Mother Goose time

A Canada goose rests with three of her goslings in an Ottawa park on the banks of  the Ottawa River May 22.

                   Shelter in the Grass

A Canada goose guards a gosling while nibbling on grass in an Ottawa park on the banks of  the Ottawa River May 22.

                    Remains of the Day

Runners in the Ottawa Marathon May 24 pass through a water zone for the over 3500 participants in the Ottawa Marathon in support of local and natonal charities. Volunteers cleaned up the debris, mainly paper cups, tossed aside by the runners en route to the finish line.

                       Marathon Man

Not the youngest runner in the Ottawa Marathon May 24, Guy Sabourin of Ancienne-Lorette, QC,  still beat out
more than two-thirds of the 3579 participants in the event, part of the Ottawa Race Weekend in support of local and national charities.

                        Ottawa Marathon

Over  3500 participants took part in the Ottawa Marathon May 24, one of several events held over the Ottawa Race Weekend in support of local and national charities.

                       Marathon Blooms

Participants in the Ottawa Marathon May 24 run past a flower garden en route to the finishing line.

Kristin Jenkins, the communications coordinator for the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) of  the Anglican Church of Canada, has been appointed as the new editor of the Anglican Journal.  The appointment of the veteran journalist was confirmed by the board of directors of the Journal and announced May 20. Jenkins, an award-winning journalist,  has worked as editor-in-chief of various magazines and is a former executive editor of Chatelaine magazine. She succeeds Leanne Larmondin, who resigned as editor last year, and Keith Knight, who has served as interim editor since July 2008.

National Inuit leader Mary Simon has been acclaimed to a second term as president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the national Inuit organization. She was uncontested in her run for another three-year term as president of the ITK, it was announced May 15 .Simon's acclamation is to become official at the organization's annual general meeting on June 10.

Veteran CBC journalist Don Newman is retiring after a career spanning 40 years. Newman, who currently hosts the daily Newsworld program, Politics, said in a message to CBC News that he will be doing the program only until the season ends in June. Newman opened CTV's Washington bureau in 1972 where he covered major stories including the Watergate scandal. A few years later he joined the CBC and has worked in its parliamentary bureau since 1981.