Parliament returns, and it’s a bit of a mess
Paul Wells on what to watch for in Ottawa as the three main party leaders stumble back after a difficult summer
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Why people chauffeured hundreds of eels around Ottawa this summer
It was part of a massive volunteer effort each year to help the eels migrate around a dam that blocks their path, and it raises questions about Canada’s Species At Risk Act
Ottawa’s dangerous hustle to legalize weed
The Standing Committee on Health is hearing 100 testimonies in five days. The big takeaway so far? Maybe it’s going a little too fast.
Why Afghanistan’s ambassador to Canada was called home
Amidst claims of a ’fake’ dispatch to Kabul, a ’conspiracy’ against her and a staff revolt, the ambassador was recalled and may not return to Ottawa
Canada’s No. 1 Best Place to Live 2017
See which city won the top spot this year.
The splendor and the slop of Canada Day
On Parliament Hill tens of thousands of soggy revelers gathered to celebrate the most admired nation on Earth
Trudeau’s jog down photo-op lane: Ottawa Power Rankings
A Tory leadership race comes to an end. Prime Minister Trudeau impresses (and fails). See who’s up and who’s down in and around Parliament Hill’s corridors of power.
1 Ottawa school + 110 refugee children = new life lessons
How Ottawa’s Carson Grove Elementary embraced scores of new students—all of them refugee children from Syria