National War Memorial

The longer "Freedom Convoy" demonstrators blockaded Ottawa streets in protest of COVID-19 public health restrictions last year, the more volatile the relationship between police and protesters became, an Ottawa police officer testified on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023.

That's how Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre put it when he posted a nearly-five minute video on Twitter condemning the Liberal government for its passport redesign, while standing in front of the National War Memorial, another image removed from future Canadian passports.

The sacrifices of Canadians who fought and died for democracy and freedom during the Korean War were honoured during a small ceremony last week at the National War Memorial.

A Canadian soldier charged for speaking out against COVID-19 vaccine requirements will march through Ottawa on Thursday, June 30, 2022, kicking off what organizers are promising — and residents fear — will be a new wave of protests throughout the summer.

Canada’s institutions and police services were unprepared for the scale of the “Freedom Convoy” protest, says Ottawa’s former police chief, who resigned amid heavy criticism of the force’s handling of the demonstration.

There's fencing on Parliament Hill, an exclusion zone around several blocks downtown and hundreds of extra police officers on call as Ottawa braces for the arrival of "Rolling Thunder" motorcyclists on Friday, April 29, 2022, afternoon.

The Ottawa police services board has approved the appointment of up to 831 RCMP officers to help municipal police, who are promising a heavy presence in the capital and zero tolerance for hate this weekend.

The "Rolling Thunder Ottawa" convoy plans to do a loop through downtown next weekend, with a stop planned at the National War Memorial.

Saturday's protest against vaccine mandates was made up of a "disorganized rabble of riled-up miscreants who spent their day cosplaying as revolutionaries and heroes."

The national flag is set to be hoisted on Sunday, November 7, 2021, at federal buildings across Canada and the Peace Tower in Ottawa following the longest period in the country's history that it has flown at half-mast.

When Mary Simon walks into the Senate on Monday, July 26, 2021, to be installed as the country's next governor general, she will find the upper chamber sparsely populated.

The federal government is planning to offer full-time employment to all reservists in the Canadian Armed Forces until the end of the summer as it seeks to bolster the military's ranks and help offset some of the economic damage from COVID-19.

Not only did Reine Samson Dawe's husband serve his entire career in the Canadian Armed Forces, but her four sons all followed in his footsteps. And while she is quick to point to the many ways military life has benefited her family, there have also been hardships — including the death of her youngest son, Capt. Matthew Dawe, in Afghanistan in 2007.

The federal government says the national-threat level remains unchanged despite concerns of retaliatory strikes by the Islamic State group after the killing of its leader.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday, August 22, 2019, ahead of the upcoming G7 summit, tackling a number of hot-button issues, including relations with China and the detention of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor there.