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…
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…
Good Companions to expand transportation program with grant
By Lui Xia Lee The Ottawa Community Foundation has given a one-time grant of $10,000 to the Good Companions Seniors’ Centre to assist in expansion of the centre’s transportation program….
Civic hospital plan may not save Sir John Carling heritage building
By Brier Cook The last remaining building of the Sir John Carling complex, on the site of the future Civic hospital campus, may not be worth saving, according to Heritage…
Ottawa band brings new life to the blues
By Jordan Omstead A newly formed Ottawa band is looking to bring new life to a timeless genre, and they’re taking their mission to the stage at this summer’s RBC…
Canadian cannon comes home
By Casey Bolton The sound of gunfire stopped and silence swept across the Western Front on Nov. 11, 1918. The war that had claimed some 60,000 Canadian lives had finally…