Archive 1997-2016
The melodic voices of the Cantata Singers of Ottawa rise in a crescendo and the sound fills the small practice room at Knox Presbyterian Church all the way to the arched ceiling. They sing in Spanish, and while you may not understand what they are saying, you can’t help but sense the emotion in the music.
Moments after his plane arrived at the Ottawa International Airport from British Columbia, classical violinist Ioan Harea was already in his car and on his way to teach music at the State University of New York in Potsdam.
Centretown’s economic justice group, the Somerset West Action Network (SWAN), has aligned forces with three other anti-poverty and social justice organizations in Ottawa to apply for funding and a joint office space.
Sixteen years after an asbestos problem was first identified in Parliament Hill’s West Block, there has still been no attempt to clean it up.