Remember weekends when you were a kid? Snuggled in front of the television with your loyal dog or protesting cat, watching Saturday morning cartoons while your mom (see footnote) prepared stacks of fluffy pancakes and crispy strips of deliciousness that you didn’t realize at the time were dead pigs leaching carcinogens? I’ll pause while you [...]
Category Archives: News & Events
The NCVA wants YOU!
March 3, 2013 – 6:04 pm
Hi All: During the quiet moments of your otherwise busy lives, you may have wondered what the heck the NCVA’s been up to for the last six months or so. Not too many events, relative silence on the blog, the VegFest torch at least temporarily passed to other organizers. So what’s the deal? Well, you [...]
Ottawa Veg Fest will live on: 5th annual Veg Fest to be held June 22 -23 at Saint Paul University
February 20, 2013 – 9:42 pm
Ottawa’s premier vegan food and lifestyle event, Ottawa Veg Fest, has drawn more than 10,000 visitors during its four-year run, including more than 3,200 in 2012. However, when its volunteer co-founders both stepped away after its fourth year, the event’s future became unclear. But Ottawa Veg Fest will live on: The National Capital Vegetarian Association [...]
Pilgrimage to Mello’s
November 7, 2012 – 10:46 pm
So on Friday Nov. 2, upon hearing good news of great joy from NCVA board member David, a group of seven of us descended on Mello’s Restaurant on Dalhousie Street in Ottawa’s ByWard Market to see if what David was reporting was true, or too good to be true. We needed to find out: is [...]
Arbed Rescue seeks homes for special beagle puppies
October 27, 2012 – 9:34 pm
The following is a guest post by Jennifer Roussel of Arbed Rescue. The NCVA does not have any additional information about the puppies; please contact Arbed Rescue directly at arbedrescue@hotmail.com. Photos are of the actual puppies available for adoption. This summer two beagles were abandoned on the side of the road near Cornwall, Ontario. [...]