Fifteen ByWard Market businesses post letter comparing ByWard Market to Vancouver Downtown Eastside

 Ottawa Life Magazine has received a copy of the open letter by the Merchants of Murray Street that was sent to various city officials outlining their frustration with the city's response to illegal activities and vagrancy in the ByWard Market. Already suffering from the decline of tourism and in-store shopping due to

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