Latest Soup Ottawa winner to wrap abuse victims in blankets ‘of loving kindness’
By Hilary Laffrenier The latest Soup Ottawa event raised more than $1,000 for a project aimed at helping survivors of sexual abuse and assault. More than 100 people attended the…
Worker injured at Little Italy construction site
By Karen-Luz Sison The Ontario Ministry of Labour ordered work to stop at the Claridge Homes construction site at Preston Street and Carling Avenue on March 23 after a man…
Echoes of Centretown spy affair in U.K. poisoning of former double-agent
By Meg Sutton Hiding next door, Igor Gouzenko watched and waited while Soviet spies searched his Somerset Street apartment. They were looking for the 109 documents Gouzenko had stolen from…
Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro donates $45,000 to immigrant services organization
By Rebecca Kiriakopoulos Trend Micro, a Japanese multinational cybersecurity and defence company, recently donated $45,000 to the Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization. The donation is part of Trend Mirco’s “Give…
OC Transpo responds to fine for faulty announcement system
By Ryan Curley OC Transpo is boosting bus inspections and implementing random spot checks to ensure all stops are properly announced to riders — the transit agency’s response to a…
City leaders pledge to address anti-black racism
By Gowlene Selvavijayan Members of Ottawa’s black community sat down face-to-face at a town hall March 21 with representatives of the very institutions called out for perpetuating anti-black racism. More…
City Hall’s new gallery exhibition explores spirituality through abstraction
By Emma Jiayue Liu Local artist Jordan Seal’s exhibition Wealth of the Eternal Garden is on display at the City Hall Art Gallery until May 23. The exhibition features 116…
Editorial: City must listen to what citizens want for future of bridge
By Anita Brown, Editor-in-Chief The future of the Prince of Wales Bridge has been a question mark for years, but pressure is being put on the city to come up…
Marathon seeks to raise awareness on concussions
By Rebecca Kiriakopoulos Running a half-marathon can prove challenging for anyone. And running a half-marathon after suffering multiple concussions would seem particularly daunting, but Brent Sullivan is rising to the…
Sixties Scoop survivors rally on Parliament Hill
By Aaron Hemens Emotions were running high on Parliament Hill recently as a handful of survivors of the “Sixties Scoop” publicly shared their own traumatic experiences of a tragic policy…