Spice Up Your Halloween: A Tribute to Taylor Swift and Spice Girls at TD Place

 Sizzling Halloween Bash at TD Place- – A Night of Music, Fun, and Giving Back Get ready for an unforgettable Halloween celebration at TD Place Arena on Saturday, October 26, 2024! This all-ages event promises to be a spooktacular night filled with live music, family fun, and dancing to some

Turn Halloween at home into a wonderful evening for the whole family

 Question: Heart to Heart with Adele- Halloween at home Dear Adele, The witches, goblins and ghouls will soon be coming to town. Our children are already disappointed that trick or treating is off the table this year for celebration. Have you any ideas to help our children over the frustration

Pumpkinferno, FrightFest and more: Halloween in Ottawa 2020

 There’s nothing quite like the Halloween season in Ottawa. It’s one of our favourite holidays here in the capital and one that we take ghoulishly seriously. Throughout the city, you’ll find spooky events at every turn with jack-o-lanterns lighting the way. As well as exciting events out and about, there

The Halloween costume

 The Movati hot tubbers were chatting about a fellow member’s halloween party. We heard about witches-blood wine, devil’s-claw cookies and a death-by-poison casserole that is lined up for eats.  Our diverse gang all agreed we did not feel unequal or not included because we had not made the guest list!

5 tips for keeping your kids safe on Halloween night

 (NC) As a parent, it can be nerve-wracking when your child gets to an age where they want to start striking out on their own. Halloween can be a challenge, as kids often want to collect candy with friends long before you’re ready for them to do so. If you’re

A Guide to the BEST Haunted Halloween Activities in Ottawa

 That spooky season is upon us again and there are tons of hallo-themed activities going on in the city. You have two more weeks left to pack in some (or all) of these fright night spectaculars, so keep reading for the most terrifically terrifying activities around. FrightFest at Saunders Farm

Ease Into Fall with these Simple Life Hacks

 Believe or not, the fall season is upon us. Though it feels like the summer totally flew by and none of us are ready to say goodbye to the sun and say hello to chillier, dark weather, there are a few things you can do to make the transition easier.

TIFF 2018: Film Spotlight

 The Toronto International Film Festival has been a whirlwind so far and it is only halfway through. I am trying to see as many movies as my body can handle but also taking in different occasions open to the press such as red carpet events and press conferences. Having media

Haunted Ottawa

 As all types of spooks and specters ready themselves to take to the Ottawa streets, it’s the perfect day to take a look at the National Capital Region’s haunted past. As is said in John Carpenter’s Halloween, everybody is entitled to a good scare today but which one of you

Hallowe’en at Stornoway

 Every Hallowe’em Ottawa trick-or-treaters are granted special access to some of the most prestigious addresses in the country. While 24 Sussex, the Prime Minister’s official residence, will not be playing host this year because it is awaiting a massive renovation, the doors of Rideau Hall and Stornoway, the official residence

Mad Docs and Zombies and Ghosts, Oh My! Happy Halloween!

 We here at Ottawa Life want to wish you a safe and spooky Halloween. Catch up on some of our more haunting reads from October. Just remember to keep the light on. The Undead Are Coming: The history and ghoulish fun of Ottawa's Zombie Walk.     Saunders Farms Celebrates 25

The Great Red North: Canuck Horror Cinema

 For a country known for our over politeness, we Canadians sure do love finding new and interesting ways to kill people –well, cinematically speaking, that is. While there have been no masked psychos inventively using a hot Double Double as an instrument of death, collectible glass unicorns, an old mining

The Haunted history of Ottawa is just a walk away

 Photos supplied by the Ottawa Haunted Walk. There’s something scary on the streets of Ottawa this Haunting Season and it has nothing to do with construction. In fact, no car is needed to be spooked out of your walking shoes. Phantom steps behind you on the staircase in the ByTown

Saunders Farms Celebrates 25 Years of Family Fun

 All photos by Ali Matthews. Saunders Farm is no stranger to Ottawa area families. Located on Bleeks Road, in Munster, Ontario (about 30 minutes from downtown Ottawa) the Farm has served the community for over 40 years. Locals first got to know Saunders Farm for its pick-your-strawberries in the 1970s

The Undead Are Coming!

 All photos by Andre Gagne. With broken, battered bodies they walk the streets. Their hungry moans can be heard for blocks. Many are calling out for “brains” but most would probably settle for a pumpkin spice latte. They are the undead –or at least a reasonable facsimile of the undead–

Old Favourites and New Horrors at Saunders Farm

 Photo courtesy of saundersfarm.com. That chill in the air is a spine-tingling reminder that Halloween is approaching, and the place to be during the ghoulish season is Saunders Farm. It’s a little known fact that Mark Saunders, the Director of Fun and co-owner of Saunders Farm (along with his wife

Halloween

 On this night of all nights Of goblins and bats Wicked witches abound With ominous eyes And the blackest of cats On this spookiest of nights Evil specters alight In graveyards and towns And haunt weary souls With ghoulish delight Nearby on a hill Is a foreboding old place That

The Witch’s Broom

 One spooky night In a lonely pumpkin patch A wicked witch with an evil eye Cursed her sorry plight For try as she might Her broomstick would not fly Over and over again The witch sat on her broom Under the moonlit sky But try as she might Even reciting

One Halloween Night

 I was sitting around my room one night When all of a sudden I saw a dreadful sight Right before me covered all in white Was a ghostly figure who gave me a terrible fright I froze on the spot in a horrible state And nervously pondered my uncertain fate

Fool’s Gold

 The silhouette of a witch And the shriek of a bat Conjures up ghostly spirits And the blackest of cats This dark night of fear Sends terror to all But the fright is the worst On a late night in fall For Halloween’s the time To play trick or treat

Three Tips for National Dental Hygiene Month?

 Halloween is the Perfect Time to Take Measures for Lasting Fresh Breath and Oral Health Halloween kicks off a series of holidays celebrated with delicious treats, from yummy chocolate candies to gut-busting dinners to seasonal alcoholic beverages. While most parents will make sure their kids brush after eating their treats,