Ottawa’s “Village”
Cars, trucks, and heavy transports bustle down the busy thoroughfare known as Preston…
Franco Ricci
Ottawa’s Little Italy Revives Street Art As It Revives Itself
Ottawa’s Preston Street developed its Italian-Canadian identity well before the 1950s,…
Faith and Fraternity: Ottawa’s Sant’Antonio da Padova Church
Mythopoeia, or myth making, are narratives that create reliable explanations for ontic…
Leaving America
The speedboat and ferry trails left furrows of white wake on the deep azure blue of the…
The Prescott
The Prescott shares a reputation with The Lafayette House in the Byward Market as the…
Pub Italia, Preston Street
A tall moustachioed figure slides into the bench before me. Setting down a tall pint of…
“Tu vu’ fare l’italiano, ma sci nnate ‘n America, Argentina, Canada…”
The title of this article, besides recalling a popular Renato Carosone tune from the…