The 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship kicked off in so-called Atlantic Canada on December 26th, and this year some of the top players will receive awards featuring art from four artists from the Wabanaki Confederacy – consisting of the Mi’kmaq, Maliseet, Abenaki, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot Nations. Mi’kmaw artist Lorne Julien, Maliseet artist Emma Hassencahl-Perley, Qalipu […]
A historic event takes place Monday, March 29th, called the Ice Walk. Folks are welcome to join in and stand in solidarity with the Mi’kmaq people of Lennox Island First Nation through a walk from Port Hill to Lennox Island. The walk is to acknowledge the hurt caused to the Mi’kmaq people, and Indigenous communities […]
A new study from Ryerson University called “Examining Children’s Animated Television in Canada” has shone a light on the representation of people of colour in this medium in 2018-2019. In the findings, 51% of human characters were white, while 49% were people of colour. Representation has increased though, as the previous study revealed 74% of characters were white. However, […]
COVID-19 Ottawa: Ottawa Public Health is reporting 22 new, confirmed COVID-19 cases, and another two deaths from the virus. 7,990 cases have been confirmed in the Capital in total, with 7,216 resolved, and 411 active. 363 people in our city have now died after contracting the Novel Coronavirus. COVID-19 Ontario: The province has recorded another 1,417 […]
COVID-19 Ottawa: Ottawa Public health is reporting 91 new, confirmed, COVID-19 cases, and another death from the virus Thursday. 7,725 cases have been confirmed in total, with 350 deaths, and 6,880 cases resolved. The number of active cases now sits at 495. COVID-19 Ontario: Across the province there is another record daily case increase: 1,575. Eighteen […]
COVID-19 Ottawa: Ottawa Public Health says four more people have died from COVID-19. That takes the city’s death toll throughout the pandemic up to 321. There are also 58 new confirmed cases Thursday. That takes the city’s total up to 6,830, with 670 active, and 5,839 resolved. COVID-19 Ontario: There are 934 new cases, and ten […]
Montsion Verdict: An Ottawa judge has acquitted a police Constable in the death of a Somali man during a violent arrest, saying he could not conclusively find the blows caused the man’s fatal heart attack. Ontario Court Justice Robert Kelly found Constable Daniel Montsion not guilty of manslaughter, aggravated assault and assault with a weapon […]
COVID-19 Ottawa: There are 52 new, confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Capital Monday. Ottawa Public Health has recorded 6,088 cases throughout the pandemic, with 759 active, and 4,943 resolved. No new deaths related to the Coronavirus were reported, leaving that number at 303. Meanwhile, Public Health says a new outbreak has been declared at the Royal […]
COVID-19 Ottawa: Ottawa Public Health is reporting 93 new, confirmed COVID-19 cases, and another death related to the virus. 5,800 cases have been reported here throughout the pandemic, with 4725 resolved, and 777 active. 298 people have died from COVID-19 in the Capital. COVID-19 Ontario: Across Ontario there are 783 new cases, and five COVID-related deaths. […]
COVID-19 Ottawa: Ottawa Public Health is reporting a significant drop in new confirmed, and active, COVID-19 cases in the capital. 45 new cases were reported Wednesday, sending the city’s total throughout the pandemic up to 5,707, with 4,641 resolved. There are 769 active cases in the city, which is down from 839 Tuesday. COVID-19 Ontario: There […]