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.
Self-promotion necessary for Ottawa authors
Ottawa may seem like a sleepy government town, but all kinds of terrible things can happen here with a bit of imagination.
Wu Yun, Centretown NewsLocal mystery and crime writers recently celebrated 20 years of the Capital Crime Writers Association.
Viewpoint: A little graffiti, skateboarding in school can go a long way
You’ve seen them in parking lots and public parks: teenagers skipping school and skateboarding, even spraying graffiti. They are simply disinterested in the mainstream school system.