Category: Portrait

After David Kedrosky set out to bike across the country and learn more about being Canadian, he quickly learned the trip was really a journey of self-discovery.

Ken [last name withheld] credits The Ottawa Mission for giving him a chance when no one else would. A high school dropout, he had worked at menial jobs he hated, lived a transient life, and struggled with drug and alcohol addictions. “I’d take off for a few months, then sit on my ass, get high, have fun for a couple of months, but I had no real future.”

Following in her activist mother's footsteps, the Green Party's new leader, Elizabeth May, brings a new energy and commitment to Canada's political scene

After overcoming adversity and discrimination in Zimbabwe, an Ottawa police officer uses her experience to foster positive relationships between police and the community.