The Bytown Museum is located at the mouth of the Rideau Canal, just below the Parliament buildings, in the rustic, pine-scented Commissariat of Lt. Col. John By, Royal Engineers. Built in 1827, the commissariat is Ottawa’s oldest stone building. It…

by GENEVIEVE FORTE Among the bounty of summer entertainments Ottawa enjoyed this season was the exciting production of The Raven (Il Corvo). This classic commedia dell’arte play celebrated the Odyssey Theatre’s 15th anniversary of outdoor theatre. Staged in the gorgeous…

by ANGELO FILOSO In October, staff and students at St. Patrick’s High School, located at Alta Vista and Heron Road in Ottawa, will open a newly refurbished conference room that will house memorabilia of the past. The Eastern Ontario Italian…

An angel from the ‘Italian Village’ by Zeljka Gaspar I met Mrs. Mary Ierullo one Friday morning when the harsh sound of an ongoing construction machine was drowned out by the voices of children who were playing on Willow St….

“No One Covers the Fig Tree” by Giacomo Moscatelli I was well into adulthood before I realized that I was a Cana dian. Of course, I had been born in Canada and had lived here all my life, but somehow…

Il Postino è la persona che ci porta le notizie da tutte le parti del globo. (Sì, ci porta anche i conti, ma quelli lasciamoli stare per adesso.) Il titolo del nostro giornale si rifà al film di Michael Radford…

Qui d’entre nous n’a jamais entendu de question du genre « Vous êtes italien? Alors vous devez vous y connaître en maçonnerie! »? Il n’y a pas si longtemps encore, les idées reçues voulaient qu’une authentique personne d’origine italienne sache…

This is the first issue of Il Postino. Other issues will follow every month. As the name of our paper suggests, the focus will be the Italian-Canadian community of the Ottawa area, its past, its present and its prospects for…

A photo gallery of the event.

Dear Friends: I’m pleased to announce that, tomorrow, we’ll be swearing-in our new Ontario Liberal Cabinet. It’s an experienced Cabinet that will guide Ontario through global uncertainty by focusing on building a strong Ontario economy. Ontario Liberals know that a…