Chaos in the capital could have been avoided say experts

 Provincial inquiry should be called into Ottawa Police Service and Chief Peter Sloly’s mishandling of the trucker convoy. The national media are now asking OPS Chief Peter Sloly if he will resign over chaos that has besieged the capital for the past 12 days. There appears to be a classic

Stop the chaos, anxiety, sleep deprivation: We need our city back!

 It’s been over a week since the trucker protests started. Let’s just call it what it is, an occupation. That seems to be the more accurate and popular term. I could also come up with other words, but I enjoy working here. It’s one of the few good things I

Pierre Elliot Trudeau reminds us that leaders don’t hide in a crisis

   “For eight years Reagan had the ability to drive through a carwash in a convertible with the top down — and the only one who got wet was Jimmy Carter.” — Art Buchwald By Angelo Persichilli Famous American journalist Art Buchwald’s comment from his book “Whose Rose Garden is it

ENOUGH: Garth Turner says Freedom does not travel on a Kenworth or a Peterbilt

 By Garth Turner Now that the truckers and hangers-on have swarmed the capital and will soon dissipate in a cacophony of air horns, profanity and endorsements from Donald Trump, we should keep a few things in perspective. Like, numbers. There were not 50,000 trucks. Maybe it was a hundred, Or

The truckers roll into town rudderless

 As the nation’s capital, the city of Ottawa and its citizens are accustomed to their share of protests. As the seat of our federal government, stakeholders are continuously in town to address and bring publicity to their causes. So much so, that local residents are almost indifferent. Not that they

The convoy: How quickly we became prisoners in our homes

 As I’m typing this, it’s early afternoon on a Sunday. I can hear cars and trucks honking in the distance. This has been the soundtrack to my weekend. On YouTube, people have been live-streaming what’s happening on Parliament Hill, as well as on the streets nearby. On social media, people