Devon Brown has spent nearly all of his life in eastern Ontario and mostly in the Cornwall area. He’s a…

Thanks to statistics compiled by the Ottawa Public Library, we now know the titles of the most popular reads in…

It was around 2am on April 4, 1880, when the first of three false fire alarms occurred. The fire department…

I was perusing books this afternoon at Chapters in Gloucester when a man in a hushed voice asked a clerk…

Last night I celebrated Epiphany at my place in Ottawa’s east-end with two friends. They brought a Rosca de Reyes…

For a child, the anticipation of Christmas is a time of excitement and joy as they count down the days…

On Friday evening, St. Joseph’s Parish, Paroisse Sacré-Coeur across the street from us and the Christian Reformed Chaplaincy held a…

Among the good things about living in eastern Ontario are the country fairs this time of year. I usually visit…

The First Lady of Manawaka is an excellent 1978 documentary on Canadian author Margaret Laurence, available in full on the…

Library and Archives Canada was a good resource years ago when I was conducting research for my PhD dissertation. I…