By Andrea Tomkins – The door of 651 Rowanwood Avenue swings wide open and there’s Rosemary Cotroneo with a ready smile. Rosemary and Joe are the proud owners of a lovely bungalow at Rowanwood and Dovercourt and they’re quite possibly the nicest couple you’ll ever meet. Many readers […]
By Craig Lord – Frigid temperatures weren’t enough to keep neighbours from celebrating the season at McKellar Park’s Winter Party on Feb. 20. Close to a hundred residents came to the park for the brisk bash, where Mayor Jim Watson and Coun. Jeff Leiper joined organizers to cut […]
Gorgeous weather, friends and neighbours—everything came together on Sunday, September 28 for the 10th annual McKellar Park Fall Festival. With bouncy castles and inflatable slides, live music, face painting, cotton candy, ice cream and more, this festival was a fun-filled celebration of the community spirit that thrives in […]
Saturday, June 21 is the second annual Great Canadian Lemonade Standemonium. Hosted by the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation, kids across the city will be setting up their very own lemonade stands, all to raise money for local cancer care. Woodroffe parent, Julie Findlay, the main organizer of this […]
By Anita Grace – The Easter bunny was very generous to Kitchissippi kids this year. He hopped through two local parks and left them filled with treats. On the Easter weekend, both McKellar Park and Iona Park hosted Easter egg hunts for children. But while the Easter bunny […]
By Bob Grainger – For years, residents of McKellar Park have been unearthing golf balls when they dig in their gardens. They are relics from the past, as over 60 years ago the entire neighbourhood was occupied by McKellar Park Golf Club. The golf course opened in 1928. […]
By Anita Grace – Lacing up your skates and heading out on a neighbourhood rink is for many a quintessential part of Canadian winters. Conveniently, there are 247 outdoor rinks in Ottawa, with 10 here in the Kitchissippi Ward. “Being able to walk somewhere to go skating, meet […]
By Anita Grace – On Sunday, September 15, more than 200 people gathered in McKellar Park to enjoy a free open-air concert. “I think this is awesome,” said Amanda Thompson, who brought her two sons to the park from their home just a block away. “I like anything […]
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 […]
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