Metropolitan Flair vs. Subdued Elegance: Toronto vs. Ottawa Lifestyle Dilemma

 Two Canadian cities stand distinct in urban living, offering contrasting lifestyles that beckon the curious: Toronto vs. Ottawa lifestyle. One, a vibrant and sprawling metropolis, pulses with energetic possibilities. The other, the nation's capital, exudes a refined elegance steeped in history. With its bustling arts scene, diverse dining options, and

Get your travel revenge and treat yourself in vibrant Toronto

 ABOVE: Toronto’s hottest outdoor space, RendezVous, with its bright colours, lively atmosphere, and all-around great vibes. (PHOTO: Curtis Pixels) We’ve all been cooped up over the past couple of years, but with travel restrictions gone and pandemic mandates lifting, it’s time to get your revenge and make this your ultimate

Best neighbourhoods to stay in Toronto for your city escape

 Canada is home to some of the most exciting and vibrant cities, with its largest being Toronto. Toronto is a culturally diverse and modern metropolitan city, famous for being a hub for food, arts, architecture, diversity, culture and entertainment. The best way to make sure you make the most of

Transpera Technologies – boosting business and growing impact

 Entrepreneurs rejoice! Although digital marketing can be a maze, the team at Transpera Technologies wants to help navigate it for you. All you have to do is pick the budget—even easier now that Transpera is offering a $300 credit to new clients towards any service they provide. Their goal is

Album Reviews: July 9, 2018

 The Gorillaz - The Now Now (U.K.) Despite his collaborator heavy release last year Damon Albarn's animated band has returned as a much more solo venture this time around. Stripping things down for more focused songs, Albarn makes an album with more distinct moments than distinct sounds. With the glossy

Close to Home FAR From Ordinary -Much to Love About Toronto

 All photos courtesy of Tourism Toronto There is much to love about Toronto. Hogtown, The Big Smoke, GTA or 416 as it’s known by the Drake generation has much to offer to visitors. Canada’s largest metropolis is a wonderfully multicultural and diverse, friendly, energy riddled, exciting, alive, vibrant and welcoming

Which Canadian City Could Rival Vegas?

 Las Vegas has cemented itself as the world capital of gambling, gaming, and everything involving cards, a dice and a weekend of high entertainment. But surely somewhere else in the 57,308,738 square miles of planet earth there could be a contender for the crown of the best city to escape

Canada’s Best Steakhouse is Popular and Influential Beyond Toronto

 Photos courtesy of Harbour 60 Forty-seven percent of Torontonians speak a mother tongue besides English. This multicultural smorgasbord contributes to the immense diversity of Toronto’s food scene and has made it one of the world’s great cuisine cities.  Within ten blocks of downtown Toronto you can choose from a plethora of restaurants

The Ultimate Guide to Toronto’s Real Estate Condo

 Most people who buy condos in Toronto often come for work, family, and even investments. One of these profitable investments include condos. Even so, many people are confused as to why they should invest, especially when there may be other potentially profitable investments they can take advantage of. However, below

Ottawa Welcomes Inside Out’s 11th LGBT Film Festival

 For decades members of the LGBTQ community have struggled with representation in media, with strong heteronormativity displayed in everything from advertisements to blockbuster productions. Despite Hollywood’s increasing display of diversity in its movies, the underground, dedicated LGBTQ film scene remains just as present as before, and is here to stay.

Steven Page to Headline Great Trail Celebration

 Photo and article by Patrick Lemieux  “On a physical, geographical level, Canada is a country that is still so defined by its wildness. The Trail is a way for a lot of people to connect with that wildness, especially for the urban community to still have that connection wherever they go.” -

The 3 Key Benefits of Virtual Offices

 By: Michael Sanduso  The Internet penetrates into our lives, connecting people from all over the world. Due to this new, increasingly realistic and more perfect ways of interaction have appeared and such notion as "distance" is slowly disappearing. It's easier to find people who are similar in views and interests.

Ottawa’s Cynthia Menard Wins Miss World Canada

 Canada will be represented on the international stage this year at the Miss World competition in China by newly crowned Cynthia Menard. The 17 year-old Ottawa native won the title of Miss World Canada on Saturday, July 22nd in Toronto against 56 other contestants from across the country.   The

Ron Sexsmith Charms at National Arts Centre Performance

 It’s always refreshing when a well-known artist with considerable talent strays from the norm, forgoing the bells and whistles of flashy lights or costume changes and making the music the center of attention instead of themselves. Even more so when said artist is self-effacing to a fault, which only ends

JUNO Spotlight: A Tribe Called Red

 Nominated For: Video of the Year (R.E.D.) Jack Richardson Producer of the Year (Sila, R.E.D.) Electronic Album of the Year (We Are the Halluci Nation) 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

The Turning Point and a New Era for Music Enthusiasts

 Photos by Andre Gagne / Dan Gamble and Nick Beaton photo courtesy of Dan Gamble There was a time in Toronto where you could drive downtown in the rain, say around 9:30 on a Tuesday night, just to check out the late night record shop. Above Yonge Street the hypnotizing neon

SENATORS: A Week in Review – November 14-20, 2016

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by #OLMSports Dave Gross. Images from NHL.com. The timing couldn't be better for - well - bad timing. Let's face it, as the Ottawa Senators' brain-trust was reminiscing about two stinkers this past

Ottawa Sports Market the Real Winner as REDBLACKS Book Return Trip to Grey Cup

 Images courtesy of @Redblacks. The Ottawa REDBLACKS are headed to their second-straight Grey Cup following 35-23 win over the visiting Edmonton Eskimos in the East Division final. The REDBLACKS raced out to a  17-3 halftime lead, and led by as much as 22 before Edmonton made an ill-fated comeback attempt.

Plans of His Own – The Gordon Lightfoot Interview – Part 1

 Listen to part one of our interview with Gordon Lightfoot above. The singer lay silenced, his synapses struggling for some light within the darkness of the coma that had muted his voice. An eye flutter here, a possible movement there but the man who’s music meant much to many, a

Canada at the Forefront of the FinTech Scene

 According to Gerald Cotton, CEO of the Canadian Bitcoin exchange, Quadriga, “The FinTech industry has done a great job of positioning Canada high up on the global scale.” Over 100 FinTech start-ups have emerged in the country since 2010, collectively raising over $1billion, and this has served to draw attention

Swan Lake: Ballet Jörgen Puts New Spin on Timeless Classic

 Images supplied by Ballet Jörgen. Inspiration, excitement, pleasure, happiness, and fatigue are all words ballet dancer Saniya Abilmajineva uses to describe what moves through her mind and body as her feet flow like windblown silk across the stage. Adrenalin still coursing inside but exhausted, she admits to feeling devastation in

Iman Najidzadeh Counts the Reasons He’s Thankful for His CUSW Membership

 Iman Najibzadeh migrated to Canada from Iran in 2011. Once here, he began his apprenticeship to become a licensed electrician. During his time spent studying, he had to find work; he worked for two years with a non-unionized construction company. “The biggest thing I noticed is that they didn’t care

A New Stage in Canada-Hungary Relations

 There are more than 300,000 Canadians of Hungarian descent living in Canada today. Many of them are musicians, film producers and CEOs, one is even an 87-year-old Nobel Laureate. Hungarian Canadians live all over the country, from the East Coast to the West, and despite their diversity, many of them

Piecing Together the Abstract

 Photos by Alex Mazur. Have you ever let your mind wander while watching passing clouds floating through the sky? Suddenly those white wisps look like a sailboat, or that fluffy cloud looks unmistakably like a cuddly bunny. This psychological phenomenon is called pareidolia, an instance where the mind recognizes familiar

How to Reign in the Excessive Costs of Policing

 Photo by Darryl T. Davies. While it’s a good thing that the major players involved in policing in this city have agreed to work out their internal problems there are important issues that need to be addressed.  First and foremost is the question of who exactly rules the police?  In