VIEWPOINT: Arts program for homeless youth can’t afford to lose its location
By Emma Jiayue Liu Last month, homeless youth involved in the Ottawa Innercity Ministries arts program were told the initiative was being put on hold due to planned renovations at…
Viewpoint: City should be doing more to keep annual festivals sustainable
By Veronica Newbury The snow is starting to melt, the sun is peeking through the grey winter clouds and we’ve finally made it to spring. In theory. For many, the dawn…
Viewpoint: Shopify should sever ties with alt-right site Breitbart News
By Veronica Newbury Shopify, the Ottawa-based e-commerce juggernaut, was recently thrown into the political ring of fire when the company announced it would not be cutting ties with Breitbart News, a…
Viewpoint: Artists’ resale rights are a human right — but not in Canada
By Rupert Nuttle On Oct. 7, 2015, less than a year before her death, a video of the Inuk artist Annie Pootoogook shows her sitting on a stone staircase in downtown…
Viewpoint: Ottawa is the ideal city to host the 2021 Canada Games
By Nathan Bragg The Canada Games Council will decide at the end of this month which city will host the 2021 Canada Summer Games. Ottawa is one of four finalists and…