By Kristen Gagnon
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Image of the Moment: A cold night to be pushing a cart
Location: Walkley Road, Ottawa South Date of photo: November 27, 2013 Event: First major snow fall of the year Photographer: Kristen Gagnon
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‘The Human Scale’: We’re all human, so why aren’t we building cities for people?
November 14th marked the second event in the 2013-2014 Urban Forum calendar, with a public screening of the documentary, The Human Scale. The Ottawa...
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‘Arts Court’ back in session
Yesterday, while Toronto City Hall was going wild trying to convince its mayor to take a leave of absence, following his admission to smoking crack...
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Monuments of Remembrance
One of the many joys of living in a capital city is the ability to participate in much of the pomp and circumstance associated with a Nation’s...
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Martha Schwartz: Landscapes, mayors, and bagels
Last night’s lecture, by American landscape architect and artist Martha Schwartz, marked the second event of Carleton’s 2013-2014 Forum Lecture Series...
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A photographic flâneur through downtown Ottawa
It was an unseasonably cold and rainy day this past July when I started to get restless, feeling as though I had been stuck in the house all day, and...
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A tale of two cities in one: How Ottawa struggles between municipal power and national pride
Ottawa, as both city and capital, is in a tough position. It is hard enough trying to define yourself as a relevant metropolitan city in today’s world of...
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Rideau Island: An island for Ottawa?
Toronto has Ward’s Island, Vancouver’s got Granville, and Montreal has, well, the Island of Montreal. So it is about time that Ottawa took a look at...
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Walkley Road and the changing face of Ottawa South
Best know for the South Keys Shopping Centre, and as the former riding of Dalton McGuinty, Ottawa South is currently in the process of trying to ‘upgradeâ€...
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Ottawa food truck roundup
Image: Stone Soup Foodworks While you may be tempted to grab some tradition street meat at the corner of Sparks and Bank (my preferred hot dog vendor of...
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Where is the spark in Sparks Street?
At the heart of the city lies a stretch of paving stones, an open top pedestrian mall that in any European city would most likely be full of street...
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EVENT: Architecture Week Ottawa 2013
WHAT: Architecture Week Ottawa 2013 WHEN: October 1-5, 2013 WHERE: Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts, 310 Saint Patrick Street, Ottawa, Ontario...