McKenzie Donovan

The guns of the First World War fell silent 101 years ago, and Remembrance Day as we know it came into being. Every year since, Canadians have commemorated our war dead and our veterans. Twenty-five years ago one could still see First World War vets, albeit in small numbers. Now their son’s generation, [...]

On an overcast day, I popped into a small downtown store that serves the town of 105,000. As I paid, the clerk asked me where I was from. When I responded, “Ottawa,Canada”, he proudly asked me to pin it on a map of North America and sign the guest book. I thought this was an isolated case [...]

People in the Western world really don’t know what repression is. It’s evident in our discourse on political issues when the words dictator and tyrant are used as low brow insults directed at countries without much thought to the meaning these words carry. Few understand what real repression [...]

Photo: Newly elected President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev On June 9,2019 Kazakhstan held its first-ever democratic election for president. A record number of 227 foreign journalists from more than 40 countries were accredited to cover the elections. Ottawa Life Magazine Features Writer McKenzie Donovan [...]

A study released by Ottawa-based Doyletech Corp says that Kanata’s total economic impact on Canada’s GDP has almost doubled in the past three years from 7.8 billion in 2015 to 13 billion in 2018. Amy MacLeod, Vice-President of Strategic Communications at Mitel and co-chair of the Kanata [...]

Graphic by Karen Temple The Sir John A. Macdonald statue in Victoria was removed recently to the dismay of most Canadians. It was yet another attempt of virtue signaling by the far left, this time led by the very patronizing mayor of this B.C. city, Lisa Helps. Helps is a pro at this kind of [...]

This year, BlackBerry Mobile launched it's exceptionally well-designed BlackBerry Key2. With an improved keyboard, increased speed key and impressive battery, the device was designed for doing more on the go. Its profile is striking and its performance is excellent. With the BlackBerry KEY2, the [...]

Photo credit: Business Insider/Andy Kiersz, data from US Census Bureau A review of the US Census Bureau Report from late 2016 completely contradicts American President Donald Trump’s bellicose and at times false statements on the merits of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with [...]

The room was full in the basement of the Ottawa Public Library on Metcalfe Street. People of all ages sat in the auditorium waiting for the guests to arrive. There were four speakers scheduled to speak at the Humanist Association of Ottawa panel discussion. However, it was clear that nearly every guest [...]

I don’t like the term virtue signaling. It’s often used as a slander by the further than centre right to attack the left of centre and far left. However, I see the Ministry of Defence’s announcement that 200 Canadian troops will be going to Mali as nothing more than a giant virtue signal. [...]