Rowan’s Law to Make Sports Safer for Ottawa Youth
By Ellen Spannagel For Vivian Achor, captain of the Immaculata High School girls’ rugby team, Ontario’s new concussion law means coaches will have to put the health of their players…
Ottawa seeks Indigenous art for city’s collection
By Jacob Hoytema The City of Ottawa, which has amassed a collection of nearly 3,000 artworks, is looking to add more Indigenous art to its holdings — the source of…
VIEWPOINT: Ottawa’s LGBTQ communities cannot be complacent about safety
By Isaac Würmann Like queer people across the country, I have been closely following the investigations into the deaths and disappearances of people in Toronto’s gay village. I have felt…
Sister-duo opening second DreamLand Cafe location
By Rachel Jaskula The DreamLand Cafe is opening its second location in Centretown in April, a decision that highlights the ebbs and flows of consumer traffic in the downtown core….
MPs strive to make Parliament Hill more family friendly
By Rachel Emmanuel The House of Commons is looking to become a more family-friendly place for the people who work there — just in time for the history-making arrival earlier…
VIEWPOINT: Canadian Paralympic athletes deserve more recognition
By Mackenzie White Despite what most Canadians may believe, many of this country’s premier amateur athletes have only just left Pyeongchang, South Korea. Two weeks after their compatriots flew back…
VIEWPOINT: Libraries equip with naloxone kits could save lives
By Matt Yuyitung It’s an initiative being taken across the country: giving employees at public libraries naloxone kits and training to prevent overdose deaths among patrons. In Alberta’s public library…
VIEWPOINT: Ottawa temperatures expected to exceed two-degree increase by 2020s
By: Sidney Weiss The first day of spring has passed, but below-zero temperatures continued to hog the forecast well into the third week of March. Ottawa has been taken…
Renovations begin at Centretown Community Health Centre
By Reina Cowan The Centretown Community Health Centre will use a $5.4 million grant from the provincial government to give Centretown residents better access to physical and mental healthcare and…
Insight: A Look Back on The Prince of Wales Bridge
By Jamie Pashagumskum The Prince of Wales Bridge opened for train traffic 137 years ago on Jan. 17, 1881, and was the first rail bridge linking Ottawa to Hull. The…