Ottawa ups its cool factor for Canada’s 150

Illuminated by the late-day sun, its Neo-Gothic buildings bathed in golden rays, Parliament Hill glows. I pause from the pathway adjacent to the Canadian Museum of History in Hull, Que. — just across the Ottawa River from Canada's seat of government 

Boaters start your engines… or paddles. The Rideau Canal is open for business. Parks Canada announced Friday that all lockstations along the system, from the Ottawa Locks to Kingston Mills, are now open. This year's opening is a little later than …

It's four weeks until hundreds of thousands of visitors and residents are expected to descend on Parliament Hill and the surrounding downtown. But with major rehabilitation to national institutions and the on-going LRT project, what will the downtown …

Illuminated by the late-day sun, its Neo-Gothic buildings bathed in golden rays, Parliament Hill glows. I pause from the pathway adjacent to the Canadian Museum of History in Hull, Que. — just across the Ottawa River from Canada's seat of government

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