With the acquisition of the Currie Victoria Cross, the Canadian War Museum has now acquired 38 or the 99 awarded to Canadian soldiers in the existence of the medal, which is the highest honour for bravery that a Canadian can win. This medal was awarded to
There have been many firsts in Beverley McLachlin's career. She was the first female Chief Justice of Canada for one thing. And now she's published her first novel which is, what else, a courtroom drama. Full Disclosure (Simon & Schuster) is the story of a feisty,
Claudia Salguero moved to Canada in 2001. She didn't want to leave her hometown of Bogota, Colombia. Everyone with a chance was getting out and she didn't really want to abandon her country and her city, but opportunity beckoned and so she moved with her
When Steve Marriner was a precocious 13 year old he was already playing the harmonica well enough to get up on stage and sit in with older professional musicians. He was hanging about the scene in Ottawa then which in those days pretty much meant, in
It is a fact of life for artists that they need to manage their own affairs. It's not easy navigating this tricky world. To that end some interested lawyers in town formed Artists Legal Services in Ottawa (ALSO) to offer some help and sound advice.
At one point in Gracie, Joan MacLeod’s compelling play about a girl’s coming of age in an isolated polygamous community, the titular character stands on a road at the border of where she lives. The road is blocked by a chain, and there’s a No
The Silk Road stretches from China to Europe. It is a fabled route taken by caravans and Mongol hordes and now Kate Harris. The adventures of this resident of tiny Atlan, B.C. (population 400 hardy souls) have become a story known around the world through her
When the new Ottawa Art Gallery opens officially on Saturday it will be free, open and accessible, says the director of the $34 million institution. Alexandra Badzak told a small gathering of media and dignitaries on Friday morning that the "new Ottawa Art Gallery is a
In Telemetry, Shay Kuebler’s recent full-length work, bodies become mere conduits for external forces of rhythm, sound, and movement — like living fibre optic cables with no will of their own. It’s an interesting concept, but one that ultimately felt underdeveloped, detached, and unevenly executed. The
In the fall of 2010, Sharon Bala was in Halifax attending a conference. She stayed on for a weekend and on one rainy day she ducked into Pier 21, the Canadian immigration museum. "I was walking around and looking at all the exhibits which celebrate our
