By Tonya Davidson
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The ‘Last Good Year’: Revisiting the Centennial Craze
1967 was a good year— the “last good year” according to Pierre Berton. Canada’s centennial sparked centennial-project craze across the country. I first...
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Mayoral Ottawa: from Fun Frank to Fisher’s Folly
When it was recently announced that Jim Watson would be joining the mayoral race, I began to think about mayors and their stamps of the city’s built...
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View from the Hill: it’s a jumble out there
I was walking with my out-of-town friend around Ottawa, when, at Parliament Hill my friend remarked that while the Parliament buildings were nice, Ottawa...
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Angels in the City
Walking around Ottawa, with eyes directed only towards the city’s 70-plus statues and monuments the heroism of Canada, can seem overwhelming. A knight...
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Spanning conflict: from Kettle Island to Big Joe Mufferaw
Three years ago, the City of Ottawa held a christening ceremony for a long-awaited piece of civil engineering. The Corktown Bridge was named in honour of...