As Drew White, a bartender at Algonquin College’s student bar the Observatory, explains that Budweiser is the Ob’s most popular…
Haute hijab
As she filters and crops her next Instagram post, Roda Hussen, an Ottawa based hijabi fashion blogger, reflects on how…
Montessori mindset
A foosball table, chess boards, orange couches and a full kitchen, complete with stove and stocked refrigerator. Not things you…
Learning through loss
I remember getting a San Jose Sharks hockey jersey for Christmas in 2007 labelled “From: Santa, To: Dennis.” It was…
Cooking up clothing
On a slow day in the kitchen, with plenty of time to kick around and socialize, Alexi Costa began speaking…
From passion to perfection?
Sarafina Pagnotta stands in the lobby of the Canadian War Museum, her attention suddenly grabbed by a group of visiting…
Uber cab confessions
Patrick Brodie, 23: Uber Driver since December 2017 Q: What’s one of the funniest moments you’ve had as a driver?…
Fake it, make it
Most people have heard the phrase “fake it ’til you make it.” As in, if you project false confidence, know-how…
Spirit of reconciliation
When the Truth and Reconciliation Commission issued its six-volume final report in 2015, it cast a long shadow over Canadian…
A walk across Ottawa
I have always been a walker. Living in downtown Ottawa the past four years, I walk everywhere, even when it…