Liberals Should Come Clean on Costs, Risks & Delays to New Hospital
Last week’s Civic Campus drama shows what happens when politics overtakes reason in choosing a site for a future hospital.
Synths and Strings, the Glory of the 80s Goes Symphonic
The NAC Orchestra is turning the clock back this week to showcase the music of 80s. Those looking for composers like Strauss, Tchaikovsky and Brahms, however, should turn their time machine ahead by a century.
Duchamp’s Replica Readymades at the National Gallery of Canada
9 April 2017 will mark the centenary of what is commonly regarded as the most important event in twentieth century art history, the submission of a urinal to the first exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists in New York, in 1917.
Better three days without food than one day without tea
Tea has played an important role in the humanity history. Despite tea is among the most consumed drinks around the world, tea is still a mysterious drink for humanity. However, once you expose to tea world, you will want to know more about its properties, characteristics and traditions.
Yuk Yuks Gets X-Rated for January Comedy Showcase
The Pterodactyl laughs as the Drag Queen Comic flashes the audience. Yup, it was going to be that kind of night at Yuk
SENATORS: A Week in Review – January 9 – 15, 2017
SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column
looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators
hockey written by #OLMSports Dave Gross.
Top Three Sporting Events In January 2017
The simplistic manner in which statics on almost everything on the face of the planet can be obtained make it easy determine the top three sporting events in January 2017.
It’s Time for the Federal Government to Show Real Leadership on Autism
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Mazda Still Delivers “Zoom-zoom” in its Popular Compact
Small SUVs and crossovers may be the reigning champs of auto sales, but make no mistake, compact cars aren’t far behind.
One in six Ontarians left behind in healthcare reforms
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Indigenous people are not the ‘ghosts of history’
Canadians are generally aware that Indigenous people were mistreated over time. Their lands and culture were stripped away through questionable means leaving generations traumatized.
The Other Side of Reason – Taking a Breath Together
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.
Jazz Up Your Winter with Dream Lineup
Jazz music may bring to mind smoky lounges and the rain drenched city streets of Film Noir before you think of snowstorms, -20 weather and ice skating but for the last six years the TD Ottawa Winter Jazz Festival has been adding a different kind of cool to the more frigid months in the capital.
Where Parents Go to Get Fit
It’s the start of a new year and people everywhere are making (and probably already breaking) resolutions. New year’s resolutions often revolve around getting more exercise, particularly if you’re a new mom (or dad) trying to work more fitness into your routine.
Online Casino Looking to Take a Chunk Out of the $6B Canadian Market
Ronnie DeLuca – Ottawa’s Hair Architect, Innovator, and Influencer
Double Check the Diagnosis
The other day I dropped by a café where I crossed paths with an old acquaintance. As we talked, she told me her business partner had died of cancer only a year earlier. Saddened for her, I asked her some details of his illness. He had complained of back pain to his GP several times over a few months. He was told to just take Tylenol.
Ottawa Citizen
A growing collection of links to police misconduct in Canada.
Looking for a New Doctor
Finding a new doctor involves a number of steps. First, you need to consider why you need a new doctor. Then you need to begin a broad search, contacting one or two doctor referral services, talking to friends, and tapping into other information resources. After you gather names of doctors taking new patients, you need to interview the doctors who meet your criteria.
The Other Side of Reason: An OC Transpo crash survivor’s struggle with PTSD
“When I stepped into the bus at my stop, I immediately noticed a few things; it was not the regular bus driver, there was a screaming baby in front and the bus was more full than normal. Nearing the bend of the road just prior to the tracks, I looked up and saw cars stopped, rail lights flashing and a train approaching, then people yelling at the driver to stop. But we continued, more frantic screams and then impact.”
Are Canadian taxpayers getting value for money from their Members of Parliament?
In this day and age, where we seem to measure, count and emphasize the all mighty dollar, it seems to me that Canadians should ask themselves if they are getting value for money from their members of parliament.
Vienna comes to the NAC!
Ahh Vienna, the City of Dreams! What is there not to love? There’s the Baroque opulence of Schönbrunn Palace, the beautiful strolls one can talk through Stadtpark, gorge yourself on chocolate inside Xocolat and sip coffee surrounded by the art in the Leopold. Of course, we cannot forget the vibrant and romantic history of the music.
Twenty Years Ago We Launched – Today We Are Re-Launching
2017 is the 20th Anniversary of Ottawa Life Magazine, and to coincide with this special occasion we are pleased to announce and launch our new and updated website ottawalife.com which brings more original content and articles to our large readership.
It’s Canada’s 150th and the Capital is ready to party!
For the last 18 months we’ve been told we had to “be here for Canada’s big year.” The countdown clock in City Hall has ticked down to zero. That year is now here!
Ottawa’s Top 10 Concerts of 2016
All photos by Andre Gagne. When you are an event photographer / reporter you can tell it’s been a…
