Ottawa ON – Ottawa Blues Fest ended with a bang and a bomb as storms in the area helped the roadies and gave hundreds of people a day they’ll never forget. Winds hit peaks all over the Ottawa area even reaching Cornwall Ontario with lots of overturned objects andContinue Reading
Ottawa ON – A few days ago in Moncton, Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo spoke about the need to repeal the Indian Act and abolish the Department of Aboriginal Affairs. In the national media there didn’t appear to be much disagreement with his position which is anContinue Reading
Ottawa ON – Clients with mental health conditions are benefitting from a new and innovative program developed by the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group in partnership with the Champlain LHIN. The program focuses on recovery, helping people with a mental illness to get on with their lives after a hospitalizationContinue Reading
Ottawa ON – A viewer from Ottawa sent in this photo he took from his apartment Thursday afternoon as he was feeling homesick for Lift Off in Cornwall Ontario and was wondering if perhaps the winds took one of the balloons on a ride! The skies over Cornwall, Akwesasne and the areaContinue Reading
Ottawa ON – Several media outlets ran with a story about a ship (the MV Alicia) with an estimated 90 Tamils on board that was detained while supposedly en route to Canada. Most featured comments from Jason Kenney, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration. What is interesting is the fullContinue Reading
The heir to the Canadian throne located in Her Majesty’s Canadian Parliament and the future King of Canada – H.R.H. Prince William of Wales, Duke of Cambridge has landed in Prince Edward Island, a province named after his Great-Great-Great-Great-Great Grandfather . Now that’s continuity and stability 🙂 Why anyone wouldContinue Reading
Ottawa ON – James Christie, founder of “Cycle for Lyme”, is now past the midway mark in his goal to cycle 2,000 km in 30 days There is now a brand new tourist attraction that will be bringing people into the Markstay, Ontario, area by the bus load. If you follow highwayContinue Reading
Ottawa ON – I got an urgent email this afternoon telling me to get myself to Ottawa to cover the first Anti-Harper rally. Now it’s Friday and well..it’s Friday, but I hopped into my non air conditioned car and zoomed down. Being a masochist I listened to CFRA (Continue Reading
Ottawa ON – Bruyère Continuing Care and the Élisabeth Bruyère Research Institute are proud to have Barbara Farrell as Canada’s Pharmacist of the Year. Nominated by her peers, out of a possible 32,586 pharmacists in Canada, and due to her work in pharmacy practice and interprofessional research, teaching credentials, innovative thinking yet impeccable bedsideContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Thank you Ottawa, Cornwall, Toronto, Kingston, and Brockville! Over 57% of all of our traffic come from residents of your cities! We’re still the number one Canadian ranked website on Alexa.com in or area. Today we’re the 3,149 ranked website in Canada according to the web trafficContinue Reading
Ottawa ON – North America’s largest animation event, the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) is reminding the animation community to get their work in before it’s too late. Entry forms must be submitted online by May 20th, and preview DVDs are due by June 3rd. There is no entry fee. This year’sContinue Reading
CFN – WHO: Lyme disease patients, along with family members, friends and other concerned citizens who feel the need to educate healthcare providers and the public about the consequences of undiagnosed and untreated Lyme disease. WHAT: A peaceful rally to raise awareness for Lyme disease in Canada WHEN: Friday, MayContinue Reading
Ottawa ON – Ottawa filmmaker Ramona Macdonald, a Lithiuanian-Canadian presently developing the 3-D theatrical feature film Silver Water, Golden Sand , an action packed historical love story to be coproduced with twice Oscar-nominated UK’s Zephyr Films, grew very excited after reading the Ottawa Citizen review about Underground, a novel byContinue Reading
Ottawa ON – Approximately 1,400 people gathered on Parliament Hill this Wednesday April 20th, 2011 in support of marijuana legalization, protesting by openly smoking weed. People met under umbrellas and tarps. The weather was hail, wind, rain and finger tip freezing temperatures. A mainly under 25, mainly female, groupContinue Reading
April 13 is the Day of Pink, the International Day against Bullying, Discrimination, and Homophobia, where everyone is encouraged to show their support by wearing pink. . Homophobia and other forms of discrimination are a pressing issue in Canadian society. Egale Canada, a Canadian gay rights advocacy group, recently releasedContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – It’s almost time for 4:20 2011. There’s a tradition growing that people go to Parliament Hill to celebrate peacefully and help create debate about the legalization of Marijuana. Last year Spanner McNeil was present and this is a re-publication of his coverage from Cannabis Culture.Continue Reading
Ottawa ON – Has the Japanese nuclear disaster got you thinking about the effects of radiation? What is PR and what is fact? Come to Saint Paul University in Ottawa Friday and Saturday, March 25th and 26th. Physicians for Global Survival will bring you facts – and provide anContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Over one thousand ostomy surgeries per year are performed in the Ottawa area , some temporary and others permanent. People from all walks of life, politicians, royalty, sports figures, professionals, teenagers, children and babies have had their lives saved by this surgery. And yet the word ostomyContinue Reading