The Glitter and the Grit of Lindi Ortega
For any traveling musician, the long, lonesome stretches of road that bind concert stages to one ano…
THE SEELY’S — A Family of Medical Pioneers
The Ottawa Integrative Cancer Centre (OICC) is a new cancer care and research facility that incorpor…
Canadian Athletes and a Look at Canada’s 2014 Olympic Men’s hockey team
I can’t wait for Men’s Olympic Hockey to start. Will there be another Crosby dream moment or will th…
Federal Employees And Retirees Raise $20.1 Million To Date To Support Their Communities
On November 28 at the Canadian Museum of Nature, hundreds of federal employees and retirees celebrat…
Past Its Expiry Date: Time to Get Rid of the National Capital Commission
Ottawa is changing in a good way. The increased urbanization of the core has re-energized communitie…
Putting the “Science” in “Science Fiction” – Robotic Muscles
Earlier this year I talked about giant robots, and the many technical challenges that have prevented…
Kazakhstan: at the forefront of nuclear non-proliferation and peaceful uses of nuclear energy
In our continuing series on Canada-Kazakhstan relations, we look at Kazakhstan’s expanding uranium…
Canada Makes A Good Business Partner
by the Honourable Ed Fast
The year 2012 was a landmark in Canada-China commercial relations. For the…
Bang a Gong for Hong Kong
Over the past two decades, Hong Kong’s economy has more than doubled in size and its GDP has grown a…
An Exhibition of Photography by Asif Rehman
Asif Rehman’s photography reveals that the label “Canadian Muslim” at best defines only a part…
An Open Letter to Slow-Witted Ottawa Drivers
by: Stéphane Tessier
Ottawa is my home. I live here by choice because there are more things that I…
NBA Players Try Yoga for Performance Benefits
The benefits of yoga have been known to people in the East for many thousands of years, and finally…
The Great Canadian Experiment to House the Homeless
That health is more than health care was a point I heard many times on my recent Fulbright fellowshi…
Online Medical Devices: Sacrificing Safety for Price
In this fast-paced age of the Internet and instant information it can become easy to overlook safety…
Mind Over Matter tour comes to Ottawa and calls attention to the lack of research on women’s brains as they age
Deloitte and The Honourable Dr. Hedy Fry, MP and Liberal Health Critic, help raise awareness of gend…
Bus Driver Fatigue: A Fatal Threat
The memory of the fatal freight train derailment that occurred this past July in the scenic Quebec t…
Putting the “Science” in “Science Fiction” – A Wealth of Stealth: The Invisible Woman 2
It has been more than a year since I posted my first blog about the Invisible Woman, and how scienti…
The Blue Story of the Ottawa River
As I travel the Ottawa River, I can’t help but be
impressed with its magnificent diversification.
E…
Inequality hurting social inclusion in Canada
Widening gap between the rich and the rest a looming crisis
by Senator Art Eggleton
Recently, I tabl…
World War I Could Easily Have Been Avoided but for Human Folly
Margaret MacMillan’s The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914 is a compelling narrative of the p…
Ocular Dryness: There is more than meets the Eye
Winter has arrived in Ottawa, which means it’s time to dust off the old shovels and ice scrapers w…
Putting the “Science” in “Science Fiction” – Fusion Power 2
In one of my earlier blogs I discussed nuclear fusion, the many potential benefits it could provide,…
What the Future of American Health Care Means for Canada
Will Obamacare impact Canadian health care policy?
It’s among the many questions that were posed t…
Their Valor Will Never Be Forgotten
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark ou…
Michel Legrand and Natalie Dessay in concert at Centrepointe Theatre
Two of France’s most renowned musicians come together on stage for a rollicking trip through legen…
