FitSpirit and Scotiabank empower Canadian girls to stick with sports
Scotiabank donates $1 million to FitSpirit to help support their mission of building teenage girls' confidence through physical activity.
Revitalized Ottawa Art Gallery Spotlights 6,500 Years of Regional Art
“Finally we have a home for the arts that is worthy of the artistic talent in the city,” beams OAG Director and CEO, Alexandra Badzak as brightly as the new John Ruddy Cube lighting up the Ottawa skyline.
A Night Out in the Capital: What to Expect
This cosmopolitan enclave is peppered with fun-filled entertainment, dazzling nightlife, and sumptuous cuisine. Let’s explore Ottawa!
Ottawa Fury FC’s place in the North American soccer landscape
Debates about grassroots soccer, player development and the structure of professional soccer leagues in North America continue. Fury FC is at the centre of these competing ideas as they search for consistency internally and externally.
Daalder Leisure Cabins: The Best Kind of Cabin Fever
Cottage life could be called a Canadian institution. Summers spent in a cozy cabin with friends and family are practically a national pastime.
Jesse — An Opioid Addict’s Story
Jesse is a recovering addict in Ottawa who says it can be difficult to access full treatment, including mental-health services, due to a lack of funding and the overarching stigma against addiction.
The Holistic Picture
With ever-growing evidence indicating the harmful effects of some current lifestyles, a new-found awareness is leading more and more people to take a different approach to health – seeking out natural ways to be healthy.
Darlene Kulig: Making the Rainbow Connection
“There is ‘what’ I paint and more importantly ‘why’ I paint,” she said. “I love it and it makes me happy . . . I do it because it’s fulfilling…"
Fresh Start
With fresh tulips at the market and spring fashions marking a path toward warmer weather, I sort through my closet to hide away all of my winter staples and clear some space for new additions.
The Front Lines of Ontario’s Battle to Protect the Right to Free Speech
The media has described Lindsay Shepherd as an exceptional young woman and they are not wrong. Rather than focusing on the politics of the people she defends, she truly cares about their rights to free speech.
It’s The Greatest Wine Festival On The Planet
In all, 25,000 wine fans took over the Vancouver Convention Centre where 43,000 bottles were opened, and 82,000 wine glasses were used during the event.
Timeout with The Henderson Sisters
Brooke and Brittany Henderson sat down with Timeout with the Twins to discuss #girlpower, being role models and succeeding as best friends and teammates in a single-player sport.
Kira Isabella Is Searching for a One Horse Town
The Orleans-raised starlet is ready to wow her hometown crowd and maybe bring an even bigger hoedown to O-town in the future.
Canadian Fake News Hits Awards Circuit
Canadian election studies have proven news and public affairs coverage, polls and debates as being the most important factors in campaigns, with a commercial value of many times the combined legal campaign spending limits of all parties and candidates.
Pro-Life and Pro-Choice: A Call to End the Battle over Abortion
This past week, the March for Life Rally took place on Parliament Hill. This rally is an annual gathering to protest the legalization of abortion.
The Art of the Brick Brings LEGO to Life
The Art of the Brick is the world’s largest display of LEGO art.
Who’s in charge here? The tangled web of disability governance and policy in Canada
At the heart of the issue is the fragmentation of the governance of disability policy in Canada, leaving no single ministry with appropriate authority, decision-making ability and, importantly, accountability.
Tearing Up With the Cast and Director of Cry Baby
Ottawa Life Magazine talks with show director Don Fex, and cast Nicholas Dave Ammot (Cry-Baby) and Emma Woodside (Allison) about bringing that crazy Waters camp to an Ottawa stage.
Album Reviews May 14 2018
#OLMMusic looks at recent releases from Janelle Monáe, The Creeps, Buzzy Lee, Ali McCormick and Varsity
Wee Ones and Grown-Ups Back For Another Fun-tastic Children’s Festival!
It was a beautiful batch of sunny Spring days filled with world-class entertainment for your wee ones as Ottawa’s most family fun-tastic event, the Children’s Festival, returned to turn LeBreton Flats Park into Canada’s biggest daycare.
Draft-day preparation off and running for Senators
This past week, Ottawa’s rather smallish scouting staff put together its final rankings list for the draft, slated for Dallas on June 22nd and 23rd.
More spending on health care is an expensive way to buy health
If the government wants to improve the health of their population, is health care the highest-return place to invest? Our analysis suggests the answer is “no.”
Ottawa Fury FC growing in confidence in 2-0 win over Atlanta United
With two goals in the first-half, Fury FC came away 2-0 victors over Atlanta United 2.
“Privilege is Not Just for the Privileged” – The Boys and Girls Clubs Take a Stand
Yesterday, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada released a brand new public service announcement showing the impact, importance and necessity of the Clubs’ work in improving the lives of kids across Canada. The main message? “Privilege is not just for the privileged.”
Danielle Allard is Passing Notes
On Saturday, May 19th, Danielle Allard officially releases Passing Notes with a performance at Collab Space.
