SOMBER AND MOROSE

Is that any way to party for the new millennium? As international TV coverage of New Year’s parties from world capitals rolled on, Canada’s capital was absent. Now complaints about the New Year’s Eve show on Parliament Hill have been pouring in from people who found the spectacle “pathetic” and an “embarrassment.” “Accustomed to the usual $2-million Canada Day spectacular, they got a half-price special.” – Ottawa Citizen

  • Eyewitness account. – Ottawa Citizen

  • You got what you wanted (or what the polls said you wanted). CBC