All That You Need to Know About Parole
Parole is an offender’s chance to get freedom on certain conditions prior to completing his or her sentence.
Investigation: What Social Media Can Tell About a Person’s Background
Social media’s main purpose is to help users connect with each other, no matter where they are. However, these days it is being used for several reasons, including for investigation.
The Other Side of Reason – Where the past meets the present
Involved in a bus accident that took the lives of six people, David Gibson has been battling through PTSD for over three years. In an effort to better understand himself and to communicate with others, he turned to writing. His first book was The Other Side of Reason: A Journal on PTSD. This column continues that text.
Album Reviews: September 12, 2017
#OLMMusic takes a look at new releases from Mogwai, The Bloom, OMD, TAXI and LCD Soundsystem
Tradition Meets Technology at IL VICOLO
Check out Ottawa's first (and thus far only) outdoor pizzaria.
The Trudeau/Morneau Fairness Plan: Fairness As Defined By People Who Grew Up Privileged
Prime Minister Trudeau and Finance Minister Bill Morneau like to wax eloquent about “fairness” in the tax system. However, their proposed tax changes to fix what they say gives a growing number of small-business owners an unfair tax advantage over other Canadians has millions of small business owners from coast to coast seething.
Lucy Dacus’ Unintentional Breakthrough
Lucy Dacus recorded her debut release No Burden for a school assignment before she was even a full time musician, burning through the process in barely two days.
Ford C-Max shows why it pays to plug in
What’s in a name? Ford is one of several automakers that still uses real words to badge its cars. Mustang the wild horse, Taurus the bull – a sign of the zodiac, and Focus, well, an ability that our species is beginning to lose.
Most Albertans skip dental visits because the price is too high – and they aren’t alone
Last year, a provincial government report found that dental procedures cost up to 44 per cent more in Alberta than in neighbouring provinces. Does this inflated cost have an impact on dental health? You bet.
Ottawa Life at TIFF – Festival Survival Tips
Ottawa Life Magazine's resident film buff Keith Whittier is on the scene as our correspondent for the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). He's been there for a few days and has come up with some festival survival tips!
Jenn Grant Rediscovers Paradise
Constantly evolving over her past five albums, Halifax's Jenn Grant wanted to make sure her sixth record was a bigger step forward.
Sundae School is in Session
It’s that time of year again and Ottawa Life can’t wait to get back to school – Sundae School that is! What better place to indulge our denial that summer is over than a good old-fashioned ice cream parlour?
Of Parrots and Men: Q&A with Comedian Gilbert Gottfried
We chat with the legendary funny man and sometimes parrot.
Follow that Cab – Catching up with TAXI
“Usually, once I complete a song, I can close that ugly feeling and close that chapter. These are my intimacy issues! There may be more! “
Provincial governments will bear the burden of legalized marijuana
The Trudeau government is set on legalizing marijuana by the summer of next year. While they will enjoy the political payoff of appearing progressive on this matter, all of the associated problems and the logistics of legalizing pot will fall on the shoulders of the provincial governments.
Joseph Stand Together
Natalie Closner Schepmen was tired and unhappy with her solo work, so she called up her sisters Meegan and Allison and formed Jospeh instead.
Film Review: It
A group of bullied kids band together when a monster, taking the appearance of a clown, begins hunting children.
J and J’s Gibberish: The Journey Begins
One mother's weekly journey in raising her special needs children.
An Open Letter to Justin Trudeau on Tax Fairness
I am writing this letter to express my grave concerns with your plan for what you refer to as “tax fairness”.
The Other Side of Reason – Finding my voice
Involved in a bus accident that took the lives of six people, David Gibson has been battling through PTSD for over three years. In an effort to better understand himself and to communicate with others, he turned to writing. His first book was The Other Side of Reason: A Journal on PTSD, available now via petrabooks.ca. This column continues that text.
Stray Dog Brewing Company: A Homegrown Success Even Before Opening
There are line-ups outside their doors. People anxiously waiting for the opportunity to taste the latest products from Orleans's only craft brewery.
Inuit Modern: Art from the Samuel and Esther Sarick Collection
In response to a rapidly changing Arctic environment, Inuit have had to cope with the transition from a traditional lifestyle to the disturbing realities of globalization and climate change
Ottawa Life at TIFF: Must See Movies at the Festival
15 Movies I am Excited to See at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival
Marvelous Marvest Returns for Encore in the Glebe
It kind of reads like a dinner party but these Pie Plates, Chocolate Hot Pockets and Artichoke Hearts are not a feast for your belly but your ears! Marvest, a kind of kid brother to CityFolk, brings back a harvest of music to the Glebe with a lineup of more than 50 acts. It’s a local musical cornucopia of goodness.
Holly Caplan’s guide to Surviving the D**k Clique
Holly Caplan is holding nothing back in her edgy new book, Surviving the D**k Clique: A Girl’s Guide to Surviving the Male Dominated Corporate World.
