Many of us walk through our neighbourhoods every day. Remember that old building nestled in amongst more recent additions? It looks as though it’s probably been around since Ottawa was just an outpost? So who built it? And there’s a random statue placed on the corner. Who does it honour? Why is it still around? This weekend, thanks to Jane’s Walk, you can get all of the answers to your curious neighbourhood questions. Jane’s Walk is a yearly ‘festival of walks’ – when historians, activists, planners and residents come out... | Continue reading article

It’s election time in Ottawa! Local candidates were out and about last week, making the case for their various platforms, and now it’s up to us to elect the folks we think can deliver for Ottawa. We’ve been surveying candidates on the tough issues (their favourite lunch spot, beavertail, happy hour, etc.) and you can find the results for Nepean here, Ottawa South here, Ottawa-Centre here, Ottawa-Vanier here, and a bunch of other folks from random ridings here. Our friends over at OpenFile Ottawa have also done lots of interesting... | Continue reading article

Survey by Natasha Mooney and Chris Connolly Just as the campaigning enters its final few hours, our election correspondents Natasha Mooney and Chris Connolly have wound up their investigations into Ottawa’s candidates. Their questions – ranging from how to support Ottawa’s arts communities to favourite Beavertail flavour – were put to all major candidates in all ridings in and surrounding Ottawa. This last installment of their reporting is made up of all of the ridings where just one candidate replied (despite multiple follow-ups to all candidates!). We’ve got answers from... | Continue reading article

Survey by Natasha Mooney and Chris Connolly As you all get ready to decide which little box you’ll check off tomorrow, our election correspondents have continued their task of collecting a mix of useless, fun and thoughful information about our local candidates. Today we’ve got the Nepean candidates up – disappointingly, incumbent John Baird and Liberal Anita Vendenbeld didn’t respond, but we’ve got the NDP and Green’s answers below. Which one of them has a bit of a green thumb? The answer isn’t as obvious as you might think!

Survey by Natasha Mooney and Chris Connolly Apt613′s election correspondents election correspondents Natasha Mooney and Chris Connolly have continued their investigations into the favourite Ottawa spots of the candidates vying to represent us. They sent out a questionnaire to local candidates in a number of Ottawa ridings, asking them to identify their favourite summer festival, greasy meal, etc. To fill out our survey, we added three meaty questions to the mix: 1) What are your roots in your riding and how have you been involved in the community? 2) Why... | Continue reading article

Survey by Natasha Mooney and Chris Connolly Apt613′s election correspondents have continued on in their intrepid task – tracking down Ottawa’s local candidates and finding out where they spend their happy hour. And while these details might not change your vote, they’ll give you a bit of a sneak preview as to exactly what kind of person your riding will send to the Hill. Towards that end, election correspondents Natasha Mooney and Chris Connolly sent out a questionnaire to local candidates in a number of Ottawa ridings, asking them to... | Continue reading article

Survey by Natasha Mooney and Chris Connolly Knowing a candidate’s favourite summer festival will not determine your vote. Revealing their guilty Ottawa pleasure will not set the pundits tongues a waggin’. And yet, the intrepid reporters at Apt613 still believe that the people have a right to know. Maybe knowing a bit about how the candidates would waste a Saturday afternoon will inspire us all to keep an eye out for other misuses of precious resources (cynicism alert!). Towards that end, 0ur election correspondents Natasha Mooney and Chris Connolly sent... | Continue reading article

Post by Mathieu Fleury, Rideau-Vanier councillor, Ottawa native and lover of the great outdoors. The youngest member of city council, Coun. Fleury will be giving us the inside scoop on what’s going on at 110 Laurier Ave. West in his periodic column. When I ran for Council, I was told that being a Councillor would require a change from my normal life as a lifeguard at Plant pool to working as an elected representative at City Hall. Here are a few examples that jumped out right away when I started... | Continue reading article

Post by Mathieu Fleury, Rideau-Vanier Councillor, Ottawa native and lover of the great outdoors. The youngest member of city council, Coun. Fleury will be giving us the inside scoop on what’s going on at 110 Laurier Ave. West in his periodic column. I’m excited to be writing my first blog post for Apt613! I hope that my blog posts will give you a fresh and interesting perspective on municipal politics and the happenings at city hall. As I’m representing your interests at city council, it’s important for you to know... | Continue reading article

By Stephan Telka “Health problems among Ottawa’s urban poor are similar to those found in sub-Saharan Africa.” So began Canadian Medical Association President Jeff Turnbull in his opening remarks to a recent gathering of graduate students, poverty elimination advocates, and government and community representatives at Carleton University last weekend. According to Turnbull, tuberculosis, hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases like HIV, and certain types of cancers are much more prevalent among the homeless you regularly whisk by and brush shoulders with on Elgin or Rideau Streets on your way to yoga or... | Continue reading article