After shooting the torch relay, I decided to stay downtown and to have a look at the night festivities on Parliament Hill. By the time I got there, I learned from two ladies (pictured below) that they would only start after sunset… I wasn’t going to...

Fun day. I just wished it hadn’t been – 10C. A bit too cold to spend 6 hours outside taking pictures, but it worthed it. Today, the Olympic Torch of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics arrived in Ottawa and it traveled all over the city. I walked to Bank...

When I read that last night, I knew what was coming — white hell. 3:08 PM EST Tuesday 08 December 2009 Winter storm warning for Ottawa South – Richmond – Metcalfe upgraded from Winter storm watch ..Snow heavy at times accompanied by strong easterly...

I have always been fascinated by North American high schools and universities. They seemed to have so many rituals, so many traditions that I felt we were really missing out in France. Take graduation, for instance. One of the rite of passage in...

Ontario Trailer Welcome to my new series, the “Canadian List of Ten”! Ten weeks, ten posts, ten lists and one hundred new Canadian things for you, from food to language, from city to weather. Canada, the best country on earth? Well, I’d hate to brag…...