Tudor Robins is riding high with the publication of her first young adult novel. In the fast-paced Objects in Mirror (Red Deer Press, 2013), a young equestrian nurses malnourished horses back to health while confronting her own anorexia. Kitchissippi Times contributor Denise Deby asked Robins more at her […]
Story and photos by Ted Simpson Wayne Current and Sterling Lynch have been working together on theatrical projects as far back as their days at Connaught Public School on Gladstone Avenue. “The first play I was ever involved in was at Connaught,” says Lynch. Current has maintained a […]
By Ted Simpson Mollie Roy, 18, will once again be taking the reins at this spring’s 10th anniversary edition of Westfest as the festival’s street performer coordinator. Roy, a grade 12 student at Nepean High School, holds the position previously filled by her older brother. “After he graduated […]
Story and photos by Ted Simpson Westboro resident Jacob Bryce is a creative artist, family man and musician whose band, Fiftymen, will be closing out this year’s tenth anniversary Westfest on June 9. Bryce and his wife moved to the neighbourhood about four years ago, shortly after the […]
UPDATE: Now on at Orange Gallery: Tired Paws and Weary Wings, Gwendolyn Best’s solo show is a tribute to the four-legged and winged residents of Parliament Hill’s Cat Sanctuary, 1970-2013. This is sludge,” says Gwendolyn Best by way of introduction in her studio. She’s pointing out the paint […]
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Saw-whet owl wins Westboro wildlife photographer first prize UPDATE: This article originally appeared in Kitchissippi Times July 26, 2012. Bill Maynard’s famous owl photograph now adorns a bus as part of an advertising campaign for the Museum of Nature. Westboro wildlife photographer Bill Maynard will wake up […]
On Wednesday October 17, a voyageur canoe led by Westboro Beach’s Max Finkelstein was set to arrive in Washington D.C., after 40 days of paddling the rivers, canals, bays and water ways that connect this Capitol to our Capital. We caught up with Finkelstein while he was in […]
To celebrate 10 years of Hintonburg’s now famous ArtsPark, we caught up with Charles Reynolds, one of the founding members of the Hintonburg Community Association’s arts committee who envisioned and created the free, low-key festival celebrating art, craft, music, poetry, dance, theatre and neighbours. Now living in his […]
By Ted Simpson – Three local dads are combining their love of music and children into the wonkytonk-folk-a-rockabilly, family friendly, child inspired sonic powerhouse that is, Hey Buster. Geoff Paisley of Wellington West, Matt Young of Wellington West and Sherwood Lumsden who lives on Preston Street, make up […]
(From left) Sherwood Lumsden, Geoff Paisley and Matt Young are Hey Buster. Photo by Kathleen Wilker December, 2010 Hey Buster is a three dad band writing and singing “wonkytonk-folk-a-rockabilly-booger-peedancing tunes” for the whole family. The musical adventure started when Geoff Paisley of Wellington West and Sherwood Lumsden […]
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Richmond Underground is the City’s preferred route By Kathleen Wilker Hundreds of citizens attended last night’s City of Ottawa open house on the Western LRT line and crowded into council chambers to hear about the presentation. The City’s Deputy City Manager (Planning and Infrastructure), Nancy Schepers, began the […]
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