strategic property acquisition. With a revolving loan fund […]
A lack of international students and travellers, as well as the evaporation of hundreds of thousands of retail and service industry jobs, left many downtown condos vacant. In Canada’s busiest real estate markets, condos still cost a fraction of what buyers are paying for other properties. “A well-priced, well-located condo will definitely have multiple offers,” […]
Organizers say they hope to attract as many as 100,000 people to the event, which includes vendors and other activities from a Santa’s workshop to live music. There are 30 cabins this year, up from 20 in 2019. We have enabled email notifications—you will now receive an email if you receive a reply to your […]
It began during a night of partying on Canada Day in 2019. Security video presented by Assistant Crown Attorney Mike Boyce showed the two groups — Kabuya-Ntumba’s and Maadani’s — exiting a bar near the corner of George and Dalhousie Streets just before 3 a.m. Krista Hill, who took the stand on Wednesday and narrated […]
The interest-free loan is entirely forgiven if the landlord maintains for 15 years rents at or below “average market rent” as defined by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. “Everyone’s often looking for the silver bullet when it comes to affordable housing. Instead, city staff will work with shelter staff, identify families interested in certain […]
Elevated levels of carbon monoxide were detected on all five floors, and all residents were evacuated. Firefighters then opened all windows and vented the entire building. We have enabled email notifications—you will now receive an email if you receive a reply to your comment, there is an update to a comment thread you follow or […]
It was April 18, 2019, just after closing time, and Jimenez and Mujber were leaving the strip joint separately when a fight broke out among their friends. Adrian Assan, the first Crown witness called to the stand during the trial, recalled hearing the gunshots and running back into a nearby bar out of fear for […]
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Between extreme weather events, unrealized opportunities to participate in a greening economy and growing impatience with the efforts of political leaders thus far to respond to the “code red” crisis of man-made climate change, Green party candidates in the National Capital Region see plenty of reasons why their party is the one to cast a […]
You might say that I am the city of Ottawa’s ideal citizen, its stated ambition being to see more intensification of the downtown core, increased use of public transit, and an overall reduction in the city’s climate footprint. The district has some great anchors — La Bottega, Lapointe Fish, Saslove’s Meat Market, ByWard Fruit Market, […]
The city spent $448,163 for advertising and market research on how Ottawa residents are diverting their organic waste after a big change in July 2019 which allowed people to start using plastic bags in their green bins. More satisfying, however, is the 19 per cent increase in organic tonnage in February 2020 compared to the […]
While lockdown after lockdown robbed him of customers for his food, Valente stepped up his plans to become a pot entrepreneur. Many eateries from Corner Peach in Chinatown to Oz Kafe in the ByWard Market to Das Lokal in Lowertown to Zolas in Bells Corners saw value in offering customers pantry items and non-perishables — […]