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The next performance of Bytown Voices is April 28 at Knox Presbyterian Church. Screenshot of Bytown Voices website

Bytown Voices offers joyful concert

The Bytown Voices choir welcomes you to attend their concert entitled “Comfort and Joy!”, featuring seasonal traditionals with a touch… Continue reading “Bytown Voices offers joyful concert”

Christina Keys and Kavitha Galle Kankanange spread wood chips over cardboard to smother grass and prepare for planting seedlings along the Aviation Parkway. Photo: Christina Keys

Native plant gardening spreading like seeds on the wind

Christina Keys outlines the Manor Park Community Association's efforts in promoting native plant gardens

The Manor Park Community Association Environmental Sustainability Committee was busy this past summer creating new native plant gardens in Manor… Continue reading “Native plant gardening spreading like seeds on the wind”

Reverend Canon Baxter Park is a former military chaplain and was the chaplain to the Canadian ships during the first Gulf War and also served with the Canadian Armed Forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Photo: Doug Banks

As seasons change, St. Columba welcomes a new priest

Diana Poitras provides updates on church events

Reverend Canon Baxter Park is a former military chaplain and was the chaplain to the Canadian ships during the first Gulf War and also served with the Canadian Armed Forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Photo: Doug Banks

Manor Park Chronicle's 2023 November-December Where in the World is the Chronicle feature.

Where in the world is the Chronicle?

Sarah McCabe submitted this edition’s “Where in the world is the Manor Park Chronicle?”. Felicia and Thomas McCabe took their… Continue reading “Where in the world is the Chronicle?”

Kathy Southee (1951-2023)

Manor Park Notables: Kathy Southee (1951-2023)

Lover of family and friends; humanity and nature – lover of life itself!

Kathy Southee (née Florence Kathleen Weekes) lived life to the fullest and with passion. Wife of Rick, mother to Reg,… Continue reading “Manor Park Notables: Kathy Southee (1951-2023)”

“ . . . But the elements were not on my side. The ship continued to slip off course. Alarmed, I gave the wheel another turn and still the rudder, pushed by wind and wave, failed to respond. The needle kept moving in the wrong direction and the ship’s side was increasingly exposed to the gale . . . ” Illustration: Jim Graham

Naval misadventures from a previous coronation, part two

[Editor’s note: This is the second and concluding part of John Graham’s account of being a first-year naval cadet in… Continue reading “Naval misadventures from a previous coronation, part two”

The Manor Park Community Association sent this open letter to the federal minister of the environment in response to his comments in light of continued plans to build a sixth interprovincial crossing. Screenshot from National Capital Commission website

MPCA’s open letter to federal minister of the environment

Community association responds to minister’s comment on new roadway construction in light of ongoing technical tests for new interprovinical bridge

(Editor’s note: On October 25, the Manor Park Community Association (MPCA) sent the following letter via email to federal Minister… Continue reading “MPCA’s open letter to federal minister of the environment”