INSIGHT: Senators need to score LeBreton Flats stadium
By Micaal Ahmed Low attendance, poor performance, trade rumours — will Erik Karlsson be back next year? — and other troubles have made this a season the Ottawa Senators would…
INSIGHT: First Nations a key player in future of LeBreton Flats
By Jamie Pashagumskum The National Capital Commission’s recent “milestone” announcement that the long-awaited LeBreton Flats redevelopment had taken a significant step forward came with a caveat: that even as the…
VIEWPOINT: Public perception on homeless population needs to shift
By Sidney Weiss Drugs. Prostitution. Crime. A terminal “cancer” that is spreading fast. Those are just a few of the words that Patrick O’Shaughnessy, a Byward Market business owner, plastered…
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…
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…
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…