Like Christmas and Valentine’s Day, the pagan festival of the dead is being transformed by a more secular ritual: shopping. 
Jennifer Goldsmith, Centretown NewsVintage is all the rage as people become more creative with costumes rather than settling for pre-packaged outfits.
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Books shine light on nation’s past
Books by two historians at the Canadian War Museum made the shortlist for the Ottawa Book Awards this year in the English non-fiction category.
Author digs up history of local cemetery in new book
A Centretown author has given new life to the dead in a published collection of biographies of notable people buried in the Notre Dame Cemetery.
Courtesy Jean Yves PelletierAuthor Jean Yves Pelletier in Notre Dame Cemetery earlier this summer.
Local fashion shows cancelled
Trends come and go in the world of fashion, and in the city of Ottawa fashion weeks seem to be on the way out. Last year, the city held two successful fashion weeks. This year, both have been cancelled.