Take a Leap into the World of Video Games at PAX East 2017

 Photos taken by Isabel Payne. Logo belongs to PAX East.  Each year, tens of thousands of gaming fans descend upon Boston for a weekend of sublime overindulgence on all things video games. What began in 2004 as a smallish convention in Bellevue, Washington dedicated towards gaming, has blown up over

Long Road to Boston: an inspiring new book by Mark Sutcliffe  

 Ontario, Canada (October 25, 2016): Broadcaster, columnist and iRun Founder Mark Sutcliffe officially launched his new book Long Road to Boston to a crowd of over 200 supporters in the prestigious Mayor’s office in the nation’s capital city of Ottawa. Special guests included the mayor himself, honourable Jim Watson and

One World Film Festival Hits Ottawa’s Silver Screen

 Film junkies won’t want to miss Ottawa’s 26th annual documentary festival, the One World Film Festival, (OWFF) taking place this weekend. OWFF is Ottawa's longest-running documentary film festival, focused on raising awareness to global issues with a line-up that promises to deliver some fantastic thought-provoking movies. Friday’s focus will be

Sable Island: A Dream Come True

 All photos © Bill Freedman Like a lot of people on this tour, I first heard of Sable Island as a child—a storm at sea, a shipwreck, the people perish, the horses survive, swimming to the shores of a desert island. The story grew in me to become something of

Montreal flying the flag for Canada in the NHL

 Canadian NHL teams have, for many years, maintained a proud tradition of having a strong presence in the Stanley Cup Play-Offs. Although America considerably outweigh Canada in the number of ice hockey teams that participate in the National Hockey League, there is considerable quality North of the border which regularly

The Boston Bombings

 Today, as runners and Members of Parliament gather at the Centennial Flame to march in solidarity to the American Embassy, it is hard to believe that only a week has passed since the Boston Marathon.  This time last week I was running the marathon, overwhelmed by the excitement of being