Ottawa’s Grand Boulevard: Vision or Nightmare
In the mid-1800s, Parisian architects redesigned the entire city, replacing the twisty medieval streets with long, wide boulevards. Given the many violent uprisings of that era, the military favored...
View ArticleA Capital Plan
Capital cities are fortunate entities. Their unique role is to symbolize a people’s concept of nationhood. As such, they present particular challenges to planners. Ottawa is no exception. Does Ottawa...
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Crazy for Condos in Canada’s Capital City!
Take a look around our city. Condos are sprouting up everywhere, rejuvenating older, traditional neighbourhoods and filling in vacant lots. New condo sites will forever change a district’s character –...
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Ottawa International Children’s Festival Celebrates 28 Years in the Capital
The Ottawa International Children’s Festival (OICF), the largest children’s festival in Ontario, is gearing up to celebrate its 28th year in the Capital, May 28-June 2, 2013 at the LeBreton Flats Park...
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The Renaissance of Downtown Ottawa Is at Hand… but the Federal Government Is...
Downtown Ottawa is undergoing an architectural renaissance. Unsightly parking lots are gradually being replaced by gleaming condos and office towers. Ottawa Life Magazine spoke to city councillor Diane...
View ArticleRBC Bluesfest Announces 2014 Lineup in Celebration of 20 Years
For many of us diehards, we awoke this morning to a gift in our inboxes: an email detailing this year’s musical performances at Bluesfest. Facebook and Twitter were already crowded with posts of...
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OLM Editorial: The LeBreton Flats Fiasco and Why Melanie Joly Must Reform the...
A concept image for Rendevous LeBreton. For years the National Capital Commission (NCC) has been the most inept, closed, secretive, elitist and incompetent organization in the federal government....
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The ‘Ugly’ History of LeBreton Flats
Chaudiere falls in the early 1800s, with an empty Lebreton flats in the background. – Toronto Reference Library JRR1405. Most of us know LeBreton flats as that big, ugly, empty piece of land right next...
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Before Bytown – Part 2
Watercolour of Wrightstown in 1830. (Archives of Ontario C10006) On the 18th of June, 1812, the United States declared war on British North America, leading to a two and half year conflict and...
View ArticleMelnyk’s Sens-backed RendezVous Group Chosen by NCC for For Future of...
Courtesy of LeBreton RendezVous. The National Capital Commission decided yesterday who would win in the bid for the long-vacant, and much sought-after LeBreton Flats lot downtown. Senator’s owner...
View ArticleThe Lebreton Flats Fiasco and Why Melanie Joly Must Reform the NCC
For years the National Capital Commission (NCC) has been the most inept, closed, secretive, elitist and incompetent organization in the federal government. Their tagline should be “The NCC—We Never...
View ArticleA Capital Plan
Capital cities are fortunate entities. Their unique role is to symbolize a people’s concept of nationhood. As such, they present particular challenges to planners. Ottawa is no exception. Does Ottawa...
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Crazy for Condos in Canada’s Capital City!
Take a look around our city. Condos are sprouting up everywhere, rejuvenating older, traditional neighbourhoods and filling in vacant lots. New condo sites will forever change a district’s character –...
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Ottawa International Children’s Festival Celebrates 28 Years in the Capital
The Ottawa International Children’s Festival (OICF), the largest children’s festival in Ontario, is gearing up to celebrate its 28th year in the Capital, May 28-June 2, 2013 at the LeBreton Flats Park...
View ArticleThe Ottawa Children’s Festival, For the Child in Us All
All photos by Andre Gagne Catherine O’Grady clears her throat and raises the microphone to her lips. There’s something she needs to say. She asks for silence from the crowd gathered, even the smallest...
View ArticleCrazy for Condos in Canada’s Capital City!
Take a look around our city. Condos are sprouting up everywhere, rejuvenating older, traditional neighbourhoods and filling in vacant lots. New condo sites will forever change a district’s character –...
View ArticleOttawa International Children’s Festival Celebrates 28 Years in the Capital
The Ottawa International Children’s Festival (OICF), the largest children’s festival in Ontario, is gearing up to celebrate its 28th year in the Capital, May 28-June 2, 2013 at the LeBreton Flats Park...
View ArticleWeekend What’s Up – July 8 to 10
Here at Ottawa Life, we’re always looking for fun events that our city offers each weekend. Here is what the city has in store for you this July 8 to 10. Got Game Ottawa – July 9 to 10 (10 a.m.), La...
View ArticleBluesfest 2016 Kicks Off with a Rebel Yell!
Photos by Andre Gagne. Billy Idol photos by Mark Horton supplied by RBC Bluesfest. When Billy Idol stepped onto the City Stage last night at RBC Bluesfest, two thoughts went through my mind: 1) for a...
View ArticleTime Travelin’ Band! Fogerty Brings Us Back to Woodstock and Beyond
All photos by Andre Gagne. Note: Images are from John Fogerty’s 2011 Bluesfest performance. “Who’ll Stop the Rain?” Who else but John Fogerty? As the ponchos came off and the umbrellas went down last...
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