A Community Garden

In your Hunt Club Neighbourhood

Feb 21, 2021 - By Christine Johnson
Community gardens are spreading in Hunt Club and there is a reason for that.  We want to ensure food security for all of us, now and into the future.  Learning to grow…

Ottawa’s New Official Plan

Opinion

Feb 20, 2021 - By Peter Brimacombe
Ottawa is in the process of finalizing its New Official Plan which embodies the concepts of a 15 minute neighbourhood where a resident can walk to all essential services…

Travel Times for Library Service

For Quinterra and Hunt Club Woods

Feb 20, 2021 - By John D. Reid
As the crow flies, the nearest library branch to Quinterra and Hunt Club Woods (Riverside and Uplands), is Emerald Plaza. According to Google maps that is a 75-minute…

Books! My Committed Love Affair

Feb 19, 2021 - By Lynette Joseph-Sankey
My introduction to books began at age 2. Mom read stories to me every day until I was able to read my own stories. Then, one day after my 6th birthday, mom got me…

What it Means to Be Black in Canada

An Evening With Desmond Cole

Feb 18, 2021 - By Zivana Pavic
Do you ever stop and think what it means to be Black in Canada? If you are curious to learn about this and what you can do to break the complacency, tune in on Thursday,…

Notable Black Canadians

Feb 17, 2021 - By Sue McCarthy
The Hunt Club Community Association wishes to help you celebrate Black History Month by recognizing the accomplishments and legacies of notable Black Canadians. Canada's…

February 15th is Canada’s Flag Day!

Feb 15, 2021 - By Sabrine Barakat
Quick! When you think of a day to commemorate our beloved Maple Leaf, what day comes to mind? If you said “July 1st – Canada Day,” you’d be half-right.…

Snow Days

Feb 14, 2021 - By John D. Reid
The sun is rising earlier, setting later and rising higher in the sky. Climate records tell that we are past the coldest days of the winter. 14 February is the day when…

Valentine’s Day Origins

Feb 13, 2021 - By Sue McCarthy
Valentine’s Day, also called St. Valentine’s Day, February 14th, is when lovers express their affection with greetings and gifts.  It has its origins in a Roman…

Notice of Night Work – Hunt Club Rail Bridge

Feb 12, 2021 - By Sue McCarthy
We received a notice from Councillor Brockington that construction of the Hunt Club Rail-over-Road Bridge as part of the Stage 2 O-Train Trillium Line South Extension…

Happy Chinese New Year – Year of the Ox

新年快乐

Feb 10, 2021 - By Zivana Pavic & John D. Reid
The Chinese New Year (also called the Lunar New Year), denotes the end of winter and the beginning of spring. It is celebrated on the new moon that appears between…

Story and Song for Viola Desmond

Black History Month

Feb 9, 2021 - By Zivana Pavic
They did not let her in, because of the colour of her skin! As the story goes, Viola Desmond, a quiet and successful black business woman in Glasgow, Nova Scotia,…