Archive 1997-2016
Canadians live in a time when “we visit libraries almost as much as we go to the movies and as many of us have library cards as have passports.”
So begins the Royal Society of Canada’s most recent report – until it takes a troubling turn, describing Library and Archives Canada, the Centretown-based hub of the country’s knowledge network, as a “national embarrassment.”
The Supreme Court of Canada building is crumbling and is in need of a facelift.
Denise Winters was evicted, homeless and struggling to survive on the streets – wandering aimlessly to the point where she had blisters on her feet.
Howard Osterer, a well-known Centretown resident and fixture of baseball communities in Canada and Israel, died on Nov. 11. He was 59.