Kitchissippi residents, Margo McDonald and Rachel Eugster, take lead roles in playwright Linda Griffith’s Age of Arousal, set in Victorian London in 1885 and produced by Ottawa-based theatre collective, Bear & Co. Playing until February 22 at The Gladstone, Age of Arousal captures the emotional turmoil of repressed […]
MasterChef Canada had a rapt viewing audience in Hintonburg when CTV began airing the show in January. Local resident, Beth Lusigan, was watching her son, Ben Miner, in a competition to be named the best amateur home chef in the country. “It was exciting to see him on […]
He may just have been named as one of Canada’s Outstanding Principals, but Champlain Park’s René Bibaud admits he was initially quite reluctant to step into the principal’s office. “I spent 25 years in the classroom and loved the dynamics and the daily interaction with students. […]
Have winter cyclists lost their good sense? Don’t get me wrong… I applaud their dedication to staying fit, saving the environment, reaching training goals, getting to work or whatever other reason they climb on their bikes this time of year. But come on, I know I am not […]
By Andrea Tomkins – If there’s an award for best homemade skating rink, Richard Janecky may be looking at first place. While flooding a backyard with a garden hose is not unheard of, every winter, Janecky goes the extra mile to build a rink for his wife Karla […]
By Anita Grace – The former Westboro United Church may no longer be filled with parishioners singing hymns, but the 100 year-old building will ring with music once again. This spring it will house the Bluesfest School of Music and Art. “We are planning on being an arts […]
Just shy of a four-year stint in Hintonburg, the Orange Art Gallery is packing up and moving to a new location. “We didn’t want to leave this space,” says Ingrid Hollander, the owner of the gallery. “The landlord approached us and said another business was interested in our […]
Local artists will have a chance to leave their mark on Hintonburg’s Somerset West Community Health Centre (SWCHC) this summer. Somerset West Community Health Centre (SWCHC) is one of a network of community health centres that provide community-based health and social services across Ontario. SWCHC is expanding its […]
Michael Holland, Atelier’s pastry chef, will be opening his own shop in Hintonburg. Holland, known in foodie circles as the “pastry overlord,” will be serving up desserts, pastries, milkshakes, and sundaes at a new shop in Hintonburg. Holland’s Cake and Shake will be near the Parkdale Market, at […]
This column is dedicated to the memory of a good friend, Grace (Waterman) Soubliere. For the first half of the 20th century, there was a small community of houses along the Ottawa River at the very end of Mansfield Avenue. The only approach to this community was to […]
National Cupcake Day is the first-ever collaborative fundraising effort supporting animal welfare societies across Canada, and it’s coming up on February 24. National Cupcake Day entails planning a cupcake party at home, school or work, baking cupcakes, sharing them with family, friends and co-workers, and collecting donations to […]
Starting on April 15, 2014, and lasting about three months, Island Park residents can expect changes on their street as Hydro Ottawa installs new underground cable and chambers. The hydro company hosted an information session on January 30 at the Churchill Seniors’ Recreation Centre to present their plans […]
By Judith van Berkom – GCTC’s new Artistic Director, Eric Coates, brings the Afghan war right to our doorstep in This is War. Heightened by sexual tensions and differing interpretations, four soldiers engage the audience in the psychological struggle of war, in a performance that’s “not for the […]
When Alex Neron and Marta Jarzabek first stumbled upon the vacant space at 3 Hamilton Avenue last fall during the Hintonburg Beer Run at Beyond The Pale, they knew almost instantly that this would be the location for the combination tattoo studio and art gallery that had been […]
Q: Over the past few years I’ve noticed that we’ve lost a LOT of trees in our community. I’m not sure whether disease or insects are to blame (possibly, it’s both), but no where is this loss more apparent than in the little park on Clare Avenue, just […]
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