Canada Agriculture and Food Museum Thursday, November 14, 2019 (7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.) Fee: $15 + tax | Members: $12 + tax (with promo code) Language: French only, with a bilingual Q and A Take a journey through wine making with Jan-Daniel Etter, owner of Vignoble Clos du Vully. Jan-Daniel will explain how his […]
The Goulbourn Historical Society's November Speaker's Program features the Bytown Museum's Grant Vogl taking us back to early Bytown and the conflict between canal workers and the men working in the lumber industry. It was a lusty time with Peter Aylen, the King of the Shiners, leading the fray. Entry is free and the public […]
The Huntley Township Historical Society presents Brian Tackaberry, North Lanark Historical Society, Tues. Feb. 18, 2020 at 7:30 PM at The Carp Commons, in the Theatre, at 458 Donald B. Munro Dr. in Carp. Topic: the end of WWII, and the Aftermath, as well as Memorials set up to remember the fallen. Light refreshments served. […]
Ottawa’s LGBTTQ+ community has an interesting history unique to many other cities. Due in part to the government employee purges during the 1950s to 1990s, Ottawa’s LGBTTQ+ community was largely hidden, migratory and deeply closeted, far more so than other cities similar in size and population in North America. This talk will focus on the […]
The Historical Society of Ottawa - Speaker Series Guest Speaker: J.Y. Pelletier When the Ontario provincial government in 1912 decided to outlaw French-language education in Ontario schools, little did the realize the anger and defiance that would result in places like Ottawa. Learn the story of the two young sisters who would defy the authorities […]