The Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts are Canada’s foremost awards for excellence in these artistic disciplines. The prizes are awarded annually to visual and media artists for distinguished career achievement in visual arts, architecture, independent film and video, or audio and new media. The awards also include the Saidye Bronfman Award for […]
Article By Megan Cheung Photos By Jean P. Labelle Step through the doors of Ottawa’s Wine Bottega and immediately the winter chill melts away. Nestled among big box stores in the city’s east end, the store is more like a comfortable parlor; the walls are decorated with framed paintings, the staff invite conversation and the […]
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 […]
Rick Hansen chats with Canada’s Govenor General, His Excellency, the Right Honourable David Johnston, on the driveway of Rideau Hall in Ottawa Ontario, as part of Hansen’s Man in Motion 25th anniversary tour.
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 […]
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 […]
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