Awakening the giant: The return of Poland
Part one of a two-part series on Poland
The Kyoto Protocol in Canada: Legacy or lunacy?
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien says he will put the Kyoto Protocol on climate change before Parliament for a ratification vote before year-end 2002.
In opposition against “a Phantom Prime Minister”: An interview with Stephen Harper
Conservative Party Leader, Stephen Harper on , The War On Terror, the upcoming Liberal leadership race, Maher Arar and more.
The master plan for the growth — A Plan for the Capital
Capital cities are fortunate entities. Their unique role is to symbolize a people's concept of natio…
Citizen Cain: Claudette Cain on the campaign trail
Claudette Cain has been scrutinized by the media, the public and her peers for 20 years. Yet after all this time in politics, she is not an easy woman to pigeonhole.
JAWS Technologies bites back against e-criminals
Seldom does a company offer a cash prize to anyone who can prove its product is defective. But that's exactly what JAWS Technologies Inc. did.
Contemplate nature and more at the centuries-old Troutbeck
Troutbeck is just a bend down the road from Amenia, New York, hidden in the Hudson River Valley's gentle hills and dales.
ACE/Clear Defense Inc is proving a smashing point
The Ottawa-based company produces a unique security laminate — it is paper-thin, but fully transparent.
Heroes betrayed —The Merchant Seamen story
On June 9, 1999, the hopes of Canada's merchant seamen for compensation for their wartime exploits were once again cruelly dashed.
A vision for Canada’s foreign policy in the next millennium
Around the turn of the last century, Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier made the bold statement that the 20th Century would belong to Canada.
National perspective: Chretien rolls the constitutional dice
The first week of December 1997 will be looked back upon as Prime Minister lean Chretien's "virage" in the war against the Quebec secessionists.
Ottawa’s grand boulevard: Vision or nightmare
In the mid-1800s, Parisian architects redesigned the entire city, replacing the twisty medieval streets with long, wide boulevards.
Hidden surprises in Gatineau Park
This year, make getting to know Gatineau Park a personal goal.
Vancour Island’s Yellow Point Lodge
For writer Katharine Fletcher the lodge is quietude and its lingering atmosphere of tranquility that urges them to return.
National Perspective: Canada’s “Supremes” and the fatal tilt
Will the "Supremes" confirm their 1981 "fatal tilt" toward defining Canada as a loose Confederation?
Capital Notes: The numbers tell the whole story
Practitioners of numerology maintain that the relationships they find are significant and have come about through design, not through accident.
Light Rail: Fast trains for Ottawa will be slow in coming
JUST IMAGINE THE TRAVEL OF THE FUTURE IN OUR NATION'S CAPITAL. YOU'VE FLOWN IN FROM EUROPE. AFTER CL…
Bizarre Bylaws: It’s okay to ride your bike, but don’t Speed or coast
The City of Ottawa recently celebrated the 150th anniversary of a meeting by Bytown council on September 18, 1847 to choose a mayor of the town.
226,527 City of Ottawa bylaws since 1850: Man, we are overgoverned
A lot can be learned about a city and its inhabitants—its history, character, evolution—by perusing its bylaws.
