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By the Lowertown Community Association’s Health & Wellness Committee Lowertown will soon be included in the City of Ottawa’s Alternate Neighbourhood Crisis Response (ANCHOR) program, a community-led mental health and substance-use crisis response service that offers an alternative to a police response in certain situations. ANCHOR was launched in 2024 as a response to long-standing…
By Christine Kilfoi When we moved to Ottawa, we knew we wanted to be downtown. We were recommended to look at neighbourhoods like New Edinburgh, Manor Park, or Westboro. Lowertown was not mentioned to us at all. But we needed a home that would fit a large family, and, in the end, our home, formerly…
By Laura Hashimoto My husband and I are pretty new to parenting. My daughter is just six months old, so when I thought about offering my perspective on raising a kid in Lowertown, I have to admit I felt somewhat underqualified. Sure, some days, when we stick to the routine and I manage to venture…
By Sarah Bissex This Mother’s Day, I find myself in between. I am almost exactly halfway to meeting my little boy. I am not yet a mother in the way my neighbours with grown children are, and not yet a new parent navigating naps and feeding schedules like many of my peers. My husband and…
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By Heather Matthews When we bought our house on King Edward Avenue two years ago, we were well aware of the traffic situation and all the noise and potential danger of such a busy street. We tried to balance these negatives against the desire to remain downtown on a relatively small budget, we were moving…
By Josiah Frith As I write this, a few blocks from King Edward Avenue, the sound of a truck engine brake cuts through the morning. It’s a familiar interruption here – not occasional, but routine – and it says more about the street than any traffic report. King Edward is not behaving like an ordinary…
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By Kirsty Walker and MacKenzie Kimm, Heritage Planning, City of Ottawa The City of Ottawa’s Heritage Planning Branch will be bringing a report to City Council in the coming months seeking support to nominate the ByWard Market as a National Historic District under Parks Canada’s National Historic Site program. Staff believe the ByWard Market strongly…