Dave Scharf, Centretown News
Danika Smith (left), former Canadian Women's Hockey League player, and Mandi Duhamel, manager of female development for Hockey Canada, attend the Clarkson Cup.The Clarkson Cup, often referred to as the Stanley Cup of female hockey, landed in Ottawa for the first time from March 11 to 13.
Month: March 2016
Nursing locket finds home in war museum
Dave Scharf, Centretown News
The Canadian War Museum has acquired a 100-year-old locket given to Georgina Pope by the citizens of Ottawa in the 1900s. Pope's bust is one of the nine commemorating key figures in Canadian military history at the Valiants Memorial located by the Château Laurier.The Canadian War Museum has received an “extraordinary” century-old gold locket given to a pioneering military nurse as a gift from residents of Ottawa.
One-man whiz returns to stage with medieval jester tale
Deanne Pittman, Centretown News
Ottawa playwright Pierre Brault rehearses his one-man show at The Gladstone Theatre. Will Somers premieres March 24. Pierre Brault, the Ottawa playwright best known for his popular one-man show Blood on the Moon, is ending his eight-year absence from solo performances with a new play set to premiere March 24 at The Gladstone: Will Somers.
Group champions female representation on Wikipedia
Karen Henderson, Centretown News
Sarah Eastman (left) and Danuta Sierhus edit Wikipedia pages on International Women's Day.
On International Women’s Day, volunteers parked themselves and their laptops at the Ottawa Art Gallery and the Carleton University Art Galleryfor a full day of writing and research.