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Online/New Media by rochekellyOctober 3, 2011October 3, 2011

Underwear philanthropists come to Ottawa

SEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/10/03/underwear-philanthropists-come-to-ottawa Boxers or briefs? Brent King and Robb Price are used to strangers asking that question. After all, they’re the men behind the third annual GotGinch Cross-Canada Underwear Drive. “We’ll look at something different for next year, maybe. But for now, it’s tighty whities,” said King, after arriving and unloading boxes at the […]

Online/New Media by rochekellyMarch 16, 2011March 17, 2011

Feds chip in $2.5M to study francophones

SEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/03/16/17643661.html A large-scale study of francophone history and culture in North America will be led from the University of Ottawa. Professor France Martineau is getting a $2.5-million grant from the federal government to fund the project. “This will document history of families, history of individuals, history of humble people, really,” said Ottawa Orleans […]