Archive 1997-2016
By Brent Kerrigan
After two years of trying to introduce changes to the Ontario Mental Health Act, Ottawa Centre MPP Richard Patten has to start over again.
Patten’s private member’s bill, that would, among other changes, force psychiatric patients to take their medication, was taken off the order paper in December as the legislative session ended.
By Tom McLean
At least 400 members of the United Church of Canada have signed their names to a confession of faith proclaiming “Jesus is God.”
But, rather than quell controversy over moderator Bill Phipps’ remarks concerning the divinity of Christ, the document has prompted objections from other church members — including a former moderator.
By Vicki Newton
It takes only a second for Peter Hamil to remove the bar holding the door to Ottawa’s last manually operated elevator open and swiftly escort his passengers inside.
Hamil steers the closet-sized elevator with a lever. It holds up to five people with nothing but a cage-like door stretched across the frame. The 80-year-old elevator shoots up quickly past the floors.
By Spencer Ferron-Tripp
Most bands have to be seen to be heard. And the best place to be seen is in a live music venue.
But what if the fans don’t show? It’s a problem faced by many venues and bands, because music fans like to get their money’s worth. More often than not, that means hanging on to their hard-earned dollar if an unknown band takes the stage.