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A message from our Member of Provincial Parliament, Lucille Collard
Dear residents of Lowertown, Great to see the Lowertown Echo’s new rebranding, which symbolizes a fresh chapter in our community’s story. With this revitalized identity, the Lowertown Echo stands to amplify voices and foster more connections. Congratulations to the entire team for their dedication and hard work! As the warmth of the sun graces our days, I extend my…
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ByWard buzzes with happy hour options
By Juliet O’Neill It’s Tuesday, it must be Starling Restaurant. Wednesday? Clarendon Tavern, Fairouz Cafe, Saigon, or Social. Happy hour in the ByWard Market is good way for friends to dodge rising restaurant dinner bills. There are so many options and we’ve done the research for you. A group of us tried nearly a dozen…
City approves Irish Famine monument for Macdonald Gardens Park
By Allen Brown On May 14, the City of Ottawa’s Built Heritage Committee approved a motion to erect a monument to commemorate the Irish Famine of 1847-52 at a former cemetery where Irish Famine victims were buried, in what is now Macdonald Gardens Park. The monument is one of several being erected in Canada this…
Self-guided Lowertown public art walk
By Scott Lemoine A towering, leggy spider, named Maman, surveils the western border of Lowertown from the forecourt of the National Gallery. She is both portal and defender — beyond her, in climate-controlled solitude, many beautiful things hang on pristine walls. But if Maman took a stroll through our neighbourhood, she would find art woven into the fabric…
Our urban trees: beneficial in so many ways!
By Isabelle Leclerc-Morin Besides being incredibly important to animals and the ecosystem, trees provide a number of services to humans in ways we often take for granted. The joint City of Ottawa / National Capital Commission (2020) climate projections estimate that very hot days in the summer (> 30°C) four times more common by 2050….