The Canadian Tulip Festival celebrates its platinum anniversary

 What: Canadian Tulip Festival When: May 13 - 23, 2022 Where: Commissioners Park Cost: Free After going virtual for two years in response to the pandemic, the beloved Canadian Tulip Festival returns in-person this year. The ten-day festival kicks off on Friday, May 13th, and promises to be bigger and

What’s Happening in Ottawa: February 7-9, 2020

 What: Capital Hoops Classic When: February 7th, Where: TD Place Arena Price: $14 - $40 Long-time rivals Carleton and OttawaU go head to head this weekend! Both the Women's and Men’s basketball teams of the respective schools will compete for the 2020 Capital Hoops title! Tickets are going fast, so

Neighbourhood Spotlight: Preston Street/Little Italy

 With Light Rail on the horizon, here at Ottawa Life we’ve decided to start a series where we break down each of Ottawa’s neighbourhoods. We’re profiling each area by price, transportation, and lifestyle. Whether you’re a young professional or a family-making nest-builder, we’re giving you the details on every corner

40 Years and We STILL Love Our Winterlude!

 Lordy, Lordy, look who’s 40! We’re not busting out the ruby red for you, Winterlude, because, as always, you’re all about the winter white. Ottawa’s festival dedicated to all things snow, ice and sub-zero (you know, in case you didn’t step outside today) opted out of purchasing a sports car

Little Italy Profile

 Located just West of Centretown, near Dow’s Lake and the War Museum, Little Italy, similar to Chinatown, lives up to its name. The focus of this neighbourhood is, you probably guessed it, Italian food and heritage. A stroll down Preston Street will leave you craving a bowl of pasta, if

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

The Art Within the Tulips

 All photos by Andre Gagne Another Canadian Tulip Festival has wound down over the Victoria Day Holiday seeing many crowds fill Dow's Lake and Lansdowne Park. This year's festival saw spectacular arrays of fireworks, some big band jazz, magic and more but, of course, the star attractions were the tulips that bloom beautiful

Celebrating the Flower of Freedom

 This month the 2015 Canadian Tulip Festival marks the 70th anniversary commemorating the close ties between Canada and the Netherlands. The close ties between the countries can be traced back to the liberation of the kingdom of Netherlands, when Holland’s Princess Juliana and her family sought refuge from the invading German military during the Second World War. In 1943,

The Bulbs are Back: Canadian Tulip Festival Injects Colour in the Capital

 It's been a long spring -- if one could call it that. Finally, Ottawa will be exposed to bright, bold colour (and hopefully some sun) at this year's Canadian Tulip Festival. The event runs from May 9 to 19, offering ten fun-filled days of family events and activities. Claimed to