The Rideau Canal is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Ottawa's principal tourist attractions. A group of heritage advocates wants more interpreters during the Canada 150 celebrations in 2017. Heather Botham, Centretown NewsThe group that advocates protection and promotion of the Rideau Canal says interpretation of the world-class heritage attraction is “woefully underfunded and understaffed” and is pressing Environment Minister and Ottawa Centre MP Catherine McKenna to do more to showcase the engineering landmark during Canada’s 150th anniversary celebrations next year.
Month: December 2016
Light to shine on historic cataract
Chaudière Falls, just north of the Canadian War Museum, are to be illuminated to mark Canada 150. Cody MacKay, Centretown NewsTo mark Canada’s 150th birthday, the Ottawa 2017 group organizing the city’s celebrations will shine a spotlight — literally — on one of the capital’s most controversial places.
Local Latinos wary of Trump
When Ottawa’s Latin American community came together in Centretown for an annual night of charity and fun, there was an undertone of concern. For most Latinos, the Nov. 8 election of Donald Trump as the next U.S. president was a disappointment and a shock.
Tunney’s Pasture site for Civic raises eyebrows
The National Capital Commission’s board has chosen Tunney’s Pasture — a sprawling federal property about four kilometres west of Parliament Hill — as the best possible site for the Ottawa Hospital’s new Civic Campus.