The first two games of the Ottawa 67’s opening playoff series against the Hamilton Bulldogs were a chippy affair with 40 penalties between the two teams over the course of both games. But the lack of 5 on 5 play didn’t seem to slow down the 67’s as they head to Hamilton with a 2-0 series lead over the Bulldogs,...

In 2016 Ipsos, a global marketing and consultancy firm conducted a poll that showed 48 per cent of Canadians are less than $200 away from being unable to pay their bills. This is especially true for young people, including recent graduates entering the workforce for the first time, in many cases still working minimum wage jobs. When I graduated from...

As the cold beer washes down your throat, your mind only thinks one thing: that's refreshing."My friend from university got me into it," says Erin Bell, a 28-year-old software developer for the National Research Council. "I really enjoyed the challenge of trying to brew beer that was similar to my favourite craft beers.""Mad Tom was one of the first craft...

Memes come and go so fast these days it’s hard to keep up. Ugandan knuckles, Bird Box, air pods, Дpyr, zucchini elbows, tide pods, waves and absolute unit are just a few of the hundreds of memes from the last year. However, one of these memes is completely made up and you probably can’t tell which one. Modern memes don’t...

Joyce Menyasz sets up nine table easels in preparation for her guests at the Paint Nite event in Barrhaven. She pours white, red, blue and black paint onto white plates and places them gently next to the easels. Once her guests take their seats, she smiles and asks with a laugh, "Who's ready to drink? I mean, paint creatively?" On...

There was excited murmur going on between the people in the crowd right before the meeting started. Around 15 people came to the Ottawa public library located in Elmvale Acres to discuss the role of print media in agriculture and its importance in the life of farmers.“Vital part of the agriculture operation is print,” says Don Good, a professional agrologist....

The bright lights, the heavy bass, the lively crowds. There’s really nothing quite like summer music festival season in Canada. For nearly four years, I have attended two outdoor music festivals every summer. While I now consider myself somewhat of a festival veteran, it hasn't always been that way. If you're planning on attending one this year and you're anything...

For Isabelle Sinclair Takoff, dance has always been a major part of her life. Although the University of Ottawa biomedical science graduate does not want to pursue a career in dance itself, she is also unable to let it go. Even when it got in the way of her hectic academic schedule and social life, Takoff has no regrets. In...

Kyle Brunet, 21, a former Algonquin game development student, was diagnosed at a young age with nystagmus and ocular albinism. Nystagmus is a condition where the eyes make repetitive uncontrollable movements, reducing depth perception and visibility. Ocular albinism is a reduction of the colouring of the iris which makes the eyes hyper-sensitive to light. For many people with such visual...

Just before Valentine's Day, Ottawa braced for yet another 30 centimetres of snow, following a record-setting month in January. It was the latest significant snowfall in what had already been a challenging winter for the nation’s capital. Ottawa received just over 100 centimetres of snow in January, the most ever recorded by the Ottawa Airport for that month. “If it...