Nepean/Barrhaven Local Community News

Mayor on the record

Posted on May 10, 2012 by EMC News

EMC news - Send in your questions and we'll get Mayor Jim Watson to provide answers. Metroland Media's Ottawa city hall reporter, Laura Mueller, will moderate a neighbourhood-focused...

Cultures coming to your library

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Jennifer McIntosh

EMC news - Library patrons can borrow a bit of culture thanks to a partnership between the Ottawa Public Library and Citizenship and Administration Canada. The Centrepointe branch of the library will be hosting 11 performers from the Middle East, Croatia, Italy, China and India. The show, which will...

Barrhaven Food Cupboard open to new future

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Nevil Hunt

EMC news - The international Occupy movement points at the one per cent that holds wealth beyond the reach of the remaining 99 per cent, but Barrhaven turns those numbers upside down. In south Nepean, about one per cent of the population needs assistance from the Barrhaven Food Cupboard and the other...

Barrhaven volunteer to head Big Brothers Big Sisters

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Jennifer McIntosh

EMC news - Linda Graupner, a long-time volunteer with the Barrhaven Food Cupboard, will be moving on to Big Brothers Big Sisters Ottawa (BBSO) as chair of their board of directors. Graupner began volunteering with the Barrhaven Food Cupboard in 2005 and ran the organization's Christmas hamper program....

Group heads straight for Centrepointe

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Jennifer McIntosh

EMC community - Straight No Chaser, the 10-man capella group, will be hitting the Centrepointe Theatre stage on May 17. The show will be part of a tour to promote the latest EP Six Pack vol. 2. Don Nottingham, a member of the group said they started the Canadian leg of the tour in Winnipeg on March...