Thousands braved the cold temperatures to watch skaters race down the Red Bull Crashed Ice course set up on the locks of the Rideau Canal. The event is part of celebrations for Canada’s 150th anniversary of confederation which will take… Continue Reading
Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Ottawa on Saturday in support of the Women’s March on Washington, one of many held around the world. Over 30 similar marches were held in other Canadian city’s. This all comes one… Continue Reading
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The annual Capital Pride week officially started today with a flag raising ceremony outside City Hall. Mayor Jim Watson and the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna were in attendance. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won’t be attending any… Continue Reading
Roughly 200 protesters gathered at Major’s Hill Park before marching to Parliament Hill and down Elgin Street to the Human Rights Monument Sunday to show support for the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement in the U.S. and Canada. The group… Continue Reading
Hundreds of people gathered next to the American Embassy in Ottawa for a vigil recognizing the loss of black lives in the wake of recent police shootings in the United States. The organizers of the vigil, dubbed No Justice, No Peace,… Continue Reading
Hundreds gathered on Parliament Hill Wednesday to commemorate the victims of July 3rd’s bombing that killed 250 people at a mall in Baghdad, Iraq. It is the single deadliest attack in the country since 2003. Many people spoke and called… Continue Reading
The Ottawa Police showed off a new device Tuesday which uses sonar to detect if a vehicle is within 1 metre of their bicycle. Ottawa is the first Canadian city to test out the device and currently owns two at… Continue Reading
A vigil for the victims of the recent Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla. was hosted by the University of Ottawa’s Student Federation (SFUO) at the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights beginning at 6:30 p.m. on June 13, 2016. Over… Continue Reading
Around 3,000 dairy farmers from across eastern Ontario and Quebec took to the streets outside of Parliament Hill in protest on Thursday, June 2 2016. The protest began around noon with tractors lining Wellington Street on the opposite side of… Continue Reading