The LCA, with support from the Royal Bank of Canada and the Chance Foundation, is hosting a gardening event in Bingham Park, at the corner of Dalhousie and Cathcart streets. Please join us to help weed and prune the gardens, and please also bring any perennials that you would like to exchange with neighbours.
 
The Bingham Park gardens were landscaped last summer with financial and logistical support from the Royal Bank of Canada and the Chance Foundation. These are community gardens and are not maintained by the City of Ottawa. Please help us keep Bingham Park beautiful.
 
Date: Sunday, May 31
Time: 9 am to noon
What to bring: gardening gloves and hand tools
 
Please send any questions to [email protected].

The third annual Bordeleau Park cleanup will take place in the morning of Saturday, May 9th.

Residents in the River Wedge and other parts of Lowertown will join with Causeway workers and Magmic employees to collect garbage and to assess any needs for park maintenance. Causeway workers will be invited in order to collect items related to drug use. 

Magmic, a mobile social games and entertainment company located on York Street, is a city-recognized Friend of Bordeleau. Causeway is a not-for-profit agency that empowers and supports people in overcoming disabilities and other challenges to help them find rewarding work and live more independently.

This charming video was produced by Awesome Arts en folie. It tells the story of the late René Chartrand, a Lowertown resident who was known as the Catman of Parliament Hill. Note: French narration, no sub-titles.

This animation was told and recorded by a group of francophone seniors who participated in the 2015 Awesome Arts en folie program in Lowertown. The storytelling program was led by Marie-Thé Morin of Vox Théâtre and the animation was created by a group of anglophone children of Lowertown who were led by Tina Le Moine and her intern Alia Khan and volunteer Janine Lameiras.

The program was funded by Canadian Heritage and the City of Ottawa Youth Internship Progam, offered in partnership with the Lowertown Community Resource Centre and the Centre de services Guigues. The video was screened at the March 27, 2015 Awesome Arts en folie Festival.

René Chartrand died on December 7, 2014. He was 92. Click here to read his life story.