Archive 1997-2016
An elite party last month at the Rideau Centre, Ottawa Congress Centre and Westin Hotel declared the complex, opened by former Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau, the saviour of the city’s core.
Ross Long had a troubled youth. At 13, he was so aggressive that his parents could no longer deal with him and he became a ward of the Children's Aid Society.
It's a night of ritual to honour the dead and an all-out party to celebrate the living . . .
A new era has begun at 200 Rideau St. The days of dirt-cheap drinks have ended, the dance music DJ's are gone, and the interior has been completely redecorated.