Archive 1997-2016
Bronson Avenue is known for its heavy traffic, commercial buildings and functionality. Beauty is not often a word used to describe it. Tim Desclouds, a retired Canterbury High School teacher turned full-time artist, is working to change this perception by beautifying Ottawa streets with his artwork.
On the day of the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, Norway, Ottawa held its own celebration to honour the new laureates Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi.
Garrett Barry, Centretown News
The Kent Street overpass is slated for "rapid reconstruction" next year.Plans for the “rapid reconstruction” of the Queensway bridge overpass on Kent Street are now on display in several locations throughout Centretown – city hall, the Ottawa Public Library’s main branch, and the McNabb Recreation Centre – as well as online.
Jessica Kenny, Centretown News
Artifacts from the recent discovery of HMS Erebus, one of the lost ships of the Franklin expedition, will be on display at Library and Archives Canada until February.The walls of the Library and Archives Canada lobby have been transformed into the deck of Sir John Franklin’s once-lost ship, as pop-up panels with images of HMS Erebus stand around artifacts from the vanished 19th-century expedition like sails in the wind.