And the Ottawa Life Award Goes to…

 FOR 20 YEARS OTTAWA LIFE MAGAZINE has been reporting on the best the Nation’s Capital has to offer. This year, on our milestone anniversary, we wanted to show our appreciation the restaurants, festivals, hotels and people who put the life into Ottawa. In the summer we posted 20 Best Of

Harea Band Wants You to Get Lit!

 Photos by Andre R. Gagne When he was a kid Alex Harea, frontman to Ottawa’s Harea Band, wasn’t much of a reader. Then his mother started bringing him to the Ottawa Public Library (OPL). It soon became one of his favourite places in the city to visit. Sure, books brought

Beau’s Knows Oktoberfest!

 Photos by Anna Jonas / Feature photo: Pixabay While it may still feel like the height of summer in the nation’s capital given the recent rising temperatures, fall is finally here. The equinox has officially marked the start of the season and the leaves are starting to shift into a

The Top 25 People in the Capital: 21-25

 Photo by Valerie Keeler This year we teamed up with Crusoe, the Celebrity Dachshund, to sniff out the top dogs in the city that are actually people. Crusoe got his game face on and scouted out Ottawans that are the ones to watch. They are the best that the capital has

Feast of Fields 2017 (plus TICKET GIVEAWAY)

 We want to send you and a guest to Feast of Fields 2017! Comment on this post for your chance to win tickets. Feast of Fields Wednesday September 13 Ottawa City Hall – Jean Pigott Hall 5:30pm Atelier, Beechwood Gastropub, la Maison Conroy, The Piggy Market and the Albion Rooms,

Irish Pride is in the Aer

 As they made their way down to Lansdowne Park, no one in the parade seemed to mind the weather as they were all seemingly kept warm by their Irish pride. Soon after the parade finished the Aberdeen Pavilion came to life with Irish music, as it filled with green wearing

Boobyball Ottawa raises $70,000 for Rethink Breast Cancer

 Images by Ali Matthews and Danica Shamoy Photography. If you happened to walk by Lago Bar & Grill at Dows Lake this past Saturday, you may have thought you were transported to a different world. There were fire dancers, dinosaurs and men and women dressed in their best tropical duds

Ein Prosit! It’s Oktoberfest!

 All photos by Andre Gagne. When you’re a reporter at Beau’s Oktoberfest and you’ve forgotten your notepad you have to rely on some relatively hazy memories coated in a layer of partially transparent jelly once morning rolls around and you sit down at your desk. Am I really recalling a

Luxury Byward Boutique Hotel Opens with a Bang

 All photos by Danika Leminski. Ottawa is now home to the first Canadian luxury boutique hotel by Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Andaz Ottawa ByWard Market marked its historic grand opening with a spirited evening of festivities, food, and drinks in an exciting preview of what will be offered at this dazzling new