Archive 1997-2016
City hall’s much-touted electric vehicle charging station has been questioned by Innes Coun. Rainer Bloess, who says he’s concerned about the possible abuse of the service and what he considers low public usage.
If you enjoyed fishing, swimming and boating in the Ottawa River this summer, you have mussels to thank for keeping the water clean, according to Canadian Museum of Nature research scientist André Martel. And that’s why he’s studying these natural water filters, including the rare and endangered hickorynut mussel, in hopes of protecting them for future generations. 
André Martel, Canadian Museum of Nature Three hickorynut mussels collected in the Ottawa River.
Expanding shopping centres are one of the inevitabilities of urban life, like construction and oversized SUVs. Following the Bayshore Shopping Centre, the Rideau Centre shopping mall is planning to expand – but if it hopes to capitalise on Ottawa’s retail boom, it’s going about it the wrong way, with a combination of mediocre planning and a lack of vision.
The National Capital Commission has been left in the cold as Ottawa gears up for thousands of visitors during the city’s signature Winterlude festival. It’s another troubling sign the federal government no longer sees the locally based organization overseeing the capital region as important. 
Don Dimanlig