Addison: Keep your eyes on the prize
Make It Count, Keep Your Eyes on the Prize, Hold On by Hector Addison As we enter into 2020, as a community, let’s reflect on few things. Life is short…
Manyok Akol: homicide victim
Gilmour Street homicide victim was a young west-end rapper and former football star January 9, 2020 Ottawa police homicide detectives are probing the city’s first killing of the New Year…
Hamilton wins Governor General’s award
January 13, 2020 Recipient of the 2019 Governor General’s History Award for Popular Media: The Pierre Berton Award. Sylvia D. Hamilton is one of the most influential public historians working…
Dr. Ofosu: Online job scams
A person searching for work online may come upon what looks like the perfect job. But is it real, or is it just another scammer luring unsuspecting job seekers into…
Kobe Bryant: Basketball super star
By Tom Fordyce For most sporting superstars, the first act – chewing up opponents, training obsessively, playing harder, winning, always winning – is the easy part. It’s instinct and it’s…
Order of Canada for Senator Oliver
Jan 11 Order of Canada for retired Senator Donald Oliver January 11, 2020 Given six months to live after a rare debilitating heart disease diagnosis in 2015, retired Senator Donald Oliver…
Nigerian doctors separate conjoined twins
Dooshima Abu A team of doctors in Nigeria have successfully separated one-year-old conjoined twins. Lead surgeon Emmanuel Ameh told the BBC the operation to separate Goodness and Mercy Martins at…
In memory of Yolanda Wallace
Saturday 18 January 2020 Over 200 people packed the Kelly funeral home on Woodroffe Avenue at a service to pay tribute to Yolanda Wallace, who died 5 January from a…
Rev Ekong: We are God’s chosen people
by Rev Bassey Ekong Delivered from Darkness Satan became the God of this world when he successfully tempted Adam and Eve to reject God’s ways. Yet Christ delivered us from…
Martin Luther King Day celebration in Ottawa
Monday 20 January 2020 Over 200 people were in attendance at Ottawa’s City Hall to join in the celebration of the 2020 Martin Luther King Jnr day, hosted by the…