Archive 1997-2016
No one’s quite sure how it happened, but despite the first hints of winter snow drifting across Centretown, there’s something sizzling in the concert halls and across the airwaves.
Think powwow. Think music and dancing and drumming but leave the stereotypes behind. Think electronic beats and flashing lights and a throbbing bass underscoring it all.
Government cutbacks mean police budgets are feeling the pinch all across Ontario. Ottawa is no exception. A budget squeeze means the Ottawa police should be investigating the potential for surveillance cameras for law enforcement.
Justice Minister Rob Nicholson’s plans to amend the Criminal Code early next year to make it harder for mentally ill offenders to be released from custody will not make Canadians safer.