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PHOTOS: Capital Ukrainian Festival in Ottawa
The Capital Ukrainian Festival is underway in Ottawa and runs through Sunday at the St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Shrine. On Friday, the Barvinok Ukrainian Dance School put on a show for those in attendance. Capital Ukrainian FestivalThe Capital Ukrainian Festival at the Ukrainian Catholic Shrine in Ottawa on Friday night. A member of...
Ukraine mourns death of journalist Pavel Sheremet killed in car explosion
Hundreds of local residents and journalists lined to lay flowers at Sheremet’s open casket, which was put on display at a community centre. …read more Source: Toronto...
As time (and cash) goes by: A history of the Canadian Bank Note company
A brief history of the Canadian Bank Note Co. 1897: Company established as a branch operation of American Bank Note Co. Appointed by Canadian government to supply banknotes and stamps; 1910: Company formally incorporated; 1973: American Bank Note sells 60 per cent of company to Ottawa businessman Charles Worthen; 1976: Douglas Arends and business...
Can Canada’s currency printer thrive as ‘cashless society’ looms?
Canadian Bank Note Co. has been the government’s currency printer of choice for more than a century. But now the Ottawa firm faces an epic battle against Apple Pay and a slew of other electronic payment apps. Associate business editor James Bagnall examines the forces producing cash’s decline and how Ottawa’s bank note printer...
Hundreds mourn death of Ukrainian journalist Pavel Sheremet killed in car bombing
Hundreds of local residents and journalists have come to pay their respects to a prominent journalist who died in a car bombing in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv earlier this week. …read more Source: Global...
Will IOC kick Russian Olympic team out of Summer Olympics?
The sun rises behind Sugar Loaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) LONDON — Now that Russian track and field athletes have failed in their effort to have their Olympic ban overturned, it’s up to the IOC to decide whether to kick the entire Russian team out of the games that begin in Rio de Janeiro in 15 days. In...
Concerts: Black Mountain, Blue Rodeo and Beirut (and Little Scream) top wicked week of music
The two do-not-miss shows this week are utterly different, and thankfully not on the same night. Vancouver’s Polaris Prize-shortlisted rock band Black Mountain play Zaphod Beeblebrox on Friday, exhausted after spending weeks on tour. (“We’re no longer 24 years old,” said drummer Joshua Wells, who’s turning 41 this month, “but...
Trump hedges on NATO protection against Russian aggression
WASHINGTON — Republican nominee Donald Trump hinted the U.S. may revisit NATO’s longstanding policy of defending its allies against possible Russian aggression if he becomes president, saying that some allies aren’t holding up their end of the bargain. Trump told The New York Times that he would decide whether to protect the Baltic...
Shocking surveillance video shows moment Ukraine journalist is killed in explosion
Graphic new video taken from closed-circuit television shows the moment a car bomb in Kyiv killed renowned investigative journalist Pavel Sheremet, an outspoken critic of leaders in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. …read more Source: Global...
8 things to do Thursday: It’s shawarma time!
Thursday, July 21 The Lebanese Festival celebrates the lovely people who made sure all Ottawans are now connoisseurs of the shawarma, with more traditional food — hummus, tabouli, falafel — midway rides, Middle Eastern market, dance lessons and live music, from 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., St. Elias, 700 Ridgewood Ave. Admission: Free. On until Sunday...
