“I grew up in comics, my dad owned a comic book store, my mom worked in the comic book store, I managed the comic book store for over a decade,” says Hintonburg photographer Justin Van Leeuwen. So it’s really no surprise that a graphic novel is Van Leeuwen’s […]
By Andrea Tomkins – Barbara McInnes sparkles when she talks about her tenure as the President and CEO of the Community Foundation of Ottawa, an organization founded by her father, Alistair Gamble. CFO is a non-profit organization that turns the charitable gifts of many donors into funds that […]
By Andrea Tomkins – You may have already walked right by the executive director of the Westboro Village BIA and not even known it. Mary Thorne lives in Westboro and is an avid shopper, and has spent the past few months talking to store owners and shoppers alike. […]
In honour of International Breastfeeding Awareness Week, August 1-7, we caught up with Susie Pearson. This mother of four is one of Hintonburg’s favourite ex-Stittsville residents and the owner of the Extraordinary Baby Shoppe – a store that specializes in cloth diapers, breastfeeding accessories and baby carriers. […]
UPDATE: Bear and Co. is back for their second outdoor theatre summer season. Catch Comedy of Errors at Hintonburg Park on July 5 and 19, at Iona Park on July 6 and at Reid Park on July 30. All shows start at 7 p.m. and picnics are welcome. […]
Mild mannered government employee by day, roller derby superstar by night, Bella Lewkowicz is one of the toughest ladies rolling the streets of Hintonburg. Lewkowicz, 34, is better known in her circle by her derby name, Delicate Plower (or plow’her. Get it?). She is the president of Ottawa’s competitive […]
Photos by Justin Van Leeuwen. Running 21.1 kilometres in a twenty pound shoe roughly the size of a smart car is, believe it or not, a dream come true for Wellington West’s Geordie McConnell. The triathlon coach and marathon runner spent years living in London, England and always […]
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The Taming of the Shrew is opening at The Gladstone, April 19-May 5, 2013. Produced by Bear & Co., who performed in Hintonburg Park last summer, the show features an all male cast. Review by Judith van Berkom: Shakespeare’s comedy, The Taming of the Shrew, opened at The […]
Olympic bound: Michael Tayler honed his skills on Ottawa’s unique downtown white water By: Kathleen Wilker, May 2012 What happens when your parents put you in a kayak camp at Meech Lake when you’re eight years old? If you are Michael Tayler, who grew up on Melbourne Ave […]
Write where you live CBC contest celebrates Canada through our neighbourhoods By Ted Simpson Pritchard, 33, is an associate producer with CBC Radio in Ottawa and an editor with local arts and culture website, Apartment613. He is one of a dozen bloggers from Whitehorse to St. John’s […]
By Kathleen Wilker – This story originally appeared in Kitchissippi Times March 22, 2012. Stephen Beckta’s latest culinary destination, gezellig, is now a Westboro establishment at 337 Richmond Road. When Steve Beckta welcomes you into his Westboro home, he may ask if you’d like to check your coat […]
Getting a read of area’s hottest books Sneak peek at two sides of the entertainment business By Kathleen Wilker Photos by Justin Van Leeuwen The Human Library Project offers opportunities to broaden perspectives by signing out people for twenty minute interviews. This year, the second year that CBC […]
5 Things you should know: About Annie Hillis By Kathleen Wilker We caught up with Annie Hillis at Alpha Soul Café during her last week as Executive Director of the Wellington West BIA. As the driving force behind connecting businesses with each other and developing a forum for […]
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