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Sikh and destroy

20 October 2016

An ex-soldier, intelligence gatherer and police detective, Harjit Sajjan hadn’t long been an MP before landing the job as Canada’s minister of national defence. A year into the job, he’s faced some significant challenges…

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Current thinking

17 September 2020

Douglas Cardinal’s architecture is informed by his upbringing in First Nations territory in southern Alberta. Now based in Canada’s capital, he finds solace navigating that city’s own bit of nature: the Ottawa River.

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The Urbanist - Tall Stories 345: The Diefenbunker, Ottawa

20 February 2023

Paul Logothetis explores the story of Cold War Canada through an extensive network of tunnels and offices built beneath a farming community in Western Ottawa in the 1960s.

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Defence

18 October 2018

The Saudi Arabian arms deals causing concern, while military sharpshooters descend on Ottawa.

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The Curator - Highlights from Monocle 24

13 February 2022

We speak with the director of ‘Flee’, hear the latest from Ottawa and look at Swiss architecture in the US.

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The Foreign Desk - Explainer 301: The “freedom convoy”

2 February 2022

Andrew Mueller explains why truck drivers have been protesting in Ottawa, Canada.

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The Curator, episode 158

25 October 2014

The week’s best interviews and reports ranging from coverage of a terror attack in Ottawa and a look back at the life of fashion-icon Oscar De la Renta, to a tour of Berlin’s Hansaviertel district and a new book about…

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Little big bucks

17 March 2009

Native American tribes in the US and Canada have become powerful business and political forces and have learnt how to get Obama and Ottawa on their side. Monocle meets the chiefs leading the renaissance.

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The Monocle Daily - Tuesday 8 February

8 February 2022

Monocle’s Tomos Lewis reports from Ottawa. Daniella Peled and James Rodgers discuss Emmanuel Macron’s efforts in Kyiv and Iran’s nuclear talks. Plus: Oscar nominations and Latin America’s biggest art fair, Zona Maco.

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The Monocle Daily - Wednesday 9 February

9 February 2022

Nadine Batchelor-Hunt and Tim Dowling discuss foreign efforts in Ukraine, Boris Johnson’s reshuffle and the mascot of the Beijing 2022 Games. Plus: Chris Cermak on the Minsk treaty and Tomos Lewis reports from Ottawa.

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Capital punishment

8 January 2010

Do too many diplomats and NGOs spoil a city? Brussels, Ottawa, Canberra and even DC have a lot to answer for in the dull stakes, but what’s a capital city to do? Become both an economic and administrative hub? Or simply…

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The Monocle Daily - Monday 7 February

7 February 2022

Julie Norman and Justin Quirk discuss Emmanuel Macron’s meeting with Vladimir Putin and German chancellor Olaf Scholz’s talks with Joe Biden. Plus: Ottawa’s state of emergency and South African artist Lulama Wolf.

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The Monocle Daily - Thursday 10 February

10 February 2022

Latika Bourke and Stephen Dalziel ask whether former leaders should comment on current governments. Elsewhere, Russia starts military drills, Tomos Lewis is in Ottawa and David Hodari talks US inflation. Plus: fake snow.

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The Monocle Daily - Friday 11 February

11 February 2022

Markus Hippi and Carlota Rebelo discuss the week’s headlines. They are joined by Chris Cermak in Kyiv, Tomos Lewis, who has the latest on the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa, and Fernando Augusto Pacheco who talks ‘Entertainment…

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The Monocle Daily - Wednesday 18 November

18 November 2015

We discuss the latest developments on the Paris bombing as conflicting reports emerge as to whether or not the mastermind behind the attacks has been killed. We also have more in-depth analysis on the relationship between…

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The heat is on

17 August 2007

Canada’s far north used to be too cold and inhospitable for anyone to survive there except the Inuit people. But global warming is clearing the snows and luring in a generation of ambitious speculators after oil, diamonds…