Happy Christmas, Everyone!

I’m always happy when good things happen to good people!

I had an interesting visit to the Goulbourne Museum a few weeks ago. The smaller museums in the Ottawa area have a lot of history and shouldn't be overlooked!

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The conclusion of Season 1 – The Fall of New France is out! Give it a listen on the website, and I'll see you in the New Year! ottawahistoryhub.com/podcasts

The Fall of New France ends Chapter 1 of the History of Ottawa. From here on in, it’ll be the English Crown. Download the latest episode now!
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What Toronto and Montreal have done, Ottawa / Gatineau is overdue to try. I continue to work with @shawnmenard.bsky.social and @envirocentre.bsky.social to bring bike share to the National Capital Region.

In Toronto, from 2.4 million rides in 2019 to 8.1 million (projected) in 2025.

I'm not the only one telling Ottawa's stories. I review books that tell the stories of Ottawa! Here's my review of Brian Doyle's Angel Square, about growing up in Lowertown in the wake of WW2! ottawahistoryhub.com/new-page

I started planning my podcast in August, and uploaded the first episode in August. Being pretty niche, I hoped for 100 by Christmas. I hit 500 today! I'm grateful to everyone who's given it a listen.

The Beaver Wars were a series of conflicts between various Indigenous nations throughout the 18th Century. Locally, it took the shape of war between the Haudenosaunee from the south and the local Algonquin. Listen to the podcast and read more on the website here:
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The long-awaited conclusion of the Beaver Wars! Also called the French-Iroquois War, this was a series of conflicts that went on decades in the 18th Century, changing the dynamic amongst Indigenous peoples across the continent.

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On this day in 1989, an armed gunman murdered 14 women at École Polytechnique de Montréal. Another ten women and four men were injured.
The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually on Dec. 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

This past summer, I went on a tour of Ottawa with Black History Ottawa. I learnt a lot and had a nice tour of the city. It was even on local TV!
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The Beaver Wars, also called the French-Iroquois Wars, were a series of conflicts across the North-East quadrant of North America in the 1700s. You can stream this week’s podcast about the causes of the wars and find other resources on the website here:
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