Publisher’s Message: Canada Lives in the Centre

 Ottawa is still a small big town. Federal politics are deeply woven into   the community and play a large part in the vibe of the city.  Politics can be a nasty business and I believe that over the past two decades the political arena has become exceptionally partisan and toxic

The Celebrity Look for Less: Kirsten Dunst

 The month of May is all about slowly transitioning out of your winter wardrobe while embracing the trends for summer. Actress Kirsten Dunst attended the Spirit Awards wearing a casual chic ensemble appealing to her laidback demeanor. Achieving this look is quite simple with only a few needed additions to

Gypsy “Now Playing” in Cornwall

 Are you into rock, soul and some blues? Then you have to be at Gypsy's new CD release party this Saturday at the Lola's Pub in Cornwall. The Cornwall based band is releasing "Now Playing” - their second album. Gypsy members: Camil Lapointe (guitar), Christine Hickey (cello), Bobby Tessier (bass)

Film Review: The Cabin in the Woods

 If you like movies about cabins in the pines with secret elevators underneath them leading to a compound populated by busy scientists and IT experts in white shirts and lab coats holding clipboards and viewing dozens of large screen monitors as they work for a government agency mandated to ward

Solar Dance: Genius, Forgery, and the Crisis of Truth in the Modern Age

 Today Vincent Van Gogh is everywhere. Prints of the Dutch master’s most famous paintings adorn student dormitories, living rooms and cafes.  Many paintings feature the moon and stars or the sun hovering over landscapes. Van Gogh’s ubiquity, however, has undermined our appreciation of his role in helping us understand some

Polling Déjà vu in Wild Rose Country

 In November of 1936, in the depths of the Great Depression, incumbent Democrat President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was running for re-election in what appeared to be an extremely hostile political climate. The American unemployment rate was roughly 25% and there was an ideological divide in much of the country regarding

Recipe for a Dancer

 By: Chick Snipper With the arrival of shows like So You Think You Can Dance (important enough to have its own acronym — SYTYCD) and Dancing with the Stars, to name the two biggies, dance has become the new American Dream. Fame, fortune, partners with pecs — they can be

Book Review: Behind The Bank Counter

 Brian L. Coventry’s You Can Bank on That: The Early Years, a second sequel to the author's first book Adopted at Age Four, will give its readers a perspective on how the credit business operates inside and out. In this book, the main character Leslie Swartman - - who was

Dalai Lama Visits Ottawa

 The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet may have come with a serious message, but His Holiness started his public address to the City of Ottawa last Saturday with characteristic humor. With a twinkle in his eye and placing a red baseball cap upon his head before an audience of 7,000