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Saturday, December 10, 2022

Goodbye Ottawa Neighbourhood Services

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 For the Kitchissippi Times' December issue, I wanted to write something in the vibe of the Christmas season - a time of year of charity...
Thursday, November 10, 2022

Tracking down the Hintonburg Howitzer

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With Remembrance Day falling in November of course, I wanted to do something on that theme for my Kitchissippi Times column. A few years ago...
Monday, October 10, 2022

150 Years of Mechanicsville

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A major milestone quietly occurred in 2022, the 150th anniversary of Mechanicsville! It was back in 1872 that the neighbourhood subdivision ...
Saturday, September 10, 2022

The doctor is in: Meet Israel Goldwin Smith, Kitchissippi’s first doctor

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My Early Days column in September's Kitchissippi Times was a long-overdue profile on Dr. Israel Goldwin Smith, who was the first Doctor ...
Wednesday, September 7, 2022

A hidden piece of 124-year old Wellington Village history

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The oldest building on Wellington West in Wellington Village may come as a surprise. It's a smaller, square old building that is somewha...
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Monday, August 1, 2022

The Hintonburg Horse Thief of 1910

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Hintonburg in the early 1900s had a lot of similarities to what you might imagine an old west town on the frontier would look like. There we...
Monday, June 20, 2022

The history of the Hampton-Iona neighbourhood (two-part series)

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In May and June of 2022, my two-part series looking at the birth and early days of the Hampton-Iona neighbourhood was published in the Kitch...
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