Neighbourhood Wars is Apartment613′s yearly battle to determine which Ottawa neighbourhood can claim to be better than all others. The winner gets a year’s supply of glory and bragging rights. Show your support for your favourite Hood Wars contestant by picking up our special hood wars pins (pictured to the left), availible online soon! The [...]

A day in the life, a series cooked up by Jessica, offers a glimpse behind the scenes of some of the National Capital Region’s favourite food related businesses. Gil and Janet Roberge are the husband and wife team behind Zest Café and Catering, a business they started in their house doing a few orders here and there [...]

Video of a student action on March 8 when Jean Charest came to Gatineau to sell his northern development plan to the business community.
Manifestation étudiante-populaire le 8 mars 2012 à l’occasion du passage de Jean Charest au Palais de…

As you turn the corner onto Notre-Dame-de-l’île from Boulevard des Allumetières, observing the funky houses in the area, you will notice a fluorescent light written Ouvert  in the dim street. In this case, head towards the light to find salvation which will come in the form of a sandwich. The family run p’tite épicerie du [...]

[ Friday, January 20, 2012 12:00 pm to Saturday, January 21, 2012 5:00 pm. ]

Gatineau’s first-ever winter beer festival, a follow-up to the successful Gatineau Beerfest held this spring, WinterBeerFest: The Winter’Ales of Gatineau promises to deliver a mouth-watering mix of artisanal beer, local hand-crafted food, music and fun, where foodies, locals and tourists visiting Canada’s National Capital Region can delight body and soul.

Chateau Cartier offers the ideal setting [...]

All photos by Rémi Thériault.
Post and photographs by Rémi Thériault. Originally posted on Artengine.
What better way to finish the night then to have a party. Great party was had at the Civilization Museum with the boys from  A Tribe Called Red.
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A Tribe Called Red. Image credit New Forms Festival.
Tonight, from 10pm to midnight, A Tribe Called Red will be performing in the Grand Hall at the Canadian Museum of Civilization (CMC) in Gatineau.The three DJs that make up A Tribe Called Red are Bear Witness, Ian Campeau (a.k.a. DJ NDN) and Dan General (a.k.a. DJ [...]

Photo courtesy alroyfonseca on Flickr

This week, OpenFile Ottawa and Apartment613 have partnered to present a series of stories—apologies for Ottawa—that show off what makes Ottawa a great place to live. We drew inspiration from ideas readers submitted to both websites. In our final installation, Drew Gough writes about our amazing open spaces.
In January [...]