Ottawa is the city of heavy hitters who have big ideas and even bigger egos. For a journalist, it provides countless story ideas, because something is always going on. “It’s a 24/7 news cycle,” said Janice Dickson. Dickson is a reporter at iPolitics, a website dedicated to providing up-to-the-minute news on what is breaking and […]
If you’re itching to celebrate spring or the end of winter, the Hindu festival of Holi is for you. “We are expecting 1,000 to 1,500 people to come out,” said Vinod Varapravan a co-founder of Srshti Seva, a non-profit organization that is putting on the Holi festival in Victoria Park this Saturday. People from different communities come out […]
Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty made headlines this week because of controversial remarks made about atheists during a speech he made at a Friday prayer breakfast in Florida. “I find his comments shocking and appalling,” says Eric Adriaans, the national executive director of the Centre for Inquiry Canada, an organization that promotes science, human rights and secularism. Despite the nature […]
If you want to see Batman, Spiderman and a Storm Trooper all in one room, your best bet is to head to Comicon this weekend. Fan Expo is hosting Comicon this weekend, Friday through Sunday, at the Metro Convention Centre in Toronto. It’s expected to bring in 25, 000 people over the three days, said James […]
