Mikhail Laxton, an Ottawa based singer songwriter, has been nominated for the Capital Music Awards (CMA) after releasing his debut album in the summer of 2023. The album, inspired by the loss of his loved ones, was created as a coping mechanism to help him get through his grief and songs dating back to 2020, […]
The Ottawa Music Industry Coalition (OMIC) is seeing more musicians joining their coalition since the pandemic provided a period of creativity to aspiring artists. Melanie Brulée, executive director of the OMIC is encouraged to see this level of growth. The City of Ottawa is well known for its love of music, Brulée said, and that […]
With inflation having reached a high of 5.92 per cent rate in 2023, the Ottawa Food Bank is finding more donations from companies and people, and more visitors asking for their help. Food basics, CLV, InterRent and Premium meats have all made hefty donations to the Ottawa Food Bank in the last few months, with Premium […]
Aysanabee, an Oji-Cree singer-songwriter, is up for three nominations at the 2024 JUNOs with last year’s album release Here and Now. His October 2023 released album has given him nominations for these categories: Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year and Alternative Album of the Year. With these nominations, he is the most […]
On February 25th, 2024, the NCC made the decision to close the Rideau Canal skate-way for the season at 10pm, officially ending Ottawa’s on-again, off-again relationship with the Canal. Many skaters and Rideau Canal lovers are upset by this closure, as it is no longer temporary. The ice conditions of the Canal were in poor […]
After revealing on January 24th that the city of Ottawa signed a deal with housing minister Sean Fraser to be part of the Federal Governments four-billion-dollar housing accelerator fund, Ottawa has finally been given a budget: $176 million dollars. Mayor of Ottawa, Mark Sutcliffe, claims that “the city worked hard to get as much money as […]
The Star Wars franchise is only continuing to grow as Lucasfilm, the Dakota Ojibway tribal council and the University of Manitoba have agreed to translate the first film into the Indigenous language: Ojibwe. These companies have entered a partnership with Disney and APTN to make the translated version of “Star Wars: A New Hope”. Auditions, […]
Groundhogs across the continent have given their answer today on whether or not their will be six more weeks of winter. With a 50/50 split of groundhogs declarations, one groundhog saved the day for Canadians. Punxsutawney Phil saw no shadow, declaring an early spring. USAToday, an American news site, claims that this is the first […]
Pikangikum youth are holding a 120 km bike ride from Red Lake, Ontario to Pikangikum, First Nation this weekend as a fundraising event. In partnership with the OPP and New Hope Community Bikes, the youth of Pikangikum created this bike ride in hopes of fundraising money to ultimately improve the community’s bike shop and youth […]
A major winter storm is expected to hit the Ottawa valley and Western Quebec area Tuesday night and will continue through to Wednesday morning. The weather network and environment Canada have issued a Winter Storm warning on Monday afternoon. The Ottawa area has already received 12.8 centimetres of snow over the weekend and this […]