LRT leaving Pimisi Station

Mayor Sutcliffe Condemns Canadian Heritage’s Unilateral Canada Day Traffic Decision

 In a move that has left many dumbfounded, Canadian Heritage bureaucrats have announced chaotic traffic control plans for Canada Day at LeBreton Flats that completely disregard those recommended by Ottawa city officials. The city had proposed specific solutions to avoid the chaos caused last year by the same officials at

Nancy Peckford on political scene

 Photo by Hilary Thomson Nancy Peckford sits in a McDonalds in Kemptville, just outside Ottawa. It’s a warm evening in June and she has given up taking her three children to the park to focus on writing the proposal for what would be an unprecedented program in Canada. Sipping on

Reflection and Hope, The National Holocaust Monument Opens

 Photos by Jean-Marc Carisse / Feature photo courtesy of The National Holocaust Monument In 2007 second-year University of Ottawa student Laura Grosman found herself outraged when she discovered that Canada, unlike most Western nations, did not have a place memorializing the Holocaust. She decided to turn that frustration into words, penning a