The Ontario government’s harmonized sales tax is meant to make business easier and goods cheaper, but local artists are worried the HST will affect sales of artwork and theatre tickets.
Local artists call for HST exemption
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Film Review: The Road
Sunlight through green leaves. Yellow blossoms rustling by the side of a house. Vivid pink petals. John Hillcoat’s The Road begins on a poetic note with a triptych of colourful, static images like floral portraiture in veneration of the beauty of nature.
Exhibit dives into Rideau River
An exhibit designed to teach Canadians about the importance of aquatic life began its cross-country tour earlier this month at the Canadian Museum of Nature and features glimpses of Ottawa’s own ecosystems.
Megan Cheung, Centretown NewsLaura Beaudry and eight-month-old Jake Smith learn about the Rideau River at the Canadian Museum of Nature.
Local artists want more action
A recent forum on the state of the arts in Ottawa has the artistic community buzzing, but they’re not sure whether discussing problems is the right way to solve them.