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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...


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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...


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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...


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As the Canadian government expands access to temporary foreign workers in some parts of the country, and as


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The booming sound of live music fills Red Bird on Bank Street where Ottawa’s only hip-hop jam session takes place.

The space gives local artists a place to perform, experiment and collaborate with artists from across the community.

The monthly event, held every third...


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