Archive 1997-2016
The city will be passing a can of spray paint to Ottawa’s troubled youth for the first time this summer, proving that the downtown illegal graffiti problem should not just be covered up, but redirected into controlled street art.
Kalle Wainio places his BlackBerry on the table at a café. The old Bell flip phone sitting next to it looks almost like an artifact. With a shrug of his shoulders he says he bought it recently because it’s a necessity if he wants to continue in the industry he loves: music.
Local slam poets are holding writing workshops in the hopes of attracting new recruits before the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word comes to Ottawa this fall. 
Sage Mosurinjohn English, Centretown NewsIkenna Onyegbula, Ian Keteku and Brandon Wint are part of Ottawa's national slam poetry team.
Beavers, parkas, totem poles and Mounties.