The National Capital Commission has been left in the cold as Ottawa gears up for thousands of visitors during the city’s signature Winterlude festival. It’s another troubling sign the federal government no longer sees the locally based organization overseeing the capital region as important. 
Don Dimanlig
Category: Insight
Viewpoint: Nothing new here: the Rideau Centre’s unconvincing upgrade
Expanding shopping centres are one of the inevitabilities of urban life, like construction and oversized SUVs. Following the Bayshore Shopping Centre, the Rideau Centre shopping mall is planning to expand – but if it hopes to capitalise on Ottawa’s retail boom, it’s going about it the wrong way, with a combination of mediocre planning and a lack of vision.
Watson’s LRT plan won’t reduce traffic congestion
The morning traffic jam in Ottawa is practically a public landmark, but the city’s efforts to curb it might be misplaced.
Don Dimanlig
Viewpoint: Harper’s snub of Commonwealth inconsistent on human rights
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s decision to boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Sri Lanka next month shows that he won’t hesitate to criticize international organizations – or the human rights records of countries that are members.