Editorial: City should find way to ease Elgin’s pain
By Anita Brown, Editor-in-Chief One of Ottawa’s busiest bar and restaurant strips is in for two long years of road closures and disruptive reconstruction, and local businesses are understandably worried….
Hundreds march in solidarity with ‘sisters’ around the world
By Aaron Hemens In a show of solidarity with women and young girls in developing countries, hundreds of demonstrators gathered on Parliament Hill on March 6 before marching to City…
VIEWPOINT: Not so smart — tech companies should stay out of city building
By Isaac Würmann We knew it was coming. Computers in our refrigerators. Self-driving cars. A hyper-connected environment that anticipates our movements before they even happen. Luddites beware — the smart…
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…
Canada 150 rink opens door for future events on Parliament Hill
By Jacob Hoytema It began life as perhaps the country’s most controversial sporting venue — a $5.6-million skating pad on Parliament Hill that was initially planned to last for only…
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…
“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,…