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City Hall Blog: Broadview heritage debate beyond bricks and mortar
It’s been four years since I wrote about Broadview Public School for the first time. The story of the day was a backfiring boiler at the Westboro elementary school that served to highlight a troubling...
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Broadview school heritage designation clears first hurdle
The built heritage subcommittee threw a wrench in plans to rebuild an aging Westboro elementary school on Thursday by recommending that the city give the 1927 building a heritage designation. But...
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Fire destroys family home in rural south Ottawa
Two adults and two children were left homeless after a fire late Thursday afternoon destroyed their home at 2824 Goodstown Road, just north of North Gower. Ottawa Fire Services said a neighbour...
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Found: Flipping over organic pancake mixes
What: Grainstorm Heritage Baking pancake mixes, just in time for Pancake Day (Tuesday, Feb. 17). They’re made with grown-in-Canada organic, fresh, stone-ground spelt, kamut and oat kernels, as well as...
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Custom infill: Slimming down in Sandy Hill (with video)
Goal: To build your own custom home in Sandy Hill Hurdle: Your lot is all of 21 feet wide Solution: Think skinny, as in a house that’s barely more than 13 feet wide inside Thinking svelte is exactly...
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Patricia Pearson: The day my grandpa showed me Canada's new flag
In early February, 1965, the Americans went into North Vietnam while my grandfather, Lester B. Pearson, was babysitting me. (I don’t know why it seems odd, almost comical, that the leader of a nation...
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Oh snap! February could set record for cold
You’ll notice they don’t call a period of prolonged low temperatures a “wave” or a “spell” or anything similarly salubrious. Nope, it’s a cold snap, named, perhaps, for the sound of breaking plastic...
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Residents, businesses raise stink about Wellington West sewer fixes (with video)
There’s a bad smell coming up from sewer repairs in Hintonburg, and Ottawa has stopped work until it can figure out what went wrong and how to fix it. The solvent smell in homes and businesses on and...
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Five ways to have a very Ottawa Valentine's Day
The stars have aligned. Valentine’s Day falls on a Saturday. You and your honey are free to indulge in something fun, but what? We’ve got you covered . . . or not. Your choice. Love Under Cover: The...
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Letters: Should the government appeal the niqab ruling?
No niqab during the oath The wearing of a niqab or burka while taking the oath of citizenship is totally unacceptable. Prime Minister Stephen Harper is absolutely right in calling the wearing of this...
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Family Day: What's open, what's closed on 'the stupidest holiday ever'
Family Day, that most confusing of holidays, offers a mishmash of openings and closing on Monday. It’s a holiday for provincial employees — students and teachers, most municipal workers and provincial...
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The UpBeat: Celebrate Kindness Week with five acts of kindness
Megan O’Meara The eighth annual Kindness Week in Ottawa is officially underway after kicking off with a launch event Friday morning in Accora Village. This year’s theme is focused on youth in our...
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Slick, snowy Saturday: Police urge drivers to take caution
Police were urging drivers to slow down and take extra precaution Saturday as blowing snow and slick roads caused problems in the region. No major injuries were reported, but several local police...
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Green bins still only used in 15% of apartment, condos, city says
Nearly five years after it was introduced, the green bin organics recycling program is available in only 15 per cent of apartment buildings and townhouse complexes in Ottawa. The city provided bins to...
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HEROS and the Christie Lake Kids face off on Hockey Day in Canada
It was Hockey Day in Canada on Saturday, and time for players young and old to lace them up and hit the ice at arenas and rinks across the country. The Hockey Education Reaching Out Society and the...
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Ottawa speed skater Blondin and teammates have to settle for fourth
Ottawa’s Ivanie Blondin just missed a medal at the ISU long track speed skating world single distance championships on Saturday at Heerenveen, Netherlands. Blondin and teammates Kali Christ of Regina...
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Jenkins: The evolution of Tunney's Pasture
For some reason, the grey squirrels have chosen just one large maple in the backyard of a tidy postwar home on busy Scott Street to build multiple nests. While the winter-born young grow inside, the...
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Blondin scoops a silver in mass start
Ivanie Blondin of Ottawa captured a silver medal in the mass start race at the speedskating world single distance championships Sunday in Heerenveen, Netherlands, while Laurent Dubreuil of Levis, Que.,...
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Canada's capital was coldest on the planet over the weekend
Despite what you might have felt, Ottawa’s weekend deep freeze set no temperature records. Throw in the wind-chill factor, however, and you might have a different story. Indeed, subject to contrary...
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'It's all good' for Rachel Homan despite lack of crowd support in Saskatchewan
MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Being the skip of Team Canada and curling for a third straight national title doesn’t guarantee support from an entire country. Ottawa skip Rachel Homan found that out on the weekend...
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