Archive 1997-2016
With self-conscious humour permeating the comedy genre, and an unquenchable Hollywood thirsting for ever more bombast and reflexivity, the only place left to go from riffing on cinematic forebears – a practice which lost all appeal somewhere between Kill Bill and this month’s Disaster Movie – is satirizing the industry itself.
A six-month pilot project that would allow small pets in crates on OC Transpo busses is facing tough opposition and criticism.
The first ever Rideau Canal Festival provided local residents and tourists with four days of fun over the Civic Holiday long weekend. The festival was invented to honour the Rideau Canal being designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007, through a variety of family and eco-friendly activities. Organizers hope that the festival will become an annual event.
