List/Grid Monthly Archives: August 2020

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

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

ART BEAT – Contemporary Dance in a Zoom World
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…

OUR NEIGHBOURS – Liam Dwyre & Julia Buchan
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….

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