Archive 1997-2016
The recent release of video of Robert Dziekanski’s death after being tasered by RCMP at a Vancouver airport has stacked yet another scandal on an institution already faltering in the public eye.
Ottawa has once again been seized by a spectre – a spectre of a public inquiry. After nearly 20 years, Canadians might finally get some answers in the Airbus affair. Meanwhile, the parliamentary press gallery cannot contain themselves, relieved that something new is haunting Ottawa, aside from Stéphane Dion’s leadership woes.
Ottawa local charities are making their lists and checking them twice this holiday season, to ensure the scores of hazardous toys recalled in recent months aren’t making it into the hands of the area’s less fortunate children.
At the end of the school day at Cambridge Street Public School, kids run out to greet their parents in a mosaic of outfits, from jeans and baseball caps to dresses and stockings. But the days of multi-coloured clothing could be numbered, if local school councils support the introduction of school uniforms.