Dan Donovan

It is both a shame and outrageous that Gov.-Gen. Julie Payette and her secretary, Assunta di Lorenzo, were able to get away with their reprehensible behaviour for so long while at Rideau Hall. Payette was wise to resign quickly after an independent consulting firm hired by the Privy Council Office tabled [...]

Ten months ago, the dire impact and consequences of COVID-19 were just starting to take root in Canada and around the world. Back then we knew much less about the deadly virus than we know now, and the idea of a vaccine seemed distant at best. Yesterday, the new U.S. President, Joe Biden signalled a [...]

The C.D. Howe Institute has released a study that concludes that taxes and charges on new and existing homes are a key driver of the cost and supply of affordable homes for Canadians. In “Gimme Shelter: How High Municipal Housing Charges and Taxes Decrease Housing Supply,” author Benjamin [...]

Above: The Barrow Gang Buskers spent the spring and summer busking in parks, on sidewalks and in areas throughout the region while adhering to pandemic rules. (PHOTO: SEAN SISK PHOTOGRAPHY) When I first read the CBC report that The Royal Ottawa Golf Club (ROGC), one of the country’s most prominent [...]

Erin O’Toole’s refusal to outright apologize for his hurtful comments about residential schools sends a stealth signal to the extremists on the fringes of the Conservative Party that he has their back. This will drive away the middle of the road voters he needs if he wants to be PM. Worse, [...]

No one is charged weeks after Supreme Court justice tells MPs the RCMP raped 130 of their own Two weeks after a scathing report on sexual harassment in the RCMP by former Supreme Court of Canada Justice Michel Bastarache was released which revealed that at least 130 women in the RCMP had been raped [...]

Ottawa Life Magazine has been publishing a Canada-China Series since 2013. The series focuses on bi-lateral interests, business affairs, people-to-people relations, Chinese culture and the Chinese diaspora in Canada. Since 2018 there has been tension in the Canada Chinese political relationship. Ottawa [...]

Photo by Sean Sisk Local Rockabilly hipsters and heroes, the Barrow Gang Buskers who graced the Fall 2020 cover of Ottawa Life Magazine (on newsstands now) are up to their nefarious good deeds again. After a summer of busking and giving away their tip jars to multiple charities around the region including [...]

Ottawa Life Magazine has been publishing a Canada-China Series since 2013. The series focuses on bi-lateral interests, business affairs, people-to-people relations, Chinese culture and the Chinese diaspora in Canada. Since 2018 there has been tension in the Canada Chinese political relationship. Ottawa [...]

Ottawa Life Magazine has been publishing a Canada-China Series since 2013. The series focuses on bi-lateral interests, business affairs, people-to-people relations, Chinese culture and the Chinese diaspora in Canada. Since 2018 there has been tension in the Canada Chinese political relationship. Ottawa [...]