Dear Ottawa public board: Go ahead, close 6 schools
A Note To … Parents protesting the proposed closures of at least six Ottawa public schools. Feel your pain, but it’s time to bite the bullet. Read More …
Category: Ottawa and Area
A day at the Osgoode Carleton snowmobile drag races
A gallery featuring action from the Osgoode Carleton Snowmobile Trail Club drag races on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017. The event was hosted just south Read More …
In defence of Ottawa’s awesome Rideau Canal, and Canal Skateway
So Tyler Dawson doesn’t think much of the Rideau Canal, nor the Rideau Canal Skateway. The “Deputy Editorial Pages Editor” of the Ottawa Citizen devoted Read More …
Christmas smorgasbord: Mix-and-match awesome Ottawa holiday activities
Many of us have at least a few days of down time over Christmas and New Year’s. If you don’t want to sit on the Read More …
#ManShopping for Christmas in Ottawa
When it comes to shopping, most guys can take it or leave it. I go “shopping” about three days each year. That doesn’t mean I Read More …
EOTFOA Wraps up 2016 at very special Christmas Banquet
After more than eight months on the football field, even the officials need a party. And that’s what 74 officials and guests had on Saturday Read More …
Ottawa Senators’ Chris Neil in his first shootout? What was Boucher thinking?
Ottawa Senators coach Guy Boucher did a nice thing Wednesday night. He let Chris Neil into his first shootout on the night the legendary tough Read More …
An Ottawa Christmas: Alight at Night, Upper Canada Village
The glow of almost a million lights provides a stunning backdrop for Alight at Night at Upper Canada Village, If Christmas really is your favourite Read More …
Rideau River: Where to launch your canoe, kayak
The Rideau River and Canal between Kingston and Ottawa is a national treasure … and it has one huge advantage if you are a paddler Read More …
Open Letter Re: Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus
UPDATE: Just hours after this letter was published, news began to leak out that the decision has been changed. The Sir John Carling site, very Read More …