Month: March 2003

Organizers cite lack of community support, reports Connie Smart.

Arriving in Ottawa on Dec. 24, 1994, was a shock to Shoon Omar and her family. Her two sons asked: “What is this white stuff? Does it feel like cotton?”

Immigrants old and new.

To Staff Sgt. Scott Nystedt, who heads up the diversity and race relations section of the Ottawa police service, making sure the police service reflects the ethnic and cultural diversity of the city’s population is not just about meeting the principles of the Police Services Act.