The Distress Centre of Ottawa and Region celebrated 50 years of helping people in 2019 In 2015, Jennifer B. was wrestling with postpartum depression after the birth of her second child. At the time, the Ottawa resident, who asked […]
Tracey Tong
Above board
Nothing says hygge like a beautiful snack board enjoyed with loved ones – The BakerMama serves up three recipes guaranteed to make your next get-together merry and bright Introduction by Tracey Tong […]
The sweetest tree
This winter, create your own family holiday tradition, says columnist Kita Szpak I write this with joy and amusement. I only learned this year that my boys – I should call them men now but being a mom, they’ll always […]
12 Great family fun events
Christmas Lights Across Canada When: Now through January 5 Where: Parliament Hill What: The 35th edition of Christmas Lights Across Canada kicked off on December 5. The program was introduced in 1985 to showcase monuments and sites along Confederation Boulevard […]
Cold comfort
Ottawa residents share what keeps them hygge for the holidays As lovely as Ottawa is, winters in the capital can be brutal. Between trying to navigate snowbanks with a stroller, struggling in – and out – of snow pants (then […]
Anniversary edition: Celebrating 10 years, Parenting Times is loved by more parents than ever
The winter of 2009 dropped more than a whack of snow on Ottawa – it also delivered the inaugural edition of Ottawa Parenting Times on newsstands across the city. The birth of a new publication in the small Ottawa […]
Anniversary edition: Stay at home or go back to work?
Editor’s note: Even for the busiest of us, it’s important to take pause and evaluate how we’ve changed and grown. Flipping through the editions from the last 10 years – a veritable trip down memory lane! – it’s only fitting […]
Anniversary edition: Living large
Editor’s Note: Flipping through the editions from the last 10 years – a veritable trip down memory lane! – it’s only fitting that our anniversary issue be a reflection on the best of Ottawa Parenting Times. We poured through the […]
12 Great family fun events
The Casino Lac-Leamy Sound of Light When: Wednesdays and Saturdays, August 10 through 24 Where: Canadian Museum of History, 100 Laurier St., Gatineau What: With a mission of encouraging cultural discoveries through a varied and international artistic program, the Sound […]
Inspired by love
An Orleans mother and grandmother makes colourful – and useful – creations from her home A few years ago, Laurie Violini’s daughter and her friends were all starting families. “It seemed everywhere I looked, there were babies and toddlers,” […]