Rockcliffe News

Children’s Holiday Party and Tree Lighting and Carol Sing, Dec 11 On Wednesday, December 11, at 5 pm, all children are welcome to come to the Community Hall for sleigh rides (parents welcome too), gingerbread house making, crafts and a light supper too. Following the Children’s Party, at 6 pm, is our time-honoured Tree Lighting […]

Speaker Night, December 4: Andrew Cohen, Journalist and Author, on After the Election: Whither America? Andrew Cohen, award-winning columnist, former Washington correspondent and best-selling author, will share his views on the implications of this year’s epic election in the United States. Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 8 p.m. Rockcliffe Park Community Hall, 380 Springfield Rd. Rockcliffe […]

Speaker Night, October 23, The Rt Hon Joe Clark: The former Canadian Prime Minister will discuss Canada’s Future in a Troubled World. Canada’s 16th Prime Minister will address whether and how Canada, in an era full of change and threat, can reignite its capacity to initiate and lead, both within and beyond its borders. Thomas […]

Speaker Night, September 11, Alfred LeBlanc, Canadian Photographer on Portraits of Cape Breton. Cape Breton native and former Rockcliffe Park resident, Alfred LeBlanc, will tell us all about his first book, a collection of black and white photographs – Portraits of Cape Breton – taken over four decades. Come and ‘meet’ some of Alfred’s Cape […]

Rockcliffe Park a National Historic Site May 28, 2024: Today the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, with responsibility for the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, declared that the historic district of Rockcliffe Park in Ottawa has been designated a national historic site. This is a singular distinction and […]

Spring Clean-up: Join your neighbours on Saturday, May 4, 2024, from 10 am to noon for Rockcliffe Park’s Annual Village Spring Clean-up Meet at the Community Hall, 380 Springfield Road, choose a street or area to clean (roadways, school grounds, Jubilee Garden, Village Green), grab garbage bags and gloves (provided) and take to the streets! […]

Speaker Night, May 29, Sean Silcoff, Award-winning business journalist and author, The Spectacular Rise and Fall of BlackBerry. Award- winning author and journalist, Sean Silcoff, will speak on the book he co-authored and which inspired the motion picture BlackBerry. It is the riveting, never-before-told story of one of the most spectacular technological upsets of the 21st century. Wednesday, […]

Speaker Night, Mark Carney, former Governor of the Banks of Canada and England, Chair of the Financial Stability Board, UN Special Envoy for Climate Action, and Chair of Brookfield Asset Management and of Bloomberg Inc, Reflections on the New Macroeconomy. Mark Carney will join us again to share his reflections. Wednesday, May 8, 8 p.m. […]

RPRA Annual Volunteer Reception, Wed, Feb 28, 6-7pm Please join your Rockcliffe Park Resident Association for its Annual Volunteer Reception to be held at our community building, 380 Springfield Road The year, Linda McDonald, book sale volunteer and team leader, will be acknowledged for her many dedicated hours of work by which she, together with […]

Speaker Night, March 27, Cameron Love, President and CEO of The Ottawa Hospital, The Future of Healthcare The head of The Ottawa Hospital will give an overview of the exciting plans to develop a new world class hospital and rebuild the future of healthcare for the Ottawa community. Wednesday, March 27th, 8 p.m. Community Hall, 380 […]