Lower tax rates on apartment buildings may mean lower rents for tenants
Tenants in older Ottawa apartments may see a slight reduction in their rents after the city moved to adjust tax rates on older residential buildings.
LGBTQ2+ activists, police say drop in hate crimes not accounting for large number of unreported incidents
The number of reported hate-motivated crimes directed at the LGBTQ2+ community is declining in Ottawa, which would be good news if there wasn't so much uncertainty around the numbers.
Advocates question the lack of data collection so far as part of Ottawa’s anti-racism strategy
Despite the anti-racism strategy being in place since 2022, a local community advocate says that the crucial part of collecting race-disaggregated data is still missing.
Navigating a new world order: Canada has a treacherous path ahead as it boosts defence spending
The government of Canada has a difficult task ahead for its national defence upgrades, from a new aggressive posture from the Trump administration, very negative attitudes towards that posture among Canadians, the geographic reality of sharing the longest undefended border in the world with the U.S., and an increasing sense that Canadians are under threat.
Carleton University provides historical context on issues about Indigenous identity
Last month, Carleton adopted two policies focused on verifying Indigenous identity for hiring, admissions and awards.
‘This is where our ancestors lived and loved’: How Algonquin values — and ‘heart berries’ — are being etched into Ottawa’s skyline
Ādisōke means “storytelling” in the Anishinābemowin Algonquin language. Earlier this month, Ottawa’s new $334-million central library — a joint project of the Ottawa Public Library and Library and Archives Canada — hit a significant milestone.
Experts say Canada challenged to balance trade with EU, Trump-led U.S.
A second Donald Trump presidency in the United States will put Canada between a rock and a hard place in its relationship between its two largest trading partners — the U.S. and the European Union — according to a panel of experts at a Carleton University roundtable on Friday.