Senate chamber sessions to go live to public
By Liam McPherson The temporary Senate chamber in the Government Conference Centre is to be fitted with television cameras, marking the first time in Canadian history that full Senate sessions…
Federal budget earmarks $73M for joint library
By Hilary Laffrenier After months of uncertainty, the federal government announced in its Feb. 27 budget that $73 million has been earmarked for Library and Archives Canada to join the…
Garden inspired by Canadian landscape to open at NGC
By Karen-Luz Sison Visitors to the National Gallery of Canada will soon be able to experience a bit of the Canadian landscape in the downtown art palace, thanks to a…
Business owners ‘blindsided’ by Elgin Street construction
By Rebecca Kiriakopoulos Some business owners on Elgin Street are raising alarms about the unexpected March 12 start to construction work along the busy downtown restaurant and retail strip —…
European business, Le Boat, makes its way into Rideau Canal
By Jasmine Stamos Europe’s largest self-driving boat company hopes to ride the wave of enthusiasm generated by last year’s Canada 150 festivities by offering new cruising vacations along the Rideau…
“The Normal Heart” sheds light on AIDS crisis, activism
By Meg Sutton More than 36 million people have died from AIDS since it emerged in the 1980s, and while that number is hard to visualize, the faces of those…
Discussions underway to transform former U.S. embassy into Indigenous cultural centre
By Travis Poland An interim working group has begun meeting to discuss the proposed national Indigenous cultural centre at the former U.S. embassy directly across from Parliament Hill. Last June,…
Regulator’s ruling forces City of Ottawa to act on Prince of Wales Bridge
By Samuel Berube A recent ruling by the Canadian Transportation Agency has forced the City of Ottawa to scramble into action to determine the future of the long-neglected Prince of…
Former MP Paul Dewar battling brain cancer
By Brier Cook Local politicians are expressing their support for former NDP MP Paul Dewar following his recent brain cancer diagnosis. Dewar’s condition was made public in a heartfelt post…
City names ‘Saigon Square’ to honour Vietnamese refugees
By Rachel Emmanuel In 1979, Cuong and Tuvan Ha were in the first group of Vietnamese refugees to arrive in Ottawa as part of Project 4000. A year prior, they’d…