Dear Ottawa public board: Go ahead, close 6 schools
A Note To … Parents protesting the proposed closures of at least six Ottawa public schools. Feel your pain, but it’s time to bite the bullet. Read More …
Tag: Don Wilcox
A day at the Osgoode Carleton snowmobile drag races
A gallery featuring action from the Osgoode Carleton Snowmobile Trail Club drag races on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017. The event was hosted just south Read More …
The Headline: A do-or-die proposition for your writing
The best information in the world is useless if nobody reads it. So once you’ve done your research, written your copy, edited and fact-checked, it’s Read More …
In defence of Ottawa’s awesome Rideau Canal, and Canal Skateway
So Tyler Dawson doesn’t think much of the Rideau Canal, nor the Rideau Canal Skateway. The “Deputy Editorial Pages Editor” of the Ottawa Citizen devoted Read More …
Ode to a friend: My ancient Coleman canoe
It’s orange. It’s a bit ugly. It’s heavy. It paddles like a tank. But I love it. I don’t know exactly when my aging, 16-foot Read More …
EOTFOA Wraps up 2016 at very special Christmas Banquet
After more than eight months on the football field, even the officials need a party. And that’s what 74 officials and guests had on Saturday Read More …
Ottawa Senators’ Chris Neil in his first shootout? What was Boucher thinking?
Ottawa Senators coach Guy Boucher did a nice thing Wednesday night. He let Chris Neil into his first shootout on the night the legendary tough Read More …
5 Tips for Adding Great Quotes into Your Writing
Quotes are a vital element of many forms of writing. Using them correctly will enhance any text. Bad quotes, or bad quote usage on the Read More …
Writing for online? A formula for BRIEF webtext
Practising what I am about to preach about web copy, this post is 350 words. Exactly. The case for not writing 1,000-word pages, especially for Read More …
An Ottawa Christmas: Alight at Night, Upper Canada Village
The glow of almost a million lights provides a stunning backdrop for Alight at Night at Upper Canada Village, If Christmas really is your favourite Read More …