EARLY FILES
1861
The Patriot: It is gratifying to us to receive, almost daily, letters from our friends expressing their approbation of the patriotic position of the Patriot. Our friends, Democrats, – Republicans – Union men in all parts of the County – have thought proper so far to compliment us as to say, that in their opinion we may be of much service to our country, in the present awful crisis. (Note: The “awful crisis” refers to the Civil War.)
1871
Memorial Day: To-day will be generally observed throughout the country as the occasion for the annual floral offering to the loyal dead. In communities where the Grand Army of the Republic is organized, that body, it is anticipated, will take charge of the beautiful and appropriate ceremony, and will crown the graves of their beloved, fallen comrades with Nature s sweetest tributes. But in places like this, where no such organization exists, the citizens generally will make it a sacred duty to do honor to the memory of
Author of the article: Anita Murray
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Jessy Desjardins has bought into his father’s vision, both personally and professionally. His dad is Brigil founder Gilles Desjardins, who has spent the past 35 years building a housing empire on both sides of the Ottawa River.
City Notebook: 2020 Newsmakers
Government policy
But without COVID, what would the year have looked like?
We missed the traditional runners-up story this year, but there’s a strong case to be made for MLA Drew Barnes on it.
Without a glimpse of the alternate universe of a non-COVID 2020, the representative from Cypress-Medicine Hat was geared up to play point on Alberta’s Fair Deal power play.
Some measure of the UCP’s exercise with confederation could still play out in 2021, but it seems many have lost the gusto.
That hasn’t stopped the UCP from keeping it top of mind with a series of critiques of Ottawa’s handling of the pandemic, support for the patch and a sundry of other items.
Author of the article: Staff Reporter
Publishing date: Jan 03, 2021 • January 3, 2021 • 1 minute read • The Experimental Farm was a popular place to be in Ottawa Sunday Aug 16, 2020. Family and friends gathered to take photos in front of the many millions of sun flowers Sunday. Lucken Calixte holds up his daughter Afair Heart in the sun flowers. Photo by Tony Caldwell /Postmedia
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Well, 2020 was definitely a memorable year, to say the least. The novel coronavirus pandemic is what most people will remember 50 years from now but the past year has been about so much more than that. Our city and our lives, are defined by the small moments, by the bonds of community, by shared triumphs and shared tragedy. Throughout it all, we still managed to live our lives.
Year Ahead 2021
Burying Sir John A. Macdonald
The first prime minister will no longer be put on a pedestal as the debate turns to what to put up in his place
December 18, 2020 The head of a statue of Sir John A. MacDonald in Montreal, in August 2020 (Graham Hughes/CP)
Mi’kmaq historian Daniel Paul believes that Sir John A. Macdonald’s days in the sun are numbered.
Paul, 81, is the author of
We Were Not the Savages, a landmark 1993 book that for the first time told the history of Atlantic Canada from the Mi’kmaq perspective.
In the 1980s, Paul brought to light scalp proclamations issued by Nova Scotia governor Edward Cornwallis in the 1750s, offering a bounty for Indigenous heads. Thanks largely to Paul’s work, in 2018, Halifax took down Cornwallis’s statue and renamed a street and a park. This year, the Canadian Coast Guard took his name off a ship. Cornwallis has been cancelled.