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Mayor Jim Watson would get advice from Ottawa police Chief Peter Sloly before deciding if the city should pursue banning handguns under federal legislation, the mayor's office said.
OTTAWA -- A residential street in Ottawa's Lindenlea neighbourhood will be renamed after Algonquin elder William Commanda. Council passed a motion from Coun. Rawlson King to change the name of Langevin Avenue to Commanda Way. William Commanda served as Chief of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation from 1951 to 1970. "Reconciliation is a journey, not a destination," said Coun. King during Wednesday's Council meeting. "But as the saying goes, journeys are made up of a thousand steps. This renaming is just one step, a step that demonstrates that though action, we as a city are comm...
Posted: Jan 25, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 25 Governor General Michaelle Jean invests Elder William Commanda as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2009. On Wednesday, Ottawa city council will consider a motion proposing to rename a street after him. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press) City council will decide Wednesday whether to rename a residential street in Ottawa's Beechwood neighbourhood after a respected Indigenous leader — and thereby drop its connection to a historical figure with ties to one of Canada's darkest chapters. Rideau-Rockcliffe Coun. Rawlson King will bri...
Article content Jace Waaskaahiikin takes little solace in the decision by the Ottawa Crown Attorney’s office Friday to stay mischief charges against him and 11 fellow demonstrators who were protesting against systemic racism when they were arrested in the early-morning hours of Nov. 21 at the intersection of Laurier Avenue and Nicholas Street. “They really did fulfill the thing we were there to protest,” said Waaskaahiikin, who travelled from his home in Kitigan Zibi to the Ottawa demonstration to join a coalition in support of Black and Indigenous lives. “Like we said, the police don...
Posted: Dec 09, 2020 5:37 PM ET | Last Updated: December 10, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened financial prospects for Lansdowne Park partners OSEG at Lansdowne. Council voted Wednesday to extend the 30-year partnership by 10 years to help the business group recoup some of its costs.(Francis Ferland/CBC)