If you are already shuddering with fear as you take your seat in the theatre, they have a chance. That is, if the expectation of being scared is enough to scare you, the people behind Paranormal Activity may succeed with what they set out to do to you. But if you have even the mildest propensity for healthy skepticism – if you remember The Blair Witch Project as a marketing strategy rather than a movie-watching experience – these amateur frightmeisters don’t stand a chance.
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City gallery helps support local artists
Local artists are hoping that the newest acquisitions in the city of Ottawa’s public art collection will convince both the city and potential buyers that Ottawa artists are worth supporting.
Viewpoint: Ottawa fashion weeks leave runways empty this year
Gorgeous women have strutted their stuff on catwalks in New York, London, Paris and Milan. In Canada, Montreal Fashion Week ended yesterday and Toronto fashion week organizers are preparing for a Monday start.
Exhibit fosters multiculturalism
Photographs of Centretown streets hang in the westend gallery. They paint a stark portrait of Ottawa’s diverse population: the young and busy on Albert Street, a man of colour on Queen Street, and a homeless person on Wellington Street – a reminder of the people who make the city what it is today.