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A New Day Dawning For Deschâteletes – City Okays Chapel Demolition, New School
John Dance After about four hours of vigorous debate at the City’s heritage and planning committees in mid-September, the proposals for a new elementary school in the heritage designated Deschâtelets…

A Wave of New Traffic Calming Measures are Introduced in Old Ottawa East
John Dance Centre line signage, gateway speed limit zones aimed at slowing traffic speed and reducing drivers’ inattentiveness while travelling our community’s streets Slow down!” A variety of measures taken…

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…

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…

Cable Drop Halts Main Street, Internet Traffic
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…