Archive 1997-2016
By Eric Glaude
The Great Canadian Theatre Company’s new artistic director has big plans for the GCTC, including attracting new audiences, expanding the theatre and creating a spring festival.
Lorne Pardy, who got the job in August, has been learning from the theatre’s former artistic director, Micheline Chevrier, who left the position in January.
Ottawa’s newest institution is cranking out laughs instead of red tape and paper. The Institution, a new comedy club in Centretown which specializes in improv comedy, opened Jan. 28.
With the Canadian dollar performing poorly, some economists are calling for Canada to form a monetary union with the United States as the only way to save the crippled dollar and our economy.
Sparks Street merchants say they are delighted with a Public Works report that proposes to remove tour buses from Parliament Hill and have them park near Sparks instead.