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Condo Scene: Design tips from an award-winning architect
Houry Avedissian, owner of Ha2 Architecture Design, recently won a plethora of awards at the Housing Design Awards put on by the Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association. Impressive and bright, she is...
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Adam: A local minister wouldn't have solved the NCC's problems
The Liberal government’s decision to hand over ministerial responsibility for the National Capital Commission to Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly has disappointed many residents who feel the job should...
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Tow truck driver charged in deadly crash gets bail
The 22-year-old tow-truck driver charged in Sunday’s deadly crash that killed a 55-year-old Ottawa father and severely injured his 13-year-old daughter was granted bail on Thursday. Mohamed Haj-Saleh...
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What can Ottawa's Lauren Gulyas cook up with vinegar and vanilla?
Tune into a new TV show Monday to see what a young chef from Ottawa can cook up with vanilla and vinegar, or strawberries and salmon, or even quinoa and quail. A is for Apple is the name of a new...
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Community events fund gets 2017 cash injection
Ottawa 2017 organizers are pumping an extra $150,000 into a fund designed to help community groups plan special events across the city to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Canada’s Confederation in...
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Brigil unveils revised $400M Gatineau condo-hotel project
When architect Douglas Cardinal designed the Canadian Museum of History three decades ago, he envisioned a highrise community that would someday become an extension of the tourist destination. Now...
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Private developers redefine student living in Ottawa
Student living doesn’t get much ritzier than at 1Eleven. The lobby offers a café and restaurant lounge with brick walls, artsy decor and colourful furniture. There’s a generously equipped gym, a quiet...
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Daytripping to Manotick
Laura Byrne Paquet recently treated herself to an afternoon of strolling around Manotick. Here’s what she discovered. Why Manotick? It has two great things going for it: a relaxing village atmosphere...
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Sue Johnson: To help returning soldiers, support their families
Once again, stories of soldiers who come safely home to Canada, only to be destroyed by their emotional wounds, are in the news. Now we have specific numbers. At least 59 Canadian Forces members took...
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Condo Roundup: Flat condo market fails to stifle star projects
It hasn’t fallen on its face, but Ottawa’s condo market has definitely stumbled. Condo starts — once as ubiquitous as a Justin Trudeau photo op — have plummeted, there’s inventory on the shelf, and...
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Reevely: Watson and McKenna gush over each other after first official meeting
Jim Watson’s baritone chuckle preceded him and Catherine McKenna out of his City Hall offices Friday morning. Already you could tell that this meeting between the mayor and Ottawa’s new senior federal...
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OC Transpo's revenue ploy surprises Bluesfest organizers
OC Transpo’s plan to collect $200,000 from Bluesfest for extra bus service during the annual summer music festival has caught organizers by surprise. If Bluesfest expects the city to add additional...
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Manotick woman killed crossing street to get mail
A 68-year-old woman struck and killed in Manotick Thursday night was hit as she crossed River Road to get her mail as her daughter watched in horror, neighbours say. The single-car collision occurred...
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Trudeau vows to protect Canadians' safety after Paris attacks
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government will work to ensure the proper balance between protecting Canadians “while defending our rights and freedoms” as it considers how to respond to...
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Firefighters respond to Nixon Drive house fire
Firefighters were working to quell a fire that broke out in an abandoned house on Nixon Drive early Saturday. At 5:24 a.m., Ottawa Fire received a call for a house on fire at 3787 Nixon Dr. When they...
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Public toilet activists work to ensure residents have a place to go
With World Toilet Day coming up fast, Ottawa’s GottaGo! campaigners say there’s no time like the present to increase the number of public toilets in the capital. Members of the campaign have been...
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Hunting season brings home Ottawa's rural-urban divide
Every fall, residents of the nation’s capital are reminded of just how geographically vast the City of Ottawa actually is. That’s when hunting season opens within the city’s borders. Ottawa is hardly...
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Reevely: Fewer new condos means less 'free money' for Ottawa's city budgeters
A shortage of new people moving to Ottawa is pinching the city’s budget, forcing City Hall to scrimp even harder to keep from raising taxes. New neighbourhoods need new libraries and fire stations, new...
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Real estate: Five split-level homes on the market
A split-level home is often said to offer homeowners the best of both worlds, with an open and closed design. Floor levels are staggered: There are typically two short sets of stairs, one up and one...
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Ottawa fire crews battle Heron Gate area blaze
Ottawa Fire Services said two people were displaced by a morning fire at 1485 Heatherington Rd. near Heron Gate on Tuesday. The fire department said several calls came in at about 11 a.m. reporting...
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