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Sue Holloway Four-time cross-country skiing olympian

High Achievers By Martin Cleary Holloway remembers her introduction to snow, cold, and skis, as if it were yesterday. Simply, she detested it. For her parents, Maurice and Thea, alpine skiing seemed to be the most logical way to enjoy … Continue reading

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Ron Maclean’s Wisdom and Knowledge

It’s not all about the hockey It was Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson who said: “This fastest of all games [hockey] has become almost as much of a national symbol as the maple leaf.” There is no question hockey is … Continue reading

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Balladeer Forever

Wayne Rostad back on the local roads again. By Pam Dillon, Photos by John Major | September 2019 With a lilt in his voice and a smile in his eyes, Canada’s favourite storyteller, Wayne Rostad, is living it up in our backyard … Continue reading

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Celebrating the Bright Light of Laurel Anderson

Laurel Anderson

As the outpouring of grief on social media attests, Laurel Anderson brightened people’s lives. She shone from the inside. Continue reading

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Colin’s Army

  Twelve-year-old Colin Gillespie has an army of supporters cheering him on as he lives large, battles cancer and sets an example for all ages by Pam Dillon   Have you heard of Colin’s Army? On Facebook, it’s a public … Continue reading

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Food trucks to five-star dining … foodiePrints fills us in

by Lynn Rees Lambert  It began, fittingly, over dinner. An effort to impress and a love of food have blended into not only a marriage, but a wildly successful food blog served up by an Ottawa couple who write about … Continue reading

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Jenna Glatt onstage at the Ottawa Jazz Fest

Getting your jazz on this weekend? There are tons of great shows in the lineup for the Ottawa Jazz Festival. Today’s lineup (Friday, June 26) includes The Jivewires on the Laurier Avenue Music Stage in Marion Dewar Plaza at noon, … Continue reading

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Miss Teenage Ottawa is Cooking Up Community Good

Recently, Ottawa teen Kelly Ouderkirk had some folks for dinner. Actually, she says, “We ended up hosting around 80 to 85 people. There was a DJ, dancing, a photo booth with silly props and a silent auction.” Wow. Kelly is … Continue reading

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In Step with Tradition

Sheela Chandrashekar has spent over three decades nurturing Indian classical dance | by Bhavana Gopinath Continue reading

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From Ottawa to Mars (Desert Research Station)!

Canadian Museum of Nature scientist joining two-week Mars simulation Paul Sokoloff, a botanist with the Canadian Museum of Nature, has always been fascinated by space. Now, he gets a chance to further this interest the last two weeks of November … Continue reading

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