Team Homan to take on the world
By Rachel Jaskula Ottawa curling sensation Rachel Homan is preparing to take on the world after making history last month, winning the Scotties Tournament of Hearts and becoming the youngest…
Viewpoint: Ottawa is the ideal city to host the 2021 Canada Games
By Nathan Bragg The Canada Games Council will decide at the end of this month which city will host the 2021 Canada Summer Games. Ottawa is one of four finalists and…
Canadians crush it at Crashed Ice event
By Daniel Vazzoler The sport of ice-cross downhill skating had a spectacular Ottawa debut in early March as thousands of fans crowded around the Rideau Canal headlocks to watch the…
Women’s hockey on rebound
By Rory Gilheany Ottawa doesn’t have a team in the Canadian Women’s Hockey League, but the return of the Clarkson Cup to the city earlier this month highlighted how far…
Hill’s flag man flies high in 2017
By Anna Sophia Vollmerhausen When Robert Labonté was a kid growing up in New Liskeard, he painted a large Canadian flag on his closet door. Now, the 34-year-old federal public…
LRT plan goes forward
By Mamta Manhas The $3.6 billion second stage of Ottawa’s light rail transit plan — newly approved by city council after a meeting in early March — will include a…
Five finalists for memorial
By Dustin Cook Five proposed designs for the controversial Memorial to the Victims of Communism were revealed to the public in March. The memorial, titled Canada, a Land of Refuge,…
Bird deaths flying under the radar
By Micaela Wylie-Arbic Safe Wings Ottawa, a bird safety advocacy group dedicated to reducing avian mortality, hosted its annual dead-bird display at City Hall last month, exhibiting the corpses of…
Accountants offer help to citizens filing taxes
By Darnell Dobson Professional accountants are once again volunteering their services this tax season to those in Centretown who need it most. Tax clinics are being hosted by community organizations…
Music label turns to fans for support
By Meaghan Richens A new Ottawa-based music label, Euforio, is using a crowdfunding business model to engage fans in the dream of stardom while allowing artists to focus on their…