The Latest Breaking News from Ottawa

Summer in Canada means highways filled with tourists and travellers. For many summers now, some travellers move with a specific mission on those highways: to raise awareness about social issues facing Indigenous Peoples and the ongoing harmful impacts of Canada’s Indian Residential School program.

Microsoft recently posted an article on Microsoft Start (MSN) highlighting top places to visit while in Ottawa, Canada, the third option on the list was off-putting. This is because it recommended the Ottawa Food Bank as one of the top sites.

Severe weather wreaks havoc, leaving one injured, 125 homes damaged, and thousands without power.

Authorities in Ottawa say at least one tornado has hit a suburb of Canada’s capital, damaging more than 100 homes

On safe churches, Ottawa’s transit fiasco, and remembered cowboys

OTTAWA, Canada — A law that props up the news industry has turned Canada into the latest battleground for global tech giants that are pushing back against governments trying to curb their dominance.

This July marks a century since the Chinese Exclusion Act was introduced in Canada. On June 23, a plaque was unveiled in the Senate in Ottawa to mark the centenary.

The recent renaming of the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway in Ottawa to Kichi Zībī Mīkan (“Great River Road”) comes as Canada Day invites Canadians to define not only where we are, but also who we are in our national imagination.

He was called the n-word.