Month: March 2014
Sparks Street patrons wait with baited breath to see what will replace Yesterday’s restaurant, a longtime staple of the pedestrian mall that closed earlier this month.
Royal society gets permanent home
For the first time since it was founded in 1882, the Royal Society of Canada will have its permanent headquarters in a heritage house on Somerset Street, after receiving a $500,000 donation from former RSC president William Leiss.
City welcomes displaced Tibetans
The Tibetan Resettlement Project Ottawa, a volunteer-based initiative, is preparing to welcome 13 displaced Tibetans from northeastern India to Ottawa at the beginning of April.
Local communities come together in support of Ukraine
The crisis in Ukraine, which has seen the overthrow of the country’s government and Russia’s annexation of Crimea, is being felt acutely at a Centretown church described as a “microcosm” of the troubled nation’s ethnic divide.