Great ways to spend the 2019 Holidays in Ottawa

 Ottawa is much more than a government town, and though there are many levels of government there, as the Nation’s Capital, there is much to see and do. Some things cost a lot, other things not so much, and plenty to do that costs nothing. There are festivals celebrating culture,

Canadian History Sings with Sir John A. Macdonald: The Musical

 If the musical theatre world has taught us anything, it’s that pretty well any topic is ripe to have suddenly burst into song. We’ve had singing plants, dancing cats, shows on Mormons, the final days of Christ and even one about Spiderman. However, how would Canadian history fair if given

Man in the Shadows Sheds Light on History

 Former journalist and filmmaker Gordon Henderson’s first novel Man in the Shadows is a tremendously engaging historic novel about the assassination of D’Arcy McGee on April 7th, 1868. Photo of Gordon courtesy of Jason van Bruggen. To Canadian history buffs, the backstory is legendary: in 1867, three British colonies became