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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

[Update (March 19, 2021)] The following article deals with email reception problems being experienced by ON/NO members who use email services provided by Bell Canada (email addresses ending in bell.net or sympatico.ca). The severity of this problem appears to be getting worse. Early reports had suggested that members with these email addresses were receiving some

In Germany, it is not at all unusual to find people sunbathing nude in city parks. Moreover, in saunas and on nude beaches, nudity is not only expected but is both mandatory and enforced. Here is a quartet of articles dealing with Germany’s love of living life naked. Expatriate American writer Krystin Arneson writes on