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Arrested Development in COVID’s wake

August 9, 2020 | Comments Off

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… Read more »

Cable Drop Halts Main Street, Internet Traffic

August 7, 2020 | Comments Off

Mainstreeter Staff A downed Rogers Communications cable suspended chest-high across Main Street between Mason Terrace and Bower Street left hundreds of Old Ottawa East residents without internet service for several… Read more »

I Love That Tree – OOE Tree Recognition Project Proves Poplular

August 7, 2020 | Comments Off

Mainstreeter Staff In our June issue, we initiated a popular collaboration with Sustainable Living Ottawa East (SLOE) entitled the “I Love That Tree” challenge, which is just one of several… Read more »

Bridges Of Old Ottawa East – The ABCs of a Bridge Community

June 15, 2020 | Comments Off

John Dance Photos by John Dance As one of the five communities that constitute Ottawa’s “Rideau Island”, the land between the Rideau Canal and the river north of Hog’s Back,… Read more »

COVID-19 SUPPLEMENT – OOE Business In The TIme of COVID-19

June 12, 2020 | Comments Off

Carol Workrun The global pandemic has turned all our lives upside down, and the Old Ottawa East business community is no exception. No one had a “how to handle a… Read more »

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