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2024 March-April Meet your neighbour: Assma Basalamah

Meet your neighbour: Assma Basalamah

Who are you? I’m your neighbour and a member of the Manor Park Community Association board. I have the delight… Continue reading “Meet your neighbour: Assma Basalamah”

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 zoning bylaw overhaul could shake up Manor Park

Manor Park may be confronted with some remodelling after the city’s recent announcement about zoning bylaws. The City of Ottawa… Continue reading “City zoning bylaw overhaul could shake up Manor Park”

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”

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

Eleanor Dunn offers a primer on cybercrime

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

This Douglas Cornish essay celebrates the Chronicle's 75th anniversary by examining its role in the community

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”