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Interview
In conversation with Rabah Musa, Operations Manager Nisa Hom...
Could you tell me about your childhood? Where were you born? Is there anything about your childhood that stands out for you? Helped form who you are t...
Webinars
Vive Akugha: Promoting Healthy Lifestyles
by Vive Akugha Saturday 23 April 2022 The Promoting Healthy Lifestyles seminar had one of its annual sessions on the 23rd of April 2022. This informat...
Guest columnist
Yasir Naqvi: Apply for Canada Summer Jobs
Hiring now: Apply for Canada Summer Jobs by Yasir Naqvi MP Ottawa Centre Finally, summer is here! I look forward to a summer of meeting with constitue...
Guest columnist
Billa Hissen: To know
To know by Billa Hissen You listened, but made no changes.You nodded, yet were you only pretending to hear?You apologized,So that you would never have...
Fathers' Day tribute
Gaston Garfield Girvan
By June Girvan Today, June BawledPain.Hope.Today, Derek Chauvin relinquished his Soul;his humanityGeorge Floyd has his life taken; his breath stopped....
Poetry
Maduakor: That Breathless Take-Off Moment
That Breathless Take-Off Moment by Obi Maduakor There was some joviality, some casual social exchanges as travelers shuffled their way casually into t...
Religion
Rev Ekong: Praise God in Difficult Times
Reasons to Praise God in Difficult Times by Rev Bassey Ekong Reasons To Praise God in Difficult Times KEY SCRIPTURES: 1 Thessalonians 5:18; 2 Chronicl...
Community Connections
Ottawa’s First Black Business Expo
One of its kind: Ottawa’s First Black Business Expo by Lydia Jean-Francois 24 April 2022 As a city rich in culture and diversity, Ottawa has an impres...
Newsletters
Councillor Rawlson King
Thursday 26 May 2022 Hydro Ottawa Continues to Work On Power Restoration Concerning prolonged power outages, Hydro Ottawa is aiming to have the ...