Heather Johnston lives within smelling distance of the Otter Lake landfill. In 1993 she bought property on the edge of a wilderness area to build a house. Two years later, the city announced it was putting the new landfill three kilometres away from Johnston’s land, a few minutes down the highway from Bayers Lake. The […]
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Que Tal Restaurante Mexicano
Elizabeth Acosta and David Fillmore are a little bit distracted. It’s the first day a new chef is working the lunch service at Que Tal without either of them in the kitchen. They are excited and confident, but also nervous. They haven’t had three full days away from the restaurant since it opened in May, […]
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New restaurants 2013: EDNA
EDNA, 2053 Gottingen Street, 902-431-5683 Jenna Mooers can pinpoint the moment she fell in love with the restaurant industry. “I was in grade nine,” she says. “And it was midnight, painting the black chairs hoping they wouldn’t be tacky in the morning.” The chairs were for jane’s on the common, which her mother Jane Wright […]
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New restaurants 2013: 2 Doors Down Food + Wine
Andrew Farrell uses words like relaxed, rustic and nostalgic to describe the personality he, as a chef, brings to food. “I always feel a bit conflicted when asked to describe my style, because I appreciate the precious side of fine dining, but I love the practicality and sheer deliciousness of down home cooking,” he says. […]
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Kiss in Halifax, photo proof
August 1, Metro Centre. Did you go? If not, these photos will be your virtual concert experience. Put “Beth” on repeat and get to slideshowin’.
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Ooh la la Osheaga
Words by Amanda Wenek, photos by Ashley Lynn LeBlanc (unless otherwise indicated) Well, another year, another successful Osheaga pilgrimage. This is my third year hitting up the fest, and with each year it gets a little busier and I feel a little older. But I knew that the early sell out of Osheaga was a […]
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Wrapping up Ottawa Bluesfest with a time-traveling slideshow
Words by Jonathan “Mixtape Magazine” Briggins and photos by Scott Blackburn. Sunday was the ultimate genre-mashing day of this year’s Ottawa Bluesfest. From hip hop legends Wu-Tang Clan to baby-faced country sensation Hunter Hayes, there was a little bit of everything. Wu-Tang Clan definitely brought the ruckus as the New York group played on a […]
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Your window to the Ottawa Bluesfest
Words by Jonathan Briggins (@mixtape_mag), images by Scott Blackburn (www.gingersnapphoto.ca) Neko Case Neko Case was in fine form both musically and physically. Case, also known for her work with Vancouver indie giants The New Pornographers showcased a number of songs from her new album The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I […]
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Oh, America
“License and registration please.” A mountie with a hard beer gut is sauntering towards our car, pen and ticket book in hand. I can tell by the height of his fur beaver hat and purposeful stride that arguing this one is useless—I didn’t even know they gave speeding tickets for $400. That’s like… rent. This […]
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Laurie The Guy: King of karaoke
There’s an indescribable hum of excitement over the room of karaoke regulars just before the show begins. Like sprinters waiting for the start gun to fire, singers anxiously flip through songbooks—though they already know what they’ll perform—watch a stack of request slips grow at the front of the room, ask for the lights to be […]
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Here comes the sun
When it comes to true love, sometimes you just need a little patience. At least that was the case when Trimel Fidely followed good friend Liesel Castillo all the way here from Trinidad and Tobago for university. “By the end of our program, Trimel’s persistence and charm paid off and we were a couple,” says […]
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Homemade homage
While enjoying their anniversary at Clay Cafe, Jennifer Parsons had no idea the Christmas ornament she and Derrick Cottreau were making would end up holding her ring a couple of weeks later. But that was the holiday surprise, and only the first of the DIY touches that would celebrate their love. The bride opted to […]
