Although the season of love has come and gone, there is never a bad time to watch a cheesy romance movie. This year you can skip rewatching the same films you always do and put on a new one. On Feb. 12, Netflix brought us the third installment of the To All The Boys I've Loved Before series, based on...

The annual 24 hour-long gaming event, Battle Royale, is coming back Feb. 15, hosted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The event will take place in order to raise funds for CHEO. In previous years, Battle Royale was held as a LAN gaming event where participants would bring their personal computers to duke it out against other...

In theatre, a day without a show is a "dark day." The Ottawa Little Theatre has had nothing but dark days since Ontario locked down in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This should have been an especially bright season for the theatre. When Ontario shut down, the theatre was producing Burn by local actor and playwright John Muggleton, which...

The start of 2021 promised a lot of things to gamers. To them, it wasn’t just the end of a series of unfortunate events. It was the start of a year that would revolutionize gaming. With the releases and announcements in 2020, the hype was building up. Two new consoles were announced by Sony and Microsoft, with a new challenger...

Creating a global buzz, the farmer’s protest in India has gained momentum internationally, but the truth remains that the wheels haven’t turned, and the bills haven’t been amended or withdrawn. The farmers are still protesting all around New Delhi in the cold weather far from their homes. What are they fighting for?The Government of India passed three bills on 27...

Feeling the urge to mix things up and get creative in the kitchen?Following her win on season six of The Great British Bake Off, Nadiya Hussain’s second Netflix original series, Nadiya Bakes, is now available for viewing. In Nadiya Bakes, author and television personality Hussain goes back to her roots by leaping back into her first love – baking. “For...

Ottawa heads into the "orange" zone of COVID-19 restrictions this week, with many business owners wondering what exactly that will mean for them and their customers. Ford stated in his most recent address to the province that cases were down, along with transmissions, and fewer people are being hospitalized, meaning the measures the province has taken are working. However, Ford...

Winter in Ottawa is a slog even in the best years, but lockdown restrictions on top of cold and dark days have made this season an especially isolating time for many. Ottawa’s second annual Capital Winter Pride festival, however, added a dash of celebratory colour and creativity to the season with “It’s Drag Henny!”, a virtual drag showcase starring some...

The world's most popular app, TikTok, has invaded the phones of millions since it made its global debut in 2017. It has skyrocketed to being the topmost downloaded app of 2020 onward. According to the Business of Apps, nearly 700 million people throughout the world are on TikTok monthly, and the app itself has been downloaded over 2.6-billion times worldwide...

When Kimberly Piper, a second-year student in Algonquin’s social service worker program, first heard that the Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre would be temporarily closing its doors, she worried for survivors of sexual violence. “I feel like we're just sending the message essentially that they don't matter,” she said. “We’re letting them down.”The ORCC announced in a memo on Nov. 10...