Ottawa Riverkeeper wraps up road salt reduction week
Read about the weeklong campaign now wrapping up of NSC’s partner the Ottawa Riverkeeper to increase awareness of the harm of salt on the environment.
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2023 Events Added to NSC’s Google Calendar
NSC’s Google Calendar has been updated for 2023 — check it out! Events don’t make it onto this calendar until we’re 90% confident that they’ll happen as scheduled, and there are still some events planned for 2023 that don’t yet meet that criteria. However, a concerted effort has been made to add most events, so…
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Urgent Request For Help: Greg Dargavel & Pam Hopkins-Dargavel
From long time NSC members — PLEASE READ & SHARE — My name is Greg Dargavel. My wife, Pam Hopkins-Dargavel, is a former nurse who is in liver failure because she contracted hepatitis C through an accidental patient needle stick at a local hospital. I can’t find the words to describe how hard it is…
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Report on 2022 Purple Martin Banding
There was a great turnout on the NSC grounds July 9 and 16 with a total of some 100 members of the public watching, interacting and some holding purple martin chicks. 236 chicks were banded there.
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Video of NSC and partner Deep Blue Clean Up
As reported last fall, NSC teamed up with Deep Blue Clean Up to clear the Aylmer Island shoreline of a total of 100 lbs of refuse! Check out the video to learn more about the initiative and the difference the Seabin in the corner of NSC’s X-dock is making.
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Phishing Emails, Seemingly from NSC’s Commodore
Some members have recently received email messages which appear to have been sent by NSC’s Commodore, David Neasmith. However, these are most definitely phishing emails, and certainly were not sent by David. They should be ignored. The most recent messages originated from commodoreoffice60@gmail.com, with a subject of “I need you to handle a request discreetly”.
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Peter Bradley elected President of Ontario Sailing
Please join me in congratulating a past NSC Commodore, Peter Bradley, in his recent appointment as President of Ontario Sailing. This is significant for several reasons…
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Tell Us About Your Sailing
Share how often you went sailing/boating last season!
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Thanks from a windsurfer in distress
On the water, yesterday afternoon (August 7, 2016) I (David Knox) was very fortunate to be rescued by four of your sailors.
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Parking at NSC 2016
The City of Ottawa bylaw enforcement officers are ticketing cars that are illegally parked in Dick Bell Park. To alleviate this problem, parking permits are available.