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Fall has come to Kitchissippi and with the harvest comes a new crop of businesses. Always a hotbed of development, the Richmond/Wellington strip is seeing some changes. Renovation has begun on the site of a new Westboro Freshii, a health-conscious, soup, salad, and burrito franchise which feaThe Westboro branch of RBC opened on October 24 at tures a fully customiz236 Richmond Rd. next to the LCBO. able menu. The restau- Photo by Andrea Tomkins rant takes over the location formerly occupied by Naked and has already proved to be a hit Fish and promises to offer a diverse with shoppers. menu. Owner Karla Briones, says the “The feedback has been wonderlocation is a perfect fit. She anticipates ful,” says Virginia Vince of that Westboro dwellers will appreciate Bloomfields. “The response to our flothe quality and customizability of ral designs and aesthetic has been Freshii. incredible and keeps us inspired.” “It was a no-brainer,” she says of Where Bloomfields offers handthe location choice. “Food is food. It’s crafted floral works, Goods Boutique going to appeal to anybody, but what offers all kinds of other handcrafted we’re going after is a pretty trendy items. It stocks a selection of unique feel.” and gift-worthy items for the home Karla is the current owner of two and “inspired designs for thoughtful Global Pet Foods locations, one in living.” The business is a product of Hintonburg and one in Kanata. She Hintonburg itself. It grew out of says it was the business of providing Victoire Boutique, barely a block quality food for animals that helped away from its current location. inspire her to feed good food to Something about Hintonburg kept humans as well. them from straying far. The Westboro Freshii is scheduled “It’s a lovely neighbourhood with a to open in December. lot of like-minded businesses,” says Meanwhile Hintonburg continues Jessica Wilson Frenken of Goods to prove its stylishness with two new Boutique. “Everyone seems to be businesses: Bloomfields Flowers and enthusiastic about supporting small Goods Boutique, both of which have business.” opened between Parkdale and Island Meanwhile, things are less courtly Park on Wellington. at the corner of Carling and Bloomfields is a flower shop that Woodroffe where Kettleman’s Bagels seeks to build a vibrant environment is becoming Cadmans Montreal for its customers. The store features Bagels. The change comes after Continued on page 14 handcrafted floral designs and gifts
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“I have a print-making company and it is a big part of my future goals. I’d love to make that more profitable. I do lino prints, screen prints, as well as wood and grain etchings. “I like the fact you can go on a short walk in Westboro and you have so many different things to do here. It’s super easy to meet up with friends, or go to
family dinners. It’s a good community and the BIA is making it better. There is a good community vibe. “The best advice any senior has given me, and we do have two that have turned 100 this year, is to have a glass of red wine and little bit of chocolate, and I’m totally ok with that.”
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Kiwanis for $2 and tie to the top of his 1958 Ford Meteor station wagon. But, oh my, woe be the child who, in their haste to place their decoration on the tree, accidentally dropped one on the hardwood floor! At a special time like Christmas, accidents around the tree took on a special significance. Still, after stern looks and the occasional tear, the work of decorating the tree restarted in earnest and the broken ornament was forgotten. Today, collectors search out these decorations and cards at all the usual venues: garage and estate sales, auctions and flea markets. I don’t Continued on page 6
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generally careful to preserve and protect their Christmas items which means every year they were put away in safekeeping. The variety of designs, colours and forms of both decorations and cards is seemingly endless. I can certainly remember my family’s Christmas decorations from back in the 1950’s and 60’s, mainly the ones made from “mercury glass” – those shiny but fragile balls, bells, Santa Claus figures and clip-on birds with spun glass tails. Of course, at the time, we all wanted to participate in decorating the Scotch pine tree my Dad used to buy from
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A common characteristic of almost all collectors is that they collect more than one type of antique. It’s not surprising therefore to find collections within their collections. As we move toward the winter months, many collectors will be hauling out their Christmas decorations. For antique lovers, that often means antique or vintage decorations. Christmas is a religious and cultural celebration that is observed by billions of people around the world. In North America, the tradition developed over time into what we know as Christmas including the tree, ornamentation, cards, gift giving and, of course, overseeing it all – a veritable saint – Santa Claus. By about the 1860’s Christmas represented a flourishing industry in North America. Antique Christmas decorations are a fascinating and unique area of collecting. The category fulfills the criteria for successful collecting. First of all, although somewhat hard to find, decorations and cards, the two most obvious items to collect, are available. Families were
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watch for bubbling lights, electric flameless candles, figurals and specialty shapes like stars and hearts. The teardrop shape in lights came to prominence in the 1950’s and remains with us today. Christmas advertising items are an area that also interests many collectors. Is there a memory more vivid to us than waking up Christmas morning and approaching a tree festooned with twinkling lights and colourful decorations, gifts and packages stretching out from underneath it and covering the floor in all directions? I doubt it. It is those emotionally charged
moments and occasions in life that prompt people to collect objects that remind them of a particular time and place. The next time you’re at a local rummage sale, church bazaar, garage sale or auction, keep an eye open for the old Christmas decorations and cards. They will likely be there, perhaps still in an original box in which they were kept safe for many years. See if they don’t tug at your heartstrings and take you back, at least for a brief moment, to your Christmases past. Be careful though, you might just start a collection of them!
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know how many times, wandering through a summer time garage sale, I have been transported back in time at the sight of a box of Christmas decorations from the 1950’s or a set of lights from that period, still in their original box. Of course, the Internet abounds with all manner of these items and collectors will often resort to searching and buying online to find a particularly desirable item. Santa Claus candy containers made from paper mache are popular with collectors. They are fragile of course, but they were manufactured and imported by the thousands, largely from Germany. Collectors also eagerly seek out die-cut Christmas cards, especially examples from the Victorian era. The variety and forms are almost endless and the cards are colourful and often embossed. Perhaps the best-known manufacturer of these cards was London-based Raphael Tuck and Sons. The company flourished in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s – the heyday of cards. The Hallmark company started in 1910 and quickly rose to prominence in North America. In addition to cards and ornaments, collectors will also seek out tree lights. Again, the shapes and sizes vary and collectors
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Mark’s latest personal project, a book titled Mark Sutcliffe is well Long Road to Boston: known as a pillar in the The pursuit of the community for his work World’s Most Coveted in the media as a radio Marathon, was released host and columnist, for in October and explores his philanthropic purhis journey to qualify suits with the United for and complete the Way and Chamber of famous race. Commerce, and also as “It was something I the CEO of Great River had dreamed about for a Media, publisher of long time, I didn’t know Kitchissippi Times and if I would ever get to do Ottawa Business jourit, and it was wondernal. What many people ful,” says Mark on tackmight not know is that ling the biggest race in when Mark is not wearthe world of marathons. ing his business suit, he It’s safe to say that at is often hitting the this point in his career streets in spandex, purMark is a seasoned writsuing his passion for er, but he says this projJoyce Owen AD_Layout 4 2016-11-01 4:30 PM Page 1 long distance running. ect has really been speStory and photo by Ted Simpson
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that everyone who wants to join the Y can do so affordably. ” The programs offered at the Y are vital to the wellness of our community and have been carefully developed to respond to a broad range of needs. Whether you’re looking for fitness, sports, aquatics, chronic disease prevention or nutrition programs, you’ll find it all at your local Y. In addition, the Y has long served as second home for children and youth. “We take pride in being a safe space where kids can have fun, explore and meet new friends,” notes Rob. “Our programs have been created to foster healthy development, grow imaginations and encourage learning in an inclusive environment.” It was an outpouring of community support that helped drive the creation of a revitalized Y location in Kitchissippi, at the Carlingwood Mall. At the Carlingwood Y, families are able to stay connected, play together and actively engage in healthy pursuits. It’s a wonderful environment for multigenerational families to enjoy a
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Continued from page 7 So if you know Mark Sutcliffe the media personality, here are five things to know about Mark the runner.
1. Athletic success did not come easy for him. “When I was a kid I was small for my age and I had also skipped a year, so I was younger than all the other kids. I was always the smallest in my class and I didn’t think I was particularly athletic. So for me to do something that’s considered to be tough, is really validating for me, it was a big deal for me to run a marathon and realize that I’m really capable of doing something like that. A marathon always seemed to me to be like something only super human people could do. It changed my perspective on a lot of things.” 2. Mark qualified for Boston on his 20th marathon run. One of the reasons the Boston Marathon is held in such high regard
“I got a little bit obsessed with the Boston Marathon for awhile, I kept working at it and working at it, and eventually I got to do it. We all have our Boston marathons, those things that we mean to do in our lives that are going to take a lot of time and effort to knock down.” is that a runner must achieve a qualifying time in a previous marathon. For example, the current qualifying standard for men in Mark’s age group is three hours and 25 minutes. (Keeping in mind that a marathon is 26 miles – or 42 kilometers – long.) “I made four serious attempts, I failed three times and made it on the fourth attempt. That was over about three years,” says Mark, who made the cut off with just 22 seconds to spare. 3. You probably want Mark on your trivia team.
Long before he was competing in athletics, Mark was dominating the arena of the mind on his Reach for the Top team at St. Pius X High School. 4. If Mark’s never run by your house, he probably will soon. “I am going to do this some day, because this is my community, it is one of my goals to one day have run on every street in Kitchissippi. I’ve done a lot of them already, but you tend to follow the same routes over and over again, so I have to make an effort to say, I’m going to run on some different
streets.” 5. He might have the motivational advice you need. “You don’t have to run constantly, you can run and walk and run and walk, it is a long transition to become comfortable with running. If you’re not used to doing it, your body will revolt against you and try to get you to stop doing it. The first thee months, it’s not fun. It hurts. A lot of people want to go for a run and then go further and go further, you really have to go in small increments. It can really have its rewards once you get used to it.”
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The CCFF will, through Causeway, connect borrowers to financial aid from one of three local credit unions — Alterna Savings, Your Credit Union, and Frontline Credit Union — that helped launch the program. The Fund goes into its pilot year with a reservoir of $100,000, gathered from contributions by Causeway, Entrepreneurship & Innovation Ottawa, and the three credit unions. “I think it was a sum total of 60 seconds that went by before all the unanimous replies came back from the three of us that we were going to do this,” says Rob Paterson, CEO of Alterna Savings. “It was simply a nobrainer for us.” Kitchissippi Ward Councillor Jeff Leiper was present at the launch, as were Somerset Ward, Continued on page 14
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The Causeway Work Centre, a Hintonburg non-profit organization, has launched a new initiative aimed at helping those caught in the cycle of payday lending. On Friday, November 4, Causeway workers, credit union representatives, and community members packed into the Centre’s main hall to mark the debut of the Causeway Community Finance Fund (CCFF), a program that Causeway is calling the first of its kind in Ontario. “Clearly there was a need, and we felt that we needed to do something,” said Causeway’s Executive Director Don Palmer of the payday loan problem in Ottawa. Through the new program, Causeway will assist individuals who are in debt trouble with predatory payday lenders — services that give small loans at precarious
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When Karen Secord of the Parkdale Food Centre decided to introduce tower gardening to local schools and recreation centres things happened very quickly. Launched in September, Parkdale Food Centre’s project test phase has already installed ten lush, green tower gardens in three schools and three community centers within their catchment area. Working as a social enterprise the tower garden project allows classes and programs to partner with local businesses. Students at Fisher Park/Summit are partnered with Sheila Whyte of Thyme & Again, a local bakery and catering company. The students grow and harvest ingredients that are used in Thyme & Again’s catering business and Sheila shares her business knowledge with the students. Students at Connaught Public School grow herbs for Wentsi Yeung of Culture Kombucha, who uses them to flavour her Kombucha drinks. Wentsi shared some of her latest Kombucha recipes with the class at a recent taste testing. Tasting the product was an exciting step for her youngest business partners. From math to science, literacy to business, teachers are using the
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Elsa Lessard with her uniform and medals earned during World War II.
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and write from across Canada to keep records in 1940. When Navy recruiters came to Ottawa in 1942, Elsa was already in charge of a whole section of the federal finance department, responsible for sending allotments to dependents and families of soldiers serving in the war. “I took an oath of secrecy, which is a burden,” she explains. “You couldn’t work on personal files unless you agreed not to divulge anything. In my 90s, I find it a big burden. I know things about people – it’s very difficult.” “In August 1942, the Dieppe raid took place [in France] and our troops were massacred. I remember it; I was 20 years old. The cheques allotted to mothers and dependents – we had to hold them all and pull out the names of those missing. How sensitive our government was, not to just deliver cheques to these families of missing soldiers. It was delivered in a special manner. I remember how affected I was by the Dieppe raid.” Years later, Elsa read the notes from her Navy interview. The interviewer had written: “She wants to be a wireless telegrapher like her brother. However, she has experience in fields where she may be more useful. But she should be offered the course.”
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NOVEMBER 10 - HEART HEALTHY EATING In this class led by Registered Dietitian Chantal from Loblaws you will learn how to manage your heart health through lowering your cholesterol and managing your sodium intake. In this class we will explore the variety of foods you can add to your diet to improve your heart health! Offered as part of the À la Carte food literacy project and is funded by the Government of Ontario. Happening at the Carlingwood Library on Thursday, November 10 at 6:30 p.m. Registration is required. For more information go to biblioottawalibrary.ca. NOVEMBER 11 - REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONIES There are two opportunities to pay our respects to veterans here in Kitchissippi. (1) A Remembrance Day ceremony and wreath-laying will be held indoors at Carlingwood Mall at 11 a.m. near the north entrance. A stage will be set up and chairs provided for those attending. This is an opportunity to remember and thank our veterans in a warm and welcoming setting. (2) There is a ceremony and wreath-laying at the cenotaph on Richmond Road, just west of Golden, at 2 p.m. A parade forms at the Westboro Legion with a band, veterans and cadets marching to Cenotaph on Richmond Road at 1:30 p.m. The official ceremony takes place at 2 p.m. The parade will then return to Westboro Legion to enjoy camaraderie and music from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. by the band Johnny Vegas & Sherri Harding for listening and dancing. A contribution of food for a potluck at 5 p.m. would be appreciated. Everyone is welcome to attend either or both Remembrance Day ceremonies to remember Canada’s military who gave their lives and to thank the veterans who are with us now. For more information go to rcl480.com.
NOVEMBER 19 - CONTRA DANCE AT THE CHURCHILL RECREATION CENTRE Contra dancing is an easy social dance to live music. No experience necessary, there is a beginner lesson at 7:30 p.m. and the dancing starts at 8 p.m.. All dances are taught and guided. No partner necessary. Just bring a water bottle and a smile. Entrance fee is $12. Go to ottawacontra.ca for more information. NOVEMBER 19 - CHAMPLAIN PARK CRAFT FAIR Champlain Park will host its craft fair at the field house (149 Cowley) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Shop for handmade jewelry, stained glass, soaps, knitting, sewing, art cards, homemade holiday cookies and much more. For details call 614-728-1945 or go to champlainpark.org. NOVEMBER 19 - FALL FAIR AT FIRST Visit the popular Fall Fair at First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa on November 19 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Silent auction (including valuable art), clothes, collectables, flea market, home made lunch. Great deals on gently used clothes, books, and timeless treasures! Newly knitted items, jewelry, stamps and coins, electronics, CDs, DVDs. For information go to firstunitarianottawa.ca or call 613-725-1066. NOVEMBER 19 - HINTONBURG ARTISAN CRAFT FAIR Saturday November 19th, 2016, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., at Hintonburg Community Centre 1064 Wellington W. Volunteers and baked goods still needed, contact info@hintonburg.com.
NOVEMBER 26 - CHURCHILL ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL CRAFT SALE Arts and crafts from local artisans, baking, second hand books, kids shopping area, hot food, and holiday crafts. Come celebrate the season at Churchill School (345 Ravenhill Ave.) from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. NOVEMBER 26 - ST. MARTIN’S CHRISTMAS BAKE SHOP, BISTRO & BAUBLES BONANZA St Martin’s is located at 2120 Prince Charles Road in McKellar Park, just two blocks north of the Carlingwood Shopping Centre. The Bake Shop, Bistro & Baubles Bonanza is the place to stock up on Yuletide baking, enjoy a pleasant lunch with entertainment and a wallet friendly assortment of unique gift selections in jewellery, home décor treasures, knitted goods, craft ware, festive decorations, and fashion accessories. Pick up an exclusive 2017 calendar featuring St Martin’s stained glass windows. Doors open 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. For more information go to stmartinsottawa.ca. NOVEMBER 27 - CARLINGWOOD FILM CLUB Watch and discuss a good film in a relaxed, book-clubstyle chat about film and cinematography! The Film Club runs from September to November, then resumes from March-May. Coming up on November 24, La Mémoire Des Anges/ The Memories of Angels. Happening at the Carlingwood Library at 6:30 pm. Drop-in. For more information, go to biblioottawalibrary.ca. NOVEMBER 28 - NEWSWEST AGM Newswest’s Annual General Meeting will take place on Monday November 28, in the Laurel Room of the Hintonburg Community Centre at 1064 Wellington West, at 7 p.m. At the AGM, new board members are elected for a 2-year period by members of Newswest. Membership is open to anyone in Ward 15 and costs $5. per year. If you would like to have a say in directing Ottawa’s longest running community newspaper, the Nov. 28 Annual General Meeting is your opportunity to participate. NOVEMBER 29 - FINAL MEDITATION WORKSHOP FOR 2016 Our final meditation workshop for 2016 will be happening November 29th from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Join us as we share mindful ways to relax and cope in our
DECEMBER 1 - KNIGHT AT NEPEAN Knight at Nepean is Nepean High School’s annual fundraiser for programs and clubs that directly benefit students. Everyone is invited! The event includes an Italianthemed dinner (including vegetarian and gluten-free options), a silent auction and a cash bar. Tickets are available online at knightatnepean.com. For more information, or to donate a silent auction item, contact knightatnepean2016@gmail.com. DECEMBER 3 - FISHER PARK CHRISTMAS CRAFT SHOW AND SALE This unique gathering of local urban artisans, handcrafted items & gourmet foods. event is taking place from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Fisher Park School (250 Holland Ave.). Free street parking. Admission is free. BBQ and refreshments are available. DECEMBER 5 - WESTBORO BEACH AGM You are invited to the annual general meeting of the Westboro Beach Community Association (WBCA) on Monday December 5 at the field house (29 Van Lang Private) at 7p.m. Local historian Dave Allston will speak on the 145th anniversary of the great fire that torched Skead’s Mill at Westboro Beach. There will also be a short business meeting reporting on WBCA activities in the past year and election of officers. For further information visit our website westborobeach.ca. BINGO Bingo every Wednesday night at the Westboro Legion. Doors open at 4 p.m. and games begin at 6:30 p.m. For more information visit rcl480.com or call 613-7253475. THIRD FRIDAY SONG CIRCLE Drop-in Folk Song Circle at the Churchill Seniors Centre
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NOVEMBER 20 - ANNUAL UKRAINIAN XMAS BAZAAR The Ukrainian Women’s Association, Lesia Ukrainka branch will hold its annual Christmas Bazaar at the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (1000 Byron Ave.) on November 20 between noon and 2 p.m. Mark the date on your calendar for this popular event of shopping and lunching. To satisfy your taste buds, the popular Ukrainian luncheon will include varenyky, cabbage rolls,
NOVEMBER 26 - FOOD BAZAAR St. Stephen’s Presbyterian Church (579 Parkdale Ave., corner of Sherwood Drive) will be holding its annual Food Bazaar on Saturday November 26 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information, call 613-236-2087.
NOVEMBER 30 - OTTAWA FAMILY CHRISTMAS CONCERT This concert is in support of the Huntington Society of Canada and will be taking place Wednesday, November 30 at 7:30 p.m. at Bromley Road Baptist Church (1900 Lauder Dr.) Join us for an evening of music and socializing to get you in the holiday spirit. With performances by Voices of Harmony and Soloist Sonja Milsom, it will be a wonderful festive evening. A great event for the entire family! Stay after the show for some Christmas baking and punch, and to talk with the entertainers and friends of the Ottawa Chapter. Tickets are $20. Children 10 and under are free. All proceeds will go directly to the Huntington Society of Canada. You can purchase tickets online at http://bit.ly/2dxOkmb. For more information contact Sharon Haig at 613-739-4446, Sharon.haig@ sympatico.ca.
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NOVEMBER 16 - PRESENTATION Friends of Churchill Seniors Centre Event Series invites you to a presentation by Steve Priebe from EMF Free Zone on the topic of Electro Magnetic Fields on November 16 from 1 p.m to to 2:15 p.m., at the Churchill Seniors Centre (345 Richmond Rd.) Free, but donations will be accepted. Light refreshments will be provided. For more information, please call 613-7988927.
NOVEMBER 19 - ALL SAINTS VILLAGE FAIR The Village Fair at All Saints Westboro (347 Richmond Road; west of Churchill) will be taking place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 19. Church bazaars and villages fairs are a great source of wellmade, inexpensive Christmas gifts! Drop by for a selection of arts, crafts, linens, jams, jellies, baked goods, books, X-mas treasures, and silent auction! For more information contact office@allsaintswestboro.com or go to allsaintswestboro.com.
NOVEMBER 25 - ARTS NIGHT See presentations and performances by Laura Golden, poet; Marie Rakos, visual artist; Imelda Basudde, vocalist/songwriter. 7:30 p.m. at the First Unitarian Church, 30 Cleary Ave. Admission is $5. For information call 613-725-1066.
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NOVEMBER 14 - WEARABLE ART WORKSHOP: JUNK TO JEWELS / ATELIER D’ART À PORTER: RECYCLO BIJOUX Using found objects, Migno and Josée will guide students into creating beautiful pieces of mixed media modern art. Presented in partnership with MASC/En se servant d’objets trouvés, Migno et Josée guideront les élèves dans la création de belles pièces de médias mixtes. Offert en partenariat avec MASC. Happening at the Carlingwood Library on Thursday, November 10 at 6:30 p.m. Registration is required/inscrivez-vous. For more information, go to biblioottawalibrary.ca.
NOVEMBER 18 & 19 – MOVING SALE Many items will be available at the Institut Jeanne d’Arc (373 Princeton Ave) moving sale. Doors will be open from noon to 5 p.m. on Friday, November 18 and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, November 19. For sale: tables, chairs, desks, dressers, beds, lamps, dishware, crystal, microwaves, linen, wool blankets, bedspreads, office supplies, clocks, tools, piano, paintings, plants, CD’s, cassettes (mainly classical music) and much more.
borscht and pastries. For your Christmas purchases you’ll find decorations, toys and knitted goods. Choose from the latest styles of blouses and apparel from Ukraine as well as artifacts, including ceramics and embroidered items. Always available is the large assortment of home baking including Ukrainian breads and cakes. The deli table offers a delicious variety of sausage and look for other tasty specialties such as local honey. Admission is free. Street parking is available on Byron Avenue and the church parking lot. For information call Liza Malarek at 613-830-1472.
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NOVEMBER 13 - FALL REFLECTIONS EVENT Sponsored by COG OSO, the annual FALL REFLECTIONS event is taking place on Sunday November 13 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m, at the Hintonburg Community Centre (1064 Wellington St W.). Learn about COG OSO’s recent activities, and watch a film. Meeting Place Organic is about how one couple built a sustainable, organic and ecologically diverse farm in a world bent on industrial agriculture and monocropping. Fran and Tony McQuail will lead the discussion, followed by organic snacks. Plenty of parking beside the community centre is available. See more about the film at meetingplaceorganicfilm.com The event is sponsored by the Ottawa-St. Lawrence-Outaouais Chapter (COG OSO) of the Canadian Organic Growers. Find the event on Eventbrite to register for free tickets.
NOVEMBER 17-18 - OHS AUXILIARY’S CHRISTMAS CRAFT SALE This year’s OHS Auxiliary’s Christmas Craft Sale is taking place between 9:30 a.m. and 9 p.m. at Westgate Mall. Lovely handmade crafts support the animals at the Ottawa Humane Society Shelter. For more info 613823-6770 or go to facebook.com/ OttawaHumaneSocietyAuxiliary.
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