Ottawa Life Magazine Becomes Gatineau Life
We're crossing the river!
JUNO Spotlight: Behind the Scenes with The Arkells
On March 31, we got to take a sneak peek behind the Arkells' live set for Sunday's big show!
Ottawa Music Scene Leveraging JUNOs to Showcase Local Talent
The 2017 JUNO Host Committee held a special event on Friday morning at the Innovation Centre at Bayview Yards, called “Ottawa as a Music City”. If you're scratching your head wondering whether there should be a question mark at the end of that, you may not be alone.
Prozzäk, For Yesterday and Today
Last night Algonquin College hosted Prozzäk’s second stop on their new Forever 1999 album release tour, after a twelve-year break.
JUNO Spotlight: Cold Creek County
Borrowing their name from the creek that runs through their hometown, Cold Creek County hail from the small community of Brighton, Ontario. Playing country rock with some serious pop appeal, the last couple years have been huge for the band.
Level-Up Your Weekend at the Capital Gaming Expo!
The Canadian video game industry will shine in the capital this weekend at the Capital Gaming Expo! The event runs from April 1st to 2nd at the Nepean Sportsplex and highlights some of Ottawa's incredible talent and indie games, as well as feature a conference for developers and programmers with industry-leading speakers.
JUNO Spotlight: Buffy Sainte-Marie
This year's Allan Waters Humanitarian Award recipient Buffy Sainte-Marie doesn’t believe in burning out. Seeing her live you'd think the flames were burning brighter than ever! It’s been 50 years blazing down the road and there’s still a fiery power rushing in her blood. It courses through her veins as a drive to create, to change and to challenge.
MusiCounts donates $10,000 of Musical Instruments to Ottawa School
Every musician’s journey somewhere. MusiCounts, the charitable arm of the JUNO Awards, makes it that much easier to find the starting point.
Album Reviews: March 28, 2017
#OLMReviews new releases from Finn, Empty Nesters, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Soulwax and Jacques Greene.
JUNO Spotlight: Dilly Dally
Alternative Album Of The Year JUNO nominees Dilly Dally are doing anything but!
JUNO Spotlight: Weaves
Album of the Year nominees Weaves connect through chaos.
Film Review: The Zookeeper’s Wife
The Zookeeper's Wife tells the account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Antonina and Jan Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the German invasion.
Film Review: Wilson
A lonely, neurotic and hilariously honest middle-aged man reunites with his estranged wife and meets his teenage daughter for the first time.
Justice For Abdirahman Coalition Expresses Outrage Concerning Police Solidarity For Officer Charged With Manslaughter
The Justice for Abdirahman Coalition (Coalition) is expressing outrage and disappointment concerning the solidarity campaign by members of the Ottawa police service to wear wristbands in support of the officer charged with manslaughter.
Naqvi Misleads Media
The Justice for Abdirahman (JFA) Coalition (“the Coalition”) receive letter where Attorney General Yasir Naqvi evades responsibility for his role in the release of Montsion without a bail hearing
Prozzäk Still Partying Like It’s 1999!
1999 was the year two little Canadian cartoon characters named Simon and Milo captured the hearts of a country by lamenting about how much it sucked to be them.
Pawsome Rescue Events to Celebrate Spring!
Each month, animal rescues in Ottawa host various events to raise funds to help animals in need. We’ve rounded up some of the many events happening around Ottawa where you can meet adoptable pets and the organization supporting them, peruse handmade goods, and donate to a good cause. Are we missing an event? Let us know in the comments below! This list will be updated throughout the month when new events are announced.
Tree-mendous Tremblant!
Mont-Tremblant's treehouse hideaways are a perfect escape to nature and childhood but so much more awaits!
JUNO by Numbers!
Ottawa Life got a close look –we’re talking Bryan Adams dressing room kind of close– at the production only a few days to the big night and now we’re going to let you peak behind the curtain for a glimpse of what it takes to bring such a massive show to the music loving masses!
Sizing Up Ski Passes
Whether it be dropping into the fresh snow of a back bowl, a vacay with the girls, or spring skiing with the family, it’s time to start thinking about the 2017-18 ski season.
JUNO Spotlight: A Tribe Called Red
When art meets activism something amazing is bound to happen. When that includes an exultant dance party set to pulse pounding dubstep, house, and hip hop exploding out of traditional Indigenous Pow Wow beats filled with colour, culture and an overarching message of positivity you’ve got a euphoric seismic vibration otherwise known as A Tribe Called Red.
Tara Shannon’s ‘Unfinished’ is Just the Beginning
Tara Shannon’s new album is called Unfinished. For the award winning singer songwriter from Russell, Ontario, that title has many meanings.
Brace Yourself (Book Review: Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari)
Yuval Noah Harari’s latest book is a sobering look at the limits of Liberal Humanism in a science and technology driven age
When it comes to health care funding in Canada, we should stop living in the past
Federal and provincial governments should work together to fund pharmacare, dental care and rehabilitation.
Film Review: Donald Cried
With sudden passing of his grandmother, Peter Latang returns to his hometown and encounters his long lost, childhood friend, Donald Treebeck. What begins as a simple favor, turns into a long day's journey into the past.
