Tag Archives: Ontario

Kanata Badminton Club 2014 AGM

Kanata Badminton Club 2014 AGM Traditionally, the Kanata Badminton Club’s Annual General Meeting has been held in Tommy’s restaurant at the old town center. This year, the meeting had to be delayed a couple of months while renovations at the … Continue reading

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Sir John Carling Building Demolition – Ottawa, Canada

July 13,2014 – Sir John Carling Building Demolition – Ottawa, Canada It was a dull, dreary, overcast morning with lots of rain threatening from the south but, after 2 1/2 years of planning and preparation work, the planned implosion demolition … Continue reading

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Haunted Walk Ottawa – Time Traveler Trail

The Haunted walk has a new trail for the time-travelers among us, its called the Time Traveler Trail and it focuses on Ottawa’s past when Ottawa was Bytown and riots and pistol fights in the market were more common than … Continue reading

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Canada Day 2014 – Kanata, Ontario

Canada Day 2014 – Kanata, Ontario Graeme and I took a short walk around the Kanata Canada Day 2014 activities, met some people whom we have known from past events and activities and met some new people. Lots of things … Continue reading

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A Spring Outing

A Spring Outing Graeme wanted to get out on the trail to obtain some high speed shots of birds in flight with his Sony NEX-FS700 with SELP18200 lens.The easiest place to do that is on the many trails in the … Continue reading

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Breeding Bird Surveys (2013) – Day 1

Breeding Bird Surveys (2013) – Day 1 – June 3, 2013 This was the fourth year that Gerhard and I had teamed up to conduct breeding bird surveys for Environment Canada on four prescribed routes between Ivanhoe Lake and White … Continue reading

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Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society Annual GIANT AUCTION – March 24th, 2013

Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society Annual GIANT AUCTION – March 24th, 2013 This year, the Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society (OVAS) combined their annual auction held on the Sunday with a Saturday slate of guest speakers and  a room full of vendors … Continue reading

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OVAS AQUAMANIA WEEKEND – Ottawa, Ontario – March 23 – 24, 2013

OVAS AQUAMANIA WEEKEND – Ottawa, Ontario – March 23 – 24, 2013 DAY 1 – Well it is now Saturday and I’m at the Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society’s Aquamania weekend event. (LOCATION: Best Western Hotel and Conference Centre, 1876 Robertson … Continue reading

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OVAS AQUAMANIA WEEKEND – Ottawa, Ontario – March 23 – 24th, 2013

Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society (OVAS) – Aquamania weekend – October 23 – 24, 2013 The weather promises to cooperate this year as the executive and volunteers of the Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society continue to work to put the final touches … Continue reading

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Ottawa weather – February 11, 2013

Ottawa weather – February 11, 2013 It’s been an all too familiar scene recently.  Snow is falling once again this morning and the temperature is expected to rise to about +1C by the end of day. Of course, when snow … Continue reading

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