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How Somerset candidates would tackle safety, homelessness and the toxic drug crisis

Sep 15, 2026

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10 min read

How Somerset candidates would tackle safety, homelessness and the toxic drug crisis

The five candidates running in Ward 14 are each making the case for how they would approach a community that is both one of Ottawa’s most vibrant and one of its most complex.

Amanda McLeod

Glebe

Hong’s Kitchen offers honest Vietnamese home cooking

Sep 2, 2026

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3 min read

Hong’s Kitchen offers honest Vietnamese home cooking

The husband-wife duo have opened up Hong's over in Little Italy

Ralf Joneikies

ByWard Market

Tredici brings its goth Italian dining room to a new home

Aug 26, 2026

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3 min read

Tredici brings its goth Italian dining room to a new home

While the location has changed, the food continues to respect Italian tradition while also leaning into creativity

Ralf Joneikies

ByWard Market

Transit, parking, safety: three mayoral candidates weigh in on what Ottawa’s downtown core needs to thrive

Aug 23, 2026

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9 min read

Transit, parking, safety: three mayoral candidates weigh in on what Ottawa’s downtown core needs to thrive

With Ottawa heading toward a municipal election this fall, decisions about what downtown should become are increasingly part of the race for mayor.

Kate Chappell

Westboro

Vietnamese restaurant Ho Guom arrives from Montreal. But is it any good?

Aug 20, 2026

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3 min read

Vietnamese restaurant Ho Guom arrives from Montreal. But is it any good?

It joins a busy Vietnamese restaurant scene in Ottawa

Ralf Joneikies

Glebe

‘It keeps people up at night’: Echo Drive development threatens homes, trees and canal-side character

Aug 4, 2026

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8 min read

‘It keeps people up at night’: Echo Drive development threatens homes, trees and canal-side character

A proposal has ignited opposition among tenants and nearby homeowners who say the project would displace long-term renters, remove mature trees, strain aging infrastructure and introduce a building whose height and massing are explicitly restricted by current planning rules.

Charlie Senack

Neighbourhood news in Centretown, Glebe, Westboro, ByWard Market and all of central Ottawa

How Somerset candidates would tackle safety, homelessness and the toxic drug crisis

Hong’s Kitchen offers honest Vietnamese home cooking

Tredici brings its goth Italian dining room to a new home

Transit, parking, safety: three mayoral candidates weigh in on what Ottawa’s downtown core needs to thrive

Vietnamese restaurant Ho Guom arrives from Montreal. But is it any good?

‘It keeps people up at night’: Echo Drive development threatens homes, trees and canal-side character

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