Aaron Nava

The revelatory finger-pointing between Ottawa and the LRT designers continues. To the surprise of few, the City of Ottawa and the Rideau Transit Group (RTG)’s legal challenges with each other have been nasty–not least because RTG is still maintaining the Light Rail Transit (LRT) system. [...]

To have an event cancelled for safety reasons, based on crowds that looked troubling in advance of the cancellation, is not a good look for the protesters in question. Unfortunately, that's just what happened at Justin Trudeau's Bolton election event this week, where around 200 protesters were [...]

Cathy Mark is a Scarborough-born artist who works with metal. Her work evokes feelings of the movement found in Canada’s wonderful landscapes and is reminiscent of the Group of Seven painters from almost a century ago. Mark is very appreciative that she has been able to successfully continue to [...]

One thing you notice in Ottawa is that you can often get by without speaking French. When I moved here for university, to a city on the border with Quebec, I thought that I’d encounter French-speakers on a weekly basis, and that my language skills would improve. (Certainly, that would have been [...]

The Mars Perseverance rover has finally landed on Mars, after years of planning and months of travel, laying the groundwork for years of scientific discoveries and future missions. The rover, which will attempt to study Mars to find the chemicals that provide evidence that life once lived there, is [...]

The fall season has been a difficult time for music education, like all sorts of education. But the non-profit organization MusiCounts and the teachers it supports have changed and refined their approach. “Heading back to school looked very different in 2020,” writes Kate Bangay, Communications [...]

Above: Logan Hussein with his parents, Sue Mackey and Wael Hussein, at his 11th birthday fundraiser. Photo: Grace De Castro Logan Hussein was born on Nov 26th, 2008 at the Queensway Carleton Hospital. It was a complicated birth, and Logan struggled to survive after being born with pneumothorax, a collapsed [...]

The Manotick Art Association (MAA) has found a way to run Inspirations, their biannual art show and sale. But in 2020, this has not been easy. “Our annual show…is typically held in April, so we postponed it to the end of August, hoping that we would be able to hold it live,” says [...]

As Canadians deal with the financial crunch of COVID-19, and reliance on government services is increasing, several of Ottawa’s prominent community organizations have come together to present their ideas for how our City should spend on its services. Describing itself as “a broad coalition [...]

The health and well-being of Canadians will continue to be a priority in the fight against COVID-19. But as the global crisis evolves, many want to help locally and internationally and give what they can to make a positive difference. A recent study commissioned by Children Believe surveyed Canadians [...]