
The United States embassy in Ottawa is a long, low, stone-faced hulk of a building. To some, it looks like an attack submarine; others have likened it to an aircraft carrier. It spreads its dismal bulk down Sussex Drive; from its windows, you can see the East Block of Parliament. Nearby is a monument to Canadian peacekeepers. Just a little further afield is the famous Louise Bourgeois sculpture of a gigantic spider that guards the entrance to the National Gallery of Canada. This architectural trio seems suddenly perfect for our times. A menacing US war machine and a monstrous spider....
April 14, 2025 - 06:30 | Wesley Wark | Walrus
The members of Ontario's legislature are set to make history by selecting the province's first female Speaker — but just who will take up the mantle remains to be seen.
April 14, 2025 - 06:23 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Ottawa
For parties vying to form Canada's next federal government, there are few campaign targets as tempting as the Greater Toronto Area.
April 14, 2025 - 06:17 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Ottawa
For parties vying to form Canada's next federal government, there are few campaign targets as tempting as the Greater Toronto Area.
April 14, 2025 - 06:17 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
The members of Ontario's legislature are set to make history on Monday by selecting the province's first female Speaker — but just who will take up the mantle remains to be seen.
April 14, 2025 - 06:16 | | CBC News - Ottawa
For decades, the medical approach to treating obesity in children was the wait-and-see approach.
But a new Canadian guideline, nearly five years in the making and the first Canadian update in nearly 20 years, recommends that, in addition to advice on diet and exercise, doctors consider offering some of today’s wildly popular weight-loss drugs to children starting as young as 12, or bariatric surgery for teens 13 and up, without waiting to see whether...
April 14, 2025 - 06:00 | Sharon Kirkey | National Post