The Beautiful Game Has Its Ugly Side Effects

 By Martti Lahtinen It's a beautiful part of the game: proud soccer parents on lawn chairs, coolers brimming with refreshments at the ready, cheering on their budding Christine Sinclairs and Dwayne de Rosarios as they swipe at the elusive round ball bouncing somewhere in the gaggle of moveable feats. Lurking

The Legacy Conference opens doors for Generation Y

 On Saturday, November 17, The Legacy Conference will be held at Ottawa’s National Arts Centre. The Legacy Conference is a meeting of like-minded individuals dedicated to creating open dialogue about the worlds of entrepreneurship and business. The conference is aimed at Generation Y in order to give these young people

OLM’S Top 25 People in the Capital 2012

 Ottawa Life Magazine’s 2012 listing of who we think are the movers and shakers in the nation’s capital. These people make Ottawa a great city to live in. Dr. Jeff Sherman, Deborah Wyatt and Jennifer Wyatt of TIPES (Thinking in Pictures Education Services) are truly heroic for the work they

The O-Train: Getting It Right the First Time

 The City of Ottawa's plan for an expanded 0-Train is being tackled in rather a piecemeal fashion. Eventually, trains will replace much of the bus service that clogs downtown streets at rush hour. Futuristic trains (aka Light Rail Transit — or LRT — vehicles) will glide from Bayview Station to