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As you have no doubt observed, this year we are experiencing a high incidence of swim cancellations due to the inability of pool operators to provide the required complement of lifeguards for our events. In many cases, we are advised of the cancellation only a day or two prior to the event. We are holding […]

After a bit of a hiatus during the early part of October, the ON/NO schedule picks up in the latter half of the month. The Annual General Meeting will be held via Zoom on Thursday, October 19. For more information see 2023 Annual General Meeting. The connection details will be sent to ON/NO members shortly.

The 2023 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Ottawa Naturists / Naturistes de l’Outaouais (ON/NO) will be held on Thursday October 19, 2023. The Notice of Meeting was sent to members on October 8, 2023. You can view a copy of the notice at https://www.onno.ca/wp/2023-annual-general-meeting/. At this meeting, an election will be held for six positions

Notice of the 2023 Annual General Meeting of ON/NO was sent to members on October 8, 2023. The 2023 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Ottawa Naturists / Naturistes de l’Outaouais (ON/NO) will be held on Thursday October 19, 2023 from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM. The AGM will be conducted by videoconference using the

Nick and Lins, the Naked Wanderers, recently visited Sunward Naturist Park near Calabogie. Here is their account of their visit.

Unfortunately, we have not been able to make arrangements to serve food at Pool N and, consequently, our annual WinterNude party which we planned to hold there on Saturday, March 4 has been deferred to a future swim. Nevertheless, special activities planned in conjunction with this swim such as the Duckie Race and volleyball tournament

An equipment failure and resulting small fire at Pool S on the evening of Saturday, February 25 caused the closure of the facility and the consequent cancellation of our planned swim. The incident happened around 6:20 pm during a public swim, just more than one hour before our swim was to start. Pool staff were unable

For many years, ON/NO has had a Twitter account (@ottawanaturists) which, over time, built up a substantial following. Earlier this year, Twitter deleted our account for a deemed violation of their terms of service (the details will be explained below) and we were unsuccessful in our efforts to have the account restored. We have recreated

Notice The 2022 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Ottawa Naturists / Naturistes de l’Outaouais (ON/NO) will be held on Thursday October 20, 2022 from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM. The AGM will be conducted by videoconference and teleconference. ON/NO members with full membership in good standing (those whose membership fees have been paid for

An avid naturist in British Columbia has started a formal petition to the House of Commons to request that Section 174 of the Criminal Code of Canada be repealed. This section is the part that criminalizes simple nudity in Canada. The petition also asks that a new section be added that makes it impossible for