Finding refuge in Ottawa
From Damascus to Beirut, Edmonton to Ottawa, Rasha has spent the past three years running away from violence. While she has made a new life for herself in Canada, she still mourns all she had to leave behind in Syria.
Indigenous communities: Trudeau, keep your promises
Canada’s indigenous communities look to the future with hope and optimism.
Carleton gag order impacts students, professors
At the doors of a November Carleton University board of governors meeting, Charlatan reporter Erica Giancola was greeted by university security officers clutching a sheet with her name and photo.
World AIDS Day about ending stigma
Three decades after HIV-AIDS became a household word, the stigma persists, even though it is not necessarily a deadly diagnosis anymore.
Service industry gets to keep the change
Servers, hairdressers, bartenders and other service-industry workers who rely on tips should soon be able to pocket all of their hard-earned cash. “This has been a long time coming,” said Amanda Chachel, a nursing student who works in an Ottawa restaurant where her bosses take a portion of her tips. Chachel was reacting to news that the Ontario legislature is expected to hold a final vote next week on a bill that would protect tips...