Dan Donovan

Put yourself in Turkey’s shoes and Operation Peace Spring makes sense In June 2017, I went to Gaziantep Turkey which is 90 minutes from the Syrian border and home to one of the largest Syrian refugee camps along the Turkish Syrian border. At time it was estimated that Turkey was hosting almost [...]

(Ottawa) The Montreal-based International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is a United Nations specialized agency, established in 1944 to manage the administration and governance of the Convention on International Civil Aviation. The ICAO works with 193 countries and industry groups to establish international [...]

Justin Trudeau’s new cabinet is a mix of hits and misses that leaves one to wonder if the Prime Minister was tone deaf during the election. More than anything, Trudeau needs competence and some outside-the-box thinking to bring some verve, freshness and a sense of purpose to his new minority government. [...]

The sleek new Flora Footbridge (named after former the legendary Conservative MP and Foreign Affairs Minister Flora MacDonald) crosses Colonel By Drive and links the Old Ottawa East and Glebe communities via Clegg Street and Fifth Avenue. It opened with little fanfare in June 2019 and this new public [...]

An Ottawa Life Magazine exclusive interview with China’s new ambassador to Canada, Cong Peiwu. OTTAWA: China’s new Ambassador to Canada, Cong Peiwu, walks into the meeting room at the Chinese Embassy and greets me with a warm smile and a firm handshake. He is dressed in a sharp looking [...]

On June 11, 2019 Jamal Boyce, a conflict studies and human rights student at the University of Ottawa and vice-president of academic affairs for the program’s student association, was stopped by campus security guards while skateboarding on campus. They started harassing him, repeatedly asking [...]

There were smiles all around today as Mizrahi Developments President Sam Mizrahi and Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson cut the ribbon to signal the beginning construction at 1451 Wellington, The Residences at Island Park Drive. The spectacularly designed building is sure to become a capital landmark when completed. [...]

Illustration by Joe Foster Former Prime Ministers Joe Clark, John Turner, Brian Mulroney, Kim Campbell, Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin and Stephen Harper all believed in the merit of public service and that politics was an honourable profession. They were civil towards each other when debating the [...]

Friday jazz at Alpha is featuring DUSK. Pete Woods and Miguel Angel De Armas mix classic jazz repertoire with rhythms and harmonies that effortlessly swing from casual to intense creating a refreshing groove each time they play. Wood’s vintage sound, blues-rooted and swinging, finds its way [...]

The Mavericks are in Ottawa on Saturday, October 26! They are well known masters of country-Latino rock and roll and they’re bringing their beat to the Centrepointe Theatre at 7:30 p.m. this weekend. The Mavericks rode high in the country and rock charts during the 1990s with hits such [...]