List/Grid Monthly Archives: August 2020

VOLUNTEERING – Melinda (Lindy) Newman – OOE Resident Receives Prestigious June Callwood Award for Outstanding Service to May Court Hospice

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Lori Gandy When Melinda (Lindy) Newman learned this past March that she was to be inducted into the June Callwood Circle of Outstanding Volunteers, she says she was “absolutely shocked.”… Read more »

BE THE CHANGE – On Becoming a Transition Network – Let’s Start The Conversation

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Alex Watson As an Old Ottawa East (OOE) resident, I care about our wonderful community, and how it is developed. I would like to introduce you to the concept of… Read more »

ART BEAT – Contemporary Dance in a Zoom World

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Tanis Browning-Shelp What do dancers do in a pandemic? What about choreographers? According to Old Ottawa East resident Yvonne Coutts, Artistic Director of Ottawa Dance Directive (ODD), her dancers have… Read more »

OUR NEIGHBOURS – Liam Dwyre & Julia Buchan

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Bonnie Weppler Liam Dwyre and Julia Buchan both work at Whole Foods in Lansdowne Park. Through their work, they knew of each other, but neither was looking for a partner…. Read more »

Peter Fowler’s Travel Focus – Jardines De La Reina , Cuba

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Old Ottawa East welcomed yet another talented photographer last fall when Sean Landsman and his wife, Sarah McConnachie, moved into the community. An Instructor in Carleton University’s new Interdisciplinary Science… Read more »

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