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In Ottawa’s Rockcliffe Park, the past is not only present – it’s fiercely protected. This green enclave just northeast of the city’s core has a thick cover of trees, curving streets without sidewalks, and hundreds of houses built for Ottawa’s elite and occupied by diplomats from around the world.Now it also has a plaque marking it as a National Historic Site. In a ceremony on Friday, Parks Canada will formally offer the 1.8-square-kilometre neighbourhood with that distinction. For some heritage advocates among the area’s 2,000 residents, this is an accomplishment that has been decades in...
May 30, 2025 - 06:00 | Alex Bozikovic | The Globe and Mail
In the shaded garden of their Baghdad home, the Lawee family ate fresh dates straight off the palm trees. They fished in the Tigris River and strolled to the country club with tennis rackets under their arms. Brothers Ezra and Khedouri owned the General Motors concession for a section of the Middle East and the house they built together was suitably palatial, with columns and fountains and a swimming pool, a cook and a driver, and enough bedrooms to sleep 12. Looking back, the family would come to think of this era as a kind of lost Eden.
May 30, 2025 - 06:00 | Eric Andrew-Gee | The Globe and Mail
A Nova Scotia hospital is turning to artificial intelligence to improve security at the facility as part of a larger effort to tackle rising violence in health-care settings.
May 30, 2025 - 05:00 | Rebecca Lau | Global News - Canada
Scientists estimate there are just 25,000 snowy owls left across the entire globe.
May 30, 2025 - 05:00 | Dan Spector | Global News - Canada
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May 30, 2025 - 05:00 | Doug Menary, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Sun
This article was written in response to “Sussex Drive deserves better from the NCC,” May 27: Read More
May 30, 2025 - 04:30 | Aaron Hutchins | Ottawa Citizen
