What better way to spend a Saturday evening than re-acquainting myself with a band I have known for 25 years but have lost touch with recently. 54-40 Playing at the beautiful Shenkman Arts Centre in Orleans, veteran Canadian rockers 54-40 celebrated their 30th anniversary and their last show of the year, with a rousing 2 1/2 hour show. They had the audience standing, […]
Rick Hansen chats with Canada’s Govenor General, His Excellency, the Right Honourable David Johnston, on the driveway of Rideau Hall in Ottawa Ontario, as part of Hansen’s Man in Motion 25th anniversary tour.
I first heard of Randy Bachman when he was with the Canadian rock group Bachman-Turner Overdrive, better know as BTO back in 1974. With hits such as “Takin’ Care of Business”, “Roll on Down the Highway”, and “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet”, the group and Randy, would be forever remembered by the kids of that generation as one […]
A few years back, while waiting at a local medical clinic in Orleans, my wife Nicole and I started talking to the couple beside us. He was the new Imam of the Orléans growing Muslim community, Mohammed Bin Salim Badat. We had heard that a new Mosque was planned for Orleans and that a building […]
Split second decisions… we make them everyday. But how many of us can say that the decisions we make may have saved a life or two? On my way home tonight, I came across this scene that had happened just a minute before my arrival. After assessing everyone was OK, the photographer part of me […]
Two memorials were held in Ottawa Friday to honour local fallen firefighters and those firefighters who lost their lives during the Sept. 11 attacks.More than 150 of Ottawa’s firefighters and police officers marched down Laurier Avenue Friday morning to honour the 343 firefighters who died in the Sept. 11 attacks. ‘You rushed in so that […]
Just a quick post as I’m heading back to the Capital Hoedown site to cover the days activities. First up we had Jason Blaine, Canadian country singer-songwriter hailing from Pembroke, Ontario who now calls Nashville his home. Billy Currington. The title of Billy Currington’s new album, Enjoy Yourself, says it all. Clearly, his fans have been enjoying […]
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