Canada’s heroes from 100 years ago will take centre stage this year when they're commemorated for the centenary of the First World War.
Viewpoint: Lest Canada forgets its living war veterans
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Month: April 2014
Ottawa resurrects search for new poet laureate
Verse Ottawa, a collective of Ottawa’s poetry organizations, is pressing city councillors to restore the city’s poet laureate program, a literary tradition Ottawa hasn’t participated in for more than a decade – and the planned revival of which was cut from last year’s arts budget.
Art on the brain
The Neuroscience Society Ottawa chapter will be hosting its third annual Brain and Mental Health Art Show on April 12 and is expecting the event to be bigger than ever.
Eric Murphy, Centretown NewsArtist and scientist Rebecca Hay shows her painting that will be auctioned off at the Mental Health Art Show.
‘Complete streets’ plan targets pedestrian and cyclist safety
Steady streams of cars whip down the cracked pavement, dancing around the faded lines on the concrete. On the edge of the road, pedestrians walk two by two on the sidewalk, taking care to avoid the deep cracks and squeezing into single file where a hydro pole takes up more than half the path. The cyclists have either chosen a different route or stayed home entirely.