Section: Ottawa Citizen (Canada)
ICYMI: Duffy trial – Big scandal or a tale full of sound and fury signifying foolishness?
It was another Duffy Day (get used to it) as the second week of the 2015 election campaign stumbled toward an end. A question to ponder: Was a week of Duffy and company a revelation of a “monstrous conspiracy” in the highest offices of the land or a sad little show of all-too-human desperation? No altruism here * Nigel Wright’s motives...
NDP finally sets date to choose candidate in Ottawa West-Nepean
New Democrats in Ottawa West-Nepean will pick their candidate on Aug. 25 — the same night their brethren in Ottawa-Vanier will choose their standard-bearer. Despite leading the polls nationally, the NDP has been slow to nominate candidates in Ottawa ridings, with three yet to be chosen. (A nomination meeting in the new riding of Nepean is set for...
Art exhibits: 7 new events and exhibits this week
New shows and events in and around Ottawa this week: StoryBoard: Bradley Cayford with guest Celina Gunn, vernissage Aug. 11 from 7 to 10 p.m., exhibit to Sept. 13, Atomic Rooster, 303 Bank St. atomicrooster.ca Earth to Vega: Deborah Arnold and Sanjeev Sivarulrasa, opening reception Aug. 14 from 7 to 9 p.m., exhibt to Sept. 13, Sivarulrasa Studio...
Ugandan kayakers try for third time to get Canadian visas
A Ugandan team due to take part in the World Freestyle Kayaking Championships on the Ottawa River later this month will apply for Canadian visas for a third time. Immigration officials rejected the four athletes’ previous applications because they say they aren’t convinced the Ugandans will return home when the tournament ends. The...
Canada blocks Ugandan kayakers from Ottawa River world championship
Leaders of Canada’s kayak and canoeing communities have joined forces to get federal immigration officials to lift a ban on a Ugandan team due to take part in the World Freestyle Kayaking Championships on the Ottawa River later this month. According to documents obtained by the Citizen, the Canadian officials, based in Nairobi, Kenya, have...
Art exhibits: 6 new shows, events this week
New shows and events in and around Ottawa this week: Distraction: L. Koltun, Aug. 6 to 17, vernissage Aug. 6 at 6 p.m., Studio Sixty Six, 66 Muriel St. www.studiosixtysix.ca The Orange Summer Show: group show, vernissage Aug. 6 to 6 to 10 p.m., exhibit to Sept. 6, Orange Art Gallery, 290 City Centre Ave. www.orangeartgallery.ca You Are Here:...
Canada’s $4B week: Tories make flurry of spending announcements before election call
With the clock counting down to an election call expected this weekend, the Conservative government embarked on a campaign of dozens of taxpayer-funded photo ops and press conferences this week to highlight hundreds of government projects, before the tap gets turned off. According to a Citizen analysis, Conservative MPs announced — or in some...
Where the federal leaders went in July’s unofficial campaign
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair ramped up his travel in July as his party’s popularity swelled – focusing heavily on key battlegrounds of Toronto and southern Ontario – as part of a sustained effort to help Canadians get to know him better. Mulcair, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau all took differing approaches to...
International group to monitor Canada’s federal election
Canadians won’t be the only ones watching October’s election. An international body that specializes in monitoring elections plans to send a team to watch the federal campaign for the first time since 2006. The Organization for Security and Economic Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is drawing up the plan in direct response to opposition...
Ashby: The one thing that might make a Toronto Olympic bid worthwhile
With the news that Boston has cancelled its 2024 Olympic bid, residents of Toronto are once again faced with the prospect of the city levelling up its PanAm Games game to the Olympic scale. Recent polls suggest that 61 percent of Torontonians would support the city’s bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. This groundswell of support...
