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A juror who served
at the inquest into the 1999 OC Transpo shootings and the widow
of one of the four men killed say it’s hard to tell what’s
been done to prevent a similar tragedy.
Centretown residents
fear that a proposed 20-storey building on the site of the former
Ottawa Board of Education on Gilmour Street would cast a huge
shadow and block the sun from the homes that surround it.
A bylaw exemption
felt like a human rights victory for Falun Gong protesters last
week, when they were permitted to hang banners on a fence across
the street from the Chinese Embassy.
Centretown’s
Elgin Street and Centennial schools, which faced the threat of
closure twice in the last few years but were spared, could be
possible targets again this year.
The schoolyard can
be a scary place.
Relocating the Central
Canada Exhibition to the Bayview Yards would be a mistake, says
Centretown’s city councillor.
The Beavertails
are ready to be eaten and the snow and ice waiting to be sculpted.
After many weeks of uncertainty due to unusually mild weather,
Winterlude is on, say festival organizers.
Feeling overworked?
Need another holiday? Well, relief may be on the way. In case
you haven’t heard, many Canadians are calling for, and even
petitioning for, a national holiday honouring our country’s
highest political leaders.
Letters
Imagine a mortally
wounded Canadian soldier gasping for his last breath. What might
he say if he knew that one day a foreign leader would be allowed
to order Canada’s military to fight against the values for
which he gave his life.
The first conviction
under the newly established Christopher’s Law highlights
the need for a national sex-offender registry. A male offender
was sentenced to 30 days in jail for providing false information
to the police.
Some Sparks Street
Mall merchants are proposing the return of the streetcar as a
means of boosting their business and linking downtown to the
O-Train at Bayview. As well as drawing people to the capital,
retailers say an electrically powered car would help to restore
its heritage.
Curling up in front
of a fire with a hot cup of coffee seems ideal in the winter
– Rod Sprules puts a new twist on that idea with the invention
of the Java Log.
It is ironic that
the same means of transit Ottawa did away with in the mid-20th
century could soon be resurrected, curing several current urban
ills.
The Ambroses think
they are a crazy, dysfunctional family. But is this only a wacky
misperception? Their journey of discovery is revealed in the
world premiere of the Great Canadian Theatre Company’s new
comedy production of The Begats.
Forget Barney and
Elmo! Kids might soon become enthralled with some performers
of a very different kind.
One of the most
celebrated subjects in visual art is the nude human form.
Officials will only
turn to the law when the safety of residents is at stake, reports
Steve Dominey.
Frank Souter sips
his steaming cup of coffee, watching house league hockey at its
finest.
Ephedrine
recall misses the mark, say merchants
A voluntary
recall of products containing ephedrine issued by Health Canada
earlier this month misses the point of ephedrine abuse, say some
Ottawa merchants and fitness trainers.
Coulmn:
Grumpy neighbours jeopardize childhood tradition
It’s a ritual
for many children growing up in Canada: racing home after school
to join neighbourhood peers in spirited street-hockey matches,
heart-filled games that would last for hours, kids being kids.
Scott Taylor is
a thorn in the side of the Canadian military, writes Toby Bartlett.
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