Message from the German Ambassador to Canada on an Exciting Initiative to Mark the Fall of the Berlin Wall

 By Ambassador Werner Wnendt, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany This year marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a wall constructed to divide Germany – a tangible symbol of oppression of a communist regime, separating its people from a land of opportunity and regrowth. In

OLM’S Top 25 People in the Capital 2012

 Ottawa Life Magazine’s 2012 listing of who we think are the movers and shakers in the nation’s capital. These people make Ottawa a great city to live in. Dr. Jeff Sherman, Deborah Wyatt and Jennifer Wyatt of TIPES (Thinking in Pictures Education Services) are truly heroic for the work they

Awakening the giant: The return of Poland

 In this issue of Ottawa Life, we begin the first of a two-part series on Poland. That is to say the new Poland – a country with a most intricate history of war and ideological conflict, but also one of sophisticated art and culture. Polish influence extends to Canada and