If you want to get a job in Ottawa, it certainly helps if you know French. In this city, it’s not just jobs with the government that require bilingualism. Any job, from sales positions to engineering, might ask for proficiency in both of our official languages. 
Don Dimanlig
Category: Insight
Viewpoint: University isn’t for everyone
It seems the conventional wisdom in Canada is that if you want your children to succeed in life they must go to university. Not college. Not a trade school. University. If it’s the high-paying job, the new car and the house in the suburbs you’re looking for, it’s off to U of T, McGill or Dalhousie you go.
Refugees can no longer count on Canada
The same number of people killed by the atomic bomb at Hiroshima have now been killed in the Syrian civil war. 
Don Dimanlig
Viewpoint: Ottawa is on the right track to solve women’s safety issues
If there’s one thing that really gets me about winter in Ottawa, it’s the darkness. I like going for walks by myself, and in the fall and summer I’ve got all evening to do so. In the winter, my potential walking time is drastically shortened by the early sunset. After all, I know better than to walk alone when it’s dark out. The same way that I am sure to monitor my drinks at parties, watch what I say to strangers, and generally avoid situations that I think might be unsafe.