Somerset House makeover moving forward at City Hall
By Lia Pizarro The future of Somerset House — a prominent heritage building at the corner of Bank and Somerset streets — is coming into sharper view as an…
High-profile Centretown projects haul in urban design awards
By Natalie Harmsen Five recently completed Centretown architectural projects, plus a theoretical redesign of the city’s main bus terminal on Catherine Street, have been recognized at this year’s Ottawa Urban…
Dress for Success, Vincent seek donated workplace attire for women
By Emma Fischer Dress for Success is partnering again with Vincent, a women’s clothing boutique in Little Italy, to launch their annual clothing drive. Dress for Success is an international…
Condo growth setback for subsidized housing in central Ottawa
By Vera He, Pricilla Khan and Meredith Lauzon The head of an affordable housing organization is worried about a lack of space for development since a condo boom rocked Centretown….
Somerset ward’s young population has high music complaints
By Mitch Kedrosky, Spencer Douglas and Kiera Kowalski Despite a lower population than other city wards, the Somerset ward has decisively more noise complaints about loud music directed to the…
Public defibrillators absent from Centretown’s centre
By Devon Litster and Amanda Marsh Centretown has 23 public access heart defibrillators, but not one of them is within a 450-metre radius of the main intersection of Bank Street…
City Hall flag flap prompts tighter rules
By Matthew Horwood After examining the City of Ottawa’s rules related to special proclamations and symbolic flag raisings at City Hall, the municipality’s top solicitor, Rick O’Connor, has issued…
Government scrambles to reference Jews on key plaque at new Holocaust Monument
By Michael Sun The federal government has removed and will replace a plaque at Ottawa’s recently unveiled National Holocaust Monument after an uproar over the fact that the wording…
September heat wave set temperature records for Ottawa
By Patrick Barrios Ottawa’s sweltering late-September heat wave smashed temperature records for the capital. According to Environment Canada, Sept. 27 marked the conclusion of a six-day string of heat, which…
More police raids on pot shops fuel debate over marijuana sales
By Nate Dove Police raided two Ottawa cannabis dispensaries on Oct. 3. Officers arrived at Cannabis Culture on Bank Street and Dr. Greenthumb on Montreal Road, seizing dried marijuana,…