Flying Officer Robert William Clarke, age 21, member of the Royal Canadian Air Force, was killed in action on June 2, 1943 near Epinay, in Normandy, France. Robert Clarke was the son of Mrs. N. T. Clarke; his father had already passed away, and he had 2 sisters in the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRCNS). Robert’s mother lived at 8 Harvard Ave. in what was then Ottawa South, and he was a graduate…
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During the recent Old Ottawa South Community Association’s (OSCA) Annual General Meeting on September 28, 2024, the last item on the agenda was Brendan McCoy, editor of the OSCAR newspaper, who spoke about the 50th anniversary of the local volunteer-run community newspaper. Billing itself as “The Community Voice of Old Ottawa South,” the monthly newspaper has been published by OSCA since 1974 as a source of local stories and information for the community. Receiving…
We are so fortunate to have such conscientious and pleasant crossing guards in our neighbourhood. Let’s all come together and thank them for their great job! We live in a neighbourhood with high levels of traffic and a lot of drivers who break the law by running red lights and ignoring pedestrians crossing the street, especially on Bank Street. Our littlest citizens can feel well protected when a crossing guard is in place. Old…
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