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Thursday, June 28, 2018

Hidden history: The Westboro Magee farmhouse

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In the midst of my work with the provincial election in May-June, I was able to complete an article that I had been working on in draft form...

Rosina Lawrence: Westboro's Golden Era Hollywood Starlet

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The new issue of Kitchissippi Times is out, and my column this month covers the impressive "Cinderella story" of Rosina Lawrence, ...
Saturday, June 16, 2018

How Father's Day first arrived in Ottawa

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I've been away from all things history for the last seven weeks to concentrate on the provincial election, but I am definitely looking f...
Thursday, May 3, 2018

The history of underappreciated Bate Island

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This past week the Kitchissippi Times came out with the first issue in the new format, and I'm happy to say that my 'Early Days'...
Wednesday, April 18, 2018

The Kitchissippi Museum live presentation! May 15th!

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In my capacity with Elections Ontario, due to my crazy schedule, I expect to have no choice but to slow down almost completely on my history...
Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Westboro's exciting (but short-lived) Toboggan Park of 1914

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Westboro in 1914 was really only 10 years into its transition from a tiny hamlet of cottages and small wood houses to a developing police vi...
Saturday, April 14, 2018

Profile of the Hinton family - Part 3 (the final part!)

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This week's new issue of the Kitchissippi Times includes my last part in my profile of the Hinton family. This part of the article talks...