Archive 1997-2016
By Stacy McInnis
Ottawa residents may soon have an official piece of Canadian heritage flowing through their backyards. A movement has begun to have the Rideau River declared a National Heritage River, and the river should be up for nomination as early as this January.
A proposed foodbank in Lowertown is still months away from opening, but it already has some city relief agencies wondering about its relevance.
John David Coon, director of the Drug Education Alliance of Ottawa, says he plans to open a foodbank in the Lowertown area by January or February of next year.
They may not have a pool to swim in, but at least there’s a park to play in.
Thanks to several community-based groups, Plouffe Park at Somerset and Preston streets has been given a new lease on life. The groups spent the summer sprucing up the park that surrounds the condemned Plant Pool.
By Christina Clemis
The Snowsuit Fund is expanding their location by taking over the space their neighbours, the Ottawa Food Bank, once occupied, leaving the storerooms at 7 Bayview Rd. to sit empty and cold.
Elisabeth Trimm, the fund’s administrator, says she hopes to fill that space with much-needed winter suits, and achieve their goal of $700,000 this year. Last year, the same goal was set and was missed by $70,000.