Kat Walcott

Photo: NLN When I think back to being 18, I remember being in my first year of community college, studying hard, and still trying to figure out who I was while I bridged the gap between teenhood and adulthood. That was almost thirteen years ago and it seems like the 18 year olds of today, Gen Z, are [...]

ABOVE: Boxhim currently makes men’s underwear, long johns and socks too! (PHOTO: @Dlmengistab) Hemp, a variety of the cannabis plant that is grown specifically for industrial use, has been found to have a variety of uses and, because of how fast it grows, is highly renewable. Hemp has gained [...]

Toronto singer and songwriter Melanie Durrant has 20 years behind her in the Canadian hip hop and R&B scene. Durrant first shot to mainstream fame with her 2005 hit “Bang Bang”. Kardinal Offishall and since then has been a staple in the Canadian music scene with multiple JUNO nominations [...]

The past year has been . . . something to put it simply. The ongoing pandemic has added on an unprecedented amount of sadness, fear and uncertainty on top of our already stressful lives. Now, more than ever, we all need to take a moment, step back, and make our mental health a priority. Ottawa-based [...]

Above: Nahomie Acelin, Ronald Felix and their three sons. Sickle cell disease is a relatively rare hereditary blood disorder, affecting approximately 5,000 Canadians. According to Health Canada, sickle cell is “...caused by abnormally shaped red blood cells that can impair blood flow, causing [...]

Toronto R&B and soul singer Ley Vara is fresh on the scene, having made her debut in 2019 with the catchy single “I’m Scared.” Five singles later, and after accumulating over 500,000 streams on Spotify alone, Vara is back with her sixth single “Red Flag,” a notably darker [...]

Twenty-four year old Megan Soo is doing it all. The Toronto born-and-raised multi-talent is an actress, dancer and social influencer – with almost 40k followers on Instagram alone – and she is now making the big step into the music scene with the recent release of her debut single “Let [...]

Title: Python Programming for Beginners Author: Patricia Foster ISBN: 978-1646113880 Is your kid interested in a career in computer programming or app development? Then Patricia Foster’s new book Python Programming for Beginners is for them! Foster is a Carleton University graduate and [...]

Unlike other major Canadian cities like Montreal and Toronto, Ottawa hasn’t yet fully cemented a cultural identity for itself, especially in terms of the arts – it is mostly known for being a government and tech hub. However, there has been a growing shift in recent years. Over the last decade [...]

After the success of their inaugural festival last year, local urban music collective and organization CRANIUM is bringing back their Cranium Festival next month even bigger and better! The festival is going virtual this year because of COVID-19 and features over 15 of the most popular and promising [...]