The Cosplayers of Comic Con

 Ottawa Life’s Festival City Series is back! We'll provide a unique look at some of your favourite events. We’ll go beyond the music with artist interviews, volunteer profiles, concert reviews and spotlights on the tastes, sights and sounds of the festival season.  Your city! Your festivals! Like a good sunscreen, Ottawa Life

Tree-mendous Tremblant!

 Photos by Andre Gagne and provided by Les Refuges Perchés, Scandinave Spa and Casino Mont-Tremblant When I was ten I wanted a tree house. I mean, hey, who didn’t when they were ten? The idea was a simple one. I’d build it atop the old tree in our backyard, the one

Holy Shocking Guests! Captain Jack is Back and This Time Batman’s Along for the Ride

 Ottawa Life’s Festival City Series is back! We'll provide a unique look at some of your favourite events. We’ll go beyond the music with artist interviews, volunteer profiles, concert reviews and spotlights on the tastes, sights and ounds of the festival season.  Your city! Your festivals! Like a good sunscreen, Ottawa Life

Film Review: The Lego Batman Movie

 Synopsis: Bruce Wayne must not only deal with the criminals of Gotham City, but also the responsibility of raising a boy he adopted. Stars: Will Arnett, Michael Cera Director: Chris McKay

Mock and Roll at Ottawa’s Air Guitar Championships

 All photos by Andre Gagne I’d never seen a giant banana have a seizure before. To tell you the truth, it’s a soothing kind of hypnotic I can liken only to the times where I may have drunk more NyQuil than the cold required. As one in the bewildered crowd

Walk Towards a Cure

 When you were a kid who was your favourite super hero? Batman? Superman? Wonder Woman? No matter who it was, you always admired them for their determination and courage. These qualities are equally demonstrated by the estimated 75, 000 Canadians living with multiple sclerosis (MS), an unpredictable illness that affects

Putting the "Science" in "Science Fiction": Bane

 Bane, often known as "the man who broke the bat," is one of Batman's deadliest foes. The villain earned his nickname by breaking Batman's spine and leaving him as a paraplegic for a period of time, becoming the only villain who has ever immobilized Batman. Besides being a master martial

Putting the “Science” in “Science Fiction” – Mr. Freeze

 Mr. Freeze is a popular villain from the Batman series, known as much for his tragic back story as his ice-based weaponry. Like many comic book characters, many changes to his origins have evolved over time but the best-loved version is that he was originally a cryogenic researcher named Victor

Putting the “Science” in “Science Fiction” – Scarecrow

 Scarecrow is a villain from the DC Comics universe who often fights Batman and his allies. Scarecrow had a PHD in psychology and was an expert in the study of fear before he decided to use his talents to commit crimes. His primary weapon is a fear toxin he created