Sharp, sassy, funny and building a following across North America , The Good Lovelies definitely got the near capacity crowd at the Shenkman Arts Centre in Orleans in the Christmas spirit last night! Playing holiday favourites such as God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Santa Baby, Blue Christmas and Silent Night the only thing missing was snow. The Good Lovelies are not your […]
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What better way to spend a Saturday evening than re-acquainting myself with a band I have known for 25 years but have lost touch with recently. 54-40 Playing at the beautiful Shenkman Arts Centre in Orleans, veteran Canadian rockers 54-40 celebrated their 30th anniversary and their last show of the year, with a rousing 2 1/2 hour show. They had the audience standing, […]
October 17, 1980, a date with the mighty Led Zeppelin that would never come to pass. Montreal was abuzz early that summer. Led Zeppelin was coming to the Montreal Forum! The Gods Of Rock were actually coming to my city… the excitement was absolutly incredible!!! 25 September 1980. Drummer John Henry Bonam has passed away […]
I first heard of Randy Bachman when he was with the Canadian rock group Bachman-Turner Overdrive, better know as BTO back in 1974. With hits such as “Takin’ Care of Business”, “Roll on Down the Highway”, and “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet”, the group and Randy, would be forever remembered by the kids of that generation as one […]
By Jean P. Labelle Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak spoke at a business breakfast this morning at an event sponsored by the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce and the Ottawa Business Journal. Outlining his five-point plan for job creation to a several hundred business leaders at the Hampton Inn on Coventry Road, Hudak spoke about […]
Two memorials were held in Ottawa Friday to honour local fallen firefighters and those firefighters who lost their lives during the Sept. 11 attacks.More than 150 of Ottawa’s firefighters and police officers marched down Laurier Avenue Friday morning to honour the 343 firefighters who died in the Sept. 11 attacks. ‘You rushed in so that […]
Marlee Scott Megan Cheung for Front Page Media “I was always a ham as a kid,” says the animated, rising country artist Marlee Scott. She remembers dancing in home videos and recording songs with her childhood band, The Mermaids. At age 10, with her first tape recorder and three years of guitar and voice lessons […]
Megan Cheung for Front Page Media Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty says a new 10-year national health care strategy is needed for the province’s aging population. That’s the message Premier Dalton McGuinty delivered today during a speech to the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce held at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier. “Increasing year-to-year base funding by six per cent […]