Pain scrolling was a term I had never heard before January. It loosely means to scroll through painful posts and…
Revisiting my first experience with racism
On Aug. 20, 2022, I attended the WWE Saturday Night Main Event show at the Canadian Tire Centre with my…
The day I lost my breath
This story deals with serious topics such as sexual assault. All names have been changed. When I was younger, I…
The Empire Strikes Back: Upping the ante in 1980 still holding up in 2023
The Empire Strikes Back, is the second movie in the original trilogy of Star Wars movies. It was released in…
“You should always be proud of your art” Ottawa musician Nwar Dorée on why his self-confidence will get him through
Every time Tevin-Klyde Nzamba is in his recording studio, he’s an entirely different person. He is relaxed, calm and collected.…
SecondHand Stories: A non-profit merges books and animal rights
When I first met Liz Wheeler in 2021, she was still living in her Ottawa home, selling books on her…
Brittany Provost lights up Ottawa’s EDM scene
When you set foot in a club and the floors are vibrating with the bass of the music while lasers…
What’s the point of bloody daylight savings?
I am a creature of habit and hold a particular fondness for complaining. I complain when rushed or pressured. I…
Rockets and polar bears and northern lights, oh my…
The startled polar bear charged out of the lake, water streaming off its back, on the outskirts of Churchill, Man.,…
MP Anita Vandenbeld’s path to politics
It was a divorce that first brought Anita Vandenbeld to Ottawa and a serious illness that would bring her back…