Getting
a grip
on your finances
The Professional Writers
Association of Canada (PWAC), Ottawa Chapter, is hosting a seminar open
to both members and non-members. Entitled “Getting a grip
on your finances,” this two-hour event, scheduled to take place
on Feb. 25th, 2012, focuses on the financial side of freelance
writing and features guest panellists Sandy Tunwell and Dylan
Rose. Details can be found on page
4.
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About
River, Road and Rail
From www.wnca.ca
(Woodroffe North Community Association).
"River, Road and
Rail, will be treasured by anyone
interested in the history of the Ottawa region or in the social history
of Ontario. The publishers have drawn on hundreds of memories and
photographs from those who grew up or lived along this part of the
historic Ottawa River.
"In 1811, the Ira Honeywell family became the first
settlers in Nepean Township. Ira built their log cabin near the Ottawa
River just east of Woodroffe Avenue.
Follow the history of this well-loved area from the
days of the First Nations, to the building of the Richmond Road and the
Canadian Pacific Railway, and to decades of dairy farming and light
industry.
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Next
Meeting
Monday
February 20, 2012
Media
Club of Ottawa
presents
Katherine Day and Wayne Jackson
Topic:
River,
Road and Rail – Woodroffe Memories.
The book
captures 90 years of life, through
memories of 84 residents, tracing the history of Woodroffe Village from
the days of the First Nations through to the arrival of the Honeywell
family and beyond.
Monday,
February 20, 2012
6 pm to 8 pm
Library and
Archives Canada
395
Wellington Street
Room 156
Journalism
students with ID free
Media Club
Members $15
Non-Members
$20
Light
dinner included
RSVP
613-521-4855 by February 18
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After 1900, the Britannia Line of the Ottawa Electric
Railway encouraged developers and families to build summer cottages and
permanent homes on the old farms.
Woodroffe Village became a summer resort with popular
beaches and wonderful swimming, boating, fishing and hunting. It was
also a streetcar suburb of Ottawa. It was not until much later that
housing spread south of the Richmond Road towards Carling Avenue.
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News Snippet
Bobbi Graham will be
interviewed by Mitchell Caplan on CHUO (89.1 FM) on Wednesday, Feb.
1st, from 5-6 pm.
They'll chat about Bobbi's
involvement as Managing Editor of Prose to Go: Tales from a Private
List. A full description of the book, with links to reviews and
readers' comments, is on Bobbi's website at Prose to Go
Bobbi also has a full-page article in the January issue of Freelance Writer's Report.
“Winging It: Live on the Radio” describing Bobbi's
experience being interviewed by Rabbi Bulka on his popular CFRA show,
and included tips about handling live radio interviews.
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The building of the Ottawa River Parkway
in the 1960s required the expropriation and demolition of one half of
present-day Woodroffe North, destruction of the beaches, isolation of
the community from the river and the division of the community
by Woodroffe Avenue,
a busy access route to the Parkway
Despite these changes, a beautiful residential
community endures today near a major shopping centre, a scenic parkway
and a bicycle path along the Ottawa River. While the Richmond Road
continues to be a bustling city street in this area, the railway and
the streetcar are only memories. We hope the publication of this book
will be an important step in the unending discovery of the fascinating
history of a wonderful community."
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