Pop-up market at risk of running out of funding
By Samantha Goodman When Mary Young enters the Ottawa Community Housing building at 450 Laurier Ave. W., residents sitting on couches in the common room call out to her in…
Centretown restaurants raise funds to help fight HIV/AIDS
By Corey Price A number of Centretown restaurants are taking part in a major fundraiser to support HIV/AIDS organizations. The Snowy Owl AIDS Foundation and Bruce House will mark the…
Construction set to begin on monument to victims of Communism
By Brier Cook Construction is set to begin this spring on the controversial and long-awaited Memorial to the Victims of Communism, which has been in the works for nearly a…
VIEWPOINT: It takes more than ‘manbroidering’ to challenge gender norms
By Isaac Würmann Calling all men! Do you want to be part of the gender revolution? You’re in luck — these days all it takes is a needle and thread….
Mammoth tusks return to Canada nearly 60 years after they were illegally taken
By Aaron Hemens After an FBI investigation that spanned nearly four years, two mammoth tusks that were illegally acquired in 1960 in northern Canada have been repatriated to this country…
Sixties Scoop survivors continue to call for healing as federal settlement approaches
By Sophia Barkhouse As Sixties Scoop survivors wait for approval of a federal government settlement that would compensate them for being taken away from their families as young children, activists…
Rally calls for stronger efforts at reconciliation with Algonquin First Nations
By Allison Gram Indigenous, religious, union and political leaders from across Ottawa gathered on the steps of Parliament Hill on March 29 in a passionate call for stronger efforts at…
Guidelines help municipalities craft respectful acknowledgements of Indigenous territory
By Louisa Simmons Starting a public event in Ottawa with a declaration that those assembled are on the “unceded territory of the Algonquin people,” has become almost commonplace. But crafting…
Albert and Slater streets to be redesigned with launch of LRT
By Gowlene Selvavijayan Plans now under way to redesign Albert and Slater streets — key east-west commuter routes in downtown Ottawa — would transform the way people move in the…
Public art to be included in Elgin Street redesign
By Casey Bolton The massive and controversial renewal of Elgin Street over the next 18 months — which has cast a cloud over business on the busy commercial strip —…