Still the One! Shania’s Back to Rock This Country

 Photo credit: Renée Doiron “This has been my dream since I was 3-years old,” squealed one of the Shania Twain triplets that had just been pulled on stage by the real reigning queen of country herself. Standing alongside her were two friends, all three bedecked in outfits from Twain’s videos,

Bon Jovi Returns to Rock the CTC

 Photos: Renée Boucher Doiron Back in the day, the band that occupied the most Hit Parader poster space on my teenage wall after Guns ‘N Roses was Bon Jovi. In retrospect, it could have been due to the copious amounts of hair on said posters requiring all those two page

Briana “Hoops” Green teaches us Harlem Globetrotters’ tricks

 Photo credit: Dan Vazzoler / Video by Amanda and Brittany van Fankfoort WATCH ABOVE: Briana “Hoops” Green *attempt to* teach Timeout with the Twins some Harlem Globetrotters’ tricks. At six-years-old Briana Green attended her first Harlem Globetrotters game at Rupp Arena in Lexington, KY—a game she “couldn’t stop talking about.”

Hoops there it is!

 Photos by Nick Reynolds (nixaov.com) / Video by Amanda and Brittany van Frankfoort The high-flying, smile-inspiring Harlem Globetrotters are taking over the Canadian Tire Centre on Saturday afternoon to perform “amazing feats of basketball” in celebration of the team’s trademark type of interactive entertainment and commitment to fans that transcends the game. 

Any Building Plan Starts with Karlsson

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by OLMSports Dave Gross. Feature photo Courtesy NHLI via Getty (Andre Ringuette) Given the context, you can label this one as absolutely the worst season on and off the ice in Ottawa Senator history.

Rod Stewart and His Crowd Are Forever Young

 Photos by Renée Boucher Doiron “I’m sweating for you tonight!” shouted a moistened Rod Stewart to his Canadian Tire Centre audience. For many, it was an extra good Good Friday seeing the legendary Brit rocker back in Ottawa after a near ten year absence. Heck, some of them would certainly

Dialling Into the Divine Frequency of Santana

 Photos by Dan Nawrocki Dance with the unknown  Take a leap of faith Go out on a limb Stick your neck out Face your fears Reinvent yourself -Carlos Santana- Picture yourself in a boat on a river with tangerine… No, wait, somebody already took that trip. Envision yourself pulled by

#STUSTRONG

 Video by Amanda and Brittany van Frankfoort / Photos by @nixaov via Timeout with the Twins As the last breaths of daylight escape “Stuntman” Stu Schwartz’s hospital room on Feb. 15, 2016, he types a Facebook video caption: “I have some news to share with all of you.” He sends a shockwave through the

Disney On Ice Brings Magic to Ottawa with Dare to Dream

 Photos by Kat Walcott Disney On Ice once again graced the Canadian Tire Centre with their latest spectacle Dare to Dream! Disney On Ice, a series of spectacular and vibrant live ice performances, has been producing critically acclaimed shows for almost 40 years and their latest surely does not disappoint!

NCC and RendezVous Reach Agreement in LeBreton Flats Redevelopment

 After much waiting and speculation, plans to move forward on the redevelopment of Ottawa’s LeBreton Flats were made today in what some are calling a milestone announcement for Canada’s Capital. Both The National Capital Commission (NCC) and RendezVous LeBreton Group stated they have reached an agreement in principle on how to

SENATORS: What We Learned Last Week

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by OLMSports Dave Gross. Feature photo Courtesy NHLI via Getty Images From the highly anticipated "Things-We-Learned-This-Past-Week" department: If Bobby Ryan didn't have bad luck, he likely would have no luck at all.

WWE – You Still Got IT!!!

 Photos courtsey of WWE If you have ever been to a World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) event there are many chants you might hear from the crowd, ‘You Suck!’, ‘YES! YES! YES!’, ‘Let’s GO CENA-CENA SUCKS’ and ‘GET THE TABLES!!!’ to name a few. Several of these sayings may not make sense

WWE Slams into Ottawa

 Photos by WWE The World Wrestling Entertainment, more commonly known as the WWE, is an amazing organization that I have always found to be, well...entertaining. It has produced legendary characters like Hulk Hogan and Rowdy Roddy Piper and of course, names that are more recent like The Rock and Stone

Red Hot Chili Peppers Soar at Canadian Tire Center

 Photos by Renee Doiron Shocking the crowd with an intense bass intro and shredding guitar, the Red Hot Chili Peppers opened the set on the red hot flames of a groove all before Anthony Kiedis even took the stage. Showing off the wavy, designable hanging lights that were an act of

A Smashing Good Time at the Monster Spectacular

 Photos by Andre Gagne Tonight the ultimate sports and entertainment spectacle comes to Ottawa’s Canadian Tire Centre. Monster Spectacular is an action-packed live show where the world’s most popular and powerful monster trucks will compete, including Overkill Evolution, Bounty Hunter, and Black Stallion. The event will also feature freestyle motorcross,

Starboy Captures Capital

 Photos by Renée Boucher Doiron su·per·no·va (so?op?r?n?v?/) noun a star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness because of a catastrophic explosion that ejects most of its mass. Not counting the sun, the fine folks at NASA will tell you that the brightest star as seen from Earth is Sirius A, better

Chick-start Our Hearts!

 Photos by Renée Boucher Doiron A chorus of boos rains over Natalie Maines. She takes one step back, looks over the vocal Ottawa crowd, and smiles wide. This is just music to her ears. Her band mates Emily Robison and Martie Maguire stand beside Maines grinning. They’ve been here before and

JUNO Spotlight: Sam Roberts

 Nominated for: Rock Album of the Year (Terraform) Sam Roberts has been rocking the (True North strong and) free world for fifteen years now. It all began with his debut EP, The Inhuman Condition, which received two JUNO nominations. Since then, he’s released a dozen charting singles, including “Where Have

Lumineers Shine!

 Photos by Renee Doiron In 1933, four years into The Great Depression, photographer Dorothea Lang took to the road carrying her camera and the vision to document the downtrodden world around her. Her photos told the stories of migrant workers, browbeaten sharecroppers, drifters and wayward wanderers trying to find any bright

Chris Stapleton Leads Rugged Country Caravan as The Traveller Comes to Ottawa

 Photos by Renée Boucher Doiron They say never bring a knife to a gunfight but they say nothing about bringing Chris Stapleton. I figure he could disarm even the vilest of outlaws with a single rumble from his guitar, a thunder felt by 10,000 plus inside the Canadian Tire Centre last

JUNO Spotlight: Warren Dean Flandez

 Nominated for: 2017 | Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year (Eternally Grateful) In the first of our JUNO Awards spotlight pieces leading up to the big show on  April 2, we chat with eclectic Yellowknife born vocalist Warren Dean Flandez. Flandez may be rooted in R&B and Soul but he

Church In Session for One Hell of a Night

 Photos by Kamara Morozuk Most people may not want to sit through a marathon session of Church but when Eric is giving the sermon it's a guarantee that nobody in his congregation is going to be nodding off in the pews. It was Friday night in O-town and the disciples

Disney On Ice Will Melt Away Your Winter Blues

 This is a tough time of year. The holidays are done, we have eaten our Valentine’s Day chocolate, Winterlude is over, and even the snow, now slush, has lost its sparkle. Luckily, the magic of Disney is now in Ottawa at the Canadian Tire Centre to wash away the winter

SENATORS: A Week in Review – January 30-February 6, 2017

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by #OLMSports Dave Gross. Images courtesy NHL.com The loss of winger Clarke MacArthur for the duration of this season, and possibly permanently, leaves a hole in the lineup the club would like to

Dierks Bentley brings summer vibe to winter night

 Photos by Renée Doiron Winter and country music doesn’t seem like they should mix. The music evokes the image of wide open plains, trucks rumbling up dust on and endless dirt roads to nowhere and tilting back a cold beer on your back porch thinking about the one that got away.