Novel Plastic Bag Recycling Campaign Launches as Grocery Bag Stashes Pile Up During COVID-19
Ingrid Nielsen Hey folks, we need to have an honest conversation about a difficult subject right now. No, it’s not COVID-19, or homeschooling, or off-leash dogs. It’s plastics, and specifically…
Original Plans Have Been Scrapped – The Echo Development Will Now Be Apartments, Not Condos
John Dance The Echo, the six-storey boutique development proposed for the prime location on the Rideau Canal at the northeast corner of Echo Drive and Main Street, will be luxury…
A Tour of Greystone Village at the Midway Mark – Developer Offers Progress Report
John Dance The Regional Group and its EQ Homes are proud of how they have executed their 2015 plan for Greystone Village and, at the end of August, Josh Kardish,…
Peter Fowler’s OOE Focus – The Yellow Door
Peter Fowler Mention Main Street and Old Ottawa East to a non-resident and sooner or later the Green Door comes up in the conversation! While the renowned restaurant is one…
The Mainstreeter Presents: Food Security & COVID-19 webcast
Examining the pandemic’s impacts on the food we eat in Ottawa East. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2020 — 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM THE MAINSTREETER PRESENTS The COVID-19 pandemic has shone…
A Monkey in the Central Kindgom: Local author bore witness to China’s emergence into the 20th century
Springhurst Avenue resident Andreas Aass has recently written a book that recounts his time teaching in Nanjing in 1986 and travelling throughout northern China. In light of the country’s dramatic…
Sharing Lunch Interview with OOE Opera Singer Wallis Giunta
Mainstreeter Staff Performing was always my comfort – it’s where I feel most at home…” We continue our popular interview feature this issue, focusing on a gifted young talent from…
Arrested Development in COVID’s wake
John Dance The face of Old Ottawa East has changed greatly over the last five years but, with the profound health, economic and societal impacts of the COVID-19 virus, the…
Footy Sevens to pay property tax on Immaculata field
John Dance The property tax exemption for the Immaculata High School’s commercialized turf sports field has been extinguished by Ontario’s Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC), as sought by the Old…
Crime in Old Ottawa East – has there been a COVID-19 impact?
Phyllis Odenbanch Sutton News reports have talked about an increase in crime in Ottawa since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The Mainstreeter decided to look more closely at the City’s recent…
