Interview: The Multi-Talented Tom Wilson Talks Art, Music and “Blood Memory” Ahead of the Minoshkite Indigenous Music and Arts Festival

 On Thursday, October 3, the Minoshkite Indigenous Music and Arts Festival is set to kick off at Ottawa’s Bronson Centre Music Theatre. The event, named for the Algonquin word Minoshkite, meaning “music to the ears,” will treat guests to an impressive lineup of Indigenous musicians, artisans, and cultural connectors.   The

Bad habits just won’t go away – Senators

 Expectations can create resentments? Yep. Especially those darned unfulfilled ones. So when you’re the Ottawa Senators – the new golden child of the National Hockey League’s collective media as well as the club’s jacked and re-juiced fan base – and you watch what came about during the team’s last two

No man is an Island(er)?

 People who know me know this – I generally like to bounce around from favourite team to favourite team. (I get called on it a lot, but I like to reference it as a privilege of age). Used to be the Ottawa Senators, but that was a little too homey.

Will upsets continue in NHL’s ‘second’ round?

 On to Round 2. Or is it Round 1? Under the new-look National Hockey League, take your pick. This corner went a true-blue 5-3 in its qualifying round selections, and now we’re set to stumble around blindly in the dark with daring predictions for the next round. (Whatever you want

JUNO Spotlight: Music on Canvas

 Any time I see a musician release a literary work, star in a film or open a restaurant, my initial reaction is a mix of skepticism and cynicism. Admittedly, musicians trying on other hats rubs me the wrong way: they already have one slice of pie – who said it

Tom Wilson’s beautiful scars

 When listening to Tom Wilson speak, it isn’t a leap of the imagination to envision a grizzled mountain man appearing out of the darkness the relay wisdom to anyone who may be there on the edge of the woods, the shaman in the smoke imparting collected mythologies and knowledge to