The MPCA, MPCC and NCC want to hear your name suggestions for the Blasdell Bridge

Signs like this one, at 263 St. Laurent Blvd., will likely become more commong once the new municipal zoning bylaw is finalized, likely sometime in 2025. Photo: Doug Banks

City’s new zoning bylaw

The City of Ottawa has been working on a new zoning bylaw since early 2021. What is a zoning bylaw?… Continue reading “City’s new zoning bylaw”

This season, Vanier Museopark have acquired brightly-coloured buckets with which to collect the sap that will ultimately become sweet, succulent maple syrup. Photo: Doug Banks

Tap into your sweet side at the Vanier Sugar Festival

The Vanier Sugar Festival is back again this year and will take place from March 18 to 24 at Richelieu… Continue reading “Tap into your sweet side at the Vanier Sugar Festival”

Kilbarry Cres. has housed a quartet busy writers. From left to right, Mark Mueller, Dawn Bell Logan, Sheila Cornett and Glen Hodgson have been using their skills to explore everything from pre-Confederation Upper Canada to the world of professional sports. See page 36 of this edition to learn more about these writers and their books. Photo: Doug Banks

Take a walk down the Kilbarry writers block

As one walks their dog, pushes a stroller, runs or walks along Kilbarry Cres., there is no indication of the… Continue reading “Take a walk down the Kilbarry writers block”

Rockcliffe Spring Book Sale returns to pre-pandemic form

It’s official–the Rockcliffe Park Spring Book Sale is back! After a four-year hiatus, the Rockcliffe Spring Book Sale returns at… Continue reading “Rockcliffe Spring Book Sale returns to pre-pandemic form”

Online fraud and scams, including cyber threats like phishing, are costing Canadians a lot of money. Accordin to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, in 2022 there were 70,878 reports of fraud in Canada with over $530 million stolen. Image by Andrew Martin from Pixabay

Tips on avoiding popular online scams

Picture this. You’re swiping through Facebook Marketplace, hoping to see if anything on sale is of interest to you. You… Continue reading “Tips on avoiding popular online scams”

Many of the Chronicle’s early covers were sketches. This line drawing is by Alvin Heights resident and well-known Canadian war artist Tom Wood who was trying to capture “Manor Park in January”. Photo archives

A community lived through the pages

Everything is local. Politics certainly is, as are newspapers. Yes, newspapers still do exist. The Globe and Mail, New York… Continue reading “A community lived through the pages”

A pair of young visitors meet one of the 33 RCMP Musical Ride horses (and rider) close-up during the Open House and Food Drive in February 2023. Photo supplied by RCMP

RCMP Musical Ride holding annual open house and food drive

After raising over $3,000 and 2,300 pounds of food last year, the RCMP Musical Ride Open House and Food Drive… Continue reading “RCMP Musical Ride holding annual open house and food drive”