Capital Current

An exhibition at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre in downtown Ottawa was brimming with creative energy on May 8 as the second Object/Project Art Book Fair, hosted by Possible Worlds, showcased the work of 62 artists and publishers.

Two rooms at the centre were set up like a fl...

It’s transition season in the Canadian sporting world as hockey winds down, baseball ramps up and parents of young elite athletes engage in the perennial debate about whether it’s best for their kids to focus year-round on one game or pursue a multi-sport path to excellence.

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Capital Coun. Shawn Menard led members of the Ottawa East community in celebration Saturday after a beloved patch of parkland was recently saved when a 50-year-old plan to build a freeway through the green space was scrapped.

Menard also said the neighbourhood’s victory in the battle to preserve the “People’s Park” has helped convince him to run for re-election as w...

The sun shone and the wind howled as a bustling crowd approached the west-side doors of the Canadian Tire Centre in early April.

Thousands surged into the building that’s adorned in red, white and black flags, and decorated with banners of Ottawa Senators players.

But the fans weren’t there to see the likes of Sens stars Brady Tkachuk, Tim Stützle and Jake...

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s pick for Canada’s next governor general, former Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour, has a very accomplished backstory — including one phase of her life that was even dramatized in film.

Arbour was appointed chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda at The Hague, Netherlands, in 1996...