Best of the Fests
Between its warm weather and cool, holiday vibe, August means anything but dog days in the capital. Throughout the month, the city is alive with enough spirited celebrations to satisfy any fest fanatic

Something Wicked
Witches and singing and dancing, oh my! From August 13 to 31, ‘Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz’ is in town to dazzle audiences at the National Arts Centre.

17 Things We Love About Ottawa
A compendium of some of the National Capital's most memorable attractions.

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Music, theatre, dance, special events, sporting events, and variety

At the Galleries
On view around town this month

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Mountain Parks Claims to Fame
Compendium of inspiring, unique and historically significant sites
Rivers to Raft
Each of the six rivers rafted commercially in the Canadian Rockies…

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Where Magazine Honours Canada’s Top Ten New Restaurants for 2007
Where Magazine Honours Canada’s Top Ten New Restaurants for 2007
The regional editors of Where magazine today announced their top ten new restaurants for 2007. Each year Where editors visit hundreds of new establishments from coast to coast. After sampling scores of menus, they have come up with their selection for the year's top new offerings.

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