For those with a passion for history, delving into the past becomes an exciting adventure in “Time Travelling”!

These new 30-minute episodes of “Time Travelling… with the Historical of Ottawa”, recorded in collaboration between the HSO and Rogers TV, provide a phenomenal opportunity to sit back and enjoy some wonderful stories shared by more than a dozen the Ottawa area’s most engaging historians.

Beginning in April 2025, a new episode was broadcast each week on Rogers TV Channel 22 (or Channel 23 in the case of the French-language episodes).

And now, following their original airing, the episodes can be streamed directly from the HSO website.

Enjoy!

Here are the YouTube links for the HSO/Rogers TV series Time Travelling.

Episode 1 – Paul Weber – “Go Exploring” https://youtu.be/4jbkQ1BVFEk

Episode 2 – Kevin Ballantyne – “Glimpses of ‘Forgotten Ottawa’” https://youtu.be/c4733IZ9yNE

Episode 3 – Rick Henderson – “Philemon Wright and his town” https://youtu.be/ueJn5cBM_yA

Episode 4 - Peter Atkinson, “Gord Atkinson: Ottawa’s Oldest Teenager” https://youtu.be/nPHqdAx0V7I

Episode 5 – Michael McBane – “Bytown 1847” https://youtu.be/mJEkeHB8ugg

Episode 6 – Jim Hurcomb "Ottawa’s Golden Age of Rock and Roll" https://youtu.be/dSuX48DwIUs

Episode 7 - Paul Couvrette "The Changing World of Photography" https://youtu.be/2knoj95cA9w

Episode 8 - Christine Jackson "From Steamboats to the NHL: The Cowley Family" https://youtu.be/lHwa7HRBCmc

Episode 9 - Leo Doyle "Ottawa's Surprising Connections to Basketball's Beginnings" https://youtu.be/RuIFu0qjkcw

Episode 10 - Jean-Luc Pilon "An Archaeologist's Perspective: Uncovering the Ottawa area's ancient past" https://youtu.be/UcdNCe7cBHI

Episode 11 - Jean-Marie Guerrier "Black History in Ottawa Streets" https://youtu.be/gjLxQOFjwO8

Episode 12 - Dominique Lajoie "Château Laurier : si les murs pouvaient parler" https://youtu.be/HtNk81ziyic

Episode 13 - Rick Henderson "Philemon Wright et son village"https://youtu.be/BVsDLomj2-k