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! Congrats […]
Tears have been shed, fists raised in triumph, and now – after two weeks of reasoning, pleading, slamming and calling out – we’ve reached the final of Apartment613’s inaugural Neighbourhood Wars tourney. And it’s Hintonburg vs. Chinatown for all the bragging rights on tap in the national capital region. To be clear, this hasn’t been […]
The story to date: Hood Wars first erupted in 2011 and soon spread across the city like Jim Watson on a fundraising bender, spreading verbal violence and bad puns throughout Ottawa. No one knows just how it got started, although local conspiracy theorists claim it’s a plot by Larry O’Brien and the giant spider statue […]
Hood Wars, Apartment613’s annual navel-gazing hyper-local slug fest is well underway. As of the writing of this post the results of the Western Conference showdown between Chinatown and Hintonburg are still unknown. The second match up pits two giants against each other. The first is a giant in the literal sense: what Ottawan doesn’t have […]
Chinatown is having a good year. First, it got what is probably the most bling-tastic arch of any Chinatown in Canada (take that, Vancouver!). Then it came in second place in our Neighbourhood Wars contest, beaten only by the might of the Hintonburg Army – who, rumour has it, used voter intimidation to secure the win. It’s also home […]
If there’s one thing we learned in this year’s March Madness Neighborhood Wars, it’s that Ottawa’s appearance of unity is just a polite facade covering deep-seated sectarian divisions. Some of these are geographical: members of the Hintonburg Army will turn at the drop of a hat to verbally savage what it views to be weaker […]
This weekend is jammed packed with activities so let’s dive right in.
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It’s the last weekend of summer and there are plenty of ways to get out and enjoy all that the city has to offer, plus a few events to get you ready for fall in the capital. All Weekend The Canada Army Run is taking over the Canadian War Museum this weekend. While the actual […]
Welcome to the weekend, folks!
With sun in the forecast, this weekend looks to be a great one to spend outside. Whether you’re enjoying CityFolk or running the Army Run, now is the time to (finally!) enjoy some summer weather!
Another weekend, another festival!
Hood Wars is Apt613’s annual neighbourhood smack down, a war of words to determine which of the city’s 97 neighbourhoods is the best. The story to date: The Hintonburg Mafia won the first ever Hood Wars, using methods I will not divulge lest I wake up with a horse head in my bed. Smugly assuming […]
Holidays are coming fast! This weekend, you can mark them with some festive burlesque, a bit of serious thinking, or do a bit of holiday gift rapping at hip hop karaoke. It seems that Ottawa’s music scene is all set to host you at a seasonal bash or two. Jim Bryson’s annual festivities are sold […]
Valentine’s Day is a time for lovers, friends with benefits, and nosy bloggers. Once again we asked you to dish the dirty details for our Big Sexy O-Town Survey — our second edition of what we hope will be an annual affair. Over 700 people participated in this year’s survey, which was named Sex in the […]
