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A community screening of Sugarcane, with members of the Odawa Native Friendship Centre. Photo Courtesy Ottawa Family Cinema

Lights, camera, Ottawa

A not-for-profit cinema offering budget-priced movies prepares to celebrate its 45th anniversary in a new, east-end location   Growing up poor in Belfast, Ireland, Jim McNeill recalled finding inspiration and escape at the movies.   After immigrating to Canada in […]

Fifty years of fun: the Nepean Sportsplex

The Woodroffe Ave. facility plays host to athletes, artists and artisans, seniors, kids, and well, everyone When it first opened its doors in 1973, the Nepean Sportsplex was the largest recreation complex in Canada. Half a century later, much has […]