Bike path in Alta Vista a surprise to residentsPosted Sep 7, 2010 By Katie Stewart EMC News- The creation of a bike path in Alta Vista has caught some residents in the area by surprise. The 2.2-kilometer path that stretches between Conroy Rd. and Smyth...Read more » |
22nd Wiggle Waggle Walk-a-thon moves to new location
Posted Sep 7, 2010 By Katie Stewart EMC Events- Ottawa residents and their four-legged friends will be wiggling and waggling at a new location for the Ottawa Humane Society’s (OHS) largest fundraiser this weekend. The 22nd annual Wiggle Waggle Walk-a-thon brings animal lovers together to walk and raise money for OHS, an organization...Read more »
Heron Emergency Food Centre hopes residents 'Step Up and Step Out to Stop Hunger'
Posted Sep 7, 2010 By Katie Stewart EMC Events- When Louisa Simms, executive director of the Heron Emergency Food Centre opened the cupboards last week to look at their supplies, there were only three cans of vegetables left to hand out to people in need. Typically, there would be 80. “Literally, our cupboards are bare,” said Ms. Simms....Read more »
Ottawa gets closer to nature
Posted Sep 2, 2010
By Katie Stewart
EMC News- Adam Bienenstock he remembers always playing outside as a kid. He would leave his house in the morning and go out to play in the grass, throw rocks, and climb trees until the sun went down or dinner was on the table. His roaming distance would be about ten kilometers and that was considered...Read more »
OAC offers free swim clinics
Posted Sep 2, 2010 By Katie Stewart EMC Sports- In response to the numerous tragic drowning accidents Ottawa has seen this summer, the Ottawa Athletic Club (OAC) has decided to offer free swim clinics to children and adults of all ages. "The owners of the club were taken aback by all the recent drownings in the area," said Katelyn...Read more »
