Archive 1997-2016
Partial demolition of Somerset House began early this week to deal with safety concerns that have led to the closure of a section of Bank Street for several weeks.
Even before Canada abolished the death penalty in 1976, it never used the electric chair as a form of capital punishment. And yet, at least 20 people have died in this country in the last four years when agents of the state passed electrical current through their bodies.
Dec. 7
Austria’s celebrated moderntimes_1800 will perform for the first time in Ottawa at 8 p.m. in St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 82 Kent St., as part of the Ottawa Chamber Music Society’s 2007-08 concert series. Entitled Bach and beyond . . . the program includes concertos by Bach performed on Baroque instruments and Schnittke’s piano quinted performed on modern instruments. Admission is $30 for adults and $15 for students.
Will November be iMonth? That’s the question that has set technology blogs abuzz these last few weeks with rumours that Apple’s iPhone is making the long awaited trek north of the 49th parallel.