Don Kwan’s walk through Chinatown
By Shanice Pereira and Spencer Douglas Don Kwan, a businessman and artist in Chinatown, likes to showcase the neighbourhood where he was born and raised. He hosts a regular walking…
Protesters target fur use by Canada Goose
By Jacob Romphf and David Sagolj With the weather gradually getting colder, winter jackets will soon be pulled out of closets or purchased in stores. Some of those will be…
Algonquin students frustrated as strike persists
By Mitchell Kedrosky and Jamie Pashagumskum As the strike at Ontario colleges shows no signs of letting up, teachers and union officials continue to picket the roadways into Algonquin College….
Ottawa bike shop a self-help spot for cyclists
By Alexander Behne A small bike shop on Bronson Avenue is helping to educate Ottawa’s emerging cycling community on how to maintain their bikes. At re-Cycles, cyclists can buy refurbished…
Cyclists cautious about bike-safety audit
By Meredith Lauzon and Joanna Sivasankaran Some cyclists say they still feel unsafe on the six-year-old bike lane on Laurier Avenue, despite a recent audit showing collision rate has fallen,…
Chaudière Falls show sheds light on Algonquin controversy
By Devon Litster and Amanda Marsh The Chaudière Falls, unceded Algonquin territory on the Ottawa River, is publicly accessible this fall for the first time in more than a century,…
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…
In photos: Skateboarding on Somerset
By Spencer Douglas, Mitch Kedrosky, Kiera Kowalski In the past, a skateboarding shop would be an unusual participant in a festival celebrating the life on Somerset Street. The Remixed festival, formerly…