Section: Ottawa Citizen (Canada)
Going out best bets, July 20 to 26
Theatre Peter Hum Beginning Thursday and until Aug. 20, Strathcona Park in Sandy Hill will resound with the costumed comedy of the Amorous Servant, presented by Odyssey Theatre. For more than 30 years, Odyssey has presented outdoor summer theatre in Ottawa, drawing on the tradition and works of Commedia dell’Arte, an Italian Renaissance art...
Almost 5,000 Ukrainian soldiers trained by Canada so far
The Canadian military’s Joint Task Force-Ukraine has trained more than 4780 Ukrainian soldiers as of the beginning of this month, according to the Canadian Forces. There have been more than 111 course serials that covered various training, including explosive ordnance disposal, small team training, military police training on military...
Ottawa is getting ready for its giant Ukrainian Festival
Ottawa is getting ready to celebrate all things Ukrainian, and thousands of people from across Canada, the U.S. and Ukraine will be descending on the city in less than a week. For the last three years, the Capital Ukrainian Festival has brought all the colours and the tastes of Ukraine to the nation’s capital. It started out as a community...
RCN sends divers to Black Sea exercise, Russia to keep close eye on training
The Royal Canadian Navy has sent a contingent of 14 personnel comprised of divers and support staff and staff officers from Fleet Diving Unit Atlantic and Maritime Forces Atlantic to support Sea Breeze 2017. Sea Breeze is a multi-national training event in Odessa, Ukraine, led by the United States and Ukraine navies. It takes place from July 10...
Lessons from Canada’s internment of the Ukrainians
It’s a small case in a big hall. I have no idea of how many people will pause beside it, but millions of visitors will eventually tour through the Canadian History Hall. The first guests entering this newly renovated space within the Canadian Museum of History will arrive today, Canada Day, the 150th birthday of our country. Odds are more...
“Dynamic” cyber defence systems to protect Canadian government against latest attacks, says CSE chief
A new cyber attack, which originally was aimed at computers in Ukraine, has spread to systems around the world. The New York Times reports that the attack has hit firms around the globe, “from Maersk, the Danish shipping conglomerate, to Merck, the drug giant in the United States.” Greta Bossenmaier, Chief of Canada’s Communications...
Why the next Governor General should be indigenous
Canada has achieved much in creating a compassionate, just and harmonious society. However, it needs to go a step further and appoint an indigenous person as Governor General in September, to heal the wounds in its relations with indigenous peoples. This would be the best sesquicentennial celebration of all, a powerful signal on the road to...
Adam: Canada’s history, like you’ve never seen it before
When I wrote recently about the lack of any notable legacy project in Ottawa to remind us of Canada’s 150 years of nationhood, folks at the Canadian Museum of History wondered if I had seen their permanent exhibition of Canadian history that opens Canada Day, July 1. I had not, and went to take a look. It is a legacy project worth its name,...
Capital Facts: One of Ottawa’s oldest family owned businesses
In celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday, the Citizen is rolling out one fact each day for 150 days until July 1, highlighting the odd, the fascinating and the important bits of Ottawa history you might not know about. The same family has run Rideau Bakery for three generations, since 1930, making it one of Ottawa’s oldest...
Jazzahead! Report III: The best from the rest of the world
My previous two posts took into account hours and hours of shows that I saw earlier this year at jazzahead! in Bremen, Germany, covering the Finnish and German components of that event’s festival series. But the three-day event in late April, which I attended as a guest of Germany’s Federal Foreign Office and Initiative Musik...
