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Motorcyclist thrown from bike now out of medical danger
A 40-year-old man who was thrown from his motorcycle Saturday afternoon is out of medical danger, Ottawa police confirmed Sunday. The man was rushed to hospital in critical condition, but police say...
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Missing girl may be headed to Ottawa
A missing teenage girl may be heading toward Ottawa, and police are asking for the public’s help to locate her. The call for leads on Reilly Armstrong, 15, was posted late Sunday night by the Innisfil,...
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No more Tulip Festival strolls for us seniors
My husband and I used to enjoy walking through the Canadian Tulip Festival — the flowers were beautiful, the setting (Rideau Canal and Dow’s Lake background) more than appropriate. But now, because of...
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Where's the fire? Ottawa's top spots for false alarms
The weekends at Cheryl Manuel’s Cedarwood Drive apartment block always seemed to be the worst for the fire alarms. Sometimes it was twice a day. Once it was three times. And each time the routine would...
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Bridgehead to start serving liquor in September
Soon, when you order a brew at Bridgehead, you’ll have to decide between coffee and beer. Big things are happening for Ottawa’s well-known chain of coffee shops, including a shiny new liquor licence...
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'Pants puller' Gavin Sean Griffiths appears in court
Serial “pants puller” Gavin Sean Griffiths, arrested over the weekend for alleged sexual offences against women in New Edinburgh, appeared briefly in an Ottawa court Monday. He is charged with three...
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Ottawa breaks 44-year weather record
The temperature in Ottawa soared Monday, breaking a record high that had stood for 44 years. Environment Canada recorded a high of 30.4 C, Monday afternoon, edging by a fraction of a degree the...
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No permit, no flash mob, Canada Dance Festival told
It was the flash mob that fizzled. Just before 12:30 on Monday afternoon, security personnel at the World Exchange Plaza moved in to clear more than 20 volunteer dancers from the building’s outdoor...
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HIV assault trial hears differing versions of sexual encounter
A cash-strapped student who claims he had unprotected sex with Ottawa gay activist Elliott Youden testified Monday that Youden hid his HIV positive status from him. The Carleton University student,...
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Margie Gillis takes stage with small Ottawa company
Dancer/choreographer Margie Gillis is known for her commitment to important causes. To that end she will perform with the Dandelion Dance Company a small area school dedicated to diversity and social...
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We're moving toward a two-tier society
Re: How a way of life is ending for public servants, May 31. Regarding this Citizen article, in my view, action being taken by the Conservative government to “bring the public sector in line with the...
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Family, friends, teachers mourn Ottawa teen killed in New York state crash
The uncle of a 14-year-old girl killed in a car crash on an upper New York State highway Sunday cradled her younger sister as he brought her back from the U.S. hospital where her mother and grandmother...
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Judith Maxwell: The government built the 'Ottawa bubble' it mocks
David Emerson recently accused the public service of being locked in “the Ottawa bubble”, the Citizen reported. “If all you are doing is relying on StatsCan and other institutional sources of data …...
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Rec league hockey with a difference
By Martin Cleary Imagine a men’s recreation hockey league where players wear either black or white sweaters with no numbers, individual stats aren’t recorded, there’s no playoffs and captains can make...
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Election about more than ideas for economic growth
Ottawa West-Nepean Progressive Conservative candidate Randall Denley must be given credit for trying to defend the indefensible (Million-job critics miss the point, May 31). Progressive Conservative...
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Randal Levenson's circus sideshow comes to Ottawa gallery
The American photographer Randal Levenson spent a decade touring the continent with circus sideshows, and in 1982 his photographs were published as the book In Search of the Monkey Girl. It is a...
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Police expected to extend search for missing boater
Police were expected to continuing search for a man, who is presumed to have drowned, after his boat capsized and was swept into the Deschenes Rapids on Sunday evening. Ottawa police said Tuesday...
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Sparks Street food carts ideal for quick lunch
Re: Sparks Street market vendors told to stop selling hot food, May 31. I disagree with Sparks Street Business Improvement Area chair Sam Elsaddi on his position to remove street vendors that sell...
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Obituary: Geri Migicovsky (1921-2014) helped bring 911 service to Ottawa
If you’ve ever dialed 911 for help in Ottawa, you can thank Geri Migicovsky that someone answers the phone. Migicovsky, who died May 27 in Toronto, was instrumental in the Action 9-1-1 committee that...
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Police looking for break-and-enter suspect
Ottawa police are looking for help to identify a suspect involved in a break and enter in the Rideau-Rockliffe area April 29. The break-in happened on the 200 block of Ivy Crescent during the day. An...
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