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By Marc Aubin, with input from a book by Maurice FinkSpecial thanks to Jeannine Fink, Lynda Fink, and Nicole Davis-Lafrenière This story and this photo of 162 Bolton Street, which has now been donated to the City of Ottawa Archives, was precipitated by the death of Jeannine Kennedy Fink in 2025. Jeannine was a great…
By Josiah Frith As I begin my term as President of the Lowertown Community Association (LCA), I’d like to extend my sincere thanks to Sylvie Bigras for her past five years as President. Her dedication, countless volunteer hours, and steady leadership have guided us through a period of significant change. She’ll continue to share her…
By the Honourable Mona Fortier As summer ends and the House of Commons prepares to return in September, I want to share updates on how our government is supporting families, youth, and Canadian workers and industries. Although Parliament has been on summer recess, work has continued in Ottawa–Vanier–Gloucester to serve our community. The Canadian Dental…
By Jean Gaël ZabayoThe integrated Wrap-Around Support program at the Lowertown Food Bank is a new initiative that combines personalized support for individuals with efforts to provide guidance towards fostering lasting improvements in living conditions. Poverty and food insecurity are realities affecting many individuals and families. Beyond a lack of financial resources, these challenges can…
By Taylor Stocks and Christine Kilfoil of the Lowertown Community Association’s Health and Wellness Committee With the recent heat waves Ottawa has endured, thoughts turn to cooling off. Lowertown residents can pack a book and walk a short distance to a quietly treelined dock in Bordeleau Park or sink into a red muskoka chair on…
By Jim Stone In the six days between 5 and 10 July, 33 Indigenous and non-Indigenous paddlers travelled 187 km on the Ottawa River (Kichi Sibi in Algonquin Anishinàbemowin) from the Museum of History to the Mohawk territory of Kahnawà:ke near Montreal. We all fit into three large voyageur canoes and stayed at campsites along…
By Echo ContributorRakesh Patel, ICU physician and frontline doctor with Ottawa Inner City Health, has launched an innovative program that repurposes discarded hospital nutritional supplements to support people experiencing homelessness while, at the same time, helping to reconnect them with healthcare services in Ottawa. The initiative centres on Ensure, a high-calorie nutritional drink typically used…
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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…