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The Bradley - Retirement Living

130 Goulbourn Forced Road, Kanata

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Weird and Wacky Things About Ottawa

Ottawa has a reputation for being boring—the home of sober public servants where the sidewalks are rolled up at 6:00pm.
Au contraire! Come listen to James Powell from the Historical Society of Ottawa talk about some weird and wacky stories from the nation’s capital. These include the air raid that panicked Ottawa residents; the prognostications of an Ottawa weather prophet who scared millions; the “Ottawa boy” who hobnobbed with the cream of society only to turn bad…really bad; and the time when Ottawa rivalled Fort Knox. Let's also not forget sexy Miss Civil Service, chosen annually by Ottawa mandarins; and the tale of Ottawa's fabled chicken cannon.
Houses of Parliament, Ottawa, Canada - Canada Year Book 1914
https://www65.statcan.gc.ca/acyb07/grafx/htm/acyb07_2014a-eng.htm

James Powell

Historical Society of Ottawa

James Powell was born in Bermuda. He received an MA (Economics) in 1978 from the University of Alberta, and is a retired senior officer of the Bank of Canada.

James is the author or co-author of three books dealing with some aspect of Canadian economic history: A History of the Canadian Dollar; The Bank of Canada of James Elliott Coyne: Challenges, Confrontation and Change; and (with Jill Moxley), Faking It! A History of Counterfeiting in Canada.

James also wrote a History of the G-20 Countries for the Group of Twenty, as well as two corporate books for the Bank of Canada, one focusing on the architecture and art of the Bank of Canada and another on Canada’s currency collection.

James is an Officer of the Historical Society of Ottawa and is the author of an Ottawa history blog called Today in Ottawa’s History.

https://www.historicalsocietyottawa.ca/