Lowertown be damned — we’re reducing harm!

 WARNING: This article contains language and scenes that some readers may find disturbing and offensive. (PHOTO: OLM STAFF) My cover story in the OLM summer issue was written in support of a fundraiser for the Shepherds of Good Hope that featured Kathleen Edwards. It began with an origin story set

There’s a lot of love in Lowertown thanks to The Shepherds of Good Hope

 ABOVE: Shepherds of Good Hope — David Gourlay with songstress Kathleen Edwards. Jack Heffernan was a kind-hearted man with a great sense of humour and a deep sense of community. He grew up in Montreal’s Saint-Henri neighbourhood where working-class francophone and Irish families lived in the shadow of Westmount. After

Jim Watson has done a superb job —Tierney, Fleury and Qaqish should be tossed for new blood

 Photo credit: @jimwatsonottawa (Facebook) For the past four years, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson has done an exceptional job. He has delivered on his commitment to hold taxes to an annual 2 per cent increase, overseen the successful construction of the multi-billion-dollar O-train project which is the largest infrastructure project in the