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Lowertown Flypasts
By Michel Rossignol The Canada Day ceremonies on July 1, 2024, included a massive flypast of 49 aircraft from the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) in honour of its 100th anniversary. Since Lowertown is so close to Parliament Hill, ceremonial flypasts by RCAF aircraft inevitably pass over our community. Over the years, flypasts by the…
Demolition by neglect: Razing of three Lowertown heritage buildings recommended
By Allen Brown The City of Ottawa’s Built Heritage Committee (BHC) recommended demolition of three heritage buildings on St. Patrick Street at their meeting on September 10, 2024. It was a sad and frustrating decision for community advocates. Curiously, on the advice of city legal counsel, a week earlier city council waived the demolition permit…
BANQUE ALIMENTAIRE, OTAGE DE MONTFORT-RENAISSANCE / PATRO
Par le conseil d’administration du CRCBV L’Echo a reçu une demande d’impression de cette lettre à la communauté de la part du Centre de ressources communautaires de la Basse-Ville (CRCBV). Toute question à ce sujet doit être envoyée directement au CRCBV. Il y a un plus d’un an, le C.A. du Centre de ressources communautaires…
Lowertown Community Association / L’Association communautaire de la basse-ville
By / Par Sylvie Bigras, President / Présidente Working for you As we say goodbye to a stunning summer, it is time for the Lowertown Community Association to resume its meetings after our summer break, starting with our AGM on Monday, October 7th at St. Brigid’s. Community meetings are held every second Monday of the…
Upgrading from Windows 10 to 11 – NOT a Nightmare
By Malcolm and John Harding of Compu-Home We remind Macintosh users that although this column is one that they can blissfully ignore, it is unseemly to appear too smug! Microsoft sometimes ghoulishly refers to “end of life” when the date for the end of support for a piece of software is approaching. In the case…
How one Lowertown poet and uOttawa professor approaches “the weird genre”
By Ben Ladouceur At the start of an academic year, one of the first things Professor Kimberly Quiogue Andrews might ask her classroom full of creative writing students is: “What can you tell me about your weird uncle?” Almost everybody has at least one weird uncle. “In a class of fifty,” says Andrews, “it is…