Guide To Solo Cruising: Tips And Benefits Of Traveling Alone

 Planning to travel solo on a cruise can be an exciting way to explore the world, allowing you to connect with diverse cultures and fellow travelers. Solo cruising offers private time and social interaction, providing peaceful moments alone in your cabin or vibrant gatherings at onboard events.  Solo cruising eliminates

Irish Film Festival of Ottawa Ready to Showcase the Best Cinema from The Emerald Isle

 Irish pride in Ottawa in no way culminates when the parade is over, the shamrock vanishes from shop windows and the final pints of Guinness are poured on March 17. The Irish community here is a strong one with events that continue year round. For the last three years, one

Family Ties

 A review of Sugar in the Blood: A Family’s Story of Slavery and Empire by Andrea Stuart Family trees are all the rage. Part of their appeal is surely the element of surprise. The deeper one digs, the more likely a discovery that the tree’s roots twist and shoot in

Travel With the Tourist Company

 The Tourist Company is living up to their name this spring. Cities across Canada are welcoming the Vancouver experimental folk band throughout February and March as they tour the country. Be sure to catch the Tourist Company when they stop at the Raw Sugar Café in Ottawa on March 12.

Into the Blizzard: Walking the Fields of the Newfoundland Dead

 In October 1914, 537 young men from Newfoundland boarded the Florizel, the ship that would sail them across the Atlantic and towards the battle shores of Europe. The Great War had started in August of that year and Newfoundland’s governor had offered England this small contingent of soldiers. As a